Faculty Profile for Dr. Ravi Droopad

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Dr. Ravi Droopad
Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826

Biography Section

Research Interests

Materials Science, Semiconductors and Epitaxial Oxides

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Karmakar, S., Emu, I. H., Halim, M. A., Sarkar, P. K., Sultana, M., Tasnim, A., … Haque, A. (n.d.). Growth Optimization, Optical, and Dielectric Properties of Heteroepitaxially Grown Ultrawide-Bandgap ZnGa2O4 (111) Thin Film. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Taqy, S., Sarkar, P., Hamid, M. A., Pranto, T., Piner, E. L., Droopad, R., & Haque, A. (2024). Diamond Deposition on AlN Using Q-Carbon Interlayer Through Overcoming the Substrate Limitations. Carbon, 219, 118809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118809
  • Hamid, M. A., Samuels, B. C., Karmakar, S., Halim, M. A., Emu, I. H., Sarkar, P. K., … Droopad, R. (2023). Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Magnesium Gallate (MgGa2O4) Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 972, 172807.
  • Karmakar, S., Sarkar, P. K., Mistari, C. D., Trivedi, R. K., Chakraborty, B., More, M., … Haque, A. (2023). Tubular Diamond as an Efficient Electron Field Emitter. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5(7), 3592−3602. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00317
  • Karmakar, S., Droopad, R., Mathew, A., Mohanty, H. S., Rahaman, I., Behera, D., & Haque, A. (2023). Temperature-driven complex dielectric and polaron-hopping mediated electrical conduction in aurivillius Gd2MoO6. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 955, 170271. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170271

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers. 2006

Selected Grants

  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting). System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Tri-Alpha Energy, $31050. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). KANC: III-V Compound Semiconductor Epi Structures Development, $25000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). KNU: III-V Compound Semiconductor Epi Structures Development, $25000. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Droopad, Ravindranath (Principal). Tri-Alpha Energy, $31050. (Funded: 2015). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Graduate Advisor
Ingram School of Engineering
January 2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Swiss National Science Foundation
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Material Chemistry
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
German Research Foundation
2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Departmant of Energy
2018-Present