Staff profile
Dr Brian F Usher
Sessional Lecturer
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
School of Engineering and Mathematical SciencesDepartment of Electronic Engineering
Beth Gleeson Building, Room 434, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 2036
- T: +61 3 94793739
- F: +61 3 9471 0524
- E: B.Usher@latrobe.edu.au
- W: Electronic Engineering
Qualifications
BSc Hons, DipEd, PhD UWA.
Membership of professional associations
MAIP.
Area of study
Electronic Engineering
Brief profile
Research interests:
- Molecular beam epitaxial growth of semiconductor materials for near infrared optical communications applications
- Studies of dilute nitride semiconductors for near infrared and photovoltaic applications.
- Dynamical modelling of dislolcation configurations.
- Studies of growth processes and interface formation, particularly the effects of surface segreation.
- The uptake of oxygen and nitrogen by aluminium containing compound semiconductors and its effect on lattice constant and related stoichiometric measurements.
Teaching units
ELE1IEL - Introductory Electronics
ELE5SDP - Semiconductor Device Physics
ELE5OPN - Optical Networks
