Supriyo Datta | |
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Born | 1954 India |
Residence | United States |
Nationality | United States |
Fields | Engineer |
Institutions | Purdue University |
Alma mater |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Known for |
Quantum Transport Spin transistor |
Notable awards |
Presidential Young Investigator Award IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Award Frederick Terman Award IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award Procter Prize |
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Supriyo Datta is an Indian born American researcher and author. A leading figure in the modeling and understanding of nano-scale electronic conduction, he has been called "one of the most original thinkers in the field of nanoscale electronics." He is currently the Thomas Duncan Distinguished professor at the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. A recipient of the Frederick Emmons Terman Award from the American Society of Engineering Education in 1994, and the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, 1984 he is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society.
He was the Director of NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing (INAC) from 2002-2007. As an author, his books are widely used as original research and design work in the field of nanotechnology and electronic devices.
Dr. Supriyo did his schooling from Hindi High School in Kolkata, India. He was first in the whole West Bengal Board of Secondary Education exam in 1970. Datta received his B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India in 1975. He then received both his MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1977 and 1979 respectively.