As the demand for new emerging technologies and applications is increasing, the devices and architectures are constantly being upgraded or transformed. One such transformational field of study, namely hybrid electronics and optoelectronics, deals with the integration of unconventional materials within flexible or rigid device architectures to provide capabilities beyond those currently available in applications ranging from agriculture, environmental and structural monitoring, and medicine to extreme environments such as those present in space, deep-earth, and nuclear reactors. In this talk, I will highlight our work wherein we utilize unique ‘electronic’ as well as ‘optoelectronic’ materials, additive manufacturing methods, and designs best suited to solve challenges in the areas of manufacturing, sensing, and energy.

Speaker Bio: Harish Subbaraman earned the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Until 2016, he worked as a senior research scientist at Omega Optics, Inc (Austin, TX), where he led and managed SBIR/STTR projects in the areas of printed and flexible hybrid electronics and silicon/polymer photonics. In 2016, he joined The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University (Boise, ID). At Boise State, he served as the associate site director for NSF I/UCRC (ATOMIC) Center and the Advanced Manufacturing BSU lead for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies. He joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University in Fall 2022, where he is currently an associate professor. Dr. Subbaraman’s research interests are in silicon photonics; fiber optics; 2D optoelectronics; printed and flexible hybrid electronics. He has co-authored more than 200 articles in refereed journals and conferences. Subbaraman’s research has been supported by NSF, NASA, DOE, AFRL, AFOSR, ONR, and NextFlex.