Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
wluee@umich.eduOffice Information:
2242 EECS
phone: 734.615.2306
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Rice University, Physics, 2003B.S. Tsinghua University, Physics, 1996
About
Professor We Lu's research interest includes high-density memory based on two-terminal resistive devices (RRAM), memristors and memristive systems, neuromorphic circuits, aggressively scaled nanowire transistors, and other emerging electrical devices. He received his B.S. (1996) and Ph.D (2003) in physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and Rice University, Houston, TX respectively. From 2003 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2005 and is currently a Professor and Director of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility.
He is an IEEE Fellow, Associate Editor for Nanoscale, a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2009, EECS Outstanding Achievement Award in 2012, 2014-15 Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award, and the 2016-2017 David E. Liddle Research Excellent Award. To date he has published over 100 journal papers that have received over 20,000citations with an h-factor of 61 ( Google Scholar ). Prof. Lu is currently advising 11 Ph.D. students and 3 Postdocs. He is also co-founder and Chief Scientist of Crossbar Inc, a Silicon Valley semiconductor company with over $100M VC funding to date to develop next generation non-volatile memories.
Selected Publications
(for a complete list, please view my Google Scholar profile , my ResearcherID profile or visit Lu group website)
Mohammed A. Zidan, YeonJoo Jeong, Jihang Lee, Bing Chen, Shuo Huang, Mark J. Kushner, and Wei D. Lu, "A general memristor-based partial differential equation solver," Nature Electronics, 1, 411-420 (2018)
Mohammed A. Zidan, John Paul Strachan and Wei D. Lu,"The Future of Electronics Based on Memristive Systems," Nature Electronics, 1, 22-29 (2018)
C. Du, F. Cai, M. A Zidan, W. Ma, S.H. Lee, and Wei D. Lu,"Reservoir computing using dynamic memristors for temporal information processing," Nature Communications, 8, 2204 (2017)
Jihang Lee, Wei D. Lu, "On-Demand Reconfiguration of Nanomaterials: When Electronics Meets Ionics," Advanced Materials, 30, 1702770 (2018)
Patrick M. Sheridan, Fuxi Cai, Chao Du, Wen Ma, Zhengya Zhang, and Wei D. Lu, "Sparse coding with memristor networks," Nature Nanotechnology, 12, 784-789 (2017)
Xiaojian Zhu, Jihang Lee, Wei D. Lu, "Iodine vacancy redistribution in organic-inorganic halide perovskite films and resistive switching effects," Advanced Materials, 29, 1700527 (2017)
S. Choi, J. H. Shin, J. Lee, P. Sheridan, and W. D. Lu, "Experimental Demonstration of Feature Extraction and Dimensionality Reduction Using Memristor Networks," Nano Letters, 17, 3113-3118 (2017).
Sungho Kim , Chao Du , Patrick Sheridan , Wen Ma , ShinHyun Choi , and Wei D. Lu, "Experimental Demonstration of a Second-Order Memristor and Its Ability to Biorealistically Implement Synaptic Plasticity," Nano Letters, 15, 2203-2211 (2015). PDF
Yuchao Yang, Peng Gao, Linze Li, Xiaoqing Pan, Stefan Tappertzhofen, ShinHyun Choi, Rainer Waser, Ilia Valov, Wei D. Lu, "Electrochemical dynamics of nanoscale metallic inclusions in dielectrics" Nature Communications,5, 4232 (2014).
Yuchao Yang, Jihang Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Che-Hung Liu, Zhaohui Zhong, and Wei Lu, "Oxide Resistive Memory with Functionalized Graphene as Built-in Selector Element" Advanced Materials, 26, 3693-3699 (2014).
Sungho Kim, Shinhyun Choi, Wei Lu, "Comprehensive Physical Model of Dynamic Resistive Switching in an Oxide Memristor" ACS Nano, 8, 2369-2376 (2014).
Y. Yang, S.H. Choi, W. Lu "Oxide Heterostructure Resistive Memory" Nano Lett. 13, 2908-2915 (2013).
Wei Lu "Memristors: Going active" Nature materials, 12, 93-94 (2013).
