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Bruce Wessels
Chairman, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Walter P. Murphy Professor (joint with MS&E)



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Room: COOK 4039
Telephone: (847) 491-3219
E-mail: b-wessels@northwestern.edu

Personal Website:
www.matsci.northwestern.edu/faculty/bww.html

Bruce W. Wessels is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. He has been a member of the Northwestern faculty since 1977. Dr. Wessels is recognized for his research on electronic and photonic materials. He served as president of the professional engineering society for materials, TMS (The Minerals, Materials and Metals Society) and serves on the editorial board and section editor of the Journal of Electronic Materials. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and ASMI, and is a member of the OSA, MRS, TMS, and Electrochemical Society. Wessels is the author of 230 articles and co-editor of five books. He has been awarded thirteen patents. Wessels received his BS in metallurgy and materials science from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by the receipt of the Ph.D. in materials science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the technical staff of the General Electric Research and Development Center prior to joining Northwestern University.

Research Interests
Opto-electronic integrated circuits. Compound semiconductors, electro-optic thin films and devices, MOCVD processing of ceramic superconductors and ferroelectrics.


 

 

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