About Me

Biographical Information

Daniel M. Fleetwood received his B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. degrees in Physics from Purdue University in 1980, 1981, and 1984. Dan joined Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1984, and was named a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Radiation Technology and Assurance Department in 1990. In 1999 he accepted a position as Professor of Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2000, he was also named a Professor of Physics, in July 2001 he was appointed Associate Dean for Research of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, and from June 1, 2003, through June 30, 2020, he was Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Since 2009, he is appointed Landreth Chair of Engineering. Dan is the author of approximately 600 publications on radiation effects in microelectronics, low-frequency noise, and defects in microelectronic devices and materials, 12 of which have been recognized with Outstanding Paper Awards. These papers have been cited more than 23,500 times (citation h factor = 85, Google Scholar). In 2009, he received the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society’s Merit Award, which is the society’s highest individual technical honor. In 1997 Dan received R & D 100 and Industry Week Magazine awards for co-invention of a new type of computer memory chip based on mobile protons in SiO2. This chip was also recognized as Discover Magazine’s 1998 Invention of the Year in computer hardware and electronics. Dan is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, The American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves as Senior Editor, Radiation Effects, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vice-Chair, Publications, IEEE NPSS Radiation Effects Committee, and Distinguished Lecturers Chair, IEEE NPSS. He is a member of ASEE, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Pi Sigma.

A recent review article on low frequency noise (open access) can be found at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7094326. The following review articles may also be of interest: Radiation Effects in the Post-Moore World and Citation Impact of the Outstanding Conference Papers of the IEEE NSREC.

Dan was the 8th American to earn the International Correspondence Chess GrandMaster title, played Board 1 for the United States Correspondence Chess Olympics team in the 15th Olympiad Final Board 3 in the 14th and 18th Olympiad finals, Board 2 in the 20th and 21st Olympiad Finals (21st is ongoing), and finished 8th in the 18th International Correspondence Chess Championship. It is often possible to see some of Dan’s current correspondence games in progress at: https://www.iccf.com/live.