John F. Wager
John F. Wager
Professor of Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University
4091 Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis, OR 97331-5501
(541) 737-2994
jfw@ece.orst.edu
Since Professor Wager's group resides in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
it is not surprising that their Center for Green Materials Chemistry (CGMC) interests involve applications.
Development of a new material within the CGMC stimulates them to ask the question, "What can we
do
with it?" Conversely, their rather broad interests in thin-film electronic and optoelectronic devices prompts
them to quiz CGMC scientists, "Can you
develop a new material or process so that we can fabricate this
new type of
device or optimize this other type of device?"
Currently, the Wager group's primary CGMC
focus involves the realization of what they call 'vertical transport
transistors'. New types of materials employed in novel ways appear to be critical to the success of this work.
The vision motivating this endeavor is
that it would offer a route to fabricate high-frequency (MHz to GHz)
electronics functionality onto low-cost, large-area substrates. Such
applications could concievably involve
wireless communication, an area not
yet feasible using current state-of-the-art low-cost, larger-area commercial
technologies. As always within the context of the CGMC, material toxicity and
other environmental considerations
are of fundamental concern at onset of the material selection portion of this project. Other current research thrusts
of Professor Wager's group include transparent electronics, thin-film solar cells, and oxide electronics.
