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Virginia Commonwealth University faculty award for performing in a superior manner in teaching, scholarly activity and service. One award is given to one faculty member in the University in any year. It is one of the highest awards the University can bestow on a faculty member. Dr. Bandyopadhyay is the only recipient of this award in the history of the College of Engineering.

University Award of Excellence

Named by the Governor of the State of Virginia, 2016. One of two recipients in the State of Virginia in 2016. This award is given across all fields of engineering, science, mathematics and medicine.

Virginia's Outstanding Scientist

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015. One of two such awards given in the department's history.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award, VCU

Virginia Commonwealth University faculty research award, 2012. This is the highest award given by the University for research and scholarship. One award is given to one faculty member in the University in any year. The recipient is picked from all disciplines of science, humanities, business, education, social science, engineering and medicine in the University.

Distinguished Scholarship Award, Virginia Commonwealth University

Given jointly by the College of Engineering, the College of Science, and the Institute for Agricultural and Natural Resources at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Interdisciplinary Research Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

IBM Faculty Award

College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999

College of Engineering Service Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

College of Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1998

College of Engineering Research Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

One of seven industry, government and academic leaders worldwide honored with this award in 2016. All are alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Citation: For contributions to device applications of nanostructures

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Citation: For pioneering contributions to device applications of nanostructures.

Fellow, American Physical Society

In recognition of the contributions to the advancement of science and technology, for leadership in electrochemical and solid state science and technology and for active participation in the affairs of the Electrochemical Society

Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

For outstanding contributions to physics of nanostructured devices.

Fellow of the Institute of Physics

For pioneering contributions to spintronics and device applications of self assembled nanostructures

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancment of Science

The Outstanding Faculty Awards are the Commonwealth's highest honor for faculty at Virginia's public and private colleges and universities. These awards recognize superior accomplishments in teaching, research, and public service.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award

Citation: For pioneering contributions to spintronics and straintronics employing nanostructures. It is the highest award given by the Nanotechnology Council of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

IEEE Pioneer in Nanotechnology Award

Prof. Bandyopadhyay served as a Jefferson Science Fellow of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine during 2020-2021. In that role, he acted as a Senior Adviser to the USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, Division of Energy and Infrastructure, on safeguarding the energy infrastructure in the Western Balkan and South Caucasus nations.

Jefferson Science Fellow

Award given by Marquis' Who's Who organization to recognize lifetime contribution.

Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award

Elected Fellow for contributions in the field of artificial intelligence

Fellow of the Industry Academy of the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance

American Physical Society

The Electrochemical Society

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Past Vice President of Nanotechnology Council, Past Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Past Chair of the Technical Committee on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, Founding Chair of the Technical Committee on Spintronics

Institute of Physics (UK): Editorial Board Member of the journals Nanotechnology and Nano Futures

Ternary stochastic neuron-implemented with a single strained magnetostrictive nanomagnet

Sensitivity of the Threshold Current for Switching of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction to Fabrication Defects and Its Application in Physical Unclonable Functions

An Ultra-Sub-Wavelength Microwave Polarization Switching Antenna for Covert Communication Implemented With Directed Surface Acoustic Waves in an Artificial Multiferroic Magnonic Crystal

Straintronic magnetic tunnel junctions for analog computation: a perspective

Harnessing GHz Frequency Spin‐Orbit Torque for Spin‐Wave Amplification in Nanomagnets

Spintronics as a Classical Electron Device Paradigm for Information Processing

Nanomagnetic and spintronic computing devices are strong contenders for future replacements of CMOS. This is an important and rapidly evolving area with the semiconductor industry investing significantly in the study of nanomagnetic phenomena and in developing strategies to pinpoint and regulate nanomagnetic reliably with a high degree of energy efficiency. This timely book explores the recent and on-going research into nanomagnetic-based technology.  Key features:   Detailed background material and comprehensive descriptions of the current state-of-the-art research on each topic. Focuses on direct applications to devices that have potential to replace CMOS devices for computing applications such as memory, logic and higher order information processing. Discusses spin-based devices where the spin degree of freedom of charge carriers are exploited for device operation and ultimately information processing. Describes magnet switching methodologies to minimize energy dissipation. Comprehensive bibliographies included for each chapter enabling readers to conduct further research in this field.  Written by internationally recognized experts, this book provides an overview of a rapidly burgeoning field for electronic device engineers, field-based applied physicists, material scientists and nanotechnologists. Furthermore, its clear and concise form equips readers with the basic understanding required to comprehend the present stage of development and to be able to contribute to future development. Nanomagnetic and Spintronic Devices for Energy-Efficient Memory and Computing is also an indispensable resource for students and researchers interested in computer hardware, device physics and circuits design.

