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Dr. Shanmugam Aravazhi

Anna University, Presidency College University of Madras

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3123-3021
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Dr. Shanmugam Aravazhi, Ph.D., is an accomplished & passionate Materials Research professional with 25 + years of focussed R&D, innovation experience worldwide working at several leading Universities & top Semiconductor Industries

He has exceptional talents in innovation of new Materials Technology, Crystal Growth, Managing R&D projects, Semiconductors & Compound Semiconductors Ge, GaAs, InSb, GaSb, InAs, InP, Process & Product development in a high-tech industrial environment

He has worked at premier research institutes & multi-national companies (ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology- Zurich, Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem – Israel, Institute for Nanotechnology Univ of Twente & Technical Univ of Eindhoven Netherlands and Umicore Electro-Optic Materials Belgium) in a wide range of materials: semiconductors, photonics, lasers, oxides, non-linear electro-optics, ferroelectrics, organic, in-organic (crystals & thin film)

He has a wide network of professionals in R&D, management & Industrial leaders worldwide. He has published more than 115 research papers in international journals & conferences. NL publications: http://www.narcis.nl/personpub/RecordID/PRS1323739

He has successfully led Innovative Industrial R&D projects with cutting edge ideas across the entire value chain for high quality, high purity & wide diameter Germanium crystal growth ( Cz- Czochralski technique) - controlling dislocations (EPD) & point defects (PITS) for Solar Cells, LEDs, Gamma-Ray, Dark Matter & Infra-Red detector applications

He has led 1,7 MEuro ESA (European Space agency) and EC (European Commission) projects. Achieved innovative tailor-made solutions for high quality Germanium crystals for customer's high tech need

He is a member of Dutch, German & British Association for Crystal Growth. He has been a Jury member for Ph.D examination at Universities in Belgium.

He is a reviewer for several material science & nano-technology journals worldwide

Employment

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Education

  • Anna University PhD
    1993 - 1998
  • Presidency College University of Madras M.Sc (Physics)
    1989 - 1992

Projects & Funding

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Publications (68)