Academic Considerations

Textbooks:

• D. K. Ferry and D. R. Fannin, Physical Electronics (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Mass., 1971). Written for an undergraduate course in electronic materials and devices. Out of print.
• D. K. Ferry, Semiconductors (MacMillan, New York, 1991). Written for a two-semester graduate course in semiconductor physics and transport. Out of print.
• D. K. Ferry, Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineering, Revised 2nd Edition (Institute of Physics Publishing, U.K., 2000). Used in our undergraduate course on quantum mechanics (EEE 434).
• D. K. Ferry and S. M. Goodnick, Transport in Nanostructures (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, 1997). Used in our doctoral level graduate class on quantum transport (EEE 791).
• D. K. Ferry, Semiconductor Transport (Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 2000). Used for a graduate class in semiconductor transport (EEE 534).
• D. K. Ferry and J. P. Bird, Electronic Materials and Devices (Academic Press, San Diego, 2001).

Courses I usually teach:

• ECE 352, Electronic Materials and Devices, a junior level introductory course required of all electrical engineers.
• EEE 434, Quantum Mechanics, a senior/graduate level elective course.
• EEE 534, Semiconductor Transport, a graduate level course on transport in semiconductors.
• EEE 539, Introduction to Semiconductor Physics, a graduate level course on the physical electronics of semiconductors, including band structure, phonons, and electrical and magnetic properties.
• EEE 598, Quantum Computing, an introduction to the aspects of quantum information processing (co-taught with Prof. Vasileska).
• EEE 791, Quantum Transport, a course for serious doctoral students on the quantum mechanics of transport in open semiconductor nanostructures.