Akintunde Akinwande

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Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande
Born
Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian-American
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University (B.Sc.,
M.Sc.)
Stanford University (Ph.D)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande[1] is a Nigerian American engineering[2] professor at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]

Early life and education[]

Akintunde was born in Offa in Kwara State.[4] He attended Government College, Ibadan. He earned his B.Sc. (1978), M.Sc (1981) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife and Ph.D. (1986) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.[1]

Academic and career[]

Akinwande commenced work as a scientist at Honeywell Inc. Technology Center in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1986, initially researching on Gas Complementary FET technology for very high speed and low power signal processing.[5] He became associate professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) at MIT in January 1995, researching on pressure sensors, accelerometers, thin-film field emission and display devices, micro-fabrication and electronic devices with particular emphasis on smart sensors and actuators, intelligent displays, large area electronics (macro-electronics) and field ionization devices, mass spectrometry and electric propulsion.[6] He developed the thin-film-edge Field Emitter Arrays for RF Micro-Triode Power Amplifiers and Flat Panel Displays, demonstrating the possible use of the thin-film-edge.[7]

His research also focuses on:

  • Microstructures and nanostructures for sensors and actuators, and vacuum microelectronics.
  • Devices for large-area electronics and flat panel displays
  • Lithographically patterned metal oxide transistors for large-area electronics
  • CNT-based open architecture ionizer for portable mass spectrometry
  • Growth studies of in-plane and out-of-plane SWNTs for electron devices
  • High-current CNT FEAs on Si Pillars
  • Batch-fabricated linear quadrupole mass filters[8][9][10]

He co-founded the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation in 2004. He has served in technical program committees for various conferences such as:

  • Device Research Conference,
  • the International Electron Devices Meeting,
  • the International Solid-State Circuits Conference,
  • the International Display Research Conference
  • the International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference.

Academic posts and memberships[]

Honours and awards[]

  • Sweatt Award Honeywell's Technical Award (1989)[14]
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award.(1996)[15]
  • Fellow Class of 2008 IEEE[16]

Publications[]

He has authored over 100 journals and publications.

Patents[]

  • Numerous patents in MEMS, Electronics on Flexible Substrates, Display.[17]
  • Single-use, permanently sealable microvalve.[18]
  • Diaphragm phased field emitter and backfilling method for producing a microstructure.[19]
  • Individually switched field emission arrays.[20]
  • Organic field emission device.[10][21][22][23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "A Noble Nigerian With Dignified Strides". Highbeam. Africa News Service. October 28, 2004. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Kathy Dobson. "Six Marshall, Rhodes Scholars at MIT". The Tech. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Akinwande's bio at MIT". Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "OPINION - Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande: A Noble Nigerian with Dignified Strides. By Nsikan Ikpe". www.ilorin.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  5. ^ "Exlink Lodge - Nigeria Entertainment, Politics & Celebrity News". exlink1.rssing.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. ^ Editors, Tekedia. "Buhari nominates MIT Prof Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande as new NERC Chair – Tekedia". Retrieved 2020-05-30.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Editors, Tekedia. "Nigeria Techstars Series – Prof Akintunde Ibitayo (Tayo) Akinwande of MIT – Tekedia". Retrieved 2020-05-30.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Research interest". MIT. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  9. ^ "New gas sensor is tiny, quick (1/12/2008)". Chemistry Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Precise hand-assembly of microfabricated components, Akintunde I. Akinwande, Newton, MA US". Patentdocs: Precise hand Assembly of microfabricated components. May 7, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  11. ^ "Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande". mtlsites.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  12. ^ "Read Profile Of MIT Professor, Akinwande Who Rejected Buhari's Job". Complete News. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  13. ^ Soibi Max-Alalibo (July 26, 2010). "Institute, Total Google Partner On Teachers Project". Tide News. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  14. ^ Scott Williams. Akintunde Akinwande. Computer Scientists of the African Diaspora. State University of New York. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  15. ^ "Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande". mtlsites.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  16. ^ "Microanalyzer". MIT.
  17. ^ "Batch fabricated rectangular rod, planar MEMS quadrupole with ion optics US 7935924 B2". Google Patents. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  18. ^ "Single-use, permanently-sealable microvalve US 20130133757 A1". Google Patents.
  19. ^ Edwina DeGrant; Roslyn Morrison; Thomas Feaster (2012). Black Inventors: Crafting over 200 Years of Success. Global Black Inventor Resea. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-979-9573-14. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  20. ^ "Individually switched field emission arrays WO 2014124041 A2". Google Patents.
  21. ^ "US Patent no. 6870312". PatentGenius. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  22. ^ "Dense array of field emitters using vertical ballasting structures".
  23. ^ "Organic field emission device, US 20030080672 A1". Google Patents. Retrieved May 4, 2015.

External links[]

"Akintunde Akinwande, MIT".

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