Faculty Profile for Dr. Ravi Droopad

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Dr. Ravi Droopad
Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Materials Science, Semiconductors and Epitaxial Oxides

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Karmakar, S., Emu, I. H., Halim, M. A., Sarkar, P. K., Sultana, M., Tasnim, A., … Haque, A. (n.d.). Growth Optimization, Optical, and Dielectric Properties of Heteroepitaxially Grown Ultrawide-Bandgap ZnGa2O4 (111) Thin Film. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Taqy, S., Sarkar, P., Hamid, M. A., Pranto, T., Piner, E. L., Droopad, R., & Haque, A. (2024). Diamond Deposition on AlN Using Q-Carbon Interlayer Through Overcoming the Substrate Limitations. Carbon, 219, 118809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118809
  • Hamid, M. A., Samuels, B. C., Karmakar, S., Halim, M. A., Emu, I. H., Sarkar, P. K., … Droopad, R. (2023). Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Magnesium Gallate (MgGa2O4) Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 972, 172807.
  • Karmakar, S., Sarkar, P. K., Mistari, C. D., Trivedi, R. K., Chakraborty, B., More, M., … Haque, A. (2023). Tubular Diamond as an Efficient Electron Field Emitter. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5(7), 3592−3602. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00317
  • Karmakar, S., Droopad, R., Mathew, A., Mohanty, H. S., Rahaman, I., Behera, D., & Haque, A. (2023). Temperature-driven complex dielectric and polaron-hopping mediated electrical conduction in aurivillius Gd2MoO6. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 955, 170271. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170271

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers. 2006

Selected Grants

  • Haque, Ariful, Droopad, Ravindranath, Holtz, Mark W, Piner, Edwin L, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Chen, Yihong, Hudnall, Todd W, Wistey, Mark A, Miyahara, Yoichi, Smith, Casey Eben, Mahato, Dip Narayan, Rastogi, Shiva Kumar, Kim, Namwon. Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Photoluminescence Spectrometer for Materials Characterization in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $434519. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
  • Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting). System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Tri-Alpha Energy, $31050. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). KANC: III-V Compound Semiconductor Epi Structures Development, $25000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Graduate Advisor
Ingram School of Engineering
January 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Swiss National Science Foundation
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Material Chemistry
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
German Research Foundation
2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Departmant of Energy
2018-Present