Vishal Khandelwal

Research and Development Process Integration Engineer
Micron Technology · Singapore
NAND Flash Memory

Started with why things work.
Ended up developing the chips
that fuel AI.

Origin

Physics

Masters

Research

Ph.D.

Semiconductors

Now

Industry

Currently

Micron Technology

NAND Process Integration

Ph.D.

KAUST

Applied Physics, Ga₂O₃

Research

440+ citations

15+ Journal Papers

LinkedIn ↗ Google Scholar ↗ CV ↓

ORCID 0000-0003-1759-1209

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Background

Education

2020 – 2024

Ph.D. in Applied Physics

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) · Saudi Arabia

Monolithic integrated Ga₂O₃ electronics for extreme temperature integrated circuits

2018 – 2020

M.Sc. Physics

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur · India

Study on organic and inorganic material-based RRAM with different fabrication techniques

2015 – 2018

B.Sc. Physics

University of Delhi · New Delhi, India

15+

Journal papers

First-author

Conf. talks

US Patent

Awards

2024

Dean's Award — Outstanding Ph.D. research, Applied Physics Program, KAUST

2023

Research Recognition — Semiconductor Today, Compound Semiconductor, Semiconductor Engineering, KAUST Discovery

2020

GATE Physics AIR 148 · JEST Physics AIR 308 — National competitive examinations, India

2018

JAM Physics AIR 487 · Academic Excellence Award — Department of Physics, University of Delhi

Technical

Skills

Epitaxial Growth

Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)
Ion-beam assisted reactive sputtering
MOCVD
Homoepitaxial & heteroepitaxial Ga₂O₃

Nanofabrication

Electron beam lithography (EBL)
Photolithography & direct laser writing
RIE, DRIE, chemical wet etching
ALD, PECVD, e-beam evaporation
Class 100 cleanroom

Material Characterization

XRD, HR-XRD
AFM, XPS, SEM/EDX
PPMS, Hall-effect measurement
PL, UV-Vis, SIMS

Device Characterization

Keithley 4200A probe station
Keysight B1505A (up to 3 kV)
Pulsed I-V (B1500A)
Cryogenic measurement to 2 K

Simulation & Design

Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP (DFT)
Centaurus, LTspice (TCAD/circuit)
L-Edit, MATLAB, LabVIEW

Memory & Integration

NAND flash process integration
Flash memory device design
RRAM (organic & inorganic)
FinFET, MOSFET, logic circuits
Extreme-temperature electronics

Vishal Khandelwal

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