Special Projects Research Available
Graduate and UG Special Projects research positions will be available starting Spring 2025 in the Computational Electronics and Photonics Group. Superlative students with backgrounds having intersection with {math, physics, object-oriented programming} are especially encouraged to apply. Contact Prof. Yoder for details.
Bio Sketch
Dr. P. D. Yoder is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech.
He received the B.S.E.E. degree (with highest honors) from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 1990. He was
a 1990 recipient of the Hertz Foundation Graduate Research Grant at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, where he earned the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Upon
graduation, he accepted a postdoctoral fellowship with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich, Switzerland. He subsequently worked as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories in
Murray Hill, NJ, and then with its micro-/opto-electronics spin-off, Agere Systems. Dr. Yoder joined
the faculty of Georgia Tech in Fall 2003, and was recognized in 2009 with a U. S. Air Force
Summer Faculty Fellowship. Dr. Yoder is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and a senior
member of the IEEE.
Dr. Yoder's research generates new and deeper understanding of microscopic physical processes and
macroscopic phenomena in semiconductor structures and devices, which he and his students apply
to the design of new and innovative photonic and electronic devices. Topics of current and
recent research within the Computational Electronics and Photonics Group include 1) high-power
ultraviolet laser diodes for non-line-of-sight communication and critical sensing applications,
2) coupled electrothermal analysis of AlGaN/GaN field effect transistors for RF switching and
power amplification applications, 3) quantum charge transport for nanoelectronic device applications,
and 4) quantum cascade lasers for biomolecular spectroscopy and remote sensing and tracking.