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John Federici, PhD

John Federici, PhD	John Federici, PhD, is a professor in the department of physics at New Jersey Institute of Technology whose research interests span discovery of infrared quenched photo-induced superconductivity and localized energy states in nano-materials to online semi-conductor process monitoring to advanced spectroscopic imaging technologies. He has been the lead writer on more than 50 publications in scholarly journals and holds four patents. His most recent patents emphasize Terahertz synthetic aperture imaging. Federici and other physicists at NJIT recently received a U.S. Patent for a Terahertz imaging system and method. Since 1995, Terahertz imaging has grown in importance as new and sophisticated devices and equipment have empowered scientists to understand its potential. Federici and his team recently published “Terahertz imaging and sensing for security applications explosives, weapons and drugs,” in Semiconductor Science and Technology (Vol 20, page 266, 2005). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Army Research Office and National Science Foundation have provided funding for this research since 2002. The article focused on three configurations of Terahertz systems, examining when and how best to use the rays. Transmission versus reflective detection, pulsed Terahertz detection systems versus continuous wave systems, and close proximity versus stand-off detection are compared. Federici has recently garnered praise for his work: In September 2005, he received NJIT’s top research honor, the Harlan Perlis Research Award and in November 2005 he accepted an award for his work from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. The council honors and helps those individuals upholding the legacies of Albert Einstein and Thomas Alva Edison, both of whom lived and worked most of their lives in New Jersey. He received his doctorate in plasma physics from Princeton University and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.

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