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Dr
Jim Haslett
Wireless
Science and Technology Initiative
Dr Jim Haslett will lead a research program
called the Wireless Science and Technology
Initiative, which will concentrate on
the development of advanced radio frequency
integrated circuits for next generation
wireless products. Basic research will
be carried out to design leading edge
components such as low noise amplifiers,
voltage controlled oscillators, frequency
synthesizers, filters and mixers, intended
for operation in the 5 to 20 GHz frequency
range and beyond.
New wireless system architectures will
be developed in integrated circuit form,
for a variety of applications. To develop
the research team, Dr Haslett has received
an iCORE Industrial Chair Establishment
(ICE) grant of $200,000 per year for five
years for a total of $1 million dollars.
This represents roughly 29% of the total
budget of $3.42 million. Another $120,000
per year has been awarded in Industrial
Research Chair (IRC) funds from NSERC,
with a matching contribution from TRLabs.
In-kind contributions from TRLab will
add another $80,000 per year, while the
University of Calgary will contribute
$164,000 per year ? $20,000 in cash and
the remainder in kind.
Biographical
Information
Dr Haslett was head of the department
of electrical and computer engineering
at the University of Calgary from 1986
to 1997. His major accomplishments in
research, industry collaboration and teaching,
are all factors that led to this award.
On the research front, Dr Haslett was
elected as a Fellow of the Engineering
Institute of Canada in 2001 "in recognition
of excellence in engineering and for service
to the profession and to society," and
a Fellow of the IEEE in 2001 "for contributions
to high temperature instrumentation and
noise in solid-state electronics." His
recent research projects have focused
on next-generation wireless products.
Over the last 27 years, Dr Haslett has
had a productive history of collaborative
research and development projects with
industry. He was a member of several national
science teams designing satellite instruments
in the 1980s, and carried out contract
research for several Canadian Aerospace
Prime contractors relating to solid state
camera performance. Other projects carried
out in collaboration with Dr F.N. Trofimenkoff
and Dr Ron Johnston have included award-winning
electronic monitoring systems for oil
and gas wells, wireless telemetry systems
for drill stem testing, electrical preheating
of tar sands, and the design of monolithic
integrated circuits for some of these
applications.
During the last 17 years, Dr Haslett has
been instrumental in bringing very large-scale
integrated circuit design (VLSI) to the
University of Calgary, as the University
of Calgary member representative to the
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
(CMC), and through his board and committee
duties for the CMC and the Alberta Microelectronic
Center (now Micralyne).
In addition to research and industry work,
he has established a stellar reputation
as a professor. Fourteen teaching awards
signal a rapport with students that has
attracted outstanding researchers to his
labs.
Research Team
In addition to Dr Haslett, partial support
for the project will be provided by Dr
John McRory, Dr Grant McGibney, Dr Bob
Davies, and Stan Zwierzchowski, at TR
Labs. The initial research group includes
Bogden Georgescu, Mike Lynch, Chris Holdenried,
Josh Nakaska, James Quan and Cavell Li,
all graduate students in electrical and
computer engineering. Ken Townsend, Scott
Jacobsen and others will join the group
in September. Within this group, five
students hold NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships,
and one has applied for an NSERC Industrial
Postgraduate Scholarship. The remaining
two students work in industry while pursuing
part time degrees. Additional graduate
students, a postdoctoral fellow, a research
assistant, and several visitors are expected
to join the team over the next two years.
Related Links:
Dr
Haslett's Homepage
ATIPS
TRLABS
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