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AMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL
agrawal@eng.utah.edu(801) 842 8385 http://www.ece.utah.edu/~agrawal/ 900 East 250 South Cedar Cliff Apts. #13C Salt Lake City, UT, 84102
EDUCATION:
Ph. D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah July 2008 (exp.)
Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 2005
Bachelors of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Bhilai Institute of Technology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India 2002
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Research Assistant: Fall 2005-Present

Employer: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
Thesis Title: “Terahertz Plasmonic Metamaterials and Guided Wave Devices.
Advisor: Prof. Ajay Nahata.

Graduate Research Assistant: Fall 2003-Spring 2005
Employer: Cardiovascular Development Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Utah
Thesis Title: “Fiber-optic Laser Doppler Velocimeter for Microcirculatory Flow Measurements.
Advisor: Prof. Douglas Christensen.

Undergraduate Thesis: August 2001-June 2002
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, B.I.T. Bhilai, India
Thesis Title: “Optical Networking based on Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM).
Advisor: Prof. Amitabh Mishra.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
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Finalist, New Focus/Bookham Award, Optical Society of America, 2008
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DJ Lovell Scholarship, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2007
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LEOS Graduate Student Fellow, IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007
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Incubic/Milton Chang Award, Optical Society of America, 2007
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University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship, 2006
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Graduation with Honors, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, 1998
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Employer: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah:

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“Lasers and its Applications” Instructor: Prof. Ajay Nahata. Fall 2004, 05, 06, 07
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“Ultrasound” Instructor: Prof. Douglas Christensen. Fall 2004
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“Optical Communication Systems” Instructor: Prof. Steve Blair. Spring 2004, 08

ƒ “Optical Electronics and Lasers” Instructor: Prof. Steve Blair. Fall 2003 Employer: David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah:

ƒ “Business Statistics” Instructor: Prof. Mohammad Mirfakhrai. Spring 2003

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[18] A. Agrawal, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Engineering the Dielectric Function of Plasmonic Lattices,Opt. Express (2008), Accepted

[17] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, H. Cao and A. Nahata, “Generation of broadband radially polarized terahertz radiation directly on a cylindrical metal wire,” Opt. Express 16, pp. 8433-8439 (2008)

[16] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal and A. Nahata, “Planar Plasmonic Guided Wave Terahertz Devices,” Opt. Express 16, pp. 6216-6226 (2008) [News articles discussing this work appeared in: EE Times, NewScientist, Nanotimes, Laser Focus World, The Telegraph, Engadget, UNews, KSL-TV5 etc]

[15] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Extraordinary Optical Transmission of Metallic Films having Two-dimensional Aperture Arrays with Short-Range Order,” Opt. Express 16, pp. 6267-6273 (2008)

[14] M. Diwekar, T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, and Z.V. Vardeny, “Mid-infrared optical response and thermal emission from metallic films perforated with subwavelength hole arrays,Phys. Rev. B 76 1954021 (2007)

[13] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Direct measurement of the Gouy phase shift for surface plasmon-polaritons,Opt. Express 15, pp. 9995-10001 (2007)

[12] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Terahertz transmission properties of quasiperiodic and aperiodic aperture arrays,JOSA B 24, pp. 2545-2555 (2007)

[11] A. Agrawal and A. Nahata, “Coupling terahertz radiation onto a metal wire using a subwavelength coaxial aperture,” Opt. Express 15, pp. 9022-9028 (2007) [News article discussing this work appeared in Laser Focus World]

[10] T. Matsui*, A. Agrawal*, A. Nahata, and Z.V. Vardeny, “Transmission Resonances through Aperiodic Aperture Arrays,Nature 446, 517-521(2007) [News articles discussing this work appeared in: MIT Technology Review, EE Times, MSNBC, LiveScience, NewScientist, The Telegraph, Nanotimes, UNews, Salt Lake Tribune etc]

[9] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, R. Menon, and Z.V. Vardeny, “Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy studies of subwavelength hole arrays in metallic films,” Physica B: Condensed Matter 394, 363-367 (2007)

