Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design, 4/e
Donald A. Neamen,
University of New Mexico
ISBN: 0073380644 Copyright year: 2010
About the Authors
Donald A. Neamen is a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico where he taught for more
than 25 years. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of New Mexico and
then became an electronics engineer at the Solid State Sciences Laboratory at
Hanscom Air Force Base. In 1976, he joined the faculty in the ECE department at the
University of New Mexico, where he specialized in teaching semiconductor physics
and devices courses and electronic circuits courses. He is still a part-time instructor
in the department. He also just recently taught for a semester at the University of
Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University (UM-SJTU) Joint Institute in Shanghai.
In 1980, Professor Neamen received the Outstanding Teacher Award for the
University of New Mexico. In 1990, and each year from 1994 through 2001, he
received the Faculty Recognition Award, presented by graduating ECE students.
He was also honored with the Teaching Excellence Award in the College of
Engineering in 1994.
In addition to his teaching, Professor Neamen served as Associate Chair of the
ECE department for several years and has also worked in industry with Martin
Marietta, Sandia National Laboratories, and Raytheon Company. He has published
many papers and is the author of Semiconductor Physics and Devices: Basic Principles,
third edition and An Introduction to Semiconductor Devices.
2010