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Santosh Kurinec

Santosh Kurinec is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Santosh Kurinec rather than just read about it. In short: Santosh Kurinec is an IEEE fellow and a professor of Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering at Kate Gleason College of Engineering in Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is an Indian American electronic engineer specializing in electronic materials and devices.

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Reference excerpt

Santosh Kurinec is an IEEE fellow and a professor of Electrical & Microelectronic Engineering at Kate Gleason College of Engineering in Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is an Indian American electronic engineer specializing in electronic materials and devices. She is a former IEEE Electron Devices Society distinguished lecturer. In 2018, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame.

Early life Kurinec received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in physics from University of Delhi. Her Ph.D. research was on the development of a high permeability ferrite ceramic material for engineering applications. This experience enabled her career transition from physics to applied materials science. From 1980 to 1985, she worked as a scientist at the National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi, where she helped to develop a polysilicon photovoltaics program.

Career Kurinec worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Florida from 1985 to 1986. She worked as an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering from 1986 to 1988, before joining RIT as an associate professor in 1988. She succeeded Lynn Fuller as the second Head of the Department of Microelectronic Engineering in RIT from 2001 to 2009. Kurinec has served as a visiting scholar and researcher at the IBM Watson Research Center in New York since 2008. She has also served as a visiting professor in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. She was a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Devices Society. Her research interests include electronic materials and devices, non-volatile memory, photovoltaics, and integrated circuit materials and processes. In 2000, her team discovered the structure type of Tantalum zinc oxide (Ta2Zn3O8) and determined the unit cell to be of monoclinic type. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications in conference proceedings and research journals. She is a Member of New York Academy of Sciences and American Physical Society. She is currently a representative in the Journal of Photovoltaics Steering Committee of IEEE Electron Devices Society.

Awards Kurinec received several awards for her contributions to the field of microelectronics and engineering education. Most notably, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame in 2018 and she was elected as a Fellow of IEEE in 2011, for leadership in integrating innovative microelectronics research in engineering education. She received the Medal of Honor from the International Association of Advanced Materials in 2016. She received the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2012, for distinguished contributions integrated research into undergraduate engineering education to develop microelectronic engineers well prepared for future challenges. She was awarded as the Engineer of Distinction in 2012 by the Rochester Engineering Society. She also received the RIT Trustee Scholarship Award in 2008.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Santosh Kurinec

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Santosh Kurinec claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Santosh Kurinec before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Santosh Kurinec ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Santosh Kurinec

In research: Santosh Kurinec appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Santosh Kurinec in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Santosh Kurinec is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American engineers, 21st-century American women engineers, American people of Indian descent, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Santosh Kurinec outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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