Umberto Celano
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650 East Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85281-5706
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Mail code: 5706Campus: Tempe
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Umberto Celano is an associate professor with Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of condensed matter physics, semiconductor technology, and materials analysis, with a focus on nanoelectronics. His group is currently engaged in studying fundamental processes that govern the operation of emerging devices, using nanoscale analytical instruments to achieve device reliability, failure analysis, and correlative metrology. With a multidisciplinary approach, his research work combines device physics and reliability, materials science, and metrology.
Umberto earned his Ph.D. from the University of Leuven - KU Leuven and imec (Belgium), working alongside Professor Wilfried Vandervorst. During this time, he became fascinated with materials analysis and semiconductor metrology, specifically using scanning probe microscopies to develop a novel three-dimensional nanoscale imaging technique to study materials in confined volumes. As a result of his research work, he was honored with the prestigious 2013 IEDM Roger Haken Award. Following this, he joined imec as a permanent researcher, where he contributed to the development and characterization of advanced CMOS materials for logic and memory in various capacities.
In 2018, Umberto was a visiting scientist with the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials at Stanford University, where he expanded his research interests to include two-dimensional materials and nanophotonics. In 2019, he returned to imec as a principal member of technical staff and became a part-time assistant professor at the University of Twente's Faculty of Science and Technology in the Netherlands.
The group’s research interest lies at the interface of surface/volumetric analysis for semiconductor materials, nanoscale characterization of nanoelectronics devices, and the design of analytical instruments. Our vision is to develop methods, and design experiments that generate fundamental understanding between device physics, nanoscale physical and chemical phenomena with relevant materials properties. The primary research goal is to enable a rich suite of techniques for the quantitative extraction of electrical properties of materials used in emerging nanoelectronics. We take a holistic approach correlating input from multiple metrology methods for nanomaterials while working to push the constraints imposed by the physics of the data generation and sensing with machine learning and artificial intelligence. This often involves the development of novel methods, integration of signal treatment and data acquisition process that can be used to optimize new device functions, understand failures, and accelerate the learning cycle in chip manufacturing environments.
We are interested in emerging device concepts with emphasis on ultra-scaled field-effect transistors application (FinFET, nanosheets, forksheets, and 2D materials), non-volatile memory devices including non-charge-based, and three-dimensional (3D) architectures. In addition, we explore in-situ/operando sensing for technologically important magnetic and energy materials.
- Next-generation AFM presented at SPIE - 2021 (link)
- ACS Axial - A Small Change That Could Make a Big Difference in Portable Electronics (link)
- Siliconsemiconductor.net - Advantages Of High Vacuum For Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy – (link)
- Semiconductor-digest.com - A novel characterization technique unveils the 3D structure of conductive filaments in resistive switching memories - (link)
- EEtimes.com - ReRAMs: Forming Scaling and Quantized Conductance - (link)
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 202 | Circuits I |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
MSE 792 | Research |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 598 | Special Topics |
ASU 101-EEE | The ASU Experience |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 202 | Circuits I |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 592 | Research |
ASU 101-EEE | The ASU Experience |
ASU 101-EEE | The ASU Experience |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
---|---|
EEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 592 | Research |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 690 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 599 | Thesis |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 799 | Dissertation |
EEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 792 | Research |
EEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
EEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
EEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
EEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
EEE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
EEE 202 | Circuits I |
- PhD dissertation selected for publication in the Springer Theses books collection (2016)
- Honorable mention for PhD Thesis from KU Leuven - Science@Leuven (2016)
- Best Paper at INC10 – NIST Gaithersburg, MD (2014)
- imec PhD Excellence award (2013)
- Roger A. Haken Best Student Paper Award at the international electron devices meeting IEDM 2013
- AVS executive committee member in the “Nanoscale Science and Technology Division” (2019 – present)
- Member of the IEEE International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) (2014 – present)
- SEMI standards committee member for doping in advanced CMOS technology (2018-2019)
- Member of Nano Letters young career editorial board (2015 – 2019)