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Director of Flexible Electronics and Energy Lab (FEEL), focusing on flexible electronic materials, devices, electronic textile, wearable electronics, and flexible solar and battery materials and devices;Research and development of novel nanomaterials with potential for scalable manufacturing;Working with industry for addressing manufacturing challenges and performance;Developing novel materials for:- Wearable sensor materials, electronic textile and electronic skin- Transparent electrodes and ITO replacement: displays, solar cells, touch sensors ...- Energy generation and storage materials- Thin film transistor circuits and large area flexible electronics

Led collaborative team for development of novel fibrous materials for electronic skin for aviation vehicles, to reduce maintenance and improve safety and performance (MURI project);Synthesis and characterization of nano fibrous and composite textile for direct embedding onto structures;Developed IP for nano fibrous sensing materials and devices for structural health monitoring.

Developed novel nanomaterials for electronics and photonics for New York based Advance Nanotech Inc. (Owlstone Nanotech Ltd.)Developed processes for synthesis of semiconductor nanowires and nanocomposites for transistors and sensors; Collaborated with different researchers in CAPE, Cavendish, and other laboratories of the University of Cambridge.

Led engineering team for development of prototype AMOLED displays and backplanes;Led to 25 issued US and PCT patents on novel AMOLED display backplanes for thin and stable displays;Design and development of TFT circuits and drivers for stable operation of AMOLED displays used for mobile, tablet and TV screens;Had central role in the success and founding of Ignis Innovation Inc. as a leading fabless AMOLED design house.

Fabrication and characterization of thin film transistors (TFTs); Amorphous silicon, nanocrystalline silicon; Thin dielectric films;Design and test of active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays and TFT backplanes;Flexible TFT pixel circuits for stable operation;Characterization of lifetime and sources of instability in TFTs and circuits;Computer aided-design of TFT circuits and displays;Demonstrated novel TFT circuits for display and imaging systems; Won 2005 NSERC Doctoral Prize.