Assoc Prof Steven Durbin
Positions
- Associate Professor
Qualifications
BSEE(Purd.), MSE(Purd.), PhD(Purd.), MAVS, SMIEEE, MAPS, MRSNZ, MMRS
Room
Electrical A511
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2867 ext 7051
Fax: +64 3 364 2761
steven.durbin@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal Address
Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Background
1988, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA.
1989, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA.
1994, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayatte, IN USA.
1994 - 2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Florida AandM University and The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL USA.
2000 - 2001, Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand.
2001 - 2006, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury.
2006 - Present, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury.
- Recipient of a NASA Graduate Research Fellowship for Doctoral Thesis.
- Member of Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society.
- Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
- Member of the American Physical Society.
- Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
- Member of the American Vacuum Society.
Undergraduate Courses 2010
- ENEL202 - Circuits and Systems
- ENEL334 - Electronic Device Engineering
- ENEL435 - Micro- and Nano-Electronic Device Engineering
Graduate Courses 2010
Postgraduate Research Available
Thesis Supervision
Current Postgraduates
- D. Kim, Ph.D.
- J. Chai, Ph.D.
- Y. Song, Ph.D. (co-supervising)
- R. Mendelsberg, Ph.D. (co-supervising)
- M. Henseler, Ph.D. (co-supervising)
- I. Farrell, Ph.D. (co-supervising)
- G.Turner, M.E.
Recently Completed Thesis Students
- Tse En Daniel Lee, M.E. Research Title: Investigation of Chromium-Doped Indium Nitride for Spintronics Applications, 2004.
- Chito E. Kendrick, M.E. (Distinction). Research Title: Growth and Characterisation of InGaN for Photovoltaic Applications, 2005.
- Phillip A. Anderson, Ph.D. Research Title: Indium Nitride: An Investigation of Growth, Electronic Structure and Doping
- W.C.T. Lee, Ph.D. Research Title: Harvesting Philosopher's Wool: Growth and Characterisation of Zinc Oxide Thin Films
- C. Kendrick, Ph.D. Research Title: Revisiting Nitride Semiconductors: Epilayers, p-Type Doping and Nanostructures
- M. Allen, Ph.D. Research TItle: Schottky Contact Formation to Bulk Zinc Oxide
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dr Robert Burke (2008 - present)
- Dr Craig Swartz (2006 - 2007)
- Dr Robert Kinsey (2003-2006)
- Dr Edward Walsby (2004)
Research Interests
- Solid State Materials and Devices, including:
- Electrical characterisation and device modelling
- Oxide and nitride semiconductors
- Photovoltaic and thermoelectric energy conversion
- Molecular beam epitaxy and pulsed laser deposition
- Nanotemplated growth of semiconductor crystals