Professional Experience

Adjunct Professor University of Western Australia 2009-present
University of Western Australia, Perth Australia
Faculty of Engineerin, Computing and Mathematics

Associate Dean for Avancement, College of Engineering - 2004-2007
Chair ECE - 2002 - 2004
Professor - 1993 - present
University of California, Santa Barbara
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

Associate Professor - 1990 - 1993
University of California, Santa Barbara
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

Associate Professor - 1989 - 1990
North Carolina State University

Head, Advanced Devices - 1987 - 1988
Hughes Research Laboratories

Assistant Professor - 1985 - 1986
University of Michigan
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Principal Staff Engineer - 1985
General Electric
Syracuse, New York
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Awards and Honors

. 2012 Heinrich Welker Award for “The Development of Gallium Nitride High Power Electronics from Conception, Education to Commercialization”, International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, 2012
. Testimony to Congress by Zach Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense and head of DoD's Research and Engineering, including Professor Mishra’s work on N-Face GaN HEMT’s as one of four DoD projects highlighted
. Winner of the 2007 IEEE David Sarnoff Award
. Thesis Advisor to Landcaster Award Winner, Tomas Palacios, 2006
. Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kampur, 2006
. Thesis Advisor to Landcaster Award Winner, Ilan Ben-Yaacov, 2004
. Advisor to Best Student Oral Presentation, Debdeep Jena, 2003 Electronic Materials Conference
· Advisor to Best Student Oral Presentation, P. Kozodoy, 1998 Electronic
  Materials Conference
· Best Student Paper Award, G. Parish, COMMAD'98, University of Western
  Australia, Perth Australia
· Outstanding Faculty Member, College of Engineering Student Council,
  1997-1998
· Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowship, University of Western Australia, 1995
· Fellow, IEEE, 1995
· Young Scientist of the Year Award (Intl' GaAs Symposium), 1992
· NSF, Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989
· IEEE-MTT National Lecturer, "Speaker's Bureau," 1988-1989
· 1988-1989: IEEE-MTT National Lecturer, "Speaker's Bureau."
· March 1985:Appointed Principal Staff Engineer at General Electric in
  recognition of success in mm-wave HEMT and mixer diode areas
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Conference Committee Chairs

. Chair for the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, 2009
. Chair for the International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors, 2007
· Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth (From Theory to Design) Workshop: Chairman 1999
· IEEE Cornell Conference on High Speed Semiconductors: General Chairman, 1997;
  Program Chair, 1995; Treasurer, 1993
· WOCSEMMAD: Technical Chairman, 1995; General Chairman, 1992;
· Device Research Conference: Technical Program Chairman 1994;
  General Chairman, 1995;
· IEDM Subcommittee on Quantum Electronics and Compound Semiconductors:
  Chairman 1990;
· SPIE Conference on Frontiers of High Speed Devices: Chairman;
· Ultrafast Electronics and Optoelectronics: Program Chairman;
· International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors:
Associate Chairman, 1994
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