Luis Castañer Muñoz Professor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, (Semiconductor Devices Group) of the Telecommunications Engineering School of Barcelona, Politechnical University of Catalonia |
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Short CVLuis M. Castañer (SM92) is a Professor with the Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación at the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, where he received his Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación, following his undergraduate studies (Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicación. from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1971) and Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) en Physique Spatiale and Docteur-Ingenieur by the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (1973). He has also been Dean of E.T.S.I.Telecomunicación and Head of Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, and has held several positions in Research Agencies and Committees: representative in the Comite de Gestion y Coordinacion on non nuclear energies, DGXII Comission of the EU, Head of the Programa Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones of the CICYT (1992-94), and Coordinator of the Technology Foresight at the Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva. He has contributed to semiconductor device research, covering solar cells in various aspects: technology of CIS, space degradation of Silicon and GaAs devices, and has contributed to the theory and technology of advanced bipolar transistors with polysilicon emitters and its application to high efficiency silicon solar cells, in particular, to the emitter resistance of these devices. He has also contributed to the design, simulation and monitoring of photovoltaic power plants and systems. More recently he is active in microsystems technology , working on flow sensors, power devices for MEMS, and new drives for electrostatic actuators. He holds two patents , has authored and co-authored 184 publications among them 4 books , 47 papers in archival journals and 54 papers in peer reviewed international conferences. He is a Senior IEEE Member, a Member of the Association and Charter of Telecommunication Engineers in Spain, and a Member of the Spanish Engineering Academy. |
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Born in Zaragoza, Spain the 25th of August 1948. Primary and Secondary education in Barcelona ( Spain), University education in Madrid (Spain) and Toulouse ( France). He lives in Barcelona since 1973 and has spent 1 year sabbatical in Southampton (England), 7 months in Providence RI (USA) and 4 months in Cambridge MA (USA). He is married with Carmen and has two daughters Maya and Olga.
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