Alex Patterson

About

Alex Patterson is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before joining Rensselaer, he worked at Osram Opto Semiconductors in Regensburg, Germany, where he implemented advanced methodologies for electrical, thermo-electrical, and optical modeling of LEDs and developed simulation tools. His academic research interests focus on bridging the gap between theory and experiment in the realm of nanoelectronic and photonic devices via developing new models and employing them as tools to better understand device behavior. He was the recipient of the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship and the 2013 IVNC Shoulders-Gray-Spindt Award for Best Student or Postdoc Paper.

Education & Training

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2011

Research

Primary Research Focus
Modeling and Simulation of Nanoelectronic and Photonic Devices, Multiphysics Modeling

Teaching

Current Courses
  • ECSE 1010 Intro to ECSE
  • ECSE 2100 Fields and Waves
  • ENGR 2300 Electronic Instrumentation
  • ENGR 4900 Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Recognition

Awards & Honors
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 2013 IVNC Shoulders-Gray-Spindt Award for Best Student or Postdoc Paper

Publications

The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Alex Patterson has 7 indexed publications in the subjects of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering.

A. A. Patterson, A. I. Akinwande
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
, 38
, 2020
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A. A. Patterson, A. I. Akinwande
2017 30th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, IVNC 2017
, 2017
, pp.14-15
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A. A. Patterson, A. I. Akinwande
2016 29th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, IVNC 2016
, 2016
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A. A. Patterson, A. I. Akinwande
Journal of Applied Physics
, 117
, 2015
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Alex Andrew Patterson, Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande
Technical Digest - 2014 27th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, IVNC 2014
, 2014
, pp.114-115
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A. A. Patterson, A. I. Akinwande
Journal of Applied Physics
, 114
, 2013
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A. A. Patterson, Akintunde I. Akinwande
2013 26th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, IVNC 2013
, 2013
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