{"id":228,"date":"2018-10-17T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T20:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:03:41","slug":"keynote-plenary-invited-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/keynote-plenary-invited-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"KEYNOTE \/ PLENARY \/ INVITED\u00a0TALKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">KEYNOTE \/ PLENARY \/ INVITED\u00a0TALKS<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cInnovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology to Market <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2192<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bangladesh Contributing to Global Knowledge Economy,\u201d American Associate of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects, September 1, 2018, New York, USA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSecure Electronics \u2013 Deterrence versus Innovation,\u201d (Distinguished Speaker), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2018. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMemristors: A New Technology Paradigm,\u201d (Keynote Talk), Condensed Matter Physics 2017, New York, USA, October 19-21, 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cMemristors: Materials, Devices and Systems,\u201d (Keynote Talk), 2017 EMN\/CC Barcelona Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, September 11-15, 2017. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cMemristors: Materials, Physics and Systems,\u201d (Invited Talk), EMN Meeting on Memristive Switching and Network, Milan, Italy, August 14-18, 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commencement Speaker, Marianapolis Academy, Thompson, CT, June 2017. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cSecure Electronics: Supply Chain versus New Device Paradigm,\u201d April 5, 2016, National Academy of Science\/Engineering, Washington DC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cU. S. International Intellectual Property Policy: The Role of the State Department,\u201d Guest Lecturer, Multinational Intellectual Property Protection, School of Law, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 2016. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cGaN Electronics and the Challenges\u201d, Invited Talk, Optical Engineering + Applications &#8211; The premier optical design, engineering, fabrication, and instrumentation conference, San Diego, CA, August 28 \u2013 September 1, 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cZnO nanostructures and memristors,\u201d (Keynote Talk) International Conference and Exhibition on Mesoscopic &amp; Condensed Matter Physics, Boston, USA, June 22-24, 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cZnO and Related Nanostructures for Electronics and Photonics,\u201d International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Symposium, Boxbrorough, MA, May 5, 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cZn1-xMgxO (x\u22640.3) Nanostructures: A Versatile Material Platform for Advanced Electronics and Photonics,\u201d (Keynote Talk), World Congress and Expo on Nanotechnology and Materials Science, Dubai, UAE, April 13-15, 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cComparison of ZnMgO\/ZnO Coaxial Core-Shell Structures with ZnO Nanorods for UV detection and Gas Sensors,\u201d (Keynote Talk), 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Lasers, Optics and Photonics, Philadelphia, September 8-10, 2014. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workshop on Sustainable Energy Integration: 14 Lectures on Different Sustainable Energy Technologies, Integration and Economics, June-July 2014, Ethiopia. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cEngineered Nano-Signatures (ENS) &amp; Other Novel Authentication Technologies,\u201d Joint Audit Planning Committee, NASA, June 17, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAlGaN\/GaN HEMTs,\u201d Compact Modeling Council, Washington DC, Dec. 13, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;ZnMgO Solar Blind Detectors: from Material to Systems&#8221;, SPIE Optics Photonics, San Diego, CA, Aug 25-29, 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cZnO-Based Oxide Semiconductors: A Material Platform for High Power Room Temperature THZ QCLs,\u201d MIOMD-XI, September 4-8, 2012, Evanston, Illinois, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPossible Material Platforms for High Power Room Temperature THz Quantum Cascade Lasers,\u201d THz Forum 2012, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), April 3-4, 2012, Virginia, USA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Nitride-based quantum cascade lasers: a material and performance study,&#8221; Photonics West, January 21-26, 2012, San Francisco, USA. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDNA-Based 2D Self-Replicating Microelectronics,\u201d NSF-EFRI Conference, January 11-12, 2011, Washington DC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEnergy Challenges for Bangladesh \u2013 A Roadmap for Sustainable Energy Solutions,\u201d (Keynote Talk), Bangladesh Power Development Board, Dhaka Bangladesh, January 8, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRenewable Technologies to Address Energy Needs in Bangladesh,\u201d (Keynote Talk), Daily Star Leadership Colloquium on Alternative Energy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 7, 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHetero-structure FETs: Modeling, Characterization and Analysis,\u201d (Tutorial), ICECE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 21, 2010. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cResearch: Fundamental Contribution towards Knowledge,\u201d (Keynote Talk) Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, January 22, 2010. