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Hisham Z. Massoud

Hisham Z. Massoud

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
massoud@ee.duke.edu
Box 90291, Dept of Elec and Comp Eng, Durham, NC 27708-0291
CIEMAS Building, Room 3521, Dept of Elec and Comp Eng, Durham, NC 27708-0291

Overview

Hisham Z. Massoud joined the Duke ECE Department in 1983, where is now a Professor. He is the founding director of the Semiconductor Research Laboratory. Professor Massoud has been a research scientist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., in 1977 and 1980-81, the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina in 1987, the Hewlett-Packard Integrated Circuits Business Division in 1992, and the Max-Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in 1997 and 1998. He was a …

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 1999 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent Publications

Integrated sensing and information processing theme-based redesign of the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering curriculum at Duke University

Journal Article Advances in Engineering Education · 2010 The field of electrical and computer engineering has evolved significantly in the past two decades. This evolution has broadened the field of ECE, and subfields have seen deep penetration into very specialized areas. Remarkable devices and systems arising ... Cite

Integrating sensing and information processing in an electrical and computer engineering undergraduate curriculum

Conference Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE · December 1, 2009 The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University has completed a full-scale redesign of its undergraduate program based on the theme of Integrated Sensing and Information Processing. This theme provides a coherent, overarching framewor ... Full text Cite

Dual-threshold pass-transistor logic design

Journal Article Proceedings of the ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, GLSVLSI · November 6, 2009 This paper introduces pass-transistor logic design with dualthreshold voltages. A set of single-rail, fully restored, passtransistor gates are presented. Logic transistors are implemented with low threshold voltages and signal restoration transistors with ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants

The (Final) Rewrite of the Electronics Curriculum

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2002 - 2005

The Introduction of Animation in the Teaching of Solid-State Electronics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 1997 - 1998

Cell Shape and Growth Regulation by Micro-patterned Surfaces

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1995 - 1998

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Education, Training & Certifications

Stanford University · 1983 Ph.D.
Stanford University · 1976 M.S.
Cairo University (Egypt) · 1975 M.S.
Cairo University (Egypt) · 1973 B.S.