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Recent graduate engineers research honours
Engineering science PhD Martin Dvorak won the 2003 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council prize for his creation of the world’s fastest bipolar transistor, a microscopic device that controls signals transmitted on optical fibres. Dvorak, the third SFU graduate to receive the prestigious award since 2000, also earned the Douglas R. Colton medal for outstanding Canadian research and development in microelectronics. Dvorak’s cooler-running transistor could play a key role in future semi-conductor electronics applications, particularly new fibre optic and wireless telecommunications technologies. For some high-power and high-frequency applications, the usual silicon transistor is not adequate. Dvorak's alternative to silicon allows relatively high densities of electrons to flow quickly at high voltages. Since the structures remain small, electrons don't have far to travel. Dvorak's transistor can simultaneously operate at high frequencies and high voltages. For more information
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