Samuel Graham (engineer)

Samuel Graham, Jr. is an American engineer and the Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair and Professor at Georgia Tech. Graham is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and serves on the Advisory Board of the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Samuel Graham
Alma materGeorgia Tech
Florida State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech
Sandia National Laboratories
ThesisEffective thermal condutivity of damaged composites (1999)

Early life and education

Graham studied engineering at Florida State University. He was a graduate student at Georgia Tech, where he earned a doctoral degree under the supervision of David L. McDowell in 1999.[1] After completing his PhD research, Graham joined Sandia National Laboratories.[1]

Research and career

In 2003 Graham was appointed Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech, where he leads the Electronics Manufacturing and Reliability Laboratory.[1][2] His research considers the fabrication, encapsulation and packaging of semiconductor devices.[3] Specifically, Graham has studied wide bandgap semiconductors (including gallium nitride, GaN, gallium oxide and hafnium dioxide), and how they interact with their substrates (including silicon carbide). Such materials are often used in radio frequency communications. In these devices, thermal resistance at interfaces limits their performance.[4] To understand how the operational stability of devices based on these materials, Graham makes use of electro-thermal and thermomechanical modelling.

Beyond his work on inorganic materials, Graham has worked devices made from organic electronic materials. Making use of vacuum-based deposition to create ultrathin barriers that protect organic materials from degradation. Such barriers are essential for the realisation of wearable devices and next generation displays based upon these materials.[1]

In 2018 Graham was appointed Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair at Georgia Tech.[5][6] He has worked with Baratunde A. Cola to create the Academic and Research Leadership (ARL) programme, which prepares minority engineers for careers in academia and industry.[7]

Select publications
  • Christensen, Adam; Graham, Samuel (2009-02-01). "Thermal effects in packaging high power light emitting diode arrays". Applied Thermal Engineering. 29 (2): 364–371. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.03.019. ISSN 1359-4311.
  • Zhou, Yinhua; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek; Shim, Jaewon; Meyer, Jens; Giordano, Anthony J.; Li, Hong; Winget, Paul; Papadopoulos, Theodoros; Cheun, Hyeunseok; Kim, Jungbae; Fenoll, Mathieu (2012-04-20). "A Universal Method to Produce Low–Work Function Electrodes for Organic Electronics". Science. 336 (6079): 327–332. Bibcode:2012Sci...336..327Z. doi:10.1126/science.1218829. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22517855. S2CID 9949593.
  • Jackson, Roderick; Domercq, Benoit; Jain, Rishabh; Kippelen, Bernard; Graham, Samuel (2008). "Stability of Doped Transparent Carbon Nanotube Electrodes". Advanced Functional Materials. 18 (17): 2548–2554. doi:10.1002/adfm.200800324. ISSN 1616-3028.

Personal life

Graham is married with two children.[2]

References
  1. "Faculty & Staff". Georgia Tech.
  2. "Samuel Graham | FAMU FSU College of Engineering". www.eng.famu.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. "NSF Award Search: Award#1410572 - Academic and Research Leadership Symposium for Diversity-Driven Innovation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  4. "Distinguished Seminar: Samuel Graham, Ph.D., Engineering Interfaces to Improve Thermal Performance of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors". Mechanical Engineering | University of Utah. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  5. "Samuel Graham Named New School Chair for Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering". Georgia Tech College of Engineering. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. Wrenn, G.E. Jr.; Frame, B.J.; Gwaltney, R.C.; Akerman, M.A. (1996-07-01). "Lightweight composite fighting cover prototype development program". doi:10.2172/464484. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "NSF Award Search: Award#1410572 - Academic and Research Leadership Symposium for Diversity-Driven Innovation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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