Spyridon Pavlidis

Associate Professor

He/Him/His

Biography

Spyridon Pavlidis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, and the principal investigator for the Laboratory for Electronics in Advanced Devices and Systems (NCSU LEADS). He is affiliated with NCSU’s ME Commons Hub for Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) as well as the PowerAmerica, FREEDM and ASSIST Research Centers. He was previously a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Pavlidis received the PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, and the M.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Imperial College London. His research interests lie at the intersection of semiconductor devices, novel materials and circuits with applications for high-frequency and power electronics, as well as sensing. In recent years, he has focused on the development of wide bandgap GaN and ultra-wide bandgap AlN semiconductors for next-generation electronics. He is the recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER Award, the 2022 Bennett Fellowship and the 2015 EuMW Young Engineer Prize. He is an active member of the IEEE, serving on several technical program committees, as well as on the IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Solid State Devices.

Education

  • Ph.D. 2016
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
  • Master's 2010
    Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Imperial College London, London

Expert In

Power Electronics Packaging , microwave , Microfabrication , Micro/Nano Fabrication , Compound Semiconductor Materials , Biosensor , Biosensing

Involvement

  • ME Commons Hub for Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS)
    Segment Lead
  • PowerAmerica
    Faculty Member
  • FREEDM Systems Center
    Faculty Member
  • ASSIST Nanoengineering Center
    Faculty Member

Highlighted Awards

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 - National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
  • 2022 - NC State Bennet Faculty Prize
  • 2015 - Young Engineer Prize, European Microwave Conference
  • 2014-2016 - ORISE/AFRL Graduate Fellowship
  • 2013 - EAPSI Fellowship, National Science Foundation
  • 2011 - 1st Prize, Smart Grid Challenge, General Electric
  • 2010 - Nick Battersby Prize for "Excellence in Analogue Electronics", Imperial College London
  • 2010 - Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, ECE, Georgia Tech

Recent News

Researchers Demonstrate New, More Energy-Efficient Devices Using Gallium Nitride

Posted on September 8, 2022 | Filed Under: News

Engineering researchers have created new high-power electronic devices that are more energy efficient than previous technologies.

Dr. Spyros Pavlidis Receives the 2021-22 R. Ray Bennett Faculty Fellow Award

Posted on June 3, 2022 | Filed Under: Awards

Congratulations to Pavlidis for receiving the R. Ray Bennett Faculty Fellow Award!

Wenyuan Tang and Spyridon Pavlidis Receive NSF CAREER Award

Posted on January 31, 2022 | Filed Under: Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Tang and Dr. Pavlidis for receiving prestigious NSF CAREER Awards for their work on electricity market design and ultra-wide bandgap devices.

 

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