[8] N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, J. A. Hawkins, and E. B. Clark, “Dependence of Aortic Arch Morphogenesis on Intracardiac Blood Flow in the Left Atrial Ligated Chick Embryo,” The Journal of Experimental Biology (2008), In Press

[7] A. Agrawal and A. Nahata, "Time-domain radiative properties of a single subwavelength aperture surrounded by an exit side surface corrugation," Opt. Express 14, pp. 1973-1981 (2006)

[6] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, Z.V. Vardeny, and R. Menon, “Resonantly enhanced transmission through a periodic array of subwavelength apertures in heavily doped conducting polymer films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 071101(2006)

[5] X. Shou, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Role of metal film thickness on the enhanced transmission properties of a periodic array of subwavelength apertures,” Opt. Express 13, pp. 9834-9840 (2005)

[4] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Excitation and scattering of surface plasmon-polaritons on structured metal films and their application to pulse shaping and enhanced transmission,” New J. Phys. 7, pp. 249-261 (2005)

[1. Downloaded more than 250 times within one month of its publication. Across all IoP journals, only 2% of all the articles published have been accessed these many times

2. Appeared as a feature in the special 10th anniversary “highlights” collection of New Journal of Physics]

[3] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, Z.V. Vardeny, and R. Menon, “Anomalous transmission through highly-doped conducting polymer PPy (PF6) films with two-dimensional periodic subwavelength hole array,” Journal of the Society of Electrical Materials Engineering 14, pp. 7-10 (2005)

[2] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Time-domain analysis of enhanced transmission through a single subwavelength aperture,” Opt. Express 13, pp. 3535-3542 (2005)

[1] H. Cao, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Controlling the transmission resonance lineshape of a single subwavelength aperture,” Opt. Express 13, pp. 763-769 (2005)

INVITED NEWS ARTICLES

[2] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z. V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Aperiodic Aperture Arrays as Terahertz Plasmonic Metamaterials,” SPIE Newsroom (2007)

http://spie.org/x15811.xml

[1] Z. V. Vardeny, T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, and R. Menon, “Tunable plasmonic crystals of heavily-doped conducting polymers promise novel devices,” SPIE Newsroom (2006)

http://spie.org/x8819.xml

INVITED TALKS

[12] A. Agrawal, “Terahertz Optoelectronics: New Techniques, Devices and Applications,” NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (2008)

[11] A. Agrawal, “Terahertz Plasmonic Metamaterials and Guided Wave Devices,” NIST, Boulder, CO (2008)

[10] A. Agrawal, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Plasmonic Metamaterials,” MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2008)

[9] M. Diwekar, T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “Thermal Emission Properties of Periodically Structured Metals,” 5th Symposium on Photonics, Networking and Computing, JCIS2007, Salt Lake City, UT (2007)

[8] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission Properties of Aperiodic Arrays,” 5th Symposium on Photonics, Networking and Computing, JCIS2007, Salt Lake City, UT (2007)

[7] A. Agrawal and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission Properties of Structured Metal Films,” Terahertz Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2007)

[6] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Resonantly Enhanced Terahertz Transmission through Aperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” CLEO, Baltimore, MD (2007)

[5] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, Z.V. Vardeny, and R. Menon, “Molecular Plasmonics Using Heavily-Doped Conducting Polymers,” Fourth International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE4), Japan (2007)

[4] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z. V. Vardeny, “Transmission resonances of terahertz radiation through aperiodic arrays of subwavelength apertures,” International Symposium on Organic and Inorganic Electronic Materials and Related Nanotechnologies, EM-NANO2007, Japan (2007)

[3] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Enhanced transmission through a single subwavelength aperture and its application to arbitrary terahertz waveform generation,” The 3rd International Symposium on System Construction of Global Network Oriented Information Electronics, Japan (2006)

[2] T. Matsui, Z. V. Vardeny, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and R. Menon, “Tunable Plasmonic Photonic Crystals Using Heavily-Doped Organic Conducting Polymers,” International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, ICSM2006, Ireland (2006)

[1] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Shaping terahertz pulses using structured metal films,” IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society Annual Meeting, Australia (2005)

REFEREED POST-DEADLINE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

[2] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Measurement of the Gouy phase shift for surface plasmons,” Frontiers in Optics (OSA Annual Meeting), San Jose, CA (2007)

[1] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Time-domain characterization of enhanced terahertz transmission through a single subwavelength aperture,” Optical Terahertz Science and Technology, Orlando, FL (2005)

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

[34] A. Agrawal, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Engineering the Dielectric Function of Plasmonic Lattices,” Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META), Rochester, CA (2008) Submitted

[33] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Planar Plasmonic Terahertz Guided-Wave Devices,” Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META), Rochester, CA (2008) Submitted

[32] A. Agrawal, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Engineering the Dielectric Function of Plasmonic Lattices,” EOS Annual Meeting, Paris, France (2008) Submitted

[31] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Enhanced Transmission through Subwavelength Aperture Arrays with Short Range Order,” CLEO, San Jose, CA (2008)

[30] X. Shou, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Efficient Broadband Terahertz Microstrip Waveguide,” CLEO, San Jose, CA (2008)

[29] W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, “Measurement of the Gouy Phase Shift for Surface Plasmon Polaritons,” CLEO, San Jose, CA (2008)

[28] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Transmission Properties of Aperiodic Aperture Arrays at Terahertz Frequencies,” SPP3 Third International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, Dijon, France (2007)

[27] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission through Aperiodic Aperture Arrays,” Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic, Jackson Hole, WY (2007)

[26] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Transmission resonances through “designed” aperiodic subwavelength hole array,” Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan (2007)

[25] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “Transmission resonances through quasiperiodic subwavelength hole array,” Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan (2007)

[24] A. Agrawal and A. Nahata, “Coupling Multi-cycle Terahertz Pulses onto a Metal Wire Waveguide Using a Subwavelength Coaxial Aperture,” Optical Terahertz Science and Technology, Orlando, FL (2007)

[23] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “Resonantly Enhanced Terahertz Transmission Using Quasiperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” Optical Terahertz Science and Technology, Orlando, FL (2007)

[22] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Resonantly Enhanced Terahertz Transmission Using Aperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” Optical Terahertz Science and Technology, Orlando, FL (2007)

[21] A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission through Aperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO (2007)

[20] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “Resonantly Enhanced Terahertz Transmission Using Quasiperiodic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO (2007)

[19] A. Agrawal, W. Zhu, X. Shou, and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission Properties of Split Ring Resonators,” Frontiers in Optics (OSA Annual Meeting), Rochester, NY (2006)

[18] A. Agrawal, W. Zhu, X. Shou, and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Transmission Properties of Metamaterials Composed of Split Ring Resonators and Wires,” CLEO, Long Beach, CA (2006)

[17] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Terahertz Pulse Shaping Using Structured Metal Films,” CLEO, Long Beach, CA (2006)

[16] T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and R. Menon, “Anomalous transmission through heavily-doped conducting polymer film perforated with two-dimensional subwavelength hole array,” Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan (2006)

[15] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Terahertz transmission through a subwavelength aperture in a structured metal film and its application to pulse shaping,” MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2006)

[14] T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and R. Menon, “Anomalous transmission through a periodic subwavelength hole array in heavily doped conducting polymer films,” MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2006)

[13] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “Anomalous transmission through heavily doped conducting polymer films with periodic subwavelength hole array,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA (2006)

[12] T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and Z.V. Vardeny, “THz anomalous transmission through aperiodic subwavelength hole array,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA (2006)

[11] T. Matsui, Z.V. Vardeny, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata and R. Menon, “Anomalous transmission through a periodic subwavelength hole array in heavily doped conducting polymer films,” APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD (2006)

[10] J. A. Hawkins, N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, and E. B. Clark, “Changes in cardiac function and aortic arch blood flow in chick embryo after neural crest ablation,” Pediatr. Res., Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2006)

[9] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Enhanced terahertz transmission through a subwavelength aperture: a time-domain interpretation,” Paper #FMA6, Frontiers in Optics (OSA Annual Meeting), Tucson, AZ (2005)

