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Christou, Aris

Christou, Aris

Professor
Fellow, APS
Fellow, IEEE
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Center for Risk and Reliability
2309A Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1971

BACKGROUND

Professor Aris Christou previously served as the Chair of the Department of Materials and Nuclear Engineering. He currently conducts research in compound semiconductor materials and process science, radiation effects in materials and devices, manufacturing science, and reliability. From 2000-2003, Dr. Christou was the Director of the NSF Center COEDIP, the Center of OptoElectronic Devices, Interconnects and Packaging. Prior to his appointments at the University of Maryland, he was a Professor of Electronic Materials at Rutgers University, and research scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory. He has authored two books and has been the editor of three others. Dr. Christou has more than 150 publications in archival journals and 14 patents (including two pending), and has organized international conferences in GaAs devices, materials and reliability. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fullbright Fellow, a recipient of the DoD-Berman Publication Awards, and an IEEE Guest Lecturer. Professor Christou was the 2004 recipient of the INEER Achievement Award (International Network for Engineering Education and Research) for achievements in international education and research in engineering, as well as the recipient of the 2007 ASM International Burgess Memorial Award "For his seminal scientific contributions in the field of electronic materials, packaging and devices." Professor Christou is a member of APS, ASM, TMS and MRS, was the past President of the Federation of Materials Societies from 2004-2006, and is presently a member of the FMS Board of Trustees. Full Bio »

HONORS AND AWARDS

For a full list of honors and awards, please visit Professor Christou's web site

Radiation effects in microelectronics, radiation hard design methodologies and physics of failure of compound semiconductors in space applications. Materials degradation, radiation induced defects in metals, corrosion and high pressure induced transformations in steels and iron alloys.

  • ENES100 : Introduction to Engineering Design
  • ENES 230: Introduction to Materials and Their Applications
  • ENMA 300: Introduction to Engineering Materials (formerly ENES 230)
  • ENMA 426/ENRE 447: Reliability of Materials
  • ENMA 463: Macroprocessing of Materials in Electronic Packaging
  • ENMA 626/ENRE600 : Reliability Engineering

For a more extensive list of selected publications, please visit Proessor Christou's web site
For the entire publication list, please see Professor Christou's C.V. (PDF)

