Faculty Profile - Ian T. Ferguson

Professor
Microelectronics/Microsystems, and Optics and Photonics

Phone: 404.385.2885
Fax: 404.385.2886
Office: BH 192

Biography

Dr. Ferguson is a native of Scotland and attended Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland where he received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in 1984. He continued his studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, obtaining a Master of Science in. 1986, and his Ph.D. 1989 in optoelectronics and compound semiconductor materials and devices.

Dr. Ferguson joined Georgia Tech from EMCORE Corporation where he served as a Director of Research. Prior to this, he worked with interdisciplinary research groups at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois and at the Imperial College in London, England. Dr. Ferguson has a particular interest in research that involves an interdisciplinary approach that is often conducted in collaboration with industry partners. He also has been actively involved in the entrepreneurial process of establishing new companies.

Dr. Ferguson has over 100 referenced publications, authored three book chapters, and currently is editing two books, and holds four patents.

Selected Publications, Patents

Research Interests

SOLID STATE LIGHTING
LEDs/LASERS for UV and BIO applications
MOCVD Growth and fabrication of GaN-Based Materials
Intelligent epitaxy
Spintronics
Entrepreneurship

Distinctions

National Small Business Association Tibbets Award for contributions to the SBIR program.
Technology Utilization Foundation Technology Transfer Award
A member of the AVS, IEEE, SPIE, Institute of Physics (MInstP) and a Chartered Physicist (CPhys).
Organized and chaired various meetings with SPIE, MRS and other groups.
Reviewer for APL/JAP, JVST and other journals.

Last revised on July 25, 2006.