FUTUR-IC Mission and Structure

Professor Lionel Kimerling’s research centers on the design and processing of semiconductor materials and devices. His work has had a fundamental impact on the understanding of chemical and electrical properties of defects in semiconductors. His research teams have enabled long-lasting telecommunications lasers; produced the first 1 MB DRAM, or dynamic random-access memory; developed semiconductor diagnostic methods; and pioneered silicon microphotonics..

Dr. Kirchain’s research and teaching explores the impact of materials-technology decisions on the economic and environmental performance of the products into which those materials are transformed and the systems in which they are produced, used, and eventually discarded.

Dr. Serna and BSU are part of the LEAP network, bringing industry, government and academia together for the use of integrated photonics and optical technologies. Dr. Serna is an Assistant Professor at BSU since September 2019.

Elsa Olivetti is Associate Dean, MIT School of Engineering; Jerry McAfee Professor in Engineering; Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; and Strategic Advisor of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium. Her passion for addressing issues related to climate change frames the focus of her research, which centers on improving the environmental and economic sustainability of materials in the context of growing global demand.