[8] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Resonant terahertz transmission properties of a bullseye structure,” Proc. SPIE, paper #5927-30, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA (2005)

[7] T. Matsui, Z. V. Vardeny, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, and R. Menon, “Anomalous transmission through highly-doped conducting polymer PPy (PF6) films with two-dimensional periodic subwavelength hole array,” International Conference on Electronics and Materials Engineering (ICEME), Osaka, Japan (2005)

[6] A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, “Resonantly suppressed terahertz transmission through a bullseye structure,” Optical Terahertz Science and Technology, Orlando, FL (2005)

[5] N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, J. A. Hawkins, and E. B. Clark, “Assessment of blood flow in aortic arch arteries of the neural crest ablated chick embryo,” Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (2005)

[4] N. Hu, C. Beaumont, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, J. A. Hawkins, and E. B. Clark, “Assessment of blood flow in aortic arch arteries of the neural crest ablated chick embryo,” Experimental Biology Conference (FASEB) 21, San Diego CA (2005)

[3] N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, J. A. Hawkins, and E. B. Clark, "Dependence of Aortic Arch Morphogenesis on Intracardiac Blood Flow in the Chick Embryo," Weinstein Cardiovascular Development Conference, Leiden Medical University Center, Leiden, The Netherlands (2004)

[2] N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, J. A. Hawkins, and E. B. Clark, “Association of aortic arch malformation due to altered blood flow following left atrial ligation in the chick embryo,” Experimental Biology Conference (FASEB) 18 (438.1), A644, Washington D.C. (2004)

[1] J. A. Hawkins, N. Hu, D. A. Christensen, A. K. Agrawal, and E. B. Clark, “Dependence of aortic arch morphogenesis on intracardiac blood flow in the chick embryo,” Pediatr. Res. 55 (5-6:37A), Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2004)

BROAD AUDIENCE PRESS

[57] “Make way for T-Ray,” GCN April 22, 2008 -

http://www.gcn.com/print/27_10/46215-1.html

[56] “Waveguides bridge \'terahertz gap\',” EE Times April 22, 2008 -

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401260

[55] “University of Utah engineers guide terahertz waves towards far-infrared communications,” Laser Focus World, April 22, 2008 -

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/326454/12/none/none/TECHN/University-of-Utahengineers-guide-terahertz-waves-towards-far-infrared-communication

[54] “Circuits for superfast far-infrared computers,” Nanotimes, Berlin April 16, 2008 Issue -

http://www.ivcon.net/files/download/nanotimes_08_08.pdf

(Link is for pdf of full issue. Story is on cover and pages 7 through 9 -- in English/German)

[53] “A step toward circuits for terahertz computing,” PhysOrg.com April 15, 2008 -

http://www.physorg.com/news127452360.htm

[52] “Terahertz Computers Coming Up Soon,”Softpedia.com, April 15, 2008 -

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Terahertz-Computers-Coming-Up-Soon-83487.shtml

[51] “Researchers to build a computer that doesn\'t use electricity,”KSL-TV5Salt Lake City, April 17, 2008

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3105171

To watch TV video, click "View this story" under "Video"

[50] “U researchers develop ultra-fast computer circuits,” Daily Utah Chronicle, April 18, 2008 - http://media.www.dailyutahchronicle.com/media/storage/paper244/news/2008/04/18/News/U.Resear chers.Develop.UltraFast.Computer.Circuits-3334713.shtml

[49] “Utah boffins in terahertz spybeam infra-computing quest,” The Register, London April 16, 2008 -

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/t_ray_computing_breakthrough_utah/

[48] “Terahertz speed circuits get closer,” New Scientist, London: April 16, 2008 -

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13719-terahertz-speed-circuits

getcloser.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn13719

[47] “Exploiting T-rays,” Network World, Massachusetts April 16, 2008 -

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/041608-network-research-projects.html

[46] “Researchers take aim at terahertz computing,” Engadget, April 16, 2008 -

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/researchers-take-aim-at-terahertz-computing/

