Jaime Viegas

Dr. Jaime Viegas serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Khalifa University. Previously, he was a founding faculty member of Masdar Institute's Microsystems Engineering Program (2010-2017) prior to its integration with Khalifa University, and held visiting positions at MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Physics (University of Porto, 2010)
• MSc in Optoelectronics and Lasers (University of Porto, 2003)
• BSc in Optoelectronics and Lasers (University of Porto, 2000)

Dr. Viegas specializes in Silicon Photonics, Optical Sensors, and Nanofabrication, with research addressing thermal stability challenges in photonic integrated circuits through multilayer platforms. His work bridges semiconductor manufacturing, AI accelerators, and quantum computing applications, focusing on practical implementations for high-bandwidth communications and energy systems.

He has secured major research funding including:

• Masdar Institute/MIT flagship project on solar spectrum watersplitting (2015-2017)
• GlobalFoundries/IME collaboration on piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers
• KU/Semiconductor Research Center Center of Excellency in Integrated Photonics (2018-2020)

resulting in 7 US patents. His mentorship includes three PhD students and a post-doctoral fellow.

Dr. Viegas established specialized laboratories for photonics and nanoscale fabrication at Masdar Institute, and currently leads a research group at Khalifa University developing silicon photonics systems with industry partners including GlobalFoundries.