Timothy P. Kurzweg
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Electrical Engineering
Keystone CAD Group



Address: Research Focus:

CAD for Free Space Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems

  Selected Publications:

  • "Optical Propagation Methods for System-Level Modeling of Optical MEM Systems," Timothy P. Kurzweg, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, August 2002. PDF

  • "Diffractive Optical Propagation Techniques for a Mixed-Signal CAD Tool, T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, J.A. Martinez, P.J. Marchand, and D.M. Chiarulli, Optics in Computing (OC2000), Quebec City, CA, June 18-23, 2000. PS PDF

  • "Optical Propagation Methodologies for Optical MEM Systems," T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, J.A. Martinez, P.J. Marchand, M.T. Shomsky, and D.M. Chiarulli, Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Semiconductors, Sensors and Actuators (MSM00), San Diego, CA, March 27-29, 2000. PDF

  • "Macro-Modeling of Systems Including Free-Space Optical MEMS," T.P. Kurzweg and A.S. Morris, Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Semiconductors, Sensors and Actuators (MSM00), San Diego, CA, March 27-29, 2000. PDF

  • "A CAD Tool for Optical MEMS," T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, P.J. Marchand, J.A. Martinez, K.R. Prough and D.M. Chiarulli, Design Automation Conference (DAC99), New Orleans, LA, June 20-25, 1999, pp. 879-884. PS PDF

  • "CAD For Opto-Electronic Microsystems," T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, P.J. Marchand, K.R. Prough and D.M. Chiarulli, Second International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Semiconductors, Sensors and Actuators (MSM99), San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 19-21, 1999. PS PDF

  • "Extensions to the Chatoyant O/E CAD framework for modeling micro-optoelectronic systems," T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, P.J. Marchand, K.R. Prough and D.M. Chiarulli, OSA Optics in Computing Spring Topical Meeting (OC99), April 12-17, 1999. PS PDF

  • "Modeling and Simulating Optical MEMS using Chatoyant," T.P. Kurzweg, S.P. Levitan, P.J. Marchand, J.A. Martinez, K.R. Prough, D.M. Chiarulli, Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS, Paris, France, March 30 - April 1, 1999. PS PDF

  • "Chatoyant, a Computer-Aided Design Tool for Free-Space Optoelectronic Systems," S.P. Levitan, T.P. Kurzweg, P.J. Marchand, M.A. Rempel, D.M. Chiarulli, J.A. Martinez, J.M. Bridgen, C. Fan, F.B. McCormick, Applied Optics, Vol. 37, No. 26, pp. 6078-6093, (10 Sept. 1998). PS PDF

  • "Computer Aided Design of Free Sace Opto-Electronic Systems," Best Paper Award, S.P Levitan, P.J. Marchand, T.P. Kurzweg, M.A. Rempel, D.M. Chiarulli, C. Fan, F.B McCormick, Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 9-13, 1997. PS PDF

    •   Conference Presentations:

  • Modeling and Simulating Optical MEMS using Chatoyant Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS 1999
  • Extensions to the Chatoyant O/E CAD framework for modeling micro-optoelectronic systems OSA99
  • CAD For Opto-Electronic Microsystems MSM99

    •   Society Memberships:

    IEEE
    IEEE - LEOS
    ACM
    ACM - SIGDA
    OSA
    Eta Kappa Nu (EE Honors Fraternity)

      Education:

    PhD Electrical Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh, 1997-present

    M.S. Electrical Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh, 1997

    B.S. Electical Engineering
    Penn State University, 1994

      Resume:

    Resume (PDF Format)

      Honors and Awards:

  • Wellington C. Carl Grant Scholarship Fund Aug. 1999
  • Wellington C. Carl Grant Scholarship Fund Aug. 1998
  • Best Paper Award - Design Automation Conference June 1997
  • Wellington C. Carl Grant Scholarship Fund Aug. 1997
  • Teaching Assitant of the Year Apr. 1996

     
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