LEONARD
FORBES, Consulting Engineer and Prof(retired)
L.
Forbes and Associates LLC, Corvallis and Portland
OR
Patented
Technologies for License: Solar cell technology
FemtoFarad Probes
CMOS RTS noise reduction
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Publications, journal articles etc
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CONSULTING OFFICE: L. Forbes and Associates,
LLC
PO Box 1716, Corvallis, OR 97339-1716
(541) 753-1409 voice/message/fax, 760-6589 cell phone,
lenforbes@forbes4.com
EDUCATION
B.Sc (with Distinction) in Engineering Physics,
1962 University of Alberta,Edmonton; M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1963
University of Illinois,Urbana; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1970 University
of Illinois, Urbana,Thesis Advisor, Professor C.T. Sah, Minor in Physics.
Post-Doctoral Continuing Education 1974-Summer:
Short Course on Integrated Optics University of California, Santa Barbara
1975-Summer: Short Course on Charge Transfer (Coupled) Devices University of
Southern California,Los Angeles 1985-Summer: Organized Short Course on Defects
in Silicon Portland Conference on Silicon Materials and Technology 1986-Summer:
Organized Short Course on CMOS Technology Organized Short Course on GaAs
Integrated Circuits Portland Conference on Silicon Materials and Technology
1987-Summer: TriQuintSemiconductor Chip Design Course, a week long course and
follow-on projecton chip design and layout 1990-IEDM IEEE Short Course on
Silicon-on-InsulatorTechnology 1996-IEDM IEEE Short Course on DRAMs; Aug. 2008
SPIE Short Course on Non-Imaging Optics, San Diego, CA; Feb. 2009 IEEE
Short Course on Medical Imaging, San Francisco CA;
HONORS/PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
"Who's Who in America," 49th ed., p.
1207, 1994-1995. "Who's Who inthe World," (published by Who's Who in
America) 7th ed., p. 333, 1984-85."Who's Who in Technology Today,"
Physics and Related Topics, 4th ed., Vol.2, p.65, 1984. "Who's Who in the
West," (published by Who's Who in America)19th ed., p. 277, 1984-85.
"Men of Achievement," 8th ed., Vol. 1, 264,1981. "Who's Who in
Engineering," 4th ed., p. 226, 1980.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, University of Illinois,
Urbana, 1970; IBM VisitingProfessor, Howard University, Washington, DC,
1972; Assistant Professor,University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1973-75;
Associate Professor, Universityof California at Davis, 1976-77 and
1979-81; Adjunct Professor, PortlandState University, 1983; Professor,
Oregon State University, 1983-2000;Visiting Professor University of California
San Diego, 2000-2001; Professor,Oregon State University, 2001-2010.
retired 2010
INDUSTRIAL/CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
1970-72 Staff Engineer, IBM Components Div.,
Fishkill N.Y. and Manassas,Virginia; 1973 Consultant to TELEX Computer
Products, Tulsa, OK; 1974 Consultantto D.H. Baldwin, Fayetteville, AR; 1978 at
Hewlett-Packard Labs., PaloAlto, California; 1979-81 Consultant to
Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, Calif.;1981-85 Consultant to Fairchild
Semiconductor, Healdsburg, California;1988-1992 Consultant( Research Fellow)to
Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California;1993 Consultant to
Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis, OR; 1996-2007, Adjunct Research Fellow, Micron
Advanced Research Institute, Boise, Idaho; 2008 Consultant to Advanced Pixel
Research Lab., MagnaChip, Lake Oswego, OR.; 2009 consultant to SiOnyx
Beverly MA and Portland OR; 2010 L. Forbes and Associates
LLC.
MILTARY SERVICE
Long Range Navigator, Royal Canadian Air
Force,Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;1958 - 1966, Rank on release F/L (Captain) and
stationed in Nova Scotia on long range maritime patrols over the North
Atlantic. Lead navigator responsible for both long range and tactical command
of an anti-submarineaircraft with a crew of twelve.