Himanshu Kataria

Currently employed at Ericsson, Sweden, as a Product Development Leader.

I have completed my Ph.D. education from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. During my Ph.D. I have worked extensively with epitaxy of III-Vs using Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy and processing of III-Vs, Si and dielectrics. Focus of my Ph.D. work was to integrate III-Vs with Si for integrated photonics. While working on different interdisciplinary projects I have successfully collaborated with partners from both industry (INTEL, Thales, EADS etc.) and academia. In addition to this I have developed a new growth technique with using different fabrication methods. The generic nature of this technique can initiate the epitaxial development of next generation multi-junction solar cells on silicon with enhanced efficiencies and light sources on silicon for integrated photonics.

After completion of my Ph.D. I was involved with the activities related to study efficient energy dissipation in nanoscale devices and fabrication of Buried Heterostructure Quantum Cascade Lasers (BH-QCL) for infrared applications.

I was an elected board member of "SULF Doktranförening". In past I have acted as an elected members of Student parliament (2013-14) at KTH “kårfullmäktige”, a board member of Ph.D. board (2013-14) at KTH “doktrandsektion” and a member of the PhD student’s council at ICT school of KTH for two consecutive years 2012 & 2013. I had represented Ph.D. students at KTH in a big diversity project, which is currently being run at KTH, to study diversity and integration of Ph.D. students at KTH.

During my post-doctoral period at KTH as a researcher I was associated with two projects

1. Thermal interface resistance in III-V/Si semiconductor devices (funded by ADOPT, Linnaeus Center in Advanced Optics and Photonics, Sweden).

I worked with Prof. Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres to study the thermal management in semiconductor devices by doing a systematic study towards understanding diffusive and ballistic heat transport regimes, at interfaces and active layers, with view to explore and test thermal management strategies in optoelectronic devices.

2. MID INFRARED INNOVATIVE LASERS FOR IMPROVED SENSOR OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES (MIRIFISENS, funded by EU with 18 partners from Industry and Academia)

I was developing a process for in-situ definition (etching) of Quantum Cascade Laser Structures followed by immediate regrowth to provide semi-insulating layer around these structures for efficient heat dissipation and operation. This process will improve the overall performance and wall plug efficiency of these devices.

Previous Education and Work Experience

I have a Bachelors of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Delhi, India and a Master of Science degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.

Prior to starting my Masters education at University of Glasgow, I have been teaching in Delhi, India for 3 years in various state affiliated colleges.

Govt. Engineering College Jaffarpur, Delhi                                     Jul’07 - Aug’08

Guru Nanak Institute of Management & IT , Delhi                           Sep’05 – Feb’06

Projects Worked on:

• Fabrication & Characterization of RTD and RTD based Oscillator on III-V Materials, 2009.
• Robot Controller in System C, 2008.
• Analysis of ECG/EEG Signals by Designing of a FIR and IIR Filter in MATLAB, 2008.
• Implementation of QAM using MATLAB, 2008.
• Real Time Simulation of VOIP Networks, 2004.
• Implementation of SIP for VOIP Networks, 2003.

Trainings Attended:

• Clean room training at JWNC (http://www.jwnc.gla.ac.uk/) during MSc Project, Duration: 9 months.
• Working of VHF and UHF wireless sets at SIMOCO South Asia Ltd., 2002 (6 weeks). (B.Tech)
• Implementation of TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) at SIMOCO South Asia Ltd., 2004 (5 months). (B.Tech)