
Dwight Streit
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2127 Engineering V
Email: streit@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 825-7011
Fax: (310) 206-7353
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
My research covers the broad area of solid state materials and electronics, which includes the following:
- electronic and optical materials
- semiconductor fabrication and characterization
- electrical and optical device design and modeling
- device and circuit processing
- microwave and millimeter-wave circuits
- high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuits
- advanced packaging
- radar and communication systems
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
Over 350 technical publications and conference presentations, 22 U.S. and 10 foreign patents
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member, NASA Space Foundation Technology Hall of Fame
- Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Member: Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Societies
- National Academy of Engineering, Section 7 Search Committee and NRC Liaison, 2020 – 2023
- Review Monitor, 2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory, National Research Council, 2019
- UCLA Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 2018 – present
- Chair, UCLA Research Innovation Strategic Plan Task Force, 2017 – 2018
- National Academy of Engineering, Membership Committee, 2009 – 2012
- U.S. Department of the Army, Certificate of Appreciation for Patriotic Civilian Service, 2011
- U.S. Department of Defense, Joint IED Defeat Organization Certificate of Appreciation, 2011
- National Research Council, Laboratory Assessment Board, 2008 – 2012
- Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, International Advisory Board, John Wiley & Sons, 2008 – 2010
- National Academy of Engineering, Section 7 Search Executive, 2007 – 2009
- University of Illinois, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Advisory Board, 2007 – 2009
- U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Sensors Advisory Panel, 2007 – 2009
- DoD Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Science and Technology, 2006 – 2009
- Chair, Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Technical Assessment Board, 2003 – 2008
- National Research Council Lifetime National Associate Award, 2008
- Northrop Grumman Distinguished Innovator Award, 2008
- U.S. Special Operations Command, Standing Committee, 2008
- College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Board, University of Hawaii, 2006 – 2008
- National Academy of Engineering, Section 7 Peer Review Committee, 2005 – 2007
- Organizing Chair, Fifty Years in Space Conference, California Institute of Technology, 2007
- Chair, School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Board, University of California, Irvine, 2005 – 2007
- Chair, U.S. Army Research Office, Materials Science Division Board of Visitors, 2006
- Member, Naval Studies Board Panel “Future of Naval Space Systems,” 2003 – 2005
- Chair, Restoration Advisory Board, Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, 1998 – 2004
- Chair, Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials and Devices, 2003
- Chair, SPIE Gigahertz Devices and Systems Conference, 2001
- Northrop Grumman Distinguished Patent Award: 2003, 2004
- UCLA Engineering Alumnus of the Year, 2003
- CSULA Distinguished Alumnus, 2002
- TRW Distinguished Patent Award: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
- TRW Chairman’s Award for Innovation (company record six times): 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999
- TRW CEO Achievement Award: 1999, 2001
- Best Paper Prize, International Conference on InP and Related Materials, Sweden, 2002
- Best Paper Prize, International Conference on InP and Related Materials, Japan, 2001
- Best Paper Prize, TRW Technology Journal, 2001
- TRW Research and Development Gold Roll of Honor, 12 awards, 1988 – 1999
- Technical Program Chair, International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy, 1996
- Distinguished Lecturer, NATO Advanced Studies Institute, Erice Italy, 1994
- Technical Program Committees:
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- IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting
- International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors
- European GaAs Applications Symposium
- GaAs Integrated Circuits Symposium
- North American MBE Conference
- Electronic Materials Conference
- International Conference on Semiconductor Manufacturing
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