ECE 290 Seminar: Speaker Asir Intisar Khan – Engineering Heterogeneous Interfaces for Energy Efficient Electronics

Presenter: Asir Intisar Khan, Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), University of California, Berkeley

Description: With the rise in global data demands, energy efficiency in electronics is becoming increasingly important for sustainable progress in AI, healthcare, IoT, and beyond. Emerging technologies, such as neuro-inspired computing and the 3D integration of logic and memory devices, offer great promise for overcoming the energy and latency limits of today’s data-intensive applications. Realizing these advances, however, require innovations in materials, transport physics, and device engineering. In this talk, I will discuss how atomic-scale engineering and integration of heterogeneous materials and devices can address these intertwined challenges with a few examples from our recent works on (i) engineering heterostructures for low-power memory and high-frequency logic, (ii) emerging quantum materials for low-resistance interconnects and (iii) nanoscale thermal management strategies. These advances highlight the innovation opportunities in transformative materials and multifunctional nanodevices for 3D-integrated, energy-efficient electronics.

Bio: Asir Intisar Khan is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a faculty scientist in the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and serves as a co-director of Berkeley Emerging Technology Research Center. His research focuses on charge, heat, and spin transport at nanoscale interfaces of electronic materials to address the energy and latency limits of emerging computing technologies. Khan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and his BSc from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. His interdisciplinary work has been recognized with the AVS Russell & Sigurd Varian Award, IEEE Electron Device Society Ph.D. Fellowship, Materials Research Society Gold Graduate Award, and several best paper and presentation awards at leading venues, including the IEEE VLSI, MRS Fall Meetings, and the AVS Symposium.

Hosted by: Professor Soumya Bose, ECE Department

Zoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1