Biographical Information:

Dr. April Brown recieved her B.S.E.E. from North Carolina State University in 1981, her M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1984 and 1985, respectively. She worked at the Hughes Research Laboratories (now HRL LLC) in Malibu, Ca. from 1986-1993, and spent one year at the Army Research Office in the Physics Division (1988). She joined the Georgia Insitutute of Technology in 1994 as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor in 1999. She was Associate Dean in the College of Engineering from 1999-2001 and Executive Assistant to the President from 2001-2002. In addition, she was named Pettit Professor in Microelectronics in 2001. She joined Duke University as Professor and Chair in July 2002.

Research Interests:

III-V semiconductor materials and devices
Control of nanostructure synthesis via strain and surface chemisry
Heterojunction and Surface Engineering for Specific Device Applications and Defect Control
GaAs-, InP-, GaSb-, and GaN- based materials
Current Device Studies in AlGaAs-InAs High Electron Mobility Transistors, AlGaN UV Emitters, Integrated InP-based Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors

Distinctions:

1992 IEEE Electron Devices Society John Rappoport Award for Best EDS Publication of the Year
1997 Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best Thesis Award (Advisor to Recipient: Dr. Carrie Carter-Coman)
IEEE Fellow (1998) for contributions to strained layer epitaxy for pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors
2001 Inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa
2001 Faculty Leadership Award(Georgia Tech) Women's Leadership Conference
Member of NSF Engineering Advisory Committee (2001-2003)
Program Chair of the 2002 and 2003 Electronic Materials Conference
Board of Directors: Eta Kappa Nu
Current IEEE Activities: 2003 Fellow Committee; Treasurer, Nanotechnology Council