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Research

I have always had a interdisciplinary bent to my approach to science, and have been fortunate to get to frequently explore the exciting space where two (or more) fields collide.

This is apparent from my academic history:

  • Started with a B.A. in Physics from UC Berkeley (studying Martian Aeronomy at the Space Sciences Lab) and Prof. Robert Lin
  • Moved on to a Ph.D. in Materials Science studying quantum dot photovoltaics with Prof. Paul Alivisatos
  • Joint UC Berkeley-Stanford postdoc with Profs. Philip Wong and Bruno Olshausen studying neuromorphic computing and emerging memory
  • Research scientist at Baidu Research, USA studing deep learning in recurrent neural networks with application to speech recognition

Here's a list of my work, which you can also find on my Google Scholar page.

Baidu Research

Publications

  1. Engel, J. H.; Baidu Silicon Valley AI Lab; "Deep Speech 2: End-to-End Speech Recognition in English and Mandarin", arXiv:1512.02595, 2015.

Conference Presentations

  1. Engel, J. H.; Sengupta S.; Baidu Silicon Valley AI Lab; "Deep Speech 2: End-to-End Speech Recognition in English and Mandarin", Neural Information Proccesing Systems, 2015. [poster]

Postdoc

Publications

  1. Engel, J.H.; Eryilmaz S.B.; Kim S.B.; BrightSky, M.; Lam, C.; Olshausen B. A.; Wong H.-S.P.; “Opportunities for Analog Coding in Emerging Memory Systems”, (In Preperation).

Conference Presentations

  1. Engel, J.H.; Eryilmaz S.B.; Kim S.B.; BrightSky, M.; Lam, C.; Olshausen B. A.; Wong H.-S.P.; “Capacity Optimization of Emerging Memory Systems: A Shannon-Inspired Approach to Device Characterization”, IEEE Interational Electronic Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014.
  2. Zizhen J.; Yu S.; Wu Y.; Engel, J.H.; Guan X.; Wong H.-S.P.; “Verilog-A Compact Model for Oxide-based Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM)”, Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), 2014, 9 (11), p. 41-44.
  3. Engel, J.H.; Eryilmaz S.B.; Yu S.; Wong H.-S.P.; Olshausen B. A.; “The Capacity of Analog-valued Emerging Memories”, SRC Techcon, 2014.

Graduate

Publications

  1. Engel, J.H.; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Postsynthetic Doping Control of Nanocrystal Thin Films: Balancing Space Charge to Improve Photovoltaic Efficiency”, Chemistry of Materials, 2013, 26 (1), p. 153-162.
  2. Engel, J.H.; Surendranath, Y; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Controlled doping of semiconductor nanocrystals using redox buffers”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134 (32), p. 13200-13203.
  3. Scheele M.; Engel, J.H.; Ferry V.E; Hanifi D; Liu Yi; Alivisatos A.P.; “Nonmonotonic size dependence in the hole mobility of methoxide stabilized PbSe quantum dot solids”, ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (8), p. 6774-6781.
  4. Jain, P.K.; Manthiram, K; Engel, J.H.; Alivisatos A.P.; “Plasmonic Quantum Dots as Nanoscale Electronic Probes”, Angewandte Chemie International Editon, 2013, 52 (51), p. 13671-13675.
  5. Ma, W.; Swisher S.L.; Ewers T.; Engel, J.H.; Ferry, V.E.; Atwater H.A.; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Photovoltaic performance of ultrasmall PbSe quantum dots”, ACS Nano, 2011, 5 (10), p. 8140-8147.

Conference Presentations

  1. Engel, J.H.; Scheele M.; Ferry V.E; Hanifi D; Liu Y.; Alivisatos A.P.; “Independent Optical and Electronic Coupling in MeO- Capped PbSe Quantum Dot Solids”, MRS Spring Meeting, 2013.
  2. Engel, J.H.; Surendranath, Y; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Controlled Doping of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Using Redox Buffers”, 7th Annual International Conference on Quantum Dots, Los Alamos National Lab, 2012. (Outstanding Poster Award)
  3. Engel, J.H.; Surendranath, Y; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Controlled Doping of Semiconductor Nanocrystals Using Redox Buffers”, MRS Spring Meeting, 2012.
  4. Engel, J.H.; Sheldon, M.; Ma, W.; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Dynamics of Electron Relaxation in PbSe Quantum Dot Films”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2010, 55, p. BAPS.2010.MAR.C1.109.
  5. Engel, J.H.; Sheldon, M.; Ma, W.; Alivisatos, A.P.; “Memristive Dynamics of Electron Relaxation in PbSe Quantum Dot Films”, Resistive Switching and Memristors Workshop, UC Davis, 2010.

Undergraduate

SETI and SSL

Publications

  1. Lillis, R.J.; Engel, J.H.; Mitchell, D.L; Brain, D.A.; Lin, R.P.; Bougher, S.W.; Acuna, M.H.; “Probing upper thermospheric neutral densities at Mars using electron reflectometry”, Geophysical Research Letters, 2005, 32 (23), L23204.

Conference Presentations

  1. Engel, J.H.; Lillis, R.; Mitchell, D.; Lin, R.; Acuna, M.; “Measuring Mars' Upper Atmospheric Density from 170-260km with Electron Reflectometry: Seasonal Response & South Polar Winter Warming”, AGU Fall Meeting, 2004, abstract #SA13A-1116.