Armando Rúa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physics, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

 

2023 Experimental Physics Investigator

Armando Rúa, Ph.D.
 

Research Description

Moore's scaling law is fast approaching its ultimate limit mainly due to leakage currents and resulting heat generated within microchips. Neuromorphic or brain-inspired computing has emerged as a new technology with great potential, due to its promising ability to process massive amounts of data with extremely low power consumption.

Armando Rúa’s work is based on the finding that switching between two states of very different conductivities in active materials triggered by external electrical fields is a promising route to practical devices that can emulate the human brain.

Dr. Rúa’s research has the potential to significantly advance the understanding of fundamental processes in these devices.

Research Impact

Dr. Rúa’s work in understanding the fundamental switching mechanism in vanadates has the potential to help tailor electronic and optical response through the metal-insulator transitions. This has the potential for engineering strongly correlated materials to optimize their properties for device applications, particularly for brain-inspired computing.

 
 

related links

Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Science University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Department of Physics Back

Education

PhD, City University of New York, Graduate Center and Hunter College
MSc, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
BS, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia

Affiliated Investigators