Attend ECEE Seminar with guest Chirag Gupta, Feb. 24

About:

Chirag Gupta is an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to joining UW Madison in fall 2021, he worked as a device engineer in Maxim Integrated (now Analog Devices) on next-generation silicon and gallium nitride devices. He received his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018. His research is focused on wide and ultra-wide bandgap materials and devices. His research is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense and industry. Gupta recently received the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award and the Early Career Innovator Award from UW Madison. Gupta currently holds three U.S. patents and 13 pending patent applications. Gupta has authored more than 65 journal publications and has received multiple best paper awards as author or co-author of conference articles.

Abstract:

Radio frequency, or RF, and power electronics play a critical role in our daily lives. RF electronics enable technologies such as high-speed wireless communication, broadcasting and radars. Power electronics is now becoming a necessity for new applications such as electric vehicles, energy-efficient data centers and motor drives. Additionally, these technologies are required in the defense sector to gain a tactical advantage. These applications are also coupled with extreme environments found in hypersonic jets and space exploration. Therefore, these applications require continuous improvement as well as new functionalities over incumbent technologies. In this regard, ultra-wide bandgap materials are emerging as a new class of materials to serve these applications. In this seminar, Gupta will go over the advances made by his team, as well as in the field, to make these materials a reality in RF, power and extreme environment applications.

ECEE seminar: Ultra-wide band gap materials and devices for RF, power and extreme environment applications
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Goldwater Center (GWC) 487, Tempe campus [map] and online via Zoom