Nigerian-American professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Deji Akinwande
Akinwande shakes hands with President Barack Obama, while receiving the PECASE in 2016
Alma mater
Stanford University Case Western Reserve University
Known for
2D materials, flexible and wearable nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, STEM education
Awards
PECASE, given in 2016 Fellow of American Physical Society Fellow of IEEE. Fellow of the MRS.
Scientific career
Institutions
University of Texas at Austin
Thesis
Carbon nanotubes: device physics, RF circuits, surface science and nanotechnology(2009)
Doctoral advisor
H.-S. Philip Wong
Website
https://nano.mer.utexas.edu/
Deji Akinwande is a Nigerian-American professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with courtesy affiliation with Materials Science at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] He was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2016 from Barack Obama.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the African Academy of Sciences, the Materials Research Society (MRS), and the IEEE.
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