Ronan HINCHET Design, modelization and characterization of micro & nano devices [email protected]

EDUCATION:______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ph.D M.Phys M.Eng B.Sc

Nano Electronics and Nano Technologies International exchange in nanotechnologies Micro and Nano Electronics Microelectronic for “Integrated systems” International exchange in physics & electronics Physics and electronics

2014 2012 2010 2010 2009 2007

Grenoble INP / EEATS (FR) Georgia Institute of Technologies (US) University Joseph Fourrier (FR) Grenoble INP / PHELMA (FR) Polytechnical school of Montreal (CA) Grenoble INP / ENSERG (FR)

SKILLS:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Language Expression

English : TOEIC 790/990. Chinese: beginner. Spanish : notions. International conferences, publications, supervision of intern, Reviewer for “Smart Materials and Structures”.

Codes Software Equipment

C, C_cuda, VHDL, JAVA, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL. Comsol, Matlab, ModelSim, Cadence and CoventorWare. Micro manufacturing (photo and e-beam lithography, sputtering, evaporating, etching, DRIE). Electrical and mechanical characterization (probe station, SEM, AFM, KFM, PFM )

EXPERIENCE:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2014

IMEP-LAHC laboratory, Minatec, Grenoble (FR, 3 years) Ph.D.: development of energy harvesting devices based on nanostructures

Managing interdisciplinary project incorporating international collaborations: theory, modeling, fabrication and characterization. R&D of nanotechnology.

2012

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (USA, 8 months). R&D: piezoelectric nanowire’s based nanogenerator.

Research and knowledge exchange. Modelization, fabrication, characterization and optimization of NEMS devices. International collaboration, exchange, integration and team work.

2010

IMEP-LAHC laboratory, Minatec, Grenoble (FR, 6 months). Engineer R&D: electromechanical characterization of nano switches.

Research. Nano electromechanical characterization, understanding of physical phenomena and optimization. Establishment of test bench and custom experiences.

2008

GIPSA-Lab laboratory, Grenoble (FR, 2 months). Engineer: Optimization of the memory access in graphic processor.

Documentation and research. Analysis and profiling. Notion of algorithm-architecture matching, optimization of computer programs

2007

Elvia PCB plant, Coutances (FR, 2 months). Quality controller, final validation and customer feedback. Notions of control, quality, flow management in quantity, quality and time. Discovery of the European industrial world, balance customer requirements, production requirements.

2004

Laboratory for Particle Physics (GANIL), Caen, (FR, 2 months). Project of future European nuclear reactor: “simulation of neutron flux”. Research and documentation, physical simulation, teamwork, synthesis and report.

ACTIVITIES:______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interests Leisure Sports Trips

Computer news' “hardware & software” and scientific news' “microelectronics & space”. Animation of a video games community. Street Hockey, tennis, badminton, hiking, climbing and ski. Europe and North America.

EXPERTISE:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEMS and NEMS technologies, microelectronic and semiconductor physics.  Electromechanical and piezoelectric simulations  Electromechanical AFM characterization  Design & optimization of mechanical sensors  Micro fabrication, prototyping and hydrothermal and energy harvesters nanowire growth

Selected PUBLICATIONS:_______________________________________________________________________________________ Hinchet R., Lee S., Ardila G., Montes L., Mouis M., Wang Z. L., "Performance Optimization of Vertical NanowireBased Piezoelectric Nanogenerators", Advanced Functional Materials, 2013. S. Lee, R. Hinchet, Y. Lee, Y. Yang, Z.-H. Lin, G. Ardila, L. Montes, M. Mouis, Z. L. Wang, "Ultrathin Nanogenerators as Self-powered/Active Skin Sensors for Tracking Eye Ball Motion", Advanced Functional Materials, 2013. R. Hinchet, S. Lee, G. Ardila, L. Montes, M. Mouis and Z-L. Wang, "Design and Guideline Rules for the Performance Improvement of Vertically Integrated Nanogenerator", Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2013. Ardila G., Hinchet R., Mouis M., Montes L., "Scaling prospects in mechanical energy harvesting with piezo nanowires", The European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 2013. R. Hinchet, J. Ferreira, J. Keraudy, G. Ardila, E. Pauliac-Vaujour, M. Mouis and L. Montes, "Scaling rules of piezoelectric nanowires in view of sensor and energy harvester integration", IEDM 2012, 2012. Y.S. Zhou*, R. Hinchet* (*equal contribution), Y. Yang, G. Ardila, R. Songmuang, F. Zhang, Y. Zhang, W. Han, K. Pradel, L. Montes, M. Mouis and Z.L. Wang, "Nano-newton transverse force sensor using a vertical GaN nanowire based on the piezotronic effect", Advanced Materials, 2012. R. Hinchet, L. Montes, G. Bouteloup, G. Ardila, R. Parsa, K. Akarvardar, R.T. Howe and H.-S. Philip Wong, "Electrical and mechanical characterization of lateral NEMS switches", DTIP 2011, 2011.  More on my website: http://ronan.hinchet.free.fr

SUPERVISION:____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Interns (level M.Phys, 6 months): IMEP-LAHC / MINATEC / Grenoble University (FR). Subject: Micro Electronics and Nano Technologies. 4 Interns (level B.Sc+1, 2 months): IMEP-LAHC / MINATEC / Grenoble University (FR). Subject: Micro Electronics and Nano Technologies.

REFERENCES:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Zhong Lin Wang School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 500 10th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 Phone: +1 404 894-8008 Mail: [email protected] Dr. Mireille Mouis IMEP-LAHC, Grenoble Institute of Technology 3 rue Parvis Louis Néel, 38016 Grenoble Phone: +33 456 529 535 Mail: [email protected] Dr. Gustavo Ardila IMEP-LAHC, Grenoble Institute of Technology 3 rue Parvis Louis Néel, 38016 Grenoble Phone: +33 456 529 532 Mail: [email protected] More available upon request.