Zlatan Aksamija

  • Program Years: 2005-2009
  • Academic Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Practicum(s):
    Los Alamos National Laboratory (2007)
    Argonne National Laboratory (2009)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2009
    M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2005
    B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, 2003
  • Field of Study: Electrical Engineering
  • Academic Advisor: Umberto Ravaioli
  • Contact Information: zlatan dot aksamija at gmail dot com
  • Status: NSF CI TraCS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Personal URL: http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~knezevic/
  • Research Area: Nanostructured Semiconductor Thermoelectrics

Publications:

# Journal Papers

J16. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons: Anisotropy and Edge Roughness Scattering", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, 114112 (2011).

J15. H. J. Ryu, Z. Aksamija, D. M. Paskiewicz, S. A. Scott, M. G. Lagally, I. Knezevic, and M. A. Eriksson, "Quantitative Determination of Contributions to the Thermoelectric Power Factor in Si Nanostructures", Physical Review Letters, vol. 105, 256601 (2010).

J14. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Boundary Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Ultrathin Silicon", Physical Review B, vol. 82, 045319 (2010).
-Paper recognition: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (VJNano), August 9, 2010.

J13. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanostructures", Journal of Computational Electronics, vol. 9, pp. 173-179 (2010).

J12. P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, and U. Ravaioli, "Prediction of Reduced Thermal Conductivity in Nano-Engineered Rough Ge and GaAs Nanowires", Nano Letters, vol. 10, 1120 (2010).

J11. Z. Aksamija, U. Ravaioli, "Anharmonic Decay of g-process Longitudinal Optical Phonons in Silicon", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 96, 091911 (2010).

J10. P. M. Martin, Z. Aksamija, and E. Pop, "Impact of Phonon Surface Roughness Scattering on Thermal Conductivity of Thin Si Nanowires", Physical Review Letters, vol. 102, 125503 (2009).
-Paper recognition: Editor's Suggestion in Phys. Rev. Lett. and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (VJNano), April 13, 2009

J9. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Energy Conservation in Collisional Broadening Over a Sequence of Scattering Events in Semiclassical Monte Carlo Simulation", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105, 083722 (2009).

J8. Z. Aksamija, U. Ravaioli, "Anharmonic Decay of Non-Equilibrium Phonons in Silicon", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 193, 012033 (2009).

J7. P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, U. Ravaioli, "Prediction of Reduced Thermal Conductivity in Nano-Engineered Rough Semiconductor Nanowires," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 193, 012010 (2009).

J6. M. Mohamed, Z. Aksamija, A. Godoy, P. Martin, H.-S. Hahm, W. Lee, K.-I. Lee, and U. Ravaioli, "Size Effects and Performance Assessment in Nanoscale Multigate MOSFET Structures", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, vol. 6, pp. 1927-1936 (2009).

J5. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Efficient Numerical Solution for the 3-D Semiconductor Poisson Equation", Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, vol. 37, pp. 45-65 (2009).

J4. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Boltzmann Transport Simulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", Journal of Computational Electronics, vol. 7, pp. 315-318 (2008).

J3. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Emission and Absorption of Phonons in Silicon", Physica Status Solidi (C), vol. 5, pp. 90-93 (2008).

J2. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Joule Heating and Phonon Transport in Si MOSFETs", Journal of Computational Electronics, vol. 5, pp. 431-434 (2006).

J1. Z. Aksamija and U. Ravaioli, "Meshless Solution of the Semiconductor Poisson Equation", Journal of Computational Electronics, vol. 5, pp. 459-462 (2006).


# Refereed Conference Proceedings

C28. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Edge Roughness Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons", Electro-Chemical Society Meeting (ECS-219), Montreal, Canada (May 1-6, 2011).

C27. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Interface Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Si/SiGe Superlattices", American Physical Society (APS) Meeting, Dallas, TX (March 2011).

C26. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Edge Roughness Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons", American Physical Society (APS) Meeting, Dallas, TX (March 2011).

C25. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Edge Roughness Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons", 38th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-38), San Diego (January 16-20, 2011).

C24. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Interface Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Si/SiGe Superlattices", 38th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-38), San Diego (January 16-20, 2011).

C23. Z. Aksamija, I. Knezevic, "Phonon Transport and Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanomembranes and Nanoribbons", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE-14), Pisa, Italy (October 27-29, 2010).

