Michael Shur

Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor
                   of Solid State Electronics
              Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
      CII 6015, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12110
Phone: +1 (518) 276 2201 Fax: +1 (518) 276 2990
                     Email: shurm@rpi.edu

Education

MSEE (with honors), St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI)
Ph.D., Physics, A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology,
Dr. Phys. Math. Sc. A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology, 1992

Honorary degrees
Honorary doctorate. St. Petersburg State Technical University (1994)  
Honorary doctorate. University of Vilnius (2016)

Academic Experience
Wayne State University, 1977-1978, Assistant Professor, full time
Oakland University, Assistant Professor, 1978-1979, full time
Univ. of Minnesota, Associate Professor, Professor, 1979-1989, full time
University of Virginia, John M. Money Professor, 1989-1996, full time
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, P. W. and C. S. Roberts'48 Professor, 1996-present, full time

Non-Academic Experience
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Research Associate, 1976, full time
A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Junior Scientific Worker, 1965-1976, full time

Current Membership in Professional Societies
National Academy of Inventors (Fellow), Luthianian Academy of Sciences (Foreign Member), Optical Society of America (Fellow), MRS (Fellow), IET (Fellow), IEEE (Life Fellow), American Physical Society (Life Fellow); Electrochemical Society (Fellow), SPIE (Fellow and Life member), World Innovation Foundation (Fellow), AAAS (Fellow), Electron Device Society; Microwave Theory and Technique Society (Life Member), Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi (Life Member), ASEE, Electromagnetic Academy (Fellow), US Commission D, International Union of Radio Science (elected), USNC Member-at-Large (elected 2000-2003), International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER), Humboldt Society (Life Member), EuMA Associate member, Humboldt Society of America (life member)Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)

Honors and Awards
William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award. (2017)
Rensselaer Outstanding Engineering Professor Award (2017)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
Distinguished Faculty Naval Research Fellowship (2016)
M. Shur, Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Sensors Council (2016-2018)
I. Gaska and M. Shur. Winning Poster at 2016 DOE Solid State Lighting Workshop
Institute of Electronic Technology Achievement Medal (2015)
ECS Electronic and Photonics award (2015)
Best Poster Paper Award, Future Trends in Microelectronics 2015
University of Vilnius Honorary Doctorate 2015
2014 Highlight Collection selection by Semiconductor Science and Technology (IOP Publishing)
O. Perez, A. Liu, and M. Shur, 3d place Greenovate NYS, April (2014)
Jefferson Science Fellow (2013)2012 Recognition Award from iNEER for Sustained Joint Collaboration Resulting in Innovations in Distance Learning for Engineering Education
Tibbetts Award from USA SBA for technology commercialization (2012)
Winner of 50th Anniversary of the laser essay contest of Melles Griot (2010)
Foreign Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (2009)
Paper of the Month designation, Electronics Letters, November of 2008
The IEEE Sensors Council 2008 Technical Achievement Award (2008)
Best Reliability Paper Award at the 26th MIEL 2008
IEEE Donald Fink Best Paper Award (2007)
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award (2007)
Pioneer Award from Semiconductor Semi (2003)
RPI School of Engineering Research Award (2003)
Humboldt Senior Research Prize (2002)
WOFE-02 two Best Poster Awards (2002)
Highly Cited Researcher Commendation (from ISI International) 2000
1999 Materials Research Society Best Poster Award
1999 van der Ziel Award from ISDRS99
Commendation for excellence in Technical Communications from Laser Focus World (1999)
Outstanding paper award from GOMAC'98 (1998)
Honorary Doctorate, St. Petersburg State Technical University (1994)
Prizes for the best papers of A. F. Ioffe Institute: 1968-1973
Gold Medal of the Russian Ministry of Education, 1959

