Prasad Sarangapani

Prasad Sarangapani's Biography

Education

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Aug 2013 to present)

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

B. Tech in Electrical Engineering with M. Tech in Microelectronics and VLSI Design (Aug 2008 to May 2013) Thesis title – Compact modeling of charges and capacitances in SOI-LDMOS transistors

Research Interest

His research interests lie in atomistic modeling of nanoscale devices such as ultra-thin body transistors, quantum dots, 2D materials and NEGF based transport models. Prasad is involved in development of NEMO5 and uses it as a primary vehicle for modeling and simulation.

Professional Employment

  • Graduate Research Assistant, ECE, Purdue University, Aug 2013 – Present

    Research Focus: Quantum transport simulations in quasi-1D devices and ultra scaled transistors, Atomistic simulation of multi-million atom systems and High Performance Computing

    Advisor: Prof. Gerhard Klimeck

  • Summer Internship: Intel, May 2015 – Aug 2015

    Quantum Transport simulations of PMOS Schottky Contacts and Assessment of Alternative Hamiltonian Techniques for transport in Cu structures.

    Mentor: Stephen M. Cea

Current Projects

  1. Providing performance projections for 2013-2028 ITRS (International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors) technology nodes for Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) and Double-Gate (DG) transistor devices with quantum transport simulations.
  2. Investigating incoherent scattering mechanisms within the Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) quantum transport framework.
  3. Modeling optical transitions in quantum dots and wells through real space tight binding basis functions.
  4. Quantum Dot Lab on nanoHUB

He also has a contributor page on nanoHUB and is currently developing/supporting these tools :