Nanomagnetic and Spintronic Devices for Energy-Efficient Memory and Computing

 Introduction to Spintronics provides an accessible, organized, and progressive presentation of the quantum mechanical concept of spin and the technology of using it to store, process, and communicate information. Fully updated and expanded to 18 chapters, this Second Edition:  Reflects the explosion of study in spin-related physics, addressing seven important physical phenomena with spintronic device applications Discusses the recently discovered field of spintronics without magnetism, which allows one to manipulate spin currents by purely electrical means Explores lateral spin-orbit interaction and its many nuances, as well as the possibility to implement spin polarizers and analyzers using quantum point contacts Introduces the concept of single-domain-nanomagnet-based computing, an ultra-energy-efficient approach to compute and store information using nanomagnets, offering a practical rendition of single-spin logic architecture ideas and an alternative to transistor-based computing hardware Features many new drill problems, and includes a solution manual and figure slides with qualifying course adoption Still the only known spintronics textbook written in English, Introduction to Spintronics, Second Edition is a must read for those interested in the science and technology of storing, processing, and communicating information via the spin degree of freedom of electrons.

Introduction to Spintronics, Second Edition

Physics of Nanostructured Solid State Devices introduces readers to theories and concepts such as semi-classical and quantum mechanical descriptions of electron transport, methods for calculations of band structures in solids with applications in calculation of optical constants, and other advanced concepts.  The information presented here will equip readers with the necessary tools to carry out cutting edge research in modern solid state nanodevices.

Physics of Nanostructured Solid State Devices

This topical and timely textbook is a collection of problems for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in state-of-the-art material and device applications in quantum mechanics. Most  problem are relevant either to a new device or a device concept or to current research topics which could spawn new technology. It deals with the practical aspects of the field, presenting a broad range of essential topics currently at the leading edge of technological innovation. Includes discussion on: Properties of Schroedinger Equation Operators Bound States in Nanostructures Current and Energy Flux Densities in Nanostructures Density of States Transfer and Scattering Matrix Formalisms for Modelling Diffusive Quantum Transport Perturbation Theory, Variational Approach and their Applications to Device Problems Electrons in a Magnetic or Electromagnetic Field and Associated Phenomena Time-dependent Perturbation Theory and its Applications Optical Properties of Nanostructures   Problems in Quantum Mechanics: For Material Scientists, Applied Physicists and Device Engineers is an ideal companion to engineering, condensed matter physics or materials science curricula. It appeals to future and present engineers, physicists, and materials scientists, as well as professionals in these fields needing more in-depth understanding of nanotechnology and nanoscience.

Problem Solving in Quantum Mechanics: From Basics to Real-World Applications for Materials Scientists, Applied Physicists and Devices Engineers

The success of spintronics — the science and technology of storing, processing, sensing and communicating information using the quantum mechanical spin degree of freedom of an electron — is critically dependent on the ability to inject, detect and manipulate spins in semiconductors either by incorporating ferromagnetic materials into device architectures or by using external magnetic and electric fields. In spintronics, the controlled generation and manipulation of spin polarization in nonmagnetic semiconductors is required for the design of spin-sensitive devices ranging from spin-qubit hosts, quantum memory and gates, quantum teleporters, spin polarizers and filters, spin-field-effect-transistors, and spin-splitters, among others. One of the major challenges of spintronics is to control the creation, manipulation, and detection of spin polarized currents by purely electrical means. Another challenge is to preserve spin coherence in a device for the longest time or over the longest distance in order to produce reliable spintronic processors. These challenges remain daunting, but some progress has been made recently in overcoming some of the steepest obstacles. This book covers some of the recent advances in the field of spintronics using semiconductors.

Contemporary Topics in Semiconductor Spintronics

Quantum Dots and Nanowires provides coverage on various emerging aspects of quantum dots and nanowires. This book covers recent advances in physical and chemical synthetic approaches, processing and fabrication of semiconductor quantum-dot arrays, superlattices, self-assemblies, nanowires, nanotubes and nanobelts, computational modeling approaches, spectroscopic characterization, their unique electrical, optical, magnetic and physical properties associated with size effect, transport phenomena, quantum computing, and other potential applications. An essential resource for scientists, researchers, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and college and university professors working in the field of electrical and electronic engineering, materials science, solids tate physics, nanotechnology, computational engineering, spectroscopy, and device applications.

