Dwight Streit
Dwight Streit
Materials Science and Engineering

Dwight Streit

Professor Emeritus

Faculty Information

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 and Books
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:
      • 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