David Keane Ferry (born 1940) is the Regents' Professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), notable for his research in semiconductor devices.
David K. Ferry | |
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| Born | 1940 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin Texas Technical College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electronic engineer and physicist |
| Institutions | Texas Tech University Office of Naval Research Colorado State University Arizona State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Arwin A. Dougal |
| Other academic advisors | Karl-Heinz Seeger |
| Doctoral students | Dragica Vasileska |
Education
editHe received his BSEE, 1962, and MSEE, 1963, both from Texas Technical College. Ferry obtained his PhD under Arwin A. Dougal, 1966, from the University of Texas at Austin with a thesis entitled Anomalous Microwave Emission from Bulk Semiconductors.
Career
editFollowing a postdoctoral year in Vienna (1966–67) under Karl-Heinz Seeger, he spent time at Texas Tech University (1967–73), the Office of Naval Research (1973–77), Colorado State University (1977–83), and then joined Arizona State University in 1983.
Honors
editHe has received a number of honours including the IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award, 1999; IEEE (Phoenix) Engineer of Year, 1990; Fellow of the IEEE, 1987; Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1974; and Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 2008. His research involves the physics and simulation of semiconductor devices and quantum effects and transport in mesoscopic device structures.
Books by Ferry
edit- The Copenhagen Conspiracy (CRC, Taylor & Francis, 2019)
- The Wigner Function in Science and Technology (IOP Publishing, Bristol, 2018)
- An Introduction to Quantum Transport in Semiconductors (Pan Stanford, Singapore, 2018)
- Semiconductors: Bonds and bands (IOP Publishing, Bristol, 2013)
- Quantum Mechanics (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1995), 2nd Edition (Inst. Physics Publ., London, 2000)
- Quantum Transport in Ultra-small Devices (Plenum, New York, 1995), Edited with Hal Grubin, Carlo Jacoboni, and Antti-Pekka Jauho
- Transport in Nanostructures (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997), with Steve Goodnick
- Semiconductor Transport (Taylor and Francis, London, 2001)
- Electronic Materials and Devices (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001), with Jon Bird.