Quantum Dots and Nanowires

Advanced Luminescent Materials

Quantum Confinement VI

Magnetic straintronics

Nanomagnets as Dynamical Systems: Physics and Applications (Nanostructure Science and Technology)

Nanostructures

Spintronics

magneto-elastic antenna

Nanomagnets

Straintronics

Nanowires

Infrared photodetection

Extreme sub-wavelength antennas

EGRE 620: Electron Theory of Solids

EGRE 621: Introduction to Spintronics

EGRE 610: Research Practices in Electrical and Computer Engineering

EGRE 303: Solid State Devices

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received a B. Tech degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; an M.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois; and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He spent one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (1986-87) and then nine years on the faculty of University of Notre Dame. In 1996, he joined University of Nebraska-Lincoln as Professor of Electrical Engineering, and then in 2001, moved to Virginia Commonwealth University as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a courtesy appointment as Professor of Physics. He directs the Quantum Device Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Research in the laboratory has been frequently featured in national and international media. Its educational activities were highlighted in a pilot study conducted by the ASME to assess nanotechnology pipeline challenges. The laboratory has graduated many outstanding researchers who have won numerous national and international awards.

Prof. Bandyopadhyay has authored and co-authored over 400 research publications and presented over 150 invited or keynote talks at conferences and colloquia/seminars across five continents. He is the author of three popular textbooks, including the only English language textbook on spintronics. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of ten international journals and served in the editorial boards of ten others in the past. He has served in various committees of ~100 international conferences and workshops. He is the founding Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Technical Committee on Spintronics and past-chair of the Technical Committee on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits. He was an IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer (2005-2012) and an IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer (2016, 2017). He is a past Vice President of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council in charge of conferences (2006-2007) and later in charge of publications (2020-2022).  Prof. Bandyopadhyay is the winner of many awards and distinctions.

Self-assembly of Regimented Nanostructure Arrays

Quantum Devices

Hot Carrier Transport in Nanostructures

Nanoelectronics

Quantum Computing

Nanomagnetism

Computing Paradigms

Optical Properties of Nanostructures

Coherent spin transport in Nanowires for Sensing and Information Processing

Nanowire-based Room Temperature Infrared Detectors

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Gov. Northam recognizes Outstanding Faculty Award recipients

Governor Northam recognizes outstanding faculty awards recipients

VCU Engineering Professor receives Governor's highest award for Teaching

VCU honors six at faculty convocation

IIT-Kharagpur to confer Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 62nd convocation

Putting a New Spin on Electronics

EVMS diabetes researcher named one of two outstanding scientists of the year in Virginia

Single-electron devices come together

Straintronic spin neuron may greatly improve neural computing

'Straintronic spin neuron' may greatly improve neural computing

Non-volatile memory improves energy efficiency by two orders of magnitude

Researchers aim for energy-harvesting CPUs

Hybrid spintronics and straintronics enable ultra-low-energy computing and signal processing

Strain and spin could drive ultralow energy computers

Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay: Spintronics Drives Next-Gen Computing

Spintronics: Making Computers Smaller and Faster

Spintronics, the Way to Faster and Smaller Computers

Researchers spin out smaller electronics than ever before

Spintronics Research May Lead to Faster Computers

Researchers study electron spin relaxation in organic nanostructures

Researchers improve quantum dot construction

Self-assembly route to quantum dots said to be simpler, cheaper than others

Quantum Mechanics May Contribute to Military Surveillance

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. receives 2020 IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award

Announcement of the 2020-2021 Jefferson Science Fellows

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who

Magneto-elastic non-volatile multiferroic logic and memory with ultralow energy dissipation

Room temperature nanowire IR, visible and UV photodetectors

Planar multiferroic/magnetostrictive nanostructures as memory elements, two-stage logic gates and four-state logic elements for information processing

Accessing of two-terminal electronic quantum dot comprising static memory

Electrochemical synthesis of quasi-periodic quantum dot and nanostructure arrays

Subwavelngth antennas, drivers and systems

University Award of Excellence, 2017

GIAN Lectures, IIT Roorkee, Dec 2017

GIAN students, IIT Roorkee

Bose 125th Centenary Lecture at S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences

Topological Nano-antennas for Secure and Compact Wireless Communication

Nano-antenna for embedded applications

Quantum enabled antennas for secure communication

Polarization Switch for Secure Communication

Topological Antennas for Covert Communication

Collaborative Research:FET:Medium:Processor-in- Memory Architecture Based on Topological Electronics (PRIMATE)

A nanomagnetic non-binary matrix multiplier based on straintronic magnetic tunnel junctions: A hardware accelerator for deep neural networks

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Commonwealth Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Supporting the development of advanced computing hardware, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., Commonwealth Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) College of Engineering with more than $300,000 to develop processor-in-memory architecture using quantum materials.

“This is one of the first mainstream applications of quantum materials that have unusual and unique quantum mechanical properties,” Bandyopadhyay said. “Quantum materials have been researched for more than a decade and yet there is not a single mainstream product in the market that utilizes them. We want to change that.”

