IEEE Magnetics Society
Distinguished Lecturer for 2007

Frontiers of Ferrite Materials Research
Vincent G. Harris
William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor
Northeastern University
Ferrite materials have long played an important role in power conditioning, conversion,and generation across a wide spectrum of frequencies (up to 10 decades). They remain thepreferred magnetic materials, having suitably low losses for most applications above 1 MHz, andare the only viable materials for nonreciprocal magnetic microwave and millimeter wave devices
that include tunable filters, isolators, phase shifters, and circulators. Recently, novel processing
techniques have lead to a resurgence of interest in the design and processing of ferrite materials
as nanoparticles, films, single crystals, and metamaterials. These latest developments have set
the stage for their use in emerging technologies that include cancer remediation therapies suchas magnetohyperthermia, magnetic targeted drug delivery, and magnetorheological fluids, as wellas enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. In this lecture, we will explore the design andprocessing of ferrites for high frequency applications and their integration with CMOS devices.
Vincent G. Harris received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. (1990)
degrees in engineering from Northeastern University. He has
also received the M.Sc. degree in Engineering Managementfrom the University of Maryland (1995), and the M.Sc. degree inExecutive Technology Management from the University ofPennsylvania (Wharton) (2003). He presently holds the William
Lincoln Smith Chair Professor in the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department at Northeastern University. In 2004, heestablished and assumed the position of Director of the Center
for Microwave and Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits, aposition he holds today. The mission of this Center is to develop
high frequency materials and device solutions for next
generation radar and wireless communication electronics. Priorto holding this position, he was a member of the technical staff
at the Naval Research Laboratory (1990-2003). During his time at NRL, he served as a materials
scientist, the Head of the Complex Materials Section, and the Head of the Materials Physics
Branch. In 2001, he established and assumed the position of Director of the NRL Synchrotron
Radiation Consortium (2001-2003). His research interests include materials design and the studyof processing, structure, and magnetism in a wide range of materials. He has pioneered the useof synchrotron radiation techniques to relate the short range chemical and structural properties ofmaterials to magnetism. He has published more than 170 technical articles, including bookchapters and review articles on the topical areas of nanotechnology, magnetism, and magnetic
materials. In addition, he holds 9 patents and patent applications, and has presented more than
150 papers at national and international meetings. Vincent Harris is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society.
Contact: Prof. Vincent G. Harris, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 440 Dana ResearchCenter, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA, Phone: 617 373 7603, FAX:
617 373 8146, E-mail: harris@ece.neu.edu