Dr. Clive Woods
Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Affairs; Engineering Graduate
Program DirectorProfessor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education
- M.A., University of Oxford, UK
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, UK
- D.Sc., University of Oxford, UK
- Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology
Research
- Novel microelectronic devices, including optical applications and imaging
- Avalanching devices and models of avalanching
- Phototransistors and bipolar transistors using III-V semiconductors
- Band-gap engineered devices including multi-quantum-well photodetectors
- Acoustic charge transfer (ACT) devices and their applications
- Surface-Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices for signal processing
- High-frequency gravitational waves
- Superconducting devices
Professional Activities
- ABET Accreditation Program Evaluator for Engineering Accreditation Commission
- Vice Chair, IEEE Conduct Review Committee, since 2025
- Chair, IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, 2022-2023
- Named ‘MACE Electrical Engineer of the Year’ by Mobile Area Council of Engineers, 2025
- Program Director, National Science Foundation, 2010-2014
- Formerly Department Chair
- Awarded Higher Doctorate by University of Oxford, UK, 2005
- Professeur Invité, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France, 1995
- British Association Media Fellow, BBC Radio Science Unit, London, UK, 1989
- Recipient of numerous external research funding awards
- Editor, Springer-Nature Light: Science and Applications
- Associate Editor, IET Nanodielectrics
Publications
- Digital Logic Design, 4th Edition, eBook ISBN: 9780080477305, Paperback ISBN: 9780750645829, https://www.elsevier.com/books/digital-logic-design/holdsworth/978-0-7506-4582-9 (Newnes, 2002)
- Numerous peer-reviewed journal and conference research publications
Courses
- EE 334 Digital Electronics (formerly Analog and Digital Electronics)
- EE 437 Electronics Laboratory (formerly EE337)