Professor Umesh K. Mishra
University of California, Santa Barbara
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Engineering and Sciences Building 2215
Santa Barbara, California 93106
Phone: (805) 893-3586
Fax: (805) 893-8714
Email: mishra@ece.ucsb.edu


Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
Ithaca, New York, 1984, Department of Electrical Engineering

M.S., Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1981, Department of Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.), Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur, India, 1979
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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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