Matt Dwyer

Electrical Engineering PhD

Matt Dwyer received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering (Honours I) from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2009, including exchange studies at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011 and 2017. His research interests lie in the design, simulation, and fabrication of nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). He has designed faster and higher voltage gallium arsenide (GaAs) Schottky diode varactors to enable the generation of sub-picosecond voltage waveforms. He has also developed cleanroom fabrication processes to enable MMICs with reduced parasitics and losses. This cleanroom experience has also led to the development of many tools to support manual wafer and piece processing.

Matt Dwyer is an electrical engineering postdoc interested in all things microfabrication, including materials science and biomedical engineering. Let's collaborate!

Location

1415 Engineering Dr, EH1335, WI 53706, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Email

shapingfiber@gmail.com

Website

https://shapingfiber.com

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LinkedIn

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Experience

Jun 2017 – present

Postdoc at van der Weide Group

NLTLs and self-assembled helices.

Highlights

• Self-assembled gold/semiconductor helices
• NLTL design/fabrication for freespace THz TDS

Jun 2019 – present

Postdoc at Hai Lab

ISFETs and resonators.

Highlights

• ISFET design/fabrication for biology applications
• LC resonator design/fabrication

Jun 2017 – present

Founder at Cleanroom Labware

Cleanroom labware designs and manufactures PTFE labware for university-scale cleanroom wafer and piece processing.

Highlights

• Used by majority of groups at UW-Madison's Nanoscale Fabrication Center.
• Sponsor of UW-Madison's Facilities Day Open House.

Education

Jun 2011 – Jun 2017

PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison with GPA of 4.0

Courses

• Thesis: 'Ultrafast high-voltage Schottky varactors for nonlinear transmission line terahertz generation, detection and sensing.'

Aug 2009 – May 2011

Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison with GPA of 4.0

Courses

• Thesis: 'Polarization modulation for application in terahertz sensing'

Jan 2005 – Jun 2009

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from University of Queensland with GPA of 6.2/7

Courses

• Honours I
• Thesis: 'Polarimetric antenna'

Publications

May 2019

Enhanced phase detector using nonlinear transmission lines by 2019 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)

Matthew Dwyer, Aaron Day, Daniel van der Weide

Mar 2018

Double-uniform Schottky diode nonlinear transmission line generating sub-picosecond transients by 2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)

Matthew Dwyer, H Kim, L Mawst, Daniel van der Weide

Dec 2017

Analysis of half-tapered fiber coupling for microresonators by Optics Express

Atul Bhadkamkar, Matthew Dwyer, Daniel van der Weide

Skills

Cleanroom Processing

Level: Master

Keywords:

• GaAs MMIC
• Si CMOS/ISFET
• Au air bridge
• Custom tooling
• Stepper/contact lithography
• Metal sputter/evap
• Plasma etch/dep
• Wet processing
• Packaging

Semiconductor simulation

Level: Intermediate

Keywords:

• Silvaco
• Atlas
• Athena

Microwave/RF simulation

Level: Intermediate

Keywords:

• CST
• Sonnet
• ADS
• SPICE

Programming

Level: Intermediate

Keywords:

• MATLAB
• LayoutEditor scripting

Prototyping

Level: Master

Keywords:

• CAD/CAM
• CNC Machining
• Aluminum
• PTFE

Interests

Making

Keywords:

• CNC machining
• Carbon fiber composites

Doing

Keywords:

• Windsurfing