Professor Anthony O'Neill
Siemens Professor of Microelectronics

  • Email: anthony.oneill@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 732 8
  • Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 818 0
  • Address: E4.31
    Newcastle University
    School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
    Merz Court
    Newcastle upon Tyne

Background

Professor Anthony O'Neill joined Newcastle University in 1986, having previously worked at Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd. He has been Siemens Professor of Microelectronics since 1996. In 1994 he was Visiting Scientist at MIT, Cambridge, Ma, USA. In 2002 He became Royal Society Industry Fellow at Atmel, UK. In 2009 he was Visiting Professor at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Roles and Responsibilities

*  Director of Research, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
*  Director of nanoLAB University Research Centre
*  Leader of eFutures network for electronics research in UK universities, with more than 200 members
*  Principle Investigator on EPSRC Projects:
          -   Strained Si Platform Grant;
          -   Ferroelectrics for nanoelectronics (FERN);
          -   nanoLAB cross-disciplinary research account (nanoelectronics and biomedical);
          -   eFutures
          -   eFuturesXD
          -   ALIEN:contacts
*  Member of EPSRC College
*  Director of NMI, a UK trade organisation for the electronics industry with more than 150 members

Qualifications

BSc, PhD

Memberships

C Eng, Fellow IET, Senior Member IEEE,

Research Interests

1. Strained Silicon: materials, technology and characterisation.
2. Ferroelectric materials for nanoelectronics.
3. Nanoelectronics for future biomedical applications.
4. Interconnects for integrated circuits.
5. Interface engineering and heterogenious integration

Undergraduate Teaching

Semiconductor Electronic Devices EEE3020

Postgraduate Teaching

Semiconductor Electronic Devices EEE8018