NanoPATh Group
Nanoelectronics, Plasmas, & Accelerator Technology
Peng Zhang
I am an Associate Professor (Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2021) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). I received my B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and M.Eng. degree in Microelectronics from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in 2006 and 2008, respectively. I received my Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor, in 2012, under the supervision of Prof. Y. Y. Lau. Before joining MSU, I was an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at UM, Ann Arbor.
I work on various research topics including electrical and thermal contacts, thin films, classical, ballistic, and quantum diodes, space-charge-limited current flows, beam-circuit interaction, microwave absorption on rough surfaces, multipactor and breakdown, slow wave structures, z-pinches, laser-plasma interaction, and more recently on vacuum nano devices, quantum tunneling plasmonic junctions, ultrafast photoemission, and novel miniaturized light sources.
Education
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 2012
M. S., Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 2010
M. Eng., Microelectronics, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), 2008
B. Eng., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), 2006
Awards
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Early Achievement Award 2020
ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award 2020
AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award 2018
2018 Academy for Global Engagement Fellow, Michigan State University
IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Graduate Scholarship Award
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship at University of Michigan
Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research at University of Michigan
University of Michigan Rackham Presidential Fellowship Award
Teaching
ECE 850. Electrodynamics of Plasmas
ECE 201. Circuits and Systems I
ECE 499. Undergraduate Research
ECE 480. Senior Design Alternate Projects
(UM) NERS 571. Intermediate Plasma Physics I (substitute instructor)
(UM) NERS 572. (Appl Phys 672) Intermediate Plasma Physics II (substitute instructor)
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, a journal by Nature, 2017.
Technical Committee, IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference (2016 IPMHVC), 2016.
Reviewer of Journals:
Nature Communications
Physical Review Letters
New Journal of Physics
Applied Physics Letters
Physical Review E
Physics of Plasmas
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Journal of Applied Physics
IEEE Electron Device Letter
IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciences
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
Sensors
AIP Advances
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
Physics Letters A
Optics Communications
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
Reviewer, Research Proposals:
National Science Foundation (NSF), NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) within the Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of High Energy Physics (HEP) within the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Chilean National Science and Technology Commission
Membership
Senior Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Physical Society (APS)
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society