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Dr. Ravi Droopad

  • Professor - Ingram School of Engineering

Research Interests

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Scolfaro, Luisa M (Supporting), Miller, David R von (Supporting), Ahmed, Mohammad Iqbal (Supporting). Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials, National Science Foundation, Federal, $7500000. (Submitted: December 6, 2024, Funded: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2029). Grant.
  • 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, 2027). Grant.
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Droopad, Ravindranath (Other), Percent Contribution: %5, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Other), Percent Contribution: %5. MRI: Development of triaxial Vibrating Sample Magnetometry for Research and Education, NSF, Federal, $119461. (Submitted: January 19, 2022, Funded: September 2022 - August 2025). Grant.
  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %11, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15. System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
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  • Karmakar, S., Azmain, M. A., Alaga, A. A., Manikanthababu, N., Emu, I. H., Droopad, R., … Haque, A. (2025). Charge carrier trapping and current conduction mechanisms in ZnGa2O4/n-SrTiO3 MOS capacitors. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 36(18), 1–15. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-15163-6
  • Manikanthababu, N., Karmakar, S., Shiam, I. F., Emu, I. H., Haque, A., & Droopad, R. (2025). Growth, optimization and high-temperature performance of GeO2/Ga2O3 MOSCAPs. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 193, 109518. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2025.109518
  • Emu, I. H., Samuels, B. C., Karmakar, S., Hamid, M. A., Shiam, I. F., Sarkar, P. K., … Droopad, R. (2025). Epitaxial growth and characterization of copper gallate (CuGa2O4) thin films by pulsed laser deposition. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 185, 108934 1-11. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108934
  • Karmakar, S., Emu, I. H., Halim, M. A., Sarkar, P. K., Sultana, M., Tasnim, A., … Haque, A. (2024). Growth Optimization, Optical, and Dielectric Properties of Heteroepitaxially Grown Ultrawide-Bandgap ZnGa2O4 (111) Thin Film. Journal of Applied Physics, 135, 115702-1–11. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0190906
  • Karmakar, S., Shiam, I. F., Droopad, R., & Haque, A. (2024). Enriched electron donor sites and non-overlapping small polaron tunneling electrical conduction in oxygen-deficient β-Ga2O3 thin film on p-Si (100). Applied Physics A, 130. https://doi.org/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-024-07656-8
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow, National Academy of Inventors. December 2025 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers. 2006 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Engineer of the Year Award, IEEE Phoenix Section. 2006 - Present
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  1. Graduate Advisor

    Ingram School of Engineering

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Swiss National Science Foundation

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Material Chemistry

  4. Reviewer / Referee

    German Research Foundation

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Departmant of Energy

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Israeli Pazy Foundation

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