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

Over 350 technical publications and conference presentations, 22 U.S. and 10 foreign patents

• 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:
  • • 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