Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stephen M. Bobbio Professor Office: Science and Technology 230C Phone: 704-687-8591 Fax: 704-687-4762 E-mail: smbobbio@uncc.edu Homepage: http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~smbobbio

• The College of William and Mary, Ph. D., 1972, Atomic and Molecular Physics

• January, 1993 to present: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Professor in Electrical Engineering
• 1994 to present: Integrated Electronic Innovations; President
• 1985 to 1993: MCNC; Member of the Technical Staff and Principal Investigator for Plasma Research
• 1984 to 1985: Materials Research Corporation; Manager of Plasma Etching
• 1979 to 1984: Allied Signal; Research Physicist, Senior Research Physicist, Research Associate
• 1974 to 1979: The University of Georgia; Assistant Professor in Chemistry
• 1972 to 1973: Brown University; Postdoctoral Research Associate

• 22 issued in the areas of electronics fabrication process, materials and equipment as well as in microstructures, 4 pending. Of that group, the following two are basic to currently active research.
• S. Bobbio, "Microelectromechanical Transducer and Fabrication Method", patent 5,206,557.
• G. Dishon and S. Bobbio, "Fluxless Soldering Process," patent 4,921,157.

• S. Bobbio, M. Kellam, D. Dudley, S. Jones, F. Tranjan, and T. DuBois, "Integrated Force Arrays," Proc. IEEE MEMS Workshop, 1993, p. 149.
• N. Koopman, S. Bobbio, J. Bousaba, S. Nangalia, and B. Piekarski, "Fluxless Soldering in Air and Nitrogen," Proc. IEEE 43rd Electronics Components and Technology Conference, 1993, p. 583 (Best-of-Conference Award).
• J. Jacobson, S. Goodwin-Johansson, S. Bobbio, and C. Bartlett, "Integrated Force Array, a Distributed Microactuator," J. Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 4, 1995, p. 139.
• N. Koopman, S. Nangalia, C. Lizzul, S. Bobbio, and J. Peterson, "Fluxless Soldering for Chip-on-Board and Surface Mount," Proc. 10th International Symp. of the SMTA Conference on New and Critical Technologies for Surface Mount, 1995, p. 54 (Best-of-Conference Award).
• S. Bobbio, S. Goodwin-Johansson, T. DuBois, F. Tranjan, S. Smith, R. Fair, C. Ball, J. Jacobson, C. Bartlett, N. Eleyan, H. Makki, and R. Gupta, "Integrated Force Array - Positioning Drive Applications," Proc. SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Symposium, Vol. 2722, 1996, p. 123.

• Member of the SRC Roadmap Committee for Plasma Etching, 1988-1989
• Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Plasma Etching Symposium, 1989.
• Two Best-of-Conference Awards, 1993 and 1995.
• Governor's New Product Awards to IEI for Fluxless Soldering Equipment, 1994.
• R&D 100 Award to MCNC for Fluxless Soldering Process, 1996.
• Surface Mount Technology Vision Award to IEI for Fluxless Soldering Equipment, 1996.
• Member of the Program Committee for the SPIE Symposium on Smart Electronics and MEMS, 1996 and 1997.

• EEGR 3111 Signals and Systems
• EEGR 5140 Introduction to VLSI Process
• EEGR 3112 Control Systems
• EEGR 5090 VLSI Processing