Hi! I am currently pursuing my MS at UCLA and am interested in applying for PhD programs. My major is Material Science but since my focus was on electronic materials I plan on applying to the EE departments at some schools as they have Professors working in a relevant area.
Name: Sudheer Korlam
College (not the name of the university awarding the degree): IIT Roorkee & UCLA
Branch: Materials Engineering
Field of Interest: Electronic materials, III-V Opto-electronic devices, 3D Integrated circuits, IC Packaging.
Degree Goal (MS/PhD): PhD
GPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.93/10 and 3.8/4.0.
Topper's Percentage (or GPA): 9.71 and 3.9
Your rank in your class: 5 and 2
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GRE: 322[ 155(verbal) + 167 (quant)] Not recieved in AWA
Toefl: 108
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Internships:
1) May- July 2014 : INRS:Energy, Telecommunications and Materials lab, Montreal, Canada - Synthesis of Doped Graphene for clean energy applications - I mostly worked on synthesising Graphene by the modified hummers method and characterised it.
2) Scope of Steel making and Process Automation with respect to Vizag Steel plant.
Publications:
Unfortunately I do not have any publications to show. Although I do have very strong relevant research experience.
Projects:
1) Synthesis and Characterization of Novel II-IV-N2 semiconductor thin films | MS Thesis, UCLA
- Primarily worked on developing a process for depositing high quality ZnSnN2 thin films on GaN/Sapphire substrates by RF sputtering. I optimized deposition conditions and performed RTA studies eliminate Anti-site defects in the deposited thin film.
- Also fabricated devices based on ZnSnN2 thin films and characterized them by standard electrical measurements. Gained hands on experience in using various characterization tools and semiconductor fabrication equipment.
2) Analysis of fabrication processes and device functionality:
- Fabricated various devices like thin-film stress sensors and microfluidic channel devices.
- Gained hands on experience with working in a cleanroom environment, Wafer cleaning, PR coating, Photolithography etc.
3) Design of integrated circuit fabrication process:
- Worked on designing an integrated circuit process for 18 nm RF CMOS Technology for achieving the required transistor performance in terms of current-gain and power-gain cutoff frequency.
- Simulated the fabrication process in Taurus TSUPREM-4 evaluated DC and RF characteristics using Taurus MEDICI.
4) Heterogeneous Integration of various IC technologies onto a Si-CMOS platform:
- Designed a process flow to integrate III-V transistors, III-N devices and Non-Volatile memory onto a Si-CMOS platform.
- Based my integration sequence on factors like thermal budgets of the technologies, possible performance degradation in the integrated technologies and overall cost effectiveness.
5) Optimization of CVD process parameters for CNT deposition | Bachelor’s Thesis, IIT Roorkee:
- Worked on developing process recipes for growing high aspect ratio CNT structures on Cu and Ni foams for Field emission purposes and achieved a better yield than their foil counterparts.
- Gained extensive hands-on-experience in operating CVD chamber and FE-SEM
Recommendations:
1) Professor, UCLA(Very strong)
2) Asst. Prof, IIT Roorkee (Strong)
3) Asst. Prof, IIT Roorkee(Mod)
Misc Achievements:
1) Selected for the MITACS research Internship.
2) Gold Medal in Maths Olympiad.
3. Joint Secretary of Photography Section
4. Active member of Materials Advantage group.
Tentative Universities
1) UCLA – Planning to apply to the EE department here. Interested in Prof. Subramanian Iyer’s group. He knows me personally from a course I took under him and my current advisor is really close to him.
2) UCSB – Interested in Prof Umesh Mishra’s group who work on III-V devices. Again my advisor knows him personally and is really good friends with him.
3) Stanford – Interested in Prof. Paul McIntyre’s group who works on Metal oxide/semiconductor interfaces.
4) Georgia Tech – Planning to work in Prof. Muhannad S Bakir’s group who focuses mainly on 3D system integration. Again this is in the EE department so I am doubtful about this.
5) Northwestern – Interested in Prof. Prof. Koray Aydin’s work. Their broad area of focus n nanophotonics and their website mentions an opening for 2 new graduate students.
6) Arizona state university – Planning to apply to the EE department here. Haven’t yet looked up any particular professor but planning to.
I feel all my universities except ASU are ambi (Due to a lack of publication). Can you please suggest some mod universities for my profile primarily in the area of 3D heterogeneous Integration or even maybe III-V de[/b]vice?
