NCKU-RCETS, Tainan | June 14, 2012 | by: Paramita Asri
Dr. Orlando Auciello graduated with M.S. (1973) and Ph.D (1976) degrees in Physics from the Physics Institute “Dr. Balseiro” (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina). He also studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Cordoba-Argentina (1964-1970). After a postdoc at McMaster University-Canada (1976-1979), he was a Researcher at the University of Toronto-Canada (1979-1984), Associate Professor at North Carolina State University (1985-1988), and Senior Research Scientist at the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (1988-1996). Dr. Auciello is co-founder of Advanced Diamond Technologies, a Company spun-off from Argonne in 2004 to commercialize the UNCD film technology invented, developed and patented at Argonne. He has edited 19 books on various topics, published about 450 articles in the fields described above, holds 14 patents, and organized, chaired, and lectured at numerous national and international conferences. He is associate editor of Appl. Phys. Lett. Integrated Ferroelectrics, Vacuum, and editor of two book series (Academic Press). He has held several positions in the Board of Directors of the Materials Research Society, including Councilor.
Dr. Orlando’s research interests are of different fields, namely: 1) science and technology of multi-component oxide thin films and application to devices (ferroelectric memories, nanoscale CMOS devices, photovoltaic energy generation / storage devices, high-frequency devices, piezoelectric thin films for MEMS/NEMS devices (sensors and actuators); 2) fundamental and applied science and technology of a novel ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) film, developed and patented at Argonne, and application to multifunctional devices (RF MEMS/NEMS, electron field emitters, implantable biomedical devices (artificial retina to restore sight to people blinded by retina degeneration), biosensors, mechanical pump seals). The UNCD film technology is now commercialized by Advanced Diamond Technologies, a Company founded by Dr. Auciello and colleagues and spun-off from Argonne in 2004.
Currently, Dr. Auciello is collaborating with Dean Yonhua Tzeng and Prof. Chuanpu Liu in the Dragon Gate Research Scheme under the Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC). Last May, NCKU-RCETS and Argonne National Laboratory also have submitted a proposal for the I-RiCE (International Research-intensive Center of Excellence), funded by NSC of Taiwan. This I-RiCE Proposal has involved 20 researchers from NCKU, NTU, NTHU, and Academia Sinica, as well as 15 researchers from Argonne. This proposal aims for a research on the next-generation solar cells focusing on DSSCs and OPVs.
On June 14, 2012, Dr. Orlando visited the Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy (RCETS) to meet Prof. Wen-Teng Wu (Director of RCETS) and Prof. Jow-Lay Huang (Director of Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, CMNST). During this meeting, they introduced RCETS and CMNST to Dr. Auciello, as well as discussing mutual research interests for future collaboration.