Service

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

• Member of Electrochemical Society
• Serving in the Executive Committee of the Dielectric Science and Technology Division of the Society.
• Awards Committee Member, Solid State Science & Technology Award, Electrochemical Society, May 2000.
• Chair, Awards Committee, Thomas D. Callinan Award, Electrochemical Society, May 2000-Present.
• Chair, Membership Committee of Dielectric and Science Division of Electrochemical Society in May 1998 to May 2001.
• Providing Travel Grants and Awarded Memberships to Students all over the world to present a paper in all the ECS meetings since October 1998.

International Symposiums at ECS

• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Silicon Nitride and Silicon Dioxide Thin Insulating Films - VI at the 199th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Washington, DC March 25-29, 2001.
• D. Misra: Session Chair, International Symposium on Silicon Nitride and Silicon Dioxide Thin Insulating Films - VI at the 199th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Washington, DC March 25-29, 2001.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Microfabricated Systems And MEMS-V at the 198th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Phoenix, Arizona October 22-27, 2000.
• D. Misra: Session Chair, International Symposium on Microfabricated Systems and MEMS V, 198th Meeting of Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, Arizona, October 22-27, 2000.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Plasma Etching Processes For Sub-Quarter Micron Devices at the 196th Meeting of Electrochemical Society and 1999 Joint International Meeting at Honolulu, Hawaii, October 17-22, 1999. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium Interconnects And Contact Metallization For ULSI at the 196th Meeting of Electrochemical Society and 1999 Joint International Meeting at Honolulu, Hawaii, October 17-22, 1999. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, Student Poster Session at the 196th Meeting of Electrochemical Society and 1999 Joint International Meeting at Honolulu, Hawaii, October 17-22, 1999. Chaired the Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Fifth International Symposium On Silicon Nitride And Silicon Dioxide Thin Insulating Films, Processes and Reliability at the 195th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Seattle, WA, May 1999. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Organizer, Student Poster Session at the 195th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Seattle, WA, May 1999. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Interconnect and Contact Metallization: Materials, Processes and Reliability at the 194th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Boston, MA, November 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, Fifth International Symposium on Quantum Confinement: Nanostructures at the 194th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Boston, MA, November 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Microstructures and Microfabricated Systems IV at the 194th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Boston, MA, November 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Organizer, Student Poster Session at the 194th Meeting of Electrochemical Society at Boston, MA, November 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Co-organizer, International Symposium on Plasma Processing at the 193rd Meeting of Electrochem Soc at San Diego, CA, May 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.
• Organizer, Student Poster Session at the 193rd Meeting of Electrochemical Society at San Diego, CA, May 1998. Chaired a Session in the Symposium.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Associate Editor, IEEE Circuits and Device Magazine.
• Senior Member of the IEEE.
• D. Misra: Editorial Board Meeting, IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, Orlando, FL, Nov. 18, 2000.
• D. Misra: Editorial Board Meeting, IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, San Francisco, CA, June 23, 2001.
• D. Misra, Treasurer, IEEE North Jersey Section, Jan. - Dec. 2001.
• 2000 (elected) Member at Large of the North Jersey Section of the IEEE.
• Presently serving as the Associate Chair of Electron Device Society and Circuit and Systems division of the North Jersey Section of IEEE.
• Represented North Jersey Section of IEEE since 1997 the National Meeting of the Electron Device Society at IEDM.
• Organizing seminars at NJIT campus for IEEE.
• A constant reviewer of articles for International Journals such as IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, IEEE Electron Device Letters.

International Conference on Information Technology

• D. Misra: Session Chair, VLSI Technology Session, VLSI Design 2001, 14th International Conference on VLSI Design, January 5, 2001.
• D. Misra: Session Chair, Session for Keynote Papers, International Conference on Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, Dec. 21-23, 2000.
• Served as the Program Chair of International Conference on Information Technology, CIT'2000, in Bhubaneswar, India, December 21-23, 2000.
• Served as the Tutorial Chair of International Conference on Information Technology, CIT'99, in Bhubaneswar, India, December 20-22, 1999.
• Served in the Technical Program Committee of International Conference on Information Technology, CIT'98, in Bhubaneswar, India, December 21-23, 1998.
• Submitted a proposal to NSF to support CIT'2000.

Reviewing Activities

Regular Reviewer of articles for International Journals:

• IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices
• IEEE Electron Device Letters
• IEEE/ECS Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
• IEEE Transaction on Circuit and Systems
• Journal of the Electrochemical Society
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
• Material Science in Semiconductor Processing
• Semiconductor Science & Technology
• Grant Proposals for National Science Foundation.
• Awarded Membership of The Institute of Physics, London, 2000 for Reviewing Activities.
• Served as a Panel Member in Enabling Technology Division (ECS) of NSF in June 1998 to review 24 proposals.
• Served as a Panel Member in Enabling Technology Division (ECS) of NSF in May 2001 to review 8 individual MRI proposals and 34 proposals in the panel.

University Service

• Provided an outstanding service with leadership as the Acting Director of Microelectronics Research Center in 1996-97 Academic Year.
• Provided an outstanding service as a Mentor for University Research Experience program for Undergraduates in Equal Opportunity Program, New Jersey State Minority Academic Career Program, McNair Fellow Program (99-00) for last several years (since 1995-96).

University Committees

• Served, and currently serving in the University Research Committee
• Serving in the Graduate Studies Committee for Best Thesis
• Served in the Academic Computing Committee
• Served as the Library Committee

Departmental Committees

• Director, MS Electrical Engineering Program.
• Served in the Chairperson Search Committee (elected)
• Currently serving in (i) Committee of Committees (elected), (ii) Doctoral Committee, (iii) Financial Aid Committee.
• Served as the Computer Engineering Faculty Search Committee for two academic years in 1997-98 and 1998-99.
• Served as the Chair of the departmental A&V committee.
• Served as the Assistant Director of the Electronic Imaging Center at NJIT and established the VLSI/CAD facility for the Center.

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Participated as a Panel Member at the One day Workshop on Rebuilding Orissa (India) after Killer Cyclone on Saturday, February 5, 2000, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
• An active volunteer member at the "Sustainable Economic and Educational Developmental Society (SEEDS) [http://www.seedsnet.org]. SEEDS has been active to promote educational and economic progress and development for the common folks particularly in Orissa, but in the developing world in general. SEEDS in principle, also would take stand against social evils and injustices whenever possible. SEEDS best hope that these, in turn, would indirectly bring about and foster the other important ingredient - political consciousness and empowerment-- among the people.
• Serving as a fund raiser and volunteer for the Orissa Cyclone Relief Program
• Served as Vice President of Orissa Society of Americas' New York Chapter.
• Served as an advisor to Association of Indian Students at NJIT.
• Served as an organizer for the 25th National Convention of Orissa Society of Americas in 1994.
• Member SPIE, Sigma Xi.