[45] “Waveguides Control T-rays,” Photonics.com, April 15, 2008 -

http://www.photonics.com/content/news/2008/April/15/91304.aspx

[44] “US boffins look to terahertz optical computers,” Vnunet.com, U.K., April 15, 2008 -

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214335/boffins-look-terahertz-optical

[43] “Terahertz computing may not be dead after all,” TG Daily (formerly Tom\'s Hardware Guide), April 15, 2008 - http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/36946/113/

[42] The Telegraph, London (see mention in last 2 paragraphs): April 15, 2008 -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/04/15/sciip

od115.xml

[41] “Indian origin scientist takes step towards building superfast far-infrared computers,” Asian News International (ANI) via Thaindian News, April 15, 2008 - http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/indian-origin-scientist-takes-step-towards-buildingsuperfast-far-infrared-computers_10038094.html

[40] “TERAHERTZ OPTICS: Grooved aperture efficiently couples terahertz waves into wire waveguide,” Laser Focus World, Sep 1, 2007 –

http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/305709/12/ARCHI/none/News/TERAHERTZOPTICS:-Grooved-aperture-efficiently-couples-terahertz-waves-into-wire-waveguid

[39] “Agrawal, Standish Awarded Top SPIE Scholarships,” SPIE Professional, July, 2007 –

http://spie.org/x14807.xml

[38] “SPIE awards $231,500 in scholarships,” Laser Focus World, May 17, 2007 – http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/293012/12/ARCHI/none/INDUS/SPIE-awards$231,500-in-scholarships

[37] “First terahertz bandpass filter targets unused spectrum,” PlanetAnalog.com, May 2, 2007 –

http://www.planetanalog.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198701063

[36] “Terahertz-Gap Filters Could Speed Communications or Detect Terrorists,” Interference Technology, May 2, 2007 – http://www.interferencetechnology.com/emcnews/id1236

[35] “Podczerwień do walki z terrorystami,” (in Polish) StudentNews.pl, April 17, 2007 –

http://studentnews.pl/serwis.php?&s=58&pok=6279&c1=1242&l=&id=51977

[34] “Terahertz Breakthrough Could Increase Short-range Wireless Speeds,” Cellular-News, April 17, 2007 - http://www.cellular-news.com/story/23217.php

[33] “Peering Into the Far-Infrared,” Communications Direct by PricewaterhouseCoopers, April 16, 2007

http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23812

[32] Metal foil heralds Terahertz radio, Techworld.com, April 11, 2007 -

http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=8503

[31] “Terahertzii bat la usa,” (in Romanian) Communicatii Mobile, April 11, 2007 –

http://www.comunic.ro/stiri.php/Terahertzii_bat_la_usa/1/15297/

[30] “Faixa inexplorada do espectro eletromagnético permite transmissão digital,” (in Portugese) Inovacao Tecnologica, April10, 2007 – http://www.inovacaotecnologica.com.br/noticias/noticia.php?artigo=010150070410

[29] “SPOTLIGHT: Metal film speeds up wireless transmissions,” Fierce WiFi, April 9, 2007 –

http://www.fiercewifi.com/story/spotlight-metal-film-speeds-up-wireless-transmissions/2007-04-09

[28] “Metal Films Enable New Terahertz Technology,” Radio World, April 6, 2007 -

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0101/t.4586.html

[27] “Faster Wireless Promised,” INDOlink, April 6, 2007 -

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=040607040310

[26] “Far Infrared Can be Used for Anti-Terror Devices, Faster Wireless,” PCB007, April 4, 2007 -

http://www.pcb007.com/anm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=15528&zoneid=145&v=pcb

[25] “Le nuove onde dell\'infrarosso lontano,” (in Italian) Enel Magazine, April 4, 2007 –

http://magazine.enel.it/boiler/articolisett/articolisett0472.asp

[24] “Quasicrystals are selective with terahertz light,” Physics Web optics.org, April 4, 2007 –

http://optics.org/cws/article/research/27516

[23] “Terahertz filter could harness unused spectrum,” Ubikwitus, April 3, 2007 –

http://ubikwitus.blogspot.com/2007/04/terahertz-filter-could-harness-unused.html

[22] “Exploring the Unknown,” The Daily Utah Chronicle, April 2, 2007 - http://media.www.dailyutahchronicle.com/media/storage/paper244/news/2007/04/03/News/Exploring .The.Unknown-2819108.shtml

