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Osama Awadelkarim

UNESCO Chair Professor and Director of the Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization

Affiliation(s):

  • Engineering Science and Mechanics
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  • Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization
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309E Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

ooa1@psu.edu

814-863-1773

Research Areas:

Advanced Materials and Devices; Emerging Manufacturing Processes for Materials, Tissues, and Devices; Nanoscience, Bionanoscience and Engineering

Interest Areas:

Nano-fabrication; microelectronics materials/devices; power electronic devices; IC Processing; Defects in crystalline/polycrystalline semiconductor materials; Thin film transistors - active matrix liquid crystal display application; MEMS/nanofabrication.

 
 

 

Education

  • Ph D, J. J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, Reading University, United Kingdom

Publications

Books

  • Julian W. Gardner, Vivjay K. Varadan and Osama O Awadelkarim, 2001, Microsensors, MEMS, and Smart Devices, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Research Projects

  • September 2022 - August 2026, "Microelectronics and Nanomanufacturing Partnership for Veterans," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • September 2023 - August 2026, "Northeast Consortia for Advanced Integrated Silicon Technologies," (Sponsor: SUNY Polytechnic Institute).
  • October 2023 - September 2026, "Collaborative Research: Development of a Nanofabrication Lab Manual Featuring a Suite of Low-Cost Experiments to Enable Hands-On Training at Community and Technical Colleges," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  • April 2024 - August 2026, "Supplement: Microelectronics and Nanomanufacturing for Veterans Partnership," (Sponsor: NSF).
  • September 2020 - August 2025, "The Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Resource Center: Request for Renewal," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).
  •  2024 -  , "Nanotechnology Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Capstone Semester," (Sponsor: None).

Honors and Awards

  • Fellowship of the International Seminars in Physics and Chemistry (SWEDEN), July 1984 - May 1986
  • UNESCO Chair on “Building Innovation and Manufacturing Capacities through Advanced Technology Education” at the Pennsylvania State University, UNESCO, August 2018
  • Jefferson Science Fellow, The United States Department of State, July 2006

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Academic Leadership and Support Work, Director, • Director, the Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU) & the NSF Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Network, the Pennsylvania State University., January 2015

Service to External Organizations:

  • Service to Public and Private Organizations, Other, Vice President, • Vice President of the International Commission for Development of UNESCO’s Encyclopedia Of Life Support Systems (UNESCO/EOLSS) Theme on Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies, (http://www.eolss.net), UNESCO, September 2009
  • Service to Governmental Agencies, Advisor, • Senior Science and Technology Advisor, U. S. Department of State, since 2006., September 2006