Energy-inefficient devices consume more power, leading to higher greenhouse gas emissions and increased electricity costs, making it imperative to improve energy efficiency for reducing the global carbon footprint, conserving resources and promoting sustainable development in our increasingly digital world.
The steady improvement in the performance and versatility of electronic systems is largely due to the scaling down of transistors and their derivatives, allowing for smaller, more powerful and versatile electronics. By shrinking, stacking and densely packing components, engineers have added functionality without expanding the systems’ footprints. However, these advancements have introduced challenges, particularly in power dissipation, which directly impacts energy efficiency. As a result, electronics engineers, material scientists and physicists worldwide are striving to address the degradation in energy efficiency of electronics caused by the continuous miniaturization and denser arrangements.
Among those people is Arnab Pal, a recent UC Santa Barbara doctoral graduate in electrical and computer engineering. His doctoral research was recognized with a prestigious Ph.D. Student Fellowship from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) Electron Devices Society (EDS), annually awarded to a single Ph.D. student from the entire Americas and to a total of three Ph.D. students worldwide.
Arnab Pal, the only student in the Americas and one of only three world-wide to receive this fellowship from the IEEE EDS.