Prof. Bruce Gnade, Ph.D.

Bruce Gnade is a Professor in Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, and the Distinguished Chair in Microelectronics at the University of Texas at Dallas. Bruce received his BA in Chemistry from St. Louis University in 1976 and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982. He managed several research and technology groups during his 14 years at Texas Instruments including Si Materials and Processing, field emission display advanced technology, and Advanced DRAM Materials. From 1996-1999 he was on a temporary assignment at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a program manager, where he managed or comanaged the High Definition Systems Program, the Molecular Electronics Program, and the Heterogeneous Integration of Materials on Silicon Program. Prior to joining UTD he was at the University of North Texas (9/99 - 08/03) as Chair of the Materials Science Department. He has authored/co-authored approximately 100 refereed papers, 68 U.S. patents and 54 foreign patents.