Presentation by A*STAR

Umesh Chand

A*STAR

Dr. Umesh Chand is a Senior Scientist at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME). He obtained his Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, and his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan. His Ph.D. research earned him both the High Achievement CTCI Foundation Award and the Best Thesis Research Award. He successfully led the development of IME’s first 1.2 kV SiC power MOSFETs. His current research focuses on wide bandgap semiconductor technologies, with a particular emphasis on SiC MOSFET device development and process integration.