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Aaron Franklin is the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 2008, he spent six years as a research staff member at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. His research primarily focuses on nanomaterials, specifically carbon nanotubes, and their applications in electronics. Franklin is known for his contributions to low-dimensional nanoelectronics and has developed high-performance transistors using carbon nanotube arrays. He holds over 50 issued patents and has published more than 100 scientific papers. His work encompasses a wide range of topics from printed electronics to biosensing systems, emphasizing improving performance, functionality, and environmental sustainability of electronic devices. He is a fellow of the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)