Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Ravi Droopad

  • Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • 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.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %35, Scolfaro, Luisa M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %25. Integration of Diamond with Ultrawide Bandgap Oxides: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling with Artificial Intelligence, Army Research Office, Federal, $1000000. (Submitted: November 2023, Funded: April 2025 - March 2029). Grant.

2024

  • 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.
  • Hudnall, Todd W (Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Co-Principal), Shi, Xijun (Co-Principal), Schilter, David (Co-Principal), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Brittain, Bill (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting). MRI: Acquisition of a Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer to Advance Structural Analysis in Chemical, Biochemical, and Material Sciences at Texas State University, National Science Foundation, Federal, $485000. (Submitted: November 15, 2023, Funded: August 15, 2024 - July 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Jimenez, Jesus (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Londa, Michelle (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20. Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) Center (TNC), DARPA, Federal, $1625000. (Funded: July 2024 - July 2029). Grant.

2023

  • Haque, Ariful, Percent Contribution: %50, Droopad, Ravindranath, Percent Contribution: %50. Q-carbon Supercapacitors: Towards Durable, Safe, and Biocompatible Energy Storage Devices, ORSP, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 2022, Funded: January 2023 - May 2024). Grant.

2022

  • 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.
  • Chen, Yihong (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Droopad, Ravindranath (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Stern, Harold P, Percent Contribution: %9, Stephan, Karl, Percent Contribution: %9, Tate, Jitendra S, Percent Contribution: %9, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Percent Contribution: %9, Shi, Xijun, Percent Contribution: %9. Acquisition of Wide Frequency Band Characterization System for Electronic Devices, Antennas, and Intelligent Materials, DOD, Federal, $548700. (Submitted: August 16, 2021, Funded: August 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024). Grant.

2020

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Percent Contribution: %34, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Scolfaro, Luisa M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Ultrawide Bandgap Heterostructures: Growth, Characterization and Modeling, Federal, $656949. (Submitted: July 2019, Funded: July 31, 2020 - July 30, 2023). Grant.

2017

  • 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.
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Droopad, Ravindranath (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Spencer, Gregory F (Other), Percent Contribution: %5, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. MRI: Acquisition of Vibrating Sample Magnetometer for Materials Research and Education, NSF-MRI, Federal, $225330. (Funded: September 1, 2017 - August 30, 2021). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Co-Principal). RTD-based Relaxation Oscillators (RTD-RO) to Increase Output Power and Overcome DC Stability Issues, NSF/Ohio State University, Federal, $45000. (Funded: July 15, 2017 - July 14, 2020). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). High Efficiency Array for target Detection, STTR, $22500. (Funded: January 19, 2017 - March 31, 2017). Grant.

2016

  • 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.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). KNU: III-V Compound Semiconductor Epi Structures Development, $25000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.

2015

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Tri-Alpha Energy, $31050. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). TapeSolar: Thin Film Deposition, $158600. (Funded: 2015 - 2016). Grant.

2014

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). KANC: III-V Device Development, $10000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). TSMC: Development of III-V MOSFET Technology, $335067. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). TapeSolar: Thin Film Deposition, $158600. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.

2013

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Intel: Testing Agreement, $8000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: Unrestricted grant for research, $45000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). TapeSolar: Thin Film Deposition, $171600. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech/SRC: Oxide Based reconfigurable single electron logic for beyond CMOS, $150000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

2012

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: III-V FETs and Tunnel Devices for VLSI and Heterogeneous Integration on Si, $50000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: Unrestricted grant for research, $105000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Nanomics: Ge Thin Film Deposition, $20000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.

2011

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: III-V deposition, $50200. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech, Unrestricted Grant, $25000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

2010

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). IntelliEPI: Phase I Army SBIR: Epi Ready InSb Substrate for HgCdTe Infrared Detectors by MBE, $11000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Myers, T (Co-Principal). Micro Power Global Corporation: MicroPower Chip Prototype Development Plan, $600000. (Funded: 2010 - Present). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal), Lee, Byounghak, Wood, Colin. AFOSR: Heterointegration of Dissimilar Materials, $785378. (Funded: 2010 - 2015). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). TSMC, $914255. (Funded: 2010 - 2014). Grant.

2009

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: High Performance FETs on III-V Channel, $150000. (Funded: 2009 - 2010). Grant.

2008

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Sematech: High Performance FETs on III-V Channels, $155000. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.

1965

  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Co-Principal), Lee, Byounghak (Co-Principal). 2008 Research Enhancement Proposal: Determination of Band Offsets in Oxide/Semiconductor Heterostructures. (Funded: 1965 - Present). Grant.