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Dawit Burusie Abdi
Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi 110 016, India
Tel: +91 9871928729
Email: [email protected]
http://web.iitd.ac.in/~eez128030/index.html
AREAS OF INTEREST
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Alternative Nanoscale Semiconductor Devices for Ultra-low Power Circuits: Design and Modeling
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FET Based Biosensors
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Analog/Digital VLSI Circuits
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IC Fabrication
EDUCATION
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA
(thesis submitted) 2016
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Thesis: Tunnel Field Effect Transistors for Ultra-low Power Circuits: Design, Simulation and Modeling
Advisor: Dr. M. Jagadesh Kumar
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
2011
M.Tech in Microelectronics
Jimma University, Jimma, ETHIOPIA
2009
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Project Title: Isolated Word Speech to Text Conversion for Ethiopian Languages
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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Full scholarship covering the studies toward the Ph.D. degree at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
for securing Highest Overall Grade Point in jointly conducted M.Tech program by Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi and Addis Ababa Institute of Technology.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=IumZDoIAAAAJ&hl=en)
Peer Reviewed Journals
1.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, “Controlling Ambipolar Current in Tunneling FETs using
Overlapping Gate-on-Drain”, IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society, Vol.2, no. 2, pp. 187-190, May,
2014.
2.
M. Saketh Ram and Dawit Burusie Abdi, “Single Grain Boundary Tunnel Field Effect Transistors on
Recrystallized Polycrystalline Silicon: Proposal and Investigation” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 35,
no. 10, pp. 989-991, Sep., 2014.
3.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, “In-built N+ Pocket PNPN Tunnel Field-Effect Transistor",
IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol.35, no.12, pp. 1170-1172, Oct, 2014.
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M. Saketh Ram and Dawit Burusie Abdi, “Single Grain Boundary Dopingless PNPN Tunnel FET on
Recrystallized Polysilicon: Proposal and Theoretical Analysis” , IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society,
Vol.3, no. 3, pp. 291-296, Jan, 2015.
5.
M. Saketh Ram and Dawit Burusie Abdi, “Dopingless PNPN Tunnel FET with Improved Performance:
Design and Analysis”, Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 82, pp. 430-437, June 2015.
6.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, "Dielectric Modulated Overlapping Gate-on-Drain
Tunnel-FET as a Label-Free Biosensor," Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol.86, pp.198–202,
October 2015.
7.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, "PNPN Tunnel FET with Controllable Drain Side Tunnel
Barrier Width: Proposal and Analysis," Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol.86, pp.121–125,
October 2015.
8.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, “Two-Dimensional Threshold Voltage Model for the
Double Gate PNPN TFET with Localized Charges,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Accepted
for Publication).
9.
M. Saketh Ram and Dawit Burusie Abdi, “Performance Investigation of Single Grain Boundary
Junctionless Field Effect Transistor”, IEEE Journal of Electron Devices Society (Under Review).
Conferences
1.
M. Saketh Ram and Dawit Burusie Abdi, “Dopingless Tunnel FET Hetero-Gate-Dielectric: Design and
Analysis,” 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics, Dec., 2014, Bangalore, India.
Oral Presentation.
2.
Dawit Burusie Abdi and M. Jagadesh Kumar, “Suppressing Ambipolar Conduction using Dual Material
Gate in Tunnel-FETs having heavily Doped Drain,” ICMN 2016 : 18th International Conference on
Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics and Nanoengineering, May 19-20, 2016, Berlin, Germany. Oral
Presentation.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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C, C++, Java, Machine Language, VHDL, Verilog
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TCAD Silvaco Atlas Device Simulator, Synopsys Sentaurus Device Simulator, Cadence Spectre,
MATLAB, Mathematica
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
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Participated in ICMN 2016: 18th International Conference on Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics and
Nanoengineering, Berlin, Germany, May 19-20, 2016.
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Participated in India-Africa Union Youth Summit organized by World Organisation of Student and
Youth (WOSY), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Oct. 2015.
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Participated in 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India, Dec. 2014.
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Attended workshop on “Compact Modeling of Semiconductor Devices” in the 2nd IEEE International
Conference on Emerging Electronics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, Dec. 2014.
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Attended workshop on “ Cost-effective bio-sensors: Fabrication & Testing” in the 2nd IEEE International
Conference on Emerging Electronics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, Dec. 2014.
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WORK EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITIES
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Lecturer (November, 2011 – till date ): Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Addis
Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Session Chair: ICMN 2016: 18th International Conference on Microelectronics, Nanoelectronics and
Nanoengineering, May 19-20, 2016, Berlin, Germany.
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Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
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Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
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Coordinator & Member of Instructors Evaluation Committee: Addis Ababa Science and Technology
University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
AFFILIATIONS
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Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Member of Electron Device Society, IEEE
RELEVANT COURSES
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Physics of Semiconductor Devices
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RF and Microwave Solid State Devices
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Semiconductor Device Modeling
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IC Fabrication Technology
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Quantum Heterostructures
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Mixed Signal Circuit Design
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Semiconductor Device Modelling
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CMOS Analog Integrated Circuit Design
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Analog/Digital VLSI Circuit Design
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Science and Technology of Thin Films
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth
November 29, 1988
Nationality
Ethiopian
Hobbies
Playing and watching football, Reading
REFERENCES
 Dr. M. Jagadesh Kumar
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India
Mobile: +91-98-11-502924
Email: [email protected]
 Dr. Rajendra Singh
Associate Professor
Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India
Mobile: +91-95-82-774442
Email: [email protected]
Dawit Burusie Abdi
 Dr. Mukul Sarkar
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India
Phone: +91 (11) 2659-1072 (O)
Mobile: +91-9582700780
Email: [email protected]
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