[21] “The Ultrafast Future of Wireless,” MIT Technology Review, April 2, 2007 -

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18475/

[20] “Boffin log,” The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph.co.uk), April 2, 2007 -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/04/03/nboffin103.xml

[19] “Harnessing New Frequencies for Wireless and Anti-Terrorism,” THz Science & Technology Network, April 2, 2007 -http://www.thznetwork.org/wordpress/index.php/archives/416

[18] “Terahertz filter can use the unused spectrum,” (in Russian) HiZone Magazine, April 1, 2007 –

http://www.hizone.info/index.html?d=20070401

[17] “Light flows through metal like liquid,” The Times of India, March 31, 2007 –

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1835648.cms

[16] “Far-infrared light or faster wireless communications,” Welter Science, March 31, 2007 –

http://www.welterscience.com/50501/49001.html.

[15] “Far Infrared Light Can Be Used For Anti-terror Devices, Faster Wireless,” Science Daily, March 30 2007 - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070328155647.htm

[14] “Harnessing New Frequencies,” EnergyDaily.com, March 30, 2007 –

http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Harnessing_New_Frequencies_999.html

[13] Terahertz filter could harness unused spectrum,” New Scientist Magazine, March 29, 2007 -

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11492-terahertz-filter-could-harness-unused-spectrum-.html

[12] Verso telecomunicazioni a terahertz,” (in Italian) Le Scienze (Italian Edition of Scientific American), March 29, 2007 – http://lescienze.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/articolo/1298405

[11] La connessione del futuro è infrarossa,” (in Italian) Galileo Newsletter, March 29, 2007 –

http://www.galileonet.it/news/8159/la-connessione-del-futuro-e-infrarossa

[10] “Far infrared for wireless and security,” The Engineer Online, March 29, 2007 –

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INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:
ƒ Student Intern, Uttar Pradesh Telelinks Limited, Ghaziabad (U.P.) India ƒ Student Intern, Birla Ericsson Optical Limited, Rewa (M.P.) India April 2001-June 2001 Oct. 2000-Nov. 2000
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Member - The National Scholars Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society
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Student Member - Optical Society of America, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering and IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
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Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah
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Secretary of the A-ECOMIT (Association of Electronics, Computers and Information Technology Students.), B.I.T. Bhilai, August 2001-June 2002
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  1. Prof. Ajay Nahata Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah 50 S. Central Campus Drive, Rm. 3280 MEB Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206 Email: nahata@ece.utah.edu Phone: (801) 581-5184 Fax: (801) 581-5281
  2. Prof. Z. Valy Vardeny
    Department of Physics
    University of Utah
    115 South 1400 East
    Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0830
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  3. Prof. Richard Averitt
    Department of Physics
    Boston University
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    Email: raveritt@physics.bu.edu
    Phone: (617) 353-2619
    Fax: (617) 353-9393
  4. Prof. Steve Blair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah 50 S. Central Campus Drive, Rm. 3280 MEB Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206 Email: blair@ece.utah.edu Phone: (801) 585-6157 Fax: (801) 581-5281
  1. Prof. Jie Shan Department of Physics Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7079 Email: jie.shan@case.edu Phone: (216) 368-4240 Fax: (216) 368-4671
  2. Dr. Aniruddha Weling Foster-Miller, Inc. Materials Technology Group 195 Bear Hill Road Waltham, MA 02451 Email: aweling@foster-miller.com Phone: (781) 684-4640 Fax: (781) 684-4600
  3. Prof. Douglas Christensen Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah 50 S. Central Campus Drive, Rm. 3280 MEB Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206 Email: christen@ee.utah.edu Phone: (801) 585-3651 Fax: (801) 585-5361