Ali Gokirmak

Ali Gokirmak is a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut's College of Engineering. His research focuses on nanoelectronics, phase change memory, thermoelectric effects, and semiconductor device modeling. He leads the UConn Nanoelectronics Laboratory and has secured over $11.2M in federal grants, including NSF, AFOSR, and DOE funding. He holds the Charles H. Knapp Endowed Professorship and has received multiple teaching awards. His work includes developing novel phase change devices, studying thermoelectric phenomena at nanoscale, and advancing hardware security through nanoscale devices.

Education: Ph.D. & M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Cornell University (2005, 2002), B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland (1998). His research group has supervised over 20 PhD and MS students, focusing on topics like phase change materials, nanofabrication, and electro-thermal modeling.

Key contributions include high-temperature measurement setups for phase change materials, computational models for phase change dynamics, and exploration of phase change logic. He collaborates internationally on projects like MURI security initiatives and DURIP instrumentation grants.