Hisham Z. Massoud

Hisham Z. Massoud is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, where he has been a faculty member since 1983. He serves as founding director of Duke's Semiconductor Research Laboratory and has held visiting professorships at institutions including King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2012. His career includes research appointments at IBM, MCNC, HP, and Max-Planck Institute.

Research Interests:

• Ultrathin gate dielectrics for CMOS ULSI
• Physics and modeling of ultrathin-oxide MOSFETs
• Quantum transport in nanodevices
• Thermal oxidation of silicon
• Device simulation and characterization
• Computational electronics

Scientific Awards:

• 2015 IEEE Life Fellow
• 2006 Electrochemical Society Fellow
• 2006 ECS Electronics and Photonics Division Award
• 2005 Semiconductor Research Corporation Inventor Recognition Award

His publications focus on semiconductor device physics, quantum simulation methods, and educational curriculum reform in electrical engineering. Key technical contributions include tunneling current modeling, oxidation kinetics, and spectral element methods for Schrödinger-Poisson systems.