Stephen Goodnick is presently Associate Vice President, Research at Arizona State University. Prior to this position, he was Interim Deputy Dean and Director of Nanotechnology for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. He came to ASU in Fall 1996 as Department Chair from Oregon State University where he was a professor of electrical and computer engineering. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Solar Energy Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories and a visiting faculty member at the Walter Schottky Institute, Munich, Germany; the University of Modena, Italy; the University of Notre Dame; and Osaka University, Japan.

Dr. Goodnick served as President (2003-2004) of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA), and as Program Chair of the Fourth IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology. He has published more than 150 refereed journal articles, books, and book chapters.

Research Interests: Transport in semiconductor devices, computational electronics, quantum and nanostructured devices and device technology, high-frequency and optical devices.

Honors and Distinctions: Fellow, IEEE (2004), Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Germany, 1986; College of Engineering Research Award, Oregon State University, 1996; Colorado State University College of Engineering Achievement in Academia Award, 1998; IEEE Phoenix Section Society Award for Outstanding Service, 2002.