  • T.J. Anderson, K.D. Hobart, J.D. Greenlee, D.I. Shahin, A.D. Koehler, E.A. Imhoff, R.L. Myers-Ward, A. Christou, F.J. Kub, “UV and EUV Detectors Based on the Graphene/SiC Heterojunction”, Submitted to Electronic Letters, 2014.
  • Gary Paradee, Tom Martin, Aris Christou, “Fatigue Properties of Graphene on Flexible Substrates”, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, December 2014
  • Gary Paradee, Tom Martin and Aris Christou, “Fatigue Properties of Uniform and Patterned ITO on Flexible Substrates,” J. Microelectronics Reliability, Accepted 2014 and to be published 2015.
  • Gary Paradee, Eric Bailey and A. Christou, “Stress relaxation behavior and low cycle fatigue behavior of bulk SAC 305,” J. Mater. Sci. Electron (2014) 25:4122-4128.
  • Gary Paradee, Tom Martin, Aris Christou, “Fatigue Properties of Graphene on Flexible Substrates”, IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, December 2014.
  • A. Christou, “Process-Reliability Relationships in GaN and GaAs Field Effect Transistors and HFETs”, Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Digest_2013, pp 391-394.
  • Kaushik Chatterjee, Mohammad Modarres and Joseph B. Bernstein. "Fifty Years of Physics of Failure" (PDF), Journal of the Reliability Informaiton Analysis Center, January 2012.
  • M. Sawant, and A. Christou. "Failure modes and effects criticality analysis and accelerated life testing of LEDs for medical applications." Solid-State Electronics, (2012) 78, 39–45.
  • Martin Peckerar, Thomas Martin, and Aris Christou. http://christou.umd.edu/publications/conferences.html"Nanoparticle Technology for Power Integration With Flexible Substrates."
  • Christou, A., & Fantini, F. "Introduction to the special issue on GaN and related nitride compound device reliability." IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, (2008) 8(2), 239-239.
  • Christou, A. "Monte Carlo Reliability Model for Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits." Quality and Reliability Engineering International, (2008) 24(3), 315-329.
  • S. Yang, A. Christou, “Failure Model for Silver Electromigration,” IEEE Trans Materials, Device Reliability, Vol2,  Feb 2007.
  • S. Yang, J.Wu, A. Christou, “Initial Stages of Silver Electrochemical Migration Degradation,” Microelectronics Reliability vol.46 (2006) 1915-1921.
  • C.C. Zhang, Aris Christou, “Reliability of Leadless Interconnects in GaAs ASICS”, J. of RIAC, 2006, No.2, 20-26.
  • Ahangir Alam, Andrei E. Botchkarev, James A. Griffin, John M. Zavada, Aristos Christou and S. Noor Mohammad, “Optical properties of MBE-grown GaAs1-xNx alloys”, Phil Mag, 1121-1134, 2006.
  • S. J. Chang, C. F. Shen, S. C. Shei, C. S. Chang, W. S. Chen, T. K. Ko, J.K.Shei and Y. S. Sun, "Highly Reliable Nitride-Based LEDs with Internal ESD Protection Diodes" (PDF), IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, November 2005.
  • L.Mohaddes-Ardahilli, L. Martinez-Miranda, L. Salamanca-Riba, A. Christou, William Bentley and M. Al- Sheikhley, “Preferred Orientation of DNA Olionucleotide probes on the (2x4) Reconstructed Surface of (001) GaAs,” J Appl. Physics Vol 95, No. 11, Part 1 (6021-6024), June 2004.
  • Mohamad Al-Sheikhley, D. Sweet, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, B. Varughese, J. Silverman, Aris Christou and William Bentley, “Radiation-Induced Failure Mechanisms of GaAs–Based Biochips,” IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, vol. 4, No. 2 (192-197), June 2004.
  • C. Zhang, P. Yalamanchili, M. Al-Sheikhley and A. Christou, Metal Migration in Epoxy Encapsulated ECL Devices, 2004 ESREF, Oct. 2004.
  • L.Mohaddes-Ardahilli, L. Martinez-Miranda, J. Silverman, A. Christou, L. Salamanca- Riba and M. Al- Sheikhley, “Attachment of DNA Probes on GaAs Surfaces”, Appl. Physics Lettrs, 83, No. 1, pp. 192-194 (2003).
  • N. Strifas, P. Yalamanchili, A. Christou, “Reliability Model for Polyimide-Metal Interconnect Shorts,” Qual and Reliability Int. 20:1-13 (2004).
  • M. Linnik and A. Christou, “Calculations of optical properties for Quartenary III-V semiconductor alloys in the transparent region and above” (PDF), Physica B, 318, pp 140-161 (2002). Abstract »

UMD Mourns Kevin Greenaugh, Nuclear Engineering Trailblazer

Nuclear engineering alumnus held a senior role at the nation’s nuclear security agency.

Reflecting on 20 Years of Excellence and Innovation

Materials Science and Engineering celebrated its anniversary on November 7, 2023.

Aristos Christou Heads Project for GaN Amplifiers in MRI Systems 

The study will enable future MRI systems to identify artifacts with an enhanced resolution and sensitivity.

Bailey Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Four materials science students receive Honorable Mentions.

Christou Joins Md. Delegation to European Offshore Wind Energy Conference

Professor will present paper on predictive modeling of grid reliability.

Exploring Offshore Wind Energy for Maryland

Md. Higher Education Commission funds Clark School study of reliability, cost-effectiveness of wind-generated energy.

NRC Funds Development of New Grad-Level Corrosion Courses

Ankem, Christou, and Moderres to create new modules for nuclear, reliability, and sustainability engineering programs.

Nuclear Engineering Education Now Online

Clark School makes new online graduate degrees (M.Eng. and Graduate Certificate) available.

Christou Designs Better Lasers for Threat Detection

New lasers are tunable, span longer wavelengths.

Christou Receives ASM Award

International society recognizes original research, leadership.

Materials Camp Will Help Teachers Innovate

Sessions seek to improve K-12 education, inspire students.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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American Physical Society (APS)

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