Two UD researchers — Jamie Phillips and John Xiao — have been named 2025 fellows by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). With more than 460,000 members from 190 countries, IEEE is considered the world’s largest technical professional society. It serves professionals in all aspects of the electrical, electronic and computing fields and related areas of science and technology.
- Jamie Phillips, interim dean for the College of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering concentrates his research on optoelectronic materials and devices based on compound semiconductors for the next generation of infrared detector systems, solar photovoltaics, IoT energy harvesting devices and biomedical sensors. The IEEE cited Phillips for his contributions to quantum dot infrared photodetectors and microscale photovoltaic energy harvesting.
- John Xiao, Unidel Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and a fellow of the American Physical Society, is renowned for his pioneering research in spintronics and electromagnetic materials for high frequency applications. His IEEE fellow citation is for contributions to spin-polarized transport and spin dynamics in magnetic heterostructures. IEEE fellows are recognized for an outstanding record of accomplishments that have contributed to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology.