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Rod Beresford earned degrees in electrical engineering from Yale University (B.S. 1979, M.S. 1981) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1990). Currently a Professor of Engineering at Brown University, Beresford has held various leadership positions, including Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Associate Provost for Academic Space. He served as an IEEE/AAAS Congressional Fellow in 2020/21, working with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. His previous experience includes being editor-in-chief of VLSI Design, a senior editor at Electronics, and an engineer at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. He has published over 80 scientific and technical papers on semiconductor materials and devices. His research focuses on semiconductor nanostructures, synthesis, modeling, and the integration of microelectronics with applications in molecular beam epitaxy. Beresford's projects include the development of nanostructures for biomolecular signal conversion to electronic information, supported by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation, including the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative. He has successfully completed various significant research projects and has extensive teaching experience in electrical engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Teaching core, upper-level, and graduate courses in electrical engineering, with a focus on curriculum improvement and laboratory approaches.
Department: Department of Economics