An African Giant Professor Deji Akinwande has been recognised as a major contributor to nano technology. Prof Deji, a professor in the United States, received the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barrack Obama, meaning Deji has the United States government’s highest honour for scientists and engineers in the early stages of research.
He is a co-inventor of a high-frequency chip-to-chip interconnect and an electrically small antenna for bio-electronics. Prof. Akinwande was awarded the above honour for his contribution to Nano technology; “outstanding research accomplishments in nanomaterials, graphene device physics, and opto-electronics, and for dedication to the education of future scientists and engineers.”
Prof. Deji Akinwande is known for his groundbreaking research on nanomaterials, sensors, devices and flexible technology and considered to be one of the top researchers in the world in the areas of graphene, silicon electronics and 2-D nanomaterials for use in flexible electronics. In 2015, Akinwande created the first transistor out of silicene, the world’s thinnest silicon material, and he is continuing to advance the capabilities of computer chips and other electronics.
