Faculty Profiles

Professor Wieder's scientific and technical activities for the past 35 years have been concerned with the basic and applied aspects of solid state electronics. His research focus is on the synthesis, characterization and device applications of compound semiconductor heterostructures, quantum wells and superlattices.

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Harry Wieder earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Colorado State University. He is a former Professor in residence in the ECE department at UCSD, and Affiliate Professor of Physics at Colorado State University. Before 1981, Wieder was employed as manager of the Electronic Material Sciences Division of the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the American Vacuum Society. His awards include the Gold Medal and Medard W. Welch Award from the American Vacuum Society, and the Babbage Premium, from the British Institute of Electronic and Radio Engineers.