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N. Scott Barker

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Fellow IEEE Co-General Chair 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Co-Founder CEO, Dominion MicroProbes Inc.
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About

N. Scott Barker received the B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Virginia in 1994 and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1996 and 1999 respectively.

In 1999 he joined the Naval Research Laboratory as a staff scientist in the Microwave Technology Branch. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. His research interests include applying MEMS and micromachining techniques to the development of millimeter-wave and terahertz circuits and components. He has over 100 publications and several patents in this field. In 2011 he co-founded the company Dominion MicroProbes, Inc., to develop and market THz frequency technology co-invented by his group at the University of Virginia, including 500-750 GHz and 750-1100 GHz on-wafer probes.

Prof. Barker has served on the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques technical committee on RF-MEMS (MTT-21) since 2000 and was the committee chair from 2008 to 2011. He has also served on the IMS Technical Program Review Committee since 2001. He served on the Steering Committee of IMS2011 in Baltimore, was the TPC co-chair for IMS2014 in Tampa, FL, and is Co-General Chair for IMS2024 in Washington, D.C. He served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques from 2010 to 2013, as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters from 2016-2018, and as the Chair of the Publications Committee for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society from 2018 to 2021.

Prof. Barker received the 2016 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year Award, the 2012 IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award in 2015, the New Faculty Teaching Award in 2006 and the Faculty Innovation Award in 2004. He is an IEEE Fellow, a recipient of the 2003 NSF CAREER Award, and was awarded the 2000 IEEE Microwave Prize for his work on RF-MEMS Phase Shifters.

Education

B.S. ​University of Virginia, 1994

M.S. ​University of Michigan, 1996

Ph.D. ​University of Michigan, 1999

Research Interests

Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Electronics
Wireless and Optical Communication Systems
Radio-Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF-MEMS)

Selected Publications

"330-500 GHz Waveguide-feed Tapered Slot Antenna on Micro-machined Silicon Substrate," 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), pp. 1556-1557. YUXIN WANG, HAN-YU TSAO, MATT BAUWENS, LINLI XIE, ROBERT M WEIKLE, ARTHUR W LICHTENBERGER, N SCOTT BARKER.
"Detachable Terahertz Chip-to-Chip Interconnectors," 2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium-IMS 2022, pp. 575-578. IEEE, 2022. HAN-YU TSAO, YUXIN WANG, ROBERT M WEIKLE, ARTHUR W LICHTENBERGER, NICOLAS SCOTT BARKER.
“High Performance 500-750 GHz RF MEMS Switch,” IEEE Int. Microwave Symp. 2017, Honolulu, HI, June 2017, pp. 1–3. Y. FENG, N.S. BARKER
Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates as a Micromachining Platform for Advanced Terahertz Circuits,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 105, No. 6, June 2017, pp. 1105-1120. N.S. BARKER, M. BAUWENS, A.W. LICHTENBERGER, R.M. WEIKLE
“1.9-3.2 THz Schottky based harmonic mixer design and characterization,” Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2015 European, Paris, France, Sept. 2015, pp. 837–840. B.T. BULCHA, J.L. HESLER, V. DRAKINSKIY, J. STAKE, N.S. BARKER

Courses Taught

ECE 4209 - RF and Wireless Circuits
ECE 5260 - Microwave Engineering
ECE 6261 - Microwave Engineering II

Awards

IEEE Fellow 2018
Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year Award, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group 2016
Outstanding Teacher Award, Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015
Outstanding Young Engineer Award, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) 2012
Microwave Prize 2010