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSustainable Energy Sources: Power Conditioning,\u201d NSF\/IUCRC Workshop, University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 28-29, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNSF\/Industry University Cooperative Research Center,\u201d NSF\/IUCRC Workshop, University of Connecticut, Storrs, October 28-29, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGaN-based THz Quantum Cascade Lasers,\u201d SPIE Europe: Security and Defence, Berlin, Germany, August 31 \u2013 September 3, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSustainable Energy \u2013 The New Challenge,\u201d East West University, (Keynote Talk) Celebrating the Anniversary of IEEE Student Branch, August 2, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGaN HFETs: Physics and Applications,\u201d United International University and IEEE Electron Devices \u2013 Bangladesh Chapter, July 30, 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGreen Research at UConn: Addressing Energy Challenges in Bangladesh,\u201d Asia Pacific University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 28, 2009. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTrap Characterization in GaN\/AlGaN HFETs using GTLM Structures,\u201d (Invited Paper), SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, California, January 24-29, 2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cResearch Capabilities, UConn School of Engineering,\u201d ARDEC\/University R&amp;D Collaboration meeting, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, June 18, 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cConcepts in Advanced Engineering,\u201d DHS Summit meeting and at the Advanced Material Workshop, June 26-27, 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMolecular Microsystems,\u201d AMCTA Workshop, Raleigh, NC, January 30-31, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TUTORIAL: Nanowire sensors experiment and theory, Optics East [6008-33], October 25, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cImpurity Diagnostics in NanoWires,\u201d Optics East [6003-33], October 25, 2005.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLocalization and Shot Noise in Nanostructures,\u201d Optics East, Philadelphia, October 25-28, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAdvanced III-V Devices: GaAs Metamorphic HEMTs and GaN FETs,\u201d Plenary Talk, International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2002. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGaN HEMTs,\u201d Raytheon Company, Andover, Massachusetts, October 2002. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIII-V High Frequency HEMTs,\u201d XI-th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Delhi, India, December 11-15 2001. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cQWIPs: A Physics Based Model,\u201d Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, December, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c Semiconductor devices for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Applications.\u201d An IEEE Short Course, 9th \u2013 10th August, 1998, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA Physics Based Model for High Electron Mobility Transistors,\u201d IEEE Electron Devices and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, April, 1998, Boston.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Noise in Semiconductor Devices,&#8221; ECE Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, April, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Noise in Quantum Well Devices,&#8221; Rome Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Boston, January, 1995.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Bistability, traversal time and shot noise in DBRTS and 1D random structures,&#8221; International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Quantum size effect devices,&#8221; EEE Department, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Modelling of quantum well structures,&#8221; Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, April 1993.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Electromagnetic field approach to study quantum mechanics,&#8221; Bellcore, Livingston, NJ, July 1992.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>HONORS AND AWARDS:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guest of Honor (Lunch Speaker), Canadian Mission, New York, October 27, 2016. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jefferson Science Fellow [2015-2016], The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IEEE Electron Device Society Service Award 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fellow, SPIE<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Member, IEEE<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Idea Certificate, Department of the Air Force, December 7, 2004. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">S. O. A. R. S. (Student Organization Advisor Resources and Support): Certificate of Appreciation 2008-2009.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Summer Fellowship, 1996 and 1997. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEYNOTE \/ PLENARY \/ INVITED\u00a0TALKS \u201cInnovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology to Market \u2192 Bangladesh Contributing to Global Knowledge Economy,\u201d American Associate of Bangladeshi Engineers and Architects, September 1, 2018, New York, USA. \u201cSecure Electronics \u2013 Deterrence versus Innovation,\u201d (Distinguished Speaker), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 8, 2018. \u201cMemristors: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-noside-menu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/anwar-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}