Research Laboratory Director

Dr. Cahay (marc.cahay@uc.edu)

He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Liege, Belgium in 1981, his M.S. in Physics and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1986 and 1987, respectively.

He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Cincinnati  as an Assistant Professor in 1989 and was promoted to  the rank of Associate Professor in September 1995 and Full Professor in September 2000.

In 1991, he received support from the National Science Foundation under the Research
Initiation Program.

At the University of Cincinnati, he is the recipient of the following awards:

• Faculty Career Award, University of Cincinnati, Spring 2018
• Professor of the semester award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Spring 2016
• Fellow of the Academy of Teaching and Learning, University of Cincinnati (2014)
• Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, University of Cincinnati (2012)
• Neil Wandmacher Award, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2012)
• Master Engineering Educator Award, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2012)
• W.H.Middendorf Research Excellence Award, School of Electronics and Computing Systems, University of Cincinnati (1991, 2005, 2008, 2011)
• Etta Kappa Nu Outstanding Professor of the Year, ECECS Department (2009)
• Master Engineering Educator Award, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2009)
• Distinguished Researcher Award, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2008)
• W.E. Restemeyer Teaching Excellence Award, University of Cincinnati (2004)
• Etta Kappa Nu Outstanding Professor of the Year, ECECS Department (2003)
• Outstanding Professor of the Quarter Award, College of Engineering Tribunal, Fall 1997
• Sigma Xi Young Investigator Research Award, University of Cincinnati (1995)

In February 2017, Prof. Cahay was selected as the new Department Head of EECS, now known as the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Synergistic Activities

Teaching:

M. Cahay has over thirty years of teaching experience in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology and vacuum micro- and nano-electronics. He is the co-author of two books with Prof. Bandyopadhyay from Virginia Commonwealth University: Introduction to Spintronics  and Problems Solving in Quantum Mechanics, From Basics to Real-World Applications for Materials Scientists, Applied Physicists, and Device Engineers, with Prof. Bandyopadhyay from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Marc Cahay has taught classes in Electronics for the last 20 years. Recently, he collaborated with Jason Heyl to coordinate the lecture and lab classes for Electronics 1 and 2. Back in 2012, he started teaching a new class on an introduction to quantum systems geared towards an introduction to practical applications of quantum mechanics. The syllabi for those classes are listed below.

• EECE 2070 Electronics 1
• EECE 3071 Electronics 2
• EECE 5122-6022 Quantum Systems
• EECE 5145-6045 Intro to Quantum Computing

Cahay has twenty seven year experience in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology and vacuum micro- and nano-electronics. He is the co-author of two books with Prof. Bandyopadhyay from Virginia Commonwealth University: Introduction to Spintronics and Problems Solving in Quantum Mechanics, From Basics to Real-World Applications for Materials Scientists, Applied Physicists, and Device Engineers.

Workshop and Conference Organization:

M. Cahay has served on the program committees of 30 international conferences. With Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, he co-chaired the IEEE Nano 2006 conference in Cincinnati. He will co-chair with Kevin Jensen the IVNC 2019 conference to be held in Cincinnati in July 2019.

Research:

M. Cahay’s current research interests involve generation of spin polarized currents by purely electrical means using asymmetrically bias quantum point contacts with in-plane side gates, field emission from carbon nanotube fibers (working with the group of Dr. Steve Fairchild at WPAFB), carbon nanotube based lightweight electromagnetic induction motor (with Professors Mark Schulz and Max Rabiee at UC), graphene based bolometers (with Professor Peter Kosel at UC), and novel ultracompact plasmonic nanodevices for waveguiding and nanolasing (with Professor Hans-Peter Wagner in the Physics Department at UC).

Professor Cahay is of Fellow of IEEE, The American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and The American Association for the Advancement of Science.

You can download the latest version of M. Cahay’s CV here.