Dr Jim Haslett
Dr Jim Haslett
Advanced Technology Information Processing Systems (ATIPS) Laboratory
Dr Jim Haslett has completed his chair in Wireless Science and Technology, and is now the Chair heading up the ATIPS Laboratory, taking over from Dr Jullien.
iCORE has committed $800,000 per year for the first three years, then $600,000 per year for two years, for a total of $3.7 million dollars to establish this Chair. This represents roughly 50 percent of the total budget.
Additionally, Dr Jim Haslett was the first Industry Chair funded by iCORE ($1M). He has received federal funding from NSERC, CFI & NRC ($2M). He has received funding from the University of Calgary ($1.4M), TRLabs ($1M) and Calgary Health Trust ($100K).
Research Program
The mission of the laboratory will be to build a world-class research laboratory in the use of advanced and emerging fabrication technologies to targeted applications in information processing systems. The ATIPS laboratory will provide a knowledge link between these technologies and the chosen application areas in order to both facilitate their rapid exploitation and to uncover new linkages. We aim to be leading users of these fabrication technologies, and will maintain and expand our expertise in these technologies in order to be able to provide optimal techniques for their use.
Research Team
In addition to the team leader, the research team will include six other key players. The member's areas of expertise will include VLSI technology, MEMS and sensors, communication applications, signal processing applications, information security and computing systems. Existing collaborations with the team include DALSA Inc., Gennum Corp, the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation and Micronet. Partnership with other key industry players is anticipated once the new Chair and associated research team are established.
Biographical Information
Dr Haslett was head of the department of electrical and computer engineering at the U of C from 1986 to 1997. He has been instrumental in bringing very large-scale integrated circuit design (VLSI) to the U of C. He was elected as a Fellow of both the Engineering Institute of Canada and the IEEE in 2001. He has 14 teaching awards and his rapport with students has attracted outstanding researchers to his labs.
Dr Haslett has had a productive history of collaborative research and development projects with industry. He was a member of several national science teams that designed satellite instruments in the 1980s, and carried out contract research for several Canadian Aerospace Prime contractors relating to solid-state camera performance. Other projects, carried out in collaboration with Dr F. N. Trofimenkoff and Dr Ron Johnston, have included award-winning electronic monitoring systems for oil and gas wells, wireless telemetry systems for drill stem testing, electrical preheating of tar sands, and the design of monolithic integrated circuits.
Related Links:
Dr Haslett's Homepage
ATIPS
TRLabs
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