
Jacobus Swart (* February 9, 1950 in
Heiloo, The Netherlands) is a professor at
State University of Campinas UNICAMP Campinas, Brazil and was named
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014
''for contributions to microelectronics education in Brazil''.
Biography
Jacobus Swart got his Engineer Degree and a Doctor in Engineering from Polytechnic School of the
University of São Paulo, USP,
in 1975 and 1981 respectively.
Afterwards he did a postdoc at
Catholic University of Leuven
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, Leuven, Belgium.
Later-on he was a visiting researcher for some time at
Research Triangle Institute, NC;
at
Cornell University, NY;
at Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Techniques in Germany
and
University of Bordeaux in France.
He was an academic member of the
Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo
before he joine
FEE UNICAMP
in 1988 where he became full professor in 1997.
He acted also as director of th
Center for Semiconductors at UNICAMPand also of a national research center name
CTI Renato Archerin Campinas.
From 2013 until 2020 he served as representative of
IMEC from Belgium in Brazil.
Accomplishments
Jacobus Swart authored and co-authored so far 76 journal papers and 220 articles in conference proceedings.
He is author of an engineering teaching book entitle
Semicondutores: Fundamentos, técnicas e aplicações
He gave numerous invited talks and participated in round table discussions, summum up 190 times.
He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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His research topics include silicon and compound semiconductor technologies, device modeling and circuit design.
He supervised over 60 thesis and dissertations at USP and
University of Campinas (Unicamp).
Awards
* 2020: EDS/IEEE Distinguished Service Award 2020
* 2014: IEEE Fellow
* 2014: Full Member of National Engineering Academy
* 2012: Full Member of Science Academy of the State of São Paulo
* 2010: Pe Roberto Landell de Moura Award by Brazilian Microelectronics Societey �
SBMicro* 1992: Research Fellowship b
CNPq with highest level 1A since 2003
References
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Fellow Members of the IEEE
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)