Veena Misra
MC Dean Distinguished University Professor
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Biography
Misra is the Director of the NSF Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST). She received her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. from NC State University in electrical engineering in 1991, 1992, and 1995, respectively. After working at the Advanced Products Research and Development Laboratories, Motorola Inc. in Austin, TX, she joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1998.
She has authored or co-authored over 150 papers in the areas of state-of-the-art low-power CMOS devices, power devices, alternative high-mobility substrates, nanoscale magnetics, and energy harvesting. Misra received the 2001 NSF CAREER Award, the 2011 Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement award, and most recently the 2022 Holladay Medal for Excellence. She was also named to serve on the Microsystems Exploratory Council for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2022.
In 2024, Dean Jim Pfaendtner named her as the tenth Department Head for Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State.
Education
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Ph.D.
1995
Electrical Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh -
Master's
1992
Electrical Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh -
Bachelor's
1991
Electrical Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Recent Publications
- A Novel Monolithic MEMS Array for E-Nose Applications (2024)
- A Wearable System for Continuous Monitoring and Assessment of Speech, Gait, and Cognitive Decline for Early Diagnosis of ADRD (2023)
- Healthful Connected Living: Vision and Challenges for the Case of Obesity (2023)
- Performance of A Monolithic E-Nose Array Integrating MEMS and ALD Processing (2023)
- A Wearable Electrocardiography Armband Resilient Against Artifacts (2022)
- Bias Temperature Instability on SiC n- and p-MOSFETs for High Temperature CMOS Applications (2022)
- Evaluation of Environmental Enclosures for Effective Ambient Ozone Sensing in Wrist-worn Health and Exposure Trackers (2021)
- Flexible thermoelectric generator with liquid metal interconnects and low thermal conductivity silicone filler (2021)
- Wearable skin vapor sensing system for continuous monitoring of various health and lifestyles (2021)
- Engineering a Unified Dielectric Solution for AlGaN/GaN MOS-HFET Gate and Access Regions (2020)
Involvement
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Microsystems Exploratory Council for DARPA
Member
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2001)
- Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (2011)
- The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Extension (2016)
- Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence (2022)
- Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (2001)
- Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award (2011)
Awards & Honors
- 2022 - Holladay Medal for Excellence
- 2016 - R. J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Extension
- 2012 - 2011 Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award
- 2011 - ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (NC State)
- 2011 - IEEE Fellow, for contributions to metal electrodes and high-K dielectrics for CMOS applications
- 2007 - Outstanding Alumni Research Award (NC State)
- 2002 - ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Award (NC State)
- 2001 - NSF Presidential Early CAREER Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE) Recipient
Recent News
Veena Misra Selected as Head of NC State ECE
Posted on May 10, 2024 | Filed Under: News
A three-time NC State ECE alumna, Veena Misra has been named the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State.
ASSIST and IConS Researchers Part of NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant
Posted on February 20, 2024 | Filed Under: Faculty and News and Research
It seems almost impossible to imagine replicating the impressive olfactory sensing abilities of animals. Indeed, jewel beetles can detect a burning tree 50 miles away, and dogs can sniff out substances at concentrations of one part per tril …
Department Head Stancil to step down, remain on faculty
Posted on February 6, 2023 | Filed Under: Faculty
Serving as 9th department head for ECE at NC State, Dan Stancil is returning to faculty at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, and Veena Misra will serve as Interim Head.
Media Mentions
Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up
November 1, 2023
Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. It’s in the sun’s rays and radio waves, the skin’s sweat and body heat, a person’s motion and their footfalls. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers.
“A game changer”: With CHIPS Act, NC is poised for a new manufacturing boom
October 13, 2022
The new law includes $13.2 billion for research and the training of people to work in the development, design and manufacturing of semiconductor wafers and the chips that are built on them. The R&D funding could be a boon to North Carolina’s research universities, especially N.C. State. John Muth, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, said other states dominate in the design and production of silicon-based chips, but N.C. State is at the forefront of developing a new generation of silicon carbide semiconductors that can endure higher temperatures and higher voltages, qualities that will be increasingly needed in electric automobiles, data processing centers and clean energy production. “In general, we need to do more manufacturing, do it cleaner and employ people with better paying jobs and the CHIPS Act helps out with that,” he said.
Our Wearable Future
August 23, 2022
What Will New Tech Look Like, and how will it work? Prepare for a future where you and your doctor track your health markers 24/7, manage chronic conditions in real time, and predict incoming illness with incredible precision – all from tiny sensors you’ll wear on your skin and in your clothing.