University of Utah ECE Research Lab

About AMANDA

AMANDA is the research lab of Prof. Massood Tabib-Azar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. The lab develops next-generation electronic devices, sensors, nanometrology tools, and self-assembling systems for practical measurement and diagnostics.

250+

journal publications and conference proceedings

3

authored books plus book chapters and invited work

Nano

devices, sensing, microfluidics, and metrology

Prof. Massood Tabib-Azar

Principal Investigator

Prof. Massood Tabib-Azar

Prof. Tabib-Azar received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984 and 1986. He joined the faculty of the EECS department at Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and was a fellow at NASA.

He is a USTAR Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in Bioengineering. His research spans nanometrology, molecular electronics, solid-electrolyte devices, sensors and actuators, microfluidics, and quantum computing.

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Research Focus

The lab looks toward the future of electronics by developing self-assembly and self-repairing circuits, non-destructive testing techniques, and new nanometrology tools for evaluating advanced materials and electronic systems.

Current areas include non-volatile memory devices, microfluidics, microwave technologies for nanometrology, MEMS and NEMS, molecular electronics, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, and other novel electronic materials.

Core Research Areas

Nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS)
MEMS and microfluidics
Molecular electronics
Microwave-AFM and nanometrology
Quantum sensors and quantum computing
Sensors, actuators, and biosensing systems
Solid-electrolyte electronic devices

Applications

Rapid pathogen detection
Wearable and embedded sensing systems
Illicit drug and biomarker sensing
Pressure and biomedical sensing
Plasma ionization spectroscopy
Non-destructive testing and materials evaluation
Low-power switches and emerging electronics

Scholarship and Leadership

Prof. Tabib-Azar is the author of three books, two book chapters, more than 250 journal publications, and numerous conference proceeding articles. He has introduced and chaired many international symposia in his fields of interest.

He is a recipient of the 1991 Lilly Foundation Fellowship and is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, IEEE Electron Devices, APS, AAPT, IEEE as a Life Senior Member, and Sigma Xi research societies.

In the Media
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  • Wikipedia entry. 12/18/2019. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massood_Tabib-Azar
  • IEEE Spectrum. 08/27/2018. Squishy transistors lead to sharklike electrical sensors
  • Choose Energy. 03/13/2018. Energy vampires fear
  • IEEE The Institute. 12/26/2016. Senior Member Massood Tabib-Azar was featured on Phys.org for developing a way to prevent power leakage from electronic devices. Read feature
  • Daily Utah Chronicle. 11/02/2016. University of Utah researchers design “growing” electronic switch to reduce energy leakage. Read article
  • Phys.org. 10/25/2016. Engineers develop process for electronic devices that stops wasteful power leakage. Read article
  • Science Magazine. 10/25/2016. A complete waste of energy. Read article
  • University of Utah News. 10/25/2016. A Complete Waste of Energy. Read article
  • Elektroda. 03/22/2014. Najmniejszy tranzystor plazmowy do pracy w ekstremalnych warunkach. Read article
  • RPP. 03/21/2014. Ingenieros de Utah fabrican pequeñísimos transistores de plasma. Read article
  • Laboratory Equipment. 03/21/2014. Plasma Transistors Resist Temperature, Radiation. Read article
  • Phys.org. 03/20/2014. Tiny transistors for extreme environment. Read article
  • Gizmodo. 03/20/2014. World’s Tiniest Plasma Transistor Can Make Super tough Electronics. Read article
  • IEEE Spectrum. 03/20/2014. A Transistor that Stands Up to Blistering Nuclear Reactor Temperatures. Read article
  • Micro-Plasma transistors. 03/01/2014. Interviews by Fox and KSL. News search
  • Radiation Hard NEMS Circuits. 06/12/2012. 45,000 entries. Google results
  • USTAR exposure. 01/01/2011. There were some TV ad and radio exposure through USTAR.
  • USTAR innovation segment. 11/15/2010. Chris Redgrave spoke of Prof. Tabib-Azar during the second segment of a series of shows dedicated to innovation in Utah through the USTAR state initiative.
  • USTAR Video. 11/15/2010.

AMANDA brings together device physics, materials, sensing, electronics, and instrumentation to build practical tools for next-generation diagnostics, measurement, and electronic systems.