Viewbook - (Page 18) Robert M. Wallace Virtually every new semiconductor chip that’s manufactured in the coming years will feature insulator technology co-invented by Dr. Robert Wallace, a professor of materials science, electrical engineering and physics. Wallace’s accomplishments date back to his role at Texas Instruments as co-inventor of an insulator technology that, after years of testing, is now key to enabling semiconductor manufacturers to continue their long record of producing smaller, faster and cheaper chips. Now occupying lab space in the state-of-the-art Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory, Wallace and his research team in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science are continuing to build on his earlier work. “UT Dallas has established an exciting, world-class environment for research. Our combination of talented students and outstanding faculty provides tremendous opportunity for innovation,” says Professor Wallace. “With the commitment and support of our administration, we’re seeing rapid expansion into nanotechnologies beyond electronics, including energy storage, solar power, biosensors, flexible lighting and more – all areas of great potential for careers in engineering, science and technology.” Wallace is also a part of a team that’s playing a key role in a $15 million research project designed to enable manufacturing at an almost unimaginably small scale: one atom at a time. Known as atomically precise manufacturing, the technique is expected to enable a wide variety of devices and products, including ultra-low-power semiconductors for cell phones and other wireless communications, among other things. When he’s not making new discoveries, Wallace serves as director of both the Cleanroom Research Laboratory and the Electronic Materials Laboratory at UT Dallas. He helped establish the materials science and engineering curriculum, which is a relatively new degree offering at the University. Futuristic “tomorrow” technologies like Wallace’s atomically precise manufacturing are but one example of the initiatives that are part of UT Dallas’ Strategic Plan to become one of the nation’s best public research universities. Robert Wallace holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Faculty Profile Pittsburgh. He is the author or co-author of more than 130 articles in scientific journals and proceedings. He currently holds 70 U.S. and international patents. create your future
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