Dr Radu Sporea is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Power Electronics and Semiconductor Devices at the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), University of Surrey. Prior to this appointment he was Royal Academy of Engineering Academic Research Fellow (2011-2016), EPSRC PhD+ Fellow (2010-2011) and PhD researcher (2006 - 2010) in the same centre. Before joining Surrey, Radu has studied Computer Systems Engineering at “Politehnica” University, Bucharest, Romania, and has worked as a Design Engineer for Catalyst Semiconductor Romania, now part of ON Semiconductor, on ultra-low-power CMOS analog circuits.

Current research in Radu's team focuses on three main topics:

1. Advanced semiconductor device design, including transistors with increased tolerance to fabrication variability, improved energy efficiency and high gain. Research spans novel fabrication ultra-low-cost fabrication techniques, advanced materials, manufacturability and robustness of electronic devices and
circuits (e.g. EP/R028559/1) and is supported by numerical simulations.

2. Large area sensors and sensor arrays for smart environments, focusing on multi-modal sensing of presence, gesture, gait, etc. and tailored to low-cost integration in commercial manufacturing platforms and mass-market products.

3. Paper-based electronics and physical-digital interaction, as part of EPSRC project, "Next Generation Paper", EP/P02579X/1, in which Radu leads the design of low-cost multi-modal sensors for user interaction, flexible interconnect, energy management, decision and communication systems, and system integration for an electronically-augmented book. Prototypes are subcontracted to VTT Finland and are developed in collaboration with Novacentrix, Otava and ifolor.

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