James Richard Shealy

About

After earning his doctorate, Shealy held a dual appointment at Cornell as a research associate and at General Electric as a principal staff scientist. ln 1983 he co-founded, and has chaired, the biennial international workshop on OMVPE (organometallic vapor phase epitaxy), a technique used for growing semiconductor crystals. He joined the faculty in 1987 and is active in developing Cornell’s laboratory research in compound semiconductor materials and related graduate courses. At Cornell he is associated with the National Nanofabrication Facility, Joint Services Electronics Program, and the DARPA Optoelectronics Technology Center.

Education

• B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State 1978
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1980
• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University 1983