Blake Rapp

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Blake joined the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group at Boise State University in the middle of his sophomore year as an undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the beginning of 2009. He has previous degrees in Music Entertainment Management as well as Electronics and Computer Technology, both Associate’s degrees. Soon after obtaining his ECT degree Blake began working at Micron Technology, a semiconductor device manufacturer, as a technician repairing and testing various pieces of manufacturing equipment. Some of the equipment parts involved include various electric and pneumatic valves, mass flow controllers (MFCs), RF load matching networks, and robots.

Currently, Blake is working with the High-k team of the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group. Blake’s work involves exploring the electrical characteristics of different semiconductor devices at various temperatures (6-500K), the characteristics of Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) at cryogenic temperatures, as well as the electrical characteristics of novel nanoscale structures based on DNA.

Instruments and Techniques

  • Keithley 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System
    • Perform I-V measurements on various devices
    • Connect to external equipment to perform other measurements:
      • Capacitance-Voltage
      • Conductance
  • Low Temperature Probe Station
    • Perform I-V and conductance measurements from cryogenic to room temperatures
  • Agilent 4156C Precision Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer
    • Perform I-V measurements on various devices
    • Connect to external equipment to perform other measurements:
      • Capacitance-Voltage
      • Conductance
  • Agilent 4284 Precision LCR
    • Perform Capacitance-Voltage measurements
  • Stanford Research Systems Model 830 DSP Lock-In Amplifier

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

None at this time.

Conference Publications

  • Richard G. Southwick III, Shem T. Purnell**, Blake A. Rapp**, Ryan J. Thompson**, Shane K Pugmire**, Ben Kaczer, Tibor Grasser, and William B. Knowlton, Cryogenic to Room Temperature Effects of NBTI in High-K PMOS Devices, oral presentation and paper presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Oct. 17-21, 2011)

Conference Presentations and Posters

  • B. Rapp**, S. Purnell**, S. Pugmire**, R. Thompson**, R. Butler*, R. Southwick III, W. Knowlton, Thermal Effects of Light Exposure on pMOSFET Device Behavior, poster presentation at the 2011 Undergraduate REsearch and Scholarship Conference (Boise, Idaho; April 11, 2011)
  • Shem T. Purnell**, Shane K Pugmire**, Blake A. Rapp**, Ryan J. Thompson**, Richard G. Southwick III, Tibor Grasser, Ben Kaczer, and William B. Knowlton, Comparison of Trends in Cryogenic Measurements of SiO2 and HfO2/SiO2 pMOSFETs, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA; Oct. 16-20, 2011)
  • Blake Rapp**, Christopher Buu*, Lejmarc Snowball**, Jason Brotherton, Nick Schmidt**, Amber Lay**, William B. Knowlton, Wan Kuang, William L. Hughes, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, Progress Toward the Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of Au-Functionalized DNA Origami Nanotubes, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA; Oct. 16-20, 2011)
  • Ryan J. Thompson**, Richard G. Southwick III, Blake A. Rapp**, Christopher Buu*, Amit Jain, and William B. Knowlton, New Applications of the Boise State Band Diagram Program, poster presentation at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (Fallen Leaf Lake, CA; Oct. 16-20, 2011)
  • Ryan J. Thompson**, Shem T. Purnell**, Blake A. Rapp**, Development of Sensors for Tracking Behavior of Wildlife, poster presentation at the 2012 Undergraduate REsearch and Scholarship Conference (Boise, Idaho; April 16, 2012)
  • Amber Thompson**, Christopher Buu, Blake Rapp**, Jason Brotherton, Lejmarc Snowball, Nathan Robinson, Elton Graugnard, Bernard Yurke, Wan Kuang, Jeunghoon Lee, William L. Hughes, William B. Knowlton, Au-Functionalized DNA Origami Nanotubes Synthesis, Deposition, and Preliminary Electrical Charaterization, poster presentation at the 2012 Undergraduate REsearch and Scholarship Conference (Boise, Idaho; April 16, 20112

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