Name: Sudheer Korlam
College (not the name of the university awarding the degree): IIT Roorkee & UCLA
Branch: Materials Engineering
Field of Interest: Electronic materials, III-V Opto-electronic devices, 3D Integrated circuits, IC Packaging.
Degree Goal (MS/PhD): PhD
GPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.93/10 and 3.8/4.0.
Topper's Percentage (or GPA): 9.71 and 3.9
Your rank in your class: 5 and 2
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GRE: 322[ 155(verbal) + 167 (quant)] Not recieved in AWA
Toefl: 108
---------------------------------------------
Internships:
1) May- July 2014 : INRS:Energy, Telecommunications and Materials lab, Montreal, Canada - Synthesis of Doped Graphene for clean energy applications - I mostly worked on synthesising Graphene by the modified hummers method and characterised it.
2) Scope of Steel making and Process Automation with respect to Vizag Steel plant.
Publications:
Unfortunately I do not have any publications to show. Although I do have very strong relevant research experience.
Projects:
1) Synthesis and Characterization of Novel II-IV-N2 semiconductor thin films | MS Thesis, UCLA
- Primarily worked on developing a process for depositing high quality ZnSnN2 thin films on GaN/Sapphire substrates by RF sputtering. I optimized deposition conditions and performed RTA studies eliminate Anti-site defects in the deposited thin film.
- Also fabricated devices based on ZnSnN2 thin films and characterized them by standard electrical measurements. Gained hands on experience in using various characterization tools and semiconductor fabrication equipment.
2) Analysis of fabrication processes and device functionality:
- Fabricated various devices like thin-film stress sensors and microfluidic channel devices.
- Gained hands on experience with working in a cleanroom environment, Wafer cleaning, PR coating, Photolithography etc.
3) Design of integrated circuit fabrication process:
- Worked on designing an integrated circuit process for 18 nm RF CMOS Technology for achieving the required transistor performance in terms of current-gain and power-gain cutoff frequency.
- Simulated the fabrication process in Taurus TSUPREM-4 evaluated DC and RF characteristics using Taurus MEDICI.
4) Heterogeneous Integration of various IC technologies onto a Si-CMOS platform:
- Designed a process flow to integrate III-V transistors, III-N devices and Non-Volatile memory onto a Si-CMOS platform.
- Based my integration sequence on factors like thermal budgets of the technologies, possible performance degradation in the integrated technologies and overall cost effectiveness.
5) Optimization of CVD process parameters for CNT deposition | Bachelor’s Thesis, IIT Roorkee:
- Worked on developing process recipes for growing high aspect ratio CNT structures on Cu and Ni foams for Field emission purposes and achieved a better yield than their foil counterparts.
- Gained extensive hands-on-experience in operating CVD chamber and FE-SEM
Recommendations:
1) Professor, UCLA(Very strong)
2) Asst. Prof, IIT Roorkee (Strong)
3) Asst. Prof, IIT Roorkee(Mod)
Misc Achievements:
1) Selected for the MITACS research Internship.
2) Gold Medal in Maths Olympiad.
3. Joint Secretary of Photography Section
4. Active member of Materials Advantage group.
Tentative Universities
1) UCLA – Planning to apply to the EE department here. Interested in Prof. Subramanian Iyer’s group. He knows me personally from a course I took under him and my current advisor is really close to him.
2) UCSB – Interested in Prof Umesh Mishra’s group who work on III-V devices. Again my advisor knows him personally and is really good friends with him.
3) Stanford – Interested in Prof. Paul McIntyre’s group who works on Metal oxide/semiconductor interfaces.
4) Georgia Tech – Planning to work in Prof. Muhannad S Bakir’s group who focuses mainly on 3D system integration. Again this is in the EE department so I am doubtful about this.
5) Northwestern – Interested in Prof. Prof. Koray Aydin’s work. Their broad area of focus n nanophotonics and their website mentions an opening for 2 new graduate students.
6) Arizona state university – Planning to apply to the EE department here. Haven’t yet looked up any particular professor but planning to.
I feel all my universities except ASU are ambi (Due to a lack of publication). Can you please suggest some mod universities for my profile primarily in the area of 3D heterogeneous Integration or even maybe III-V de[/b]vice?