Service Activities
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nano and Micro Systems journal 
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of High-Speed Electronics and Systems (1995-present); Editor, World Scientific, Book series, Special Topics in Circuits and Systems (1995-present); Member, Editorial Board of physica status solidi (2005-present)
Member, Editorial Board, physics status solidi (a) and physica status solidi (c) (2005- present)
Member, Honorary Editorial Board, Solid State Electronics (1996-present)
Editorial Board Member of The Open Condensed Matter Physics Journal (ISSN: 1874-186X) (2008-present)
Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics,
Member, International Advisory Committee, Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (1999-present)
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (1990-1993)
Member of the Technical Program Committee, ACM NanoCom 2018 TPC, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 17-19, 2018
Member of program committee for The First International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT 2018)
Member of Technical Committee of IEEE- UEMCON2017 conference, the 8th IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference- at the University of Columbia, New York, USA, 9 - 21 October 2017.
Member, Technical program committee for ACM NanoCom'17 (4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2017).
Member, the International advisory Committee, The International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices, IWPSD-2017), www.iwpsd.in.
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Sensors Council
Member of the Advisory Committee, 25th International Symposium "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology".
Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 4th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2017.
Member, Scientific Committee, 7th International Advances in Applied Physics and Materials Science Congress & Exhibition April 22-26, 2017 in Oludeniz, Fethiye / Mugla-TURKEY
Member, Program Committee, ICNS-16, Strasbourg, July 2017
Member of Technical committee of IEEE-UEMCON 2016 conference. The 7th IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, Columbia University, New York, USA 20 - 22 October 2016
Member of the Technical Program Committee of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication 2016.
Member of Advisory Committee for the 24th International Symposium "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology".
Member, National Academies of Sciences Committee on MMW airport scanning machines
Corresponding Member, IEEE Intellectual Property Committee, 2014-2016
Administrative Committee Member IEEE Sensors Council 2015-2018
Special Session Organizer, the 6-th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META 2015),
Shota Rustaveli. National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSF), International Peer-Reviewer.
Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, December 2017, San Juan, PR
Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, December 2015, San Juan, PR
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE EDS (2003- present)
Chair, Russian Japanese US European THz Workshop October 2017, RPI in 2017
International Technical Committee Member, Russian Japanese US European THz Workshop October 2017, RPI in 2017
Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, December 2017, San Juan, PR
Chair, Russian Japanese US European THz Workshop October 2017, RPI in 2017
International Technical Committee Member, Russian Japanese US European THz Workshop October 2017, RPI in 2017
Technical Committee Member, ISDRS, 2016
Special Event Chair, LEC Conference on High Performance Devices, Ithaca, NY, 2014
ECS TFT Symposium (2014) co-Chair
Russian Japanese US Symposium on THz Technology (2014), co-Chair
Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, IEEE MTT (2004-2006)
Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, December 2013, San Juan, PR
Program Committee Member of the 28th Symposium on Microelectronics Technology and Devices (Curitiba, Brazil)
International Advisory Committee Member for IEEE ISSNIP 2013
EDS Member, Board of Governors, IEEE Electron Device Society, 2013-2015
EDS Member, Board of Governors, IEEE Electron Device Society, 2010-2012

Important Publications and Presentations from the Past 5 Years:
Citations: 54389  h-index 106  i10-index 743
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0e89XEcAAAAJ&hl=en

M. Shur and A. Liu, Flash lighting with optimized power-distribution, US Patent 9,894,728 February 13, 2018
K L Koshelev, V Y Kachorovskii, M Titov, M S. Shur Plasmonic Shock waves and solitons in a nanoring.-Phys. Rev. B 95, 035418 (2017)
M. Shur, Physics of Ultrahigh Speed Electronic Devices, IEDM Technical Digest, pp. 29.4.1-29.4.4, IEDM16-719 (2016) (Invited)
M. Shur (Invited) Physics of GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors ECS Trans. 2016 75(12): 69-76; Published 23 September 2016
I. V. Rozhansky, V. Yu. Kachorovskii, and M. S. Shur, Helicity-Driven Ratchet Effect Enhanced by Plasmons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 246601, 15 June 2015