Dr. Karl D. Hirschman a Professor in the Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has also been the faculty director of the Semiconductor & Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory since 2001. Dr. Hirschman received his B.S. in Microelectronic Engineering and the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rochesterr Institute of Technology. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Dr. Hirschman has published over 50 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is an active member in the IEEE, MRS and SID. He has served as an officer of the Rochester IEEE Electron Device Society local chapter for the last fifteen years, and he coordinates the IEEE Annual EDS Activities in Western NY Conference. He teaches courses at RIT in process and device technology ranging from undergraduate freshman to graduate level. His current research activities are in silicon and metal-oxide thin-film electronics. For more about Dr. Hirschman see: http://people.rit.edu/kdhemc/