Jacobus Swart (athlete)
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Jacobus Swart (* February 9, 1950 in
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, The Netherlands) is a professor at
State University of Campinas The State University of Campinas ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin ...

UNICAMP
Campinas, Brazil and was named
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(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 The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...
, USP, in 1975 and 1981 respectively. Afterwards he did a postdoc at
Catholic University of Leuven University of Leuven or University of Louvain (french: Université de Louvain, link=no; nl, Universiteit Leuven, link=no) may refer to: * Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) * State University of Leuven (1817–1835) * Catholic University of ...
, Leuven, Belgium. Later-on he was a visiting researcher for some time at
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, NC; at
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, NY; at Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Techniques in Germany and
University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a Lists of universities in France, public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Southern France, southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bor ...
in France. He was an academic member of the
Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo The Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo (or the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo, Portuguese: Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo) (usually called Poli, Poli-USP or EPUSP) is an engineering school a ...
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 UNICAMP
and also of a national research center name
CTI Renato Archer
in Campinas. From 2013 until 2020 he served as representative of
IMEC Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, with headquarters in Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as President an ...
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. 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 The State University of Campinas ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and ...
(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 â€
SBMicro
* 1992: Research Fellowship b
CNPq
with highest level 1A since 2003


References

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