Palestra
“Research Opportunities in Applied Physics at Masdar Institute”
31
’OUT.2012
15h15-16h15
Anf. Dep.
Física
Abstract
Established in 2009, in partnership with MIT, Masdar Institute is the only all-graduate research-based university in the Unitade Arab Emirates (UAE). The institute offers MS and PhD degrees, and is structured in eight academic programs: Chemical Engineering, Computing and Information Science, Electrical Power Engineering, Engineering Systems Management, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Microsystems Engineering, and Water and Environmental Engineering. The Microsystems Engineering program is a true mix of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Materials Science. Our research focuses on Photonics, Semiconductors, Microelectronics, Wireless Communications, Solar Cells, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
This talk will introduce you to Masdar Institute and its structure, and will present the ongoing research activities in Microsystems Engineering. Current opportunities for MS and PhD scholarships will be presented, as well as post-doc and research staff positions. The floor will then be open for questions and further discussions.
Short bio
Marcus Dahlem is an Assistant Professor in the Microsystems Engineering program at Masdar Institute. His research activities are developed in the Nano-Optics and Optoelectronics Research (NOOR) Lab, focusing on Photonic Crystals, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Optical Fiber Sensors, and Light Management Schemes in Solar Cells.
Dr. Dahlem received a Licenciatura degree in Physics (Optoelectronics and Lasers) from the University of Porto, Portugal, in 2000. He earned his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2005 and 2011 respectively, while working in the Optics and Quantum Electronics group at the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), under the supervision of Professor Erich P. Ippen.
Between 1999 to 2002, he worked as a laboratory instructor in the Physics Department at the University of Porto, and at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto (INESC Porto). In 2003 and 2005 he served as a teaching assistant in EECS at MIT, and between 2003 and 2011 he worked as a research assistant at the MIT RLE. During the summer and fall of 2008, he worked at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, in the Exploratory Photonics group.