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Chirag Gupta

Chirag Gupta

Assistant Professor

Chirag Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prior to joining UW Madison, he worked as a device engineer in Maxim Integrated (now Analog Devices) on next-generation Silicon and GaN devices. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2018. Before that, he obtained a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Santa Barbara in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He has been awarded the Outstanding Researcher Award at the University of California Santa Barbara by SSLEEC, UC Santa Barbara, thrice for his doctoral research (2016-2018) and Academic Excellence Award at IIT Kanpur (2012).

Chirag is broadly interested in wide-band-gap (GaN, SiC) and ultra-wide-band-gap (GaOx, C) semiconductor materials and devices. These semiconductors alongside Silicon will provide solutions to emerging technological challenges in the areas of power electronics, communications, bio-electronics, and quantum applications. Specifically, his research focuses on how these semiconductors can be utilized to develop next-generation electronics (transistors, diodes, etc.) and optoelectronics (LEDs, Lasers, etc.) devices. His research will involve an in-depth understanding of semiconductor device physics and fabrication technology applied to develop novel device designs, fabrication techniques, electrical and material characterization, data analysis and repeat!

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Contact

4623, Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2018, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • B.Tech. 2013, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

  • Semiconductor devices (WBG and UWBG)
  • Group III-nitrides (GaN) and Oxides (GaOx)
  • RF and Power Electronics: HEMTs and MOSFETs
  • Optoelectronics (LEDs, LASERs)
  • Lattice Engineering
  • Quantum Applications

Affiliated Departments

  • 2024 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Early Career Innovator Award
  • 2024 GomacTec, Outstanding Paper Award
  • 2023 Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DoD DEPSCoR Award
  • 2022 Japan Society of Applied Physics, Best Paper Award
  • 2022 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Electrification Challenge Winner
  • 2020 IEEE International Physics Reliability Symposium, Best Paper Award
  • 2019 SSLEEC, UC Santa Barbara, Outstanding Researcher Award
  • 2016 SSLEEC, UC Santa Barbara, Outstanding Graduate Student
  • 2013 IIT Kanpur, Academic Excellence Award

  • E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 901 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 990 - Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 489 - Honors in Research (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 548 - Integrated Circuit Design (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • E C E 340 - Electronic Circuits I (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 399 - Independent Study (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • E C E 399 - Independent Study (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 548 - Integrated Circuit Design (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • E C E 790 - Master's Research (Summer 2023)
  • E C E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)