The four-year project, titled “Collaborative Research, Foundations of Emerging Technologies: PRocessor In Memory Architecture based on Topological Electronics (PRIMATE),” aims to advance computing hardware and artificial intelligence by integrating topological insulators and magnetic materials. 

Topological insulators are a special material with an electrically conductive surface and an insulated interior. They have special quantum mechanical properties like “spin-momentum locking,” which ensures the quantum mechanical spin of an electron-conducting current on the surface of the material is always perpendicular to the direction of motion.This marks the first time such quantum materials will be used in a processor-in-memory system.

“We place a magnet on top of a topological insulator,” Bandyopadhyay said. “We then change the magnetization of the magnet by applying mechanical strain on it. That changes the electrical properties of the topological insulator via a quantum mechanical interaction known as exchange interaction. This change in the electrical properties can be exploited to perform the functions of a processor-in-memory computer architecture. The advantage is that this process is fast and extremely energy-efficient.”

If successful, this approach could reduce energy use and dramatically speed up computing by moving data processing into the memory itself. It addresses the longstanding “memory bottleneck,” the slowdown caused by computers constantly needing to move data back and forth between processor and memory. These efficiencies could make advanced AI more efficient and accessible, paving the way for the first commercially viable applications of quantum materials..

The research is a collaboration with University of Virginia professors Avik Ghosh and Joseph Poon. A VCU Ph.D. student will work on the project and receive training in fabrication, characterization and measurement techniques, preparing them to lead in the rapidly evolving field of computing hardware.


National Science Foundation funds research into quantum material-based computing architecture at the VCU College of Engineering

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The grant supports Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.’s investigation of hardware-based secure communication methods.

The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative’s (CCI) Northern Virginia Node recently awarded a $75,000 grant to Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) College of Engineering, to develop an ultra-subwavelength microwave polarization switch for secure communication. 

The one-year grant comes through the Cyber Acceleration, Translation and Advanced Prototyping for University Linked Technology (CATAPULT) Fund. It supports Bandyopadhyay’s project, “An ultra-subwavelength microwave polarization switch for secure communication,” which develops a nanomagnet-based antenna integrated with a piezoelectric component. This system can switch the polarization of electromagnetic beams at specific microwave frequencies to enable secret communication between two points without traditional encryption methods.

 “Secret communication sheds the need for encryption,” Bandyopadhyay said. “Any cryptography can be broken, but this scheme does not use cryptography for secret communication and does not suffer from this vulnerability. It is also entirely based on hardware and cannot be hacked.”

The technology offers significant benefits for banking, healthcare and government communications where data security is critical because a hardware-based approach makes it immune to software hacking.

Another result of the research is antenna miniaturization, with antenna sizes several orders of magnitude smaller than the radiated wavelength. This addresses limitations in algorithms, physical size and power requirements that current secure communication systems face.

Bandyopadhyay is collaborating with two researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech and Erdem Topsakal, Ph.D., senior associate dean for strategic initiatives and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at VCU.

Students involved in the project will be trained in antenna engineering, microwaves and communication engineering, gaining skills increasingly vital in today’s connected world.


Secure communication technology research at VCU College of Engineering receives Commonwealth Cyber Initiative support

Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is Commonwealth Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia 
Commonwealth University. He is an international leader in the field of spintronics, the science of using the quantum mechanical spin properties of electrons to store, process and communicate information. He is also a pioneer in the field of straintronics which involves manipulating the magnetization states of tiny nanomagnets with electrically generated mechanical strain for ultralow energy computing and signal processing. His work extends into nanostructure devices, in which he made seminal contributions to the electrochemical self-assembly of nanostructures and co-holds three 
patents related to this invention. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has published 
nearly 200 peer-reviewed journal papers, 20 invited book chapters, two textbooks, given over 150 invited or keynote speeches at international conferences and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed conference papers. He serves in the editorial boards of ten international journals and has been a member of the technical or organizing committees of over 50 international conferences.

Dr. Bandyopadhyay was the recipient of Virginia Commonwealth 
University’s 2012 Distinguished Scholarship Award. He is the Chair 
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Technical 
Committee on Spintronics, a Distinguished Lecturer and a Fellow 
of that Institute, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, 
Electrochemical Society, Institute of Physics and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Virginia's Outstanding Scientist Award - Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.

Ayan Kumar Biswas, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. candidate, enjoys the freedom to invent and explore in his lab work. He takes his passion for physics and engineering to test ideas and theories that he hopes will become the foundation for exciting future technologies.

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VCU Award of Excellence 2017: Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

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IIT Distinguished Alumnus Award for Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

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