C22. D. Vasileska, K. Raleva, A. Hossain, S. M. Goodnick, Z. Aksamija, and I. Knezevic, "Thermal Modeling of Nanodevices", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE-14), Pisa, Italy (October 27-29, 2010).

C21. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanostructures", IEEE NANO 2010, Modeling and Simulation Section, Soul, S. Korea (August 17-20, 2010).

C20. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanostructures", Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SiNW'10) Honolulu, HI (June 2010).

C19. M. Mohamed, H.-S. Hahm, A. Godoy, Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "3D Multi Subband Monte Carlo Analysis of SOI Multigate Devices", Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SiNW'10), Honolulu, HI (June 2010).

C18. M. Mohamed, Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Electro-thermal Study of Nanoscale SOI Multi-gate MOSFETs", Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop (SiNW'10), Honolulu, HI (June 2010).

C17. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Modeling Thermal Conductivity of SOI Nanomembranes", International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'10), Las Vegas, NV (March 2010).

C16. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Boundary Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Silicon-on-Insulator Nanomembranes", American Physical Society (APS) Meeting, Portland, OR (March 2010).

C15. Z. Aksamija and I. Knezevic, "Anisotropy and Boundary Scattering in the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Silicon-on-Insulator Nanomembranes", 37th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-37), Santa Fe (January 2010).

C14. Z. Aksamija, H. J. Ryu, D. M. Paskiewicz, S. A. Scott, M. G. Lagally, M. A. Eriksson, and I. Knezevic, "Hole Thermopower in Gated Silicon Nanoribbons", 37th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-37), Santa Fe, NM (January 2010).

C13. Z. Aksamija, U. Ravaioli, "Anharmonic Decay of Non-Equilibrium Intervalley Phonons in Silicon," EDISON 16, Montpellier, France (August 2009).

C12. P. Martin, Z. Aksamija, E. Pop, U. Ravaioli, "Prediction of Reduced Thermal Conductivity in Nano-Engineered Rough Semiconductor Nanowires," EDISON 16, Montpellier, France (August 2009).

C11. C. Ni, Z. Aksamija, J. Y. Murthy, and U. Ravaioli, "Coupled Electro-Thermal Simulation of MOSFETs", Proceedings of the IPACK2009, presented at the ASME InterPACK, San Francisco, CA (July 2009).

C10. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Parallel Implementation of Boltzmann Transport Simulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) Beijing, China (May 2009), proceedings available on IEEEXplore.com.

C8. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Phonon Emission Spectra in Silicon", International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), Washington D.C. (December 2007), proceedings available on IEEEXplore.com.

C7. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Boltzmann Transport Simulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT)", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) Amherst, MA (October 2007), proceedings available on www.iwce.org.

C6. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Phonon Emission and Absorption in Silicon", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) Amherst, MA (October 2007), proceedings available on www.iwce.org.

C5. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Energy Conservation in Collisional Broadening", Simulation of Semiconductor Processes And Devices (SISPAD), Vienna, Austria (September 2007), proceedings available on www.sispad.org.

C4. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Phonon Emission and Absorption in Silicon", Hot Carriers In Semiconductors (HCIS'07), Osaka, Japan (July 2007).

C3. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Self-Heating and Phonon Emission in Si MOSFETs", Electro-Information Technology (EIT-07), Chicago, IL (May 2007), proceedings available on IEEEXplore.com.
- Paper recognition: Outstanding Paper and IEEE Region 4 First Place Award

C2. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Joule Heating and Phonon Transport in Si MOSFETs", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) Vienna, Austria (May 2006), proceedings available on www.iwce.org.

C1. Z. Aksamija, and U. Ravaioli, "Meshless Solution for the 3-D Semiconductor Poisson Equation", International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE), Vienna

Awards:

Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gregory M. Stillman Memorial Semiconductor Graduate Research Award
Outstanding Paper Award at Electro-Information Technology 2007 Conference
First Place Award by the IEEE Reigon 4 Conference Committee
Dean's List, University of Illinois, each semester 1999-2003
Graduated with Highest Honors, University of Illinois, 1999-2003
Edmund C. James Honors Scholar in Engineering, University of Illinois, 1999-2003
Mothers' Association Book award, Fall 1999