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Robert Keller

Research Interests

Mechanical behavior of materials, failure analysis, reliability testing & physics, properties of thin films and nanomaterials, deformation, crystal defects, electron microscopy (TEM, SEM, CBED, EBSD).

Professional Affiliations: 

Materials Research Society – member, symposium organizer
TMS – member
Semiconductor Research Corporation – technical advisory board member, nanoelectronics research initiative team member 


Professional Activities: 

Symposium Organizer, Carbon-Based Electronic Devices – Processing, Performance, and Reliability, MRS (2010)

Member, Material Measurement Laboratory People Council, NIST (2007 to present)

Member, Boulder Editorial Review Board, NIST (2006 to 2009)

Organizer, NIST-NSF-CU Workshop on Materials Characterization for Nanoscale Reliability (2007)

Organizer, NIST-NSF-CU Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials (2004)

Member, Research Advisory Committee, NIST (1999-2001)

Symposium Organizer, Materials Reliability in Microelectronics VII, MRS (1997) 


Awards and Honors:

U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Award – 2008
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship – 1993

Bob Keller

Position:

Materials Research Engineer
Materials Reliability Division
Nanoscale Reliability Group

Employment History:

2009 to present: Project Leader, Reliability Metrologies for Advanced Electronic Interconnects

2006 to 2009: Leader, Nanoscale Reliability Group, Materials Reliability Division, NIST

2001 to 2006: Leader, Microscale Measurements Group, Materials Reliability Division, NIST

2000 to 2001: Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung (Metals Research), Stuttgart, Germany

1995 to 2001: Materials Research Engineer, Materials Reliability Division, NIST

1993 to 1995: National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, Materials Reliability Division, NIST

1991 to 1992: Visiting Scientist, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Materials Science), Erlangen, Germany

1983 to 1986: Materials and Process Engineering Technician, Honeywell, New Brighton, MN

Education:

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1991

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1986

Contact

Phone: 303-497-7651
Email: bob.keller@nist.gov
Fax: 303-497-5030