Yuchao Yang, Peng Gao, Siddharth Gaba, Ting Chang, Xiaoqing Pan, and Wei Lu "Observation of conducting filament growth in nanoscale resistive memories" Nature Communications, 3, 732(2012). doi:10.1038/ncomms1737
K.-H. Kim, S. Gaba, D. Wheeler, J. M. Cruz-Albrecht, T. Hussain, N. Srinivasa, and W. Lu, "A Functional Hybrid Memristor Crossbar-Array/CMOS System for Data Storage and Neuromorphic Applications" Nano Lett., 12, 389-395 (2012). PDF
Ting Chang, Sung-Hyun Jo, and Wei Lu, "Short-Term Memory to Long-Term Memory Transition in a Nanoscale Memristor" ACS Nano, 9, 7669-7676 (2011). PDF
Sung Hyun Jo, Ting Chang, Idongesit Ebong, Bhavi Bhavitavya, Pinaki Mazumder and Wei Lu, "Nanoscale Memristor Device as Synapse in Neuromorphic Systems," Nano Lett., 10, 1297-1301 (2010). PDF Featured in Nature, EE Times, New Scientist, PhysicsOrg, Chemistry World and other news outlets.
Sung Hyun Jo, Kuk-Hwan Kim and Wei Lu, "High-Density Crossbar Arrays Based on a Si Memristive System", Nano Lett., 9, 870-874 (2009). PDF Highlighted in Nature Materials.
Sung Hyun Jo and Wei Lu, "CMOS Compatible Nanoscale Nonvolatile Resistance Switching Memory", Nano Lett., 8, 392-397 (2008). PDF
Eric N. Dattoli, Qing Wan, Wei Guo, Yanbin Chen, Xiaoqing Pan, and Wei Lu, "Fully Transparent Thin-Film Transistor Devices Based on SnO2 Nanowires" Nano Lett., 7, 2463-2469 (2007). PDF
Wei Lu, and C. M. Lieber, "Nanoelectronics from the Bottom-up", Nature Mater., 6, 841-850 (2007).PDF
Jie Xiang, Wei Lu, Yongjie Hu, Yue Wu, Hao Yan and Charles M. Lieber, "High performance field effect transistors based on Ge/Si nanowire heterostructures", Nature, 441, 489-493 (2006). PDF
Wei Lu, Jie Xiang, Brian P. Timko, Yue Wu and Charles M. Lieber, "One-dimensional hole gas in germanium/silicon nanowire heterostructures", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 10046-10051 (2005).PDF
Yue Wu, Jie Xiang, Chen Yang, Wei Lu and Charles M. Lieber, "Single-crystal metallic nanowires and metal/semiconductor nanowire heterostructures", Nature. 430, 61-65 (2004). PDF
Wei Lu, Zhongqing Ji, Loren Pfeiffer, K. W. West and A. J. Rimberg, "Real-time Detection of Electron Tunneling in a Quantum Dot", Nature. 423, 422-425 (2003). PDF
W. Lu, A. J. Rimberg, K. D. Maranowski and A. C. Gossard, "Single-electron transistor strongly coupled to an electrostatically defined quantum dot", Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 2746-2478 (2000). PDF
About
Professor We Lu's research interest includes high-density memory based on two-terminal resistive devices (RRAM), memristors and memristive systems, neuromorphic circuits, aggressively scaled nanowire transistors, and other emerging electrical devices. He received his B.S. (1996) and Ph.D (2003) in physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and Rice University, Houston, TX respectively. From 2003 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2005 and is currently a Professor and Director of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility.
He is an IEEE Fellow, Associate Editor for Nanoscale, a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2009, EECS Outstanding Achievement Award in 2012, 2014-15 Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award, and the 2016-2017 David E. Liddle Research Excellent Award. To date he has published over 100 journal papers that have received over 20,000citations with an h-factor of 61 ( Google Scholar ). Prof. Lu is currently advising 11 Ph.D. students and 3 Postdocs. He is also co-founder and Chief Scientist of Crossbar Inc, a Silicon Valley semiconductor company with over $100M VC funding to date to develop next generation non-volatile memories.
Selected Publications
(for a complete list, please view my Google Scholar profile , my ResearcherID profile or visit Lu group website)
Mohammed A. Zidan, YeonJoo Jeong, Jihang Lee, Bing Chen, Shuo Huang, Mark J. Kushner, and Wei D. Lu, "A general memristor-based partial differential equation solver," Nature Electronics, 1, 411-420 (2018)
Mohammed A. Zidan, John Paul Strachan and Wei D. Lu,"The Future of Electronics Based on Memristive Systems," Nature Electronics, 1, 22-29 (2018)
C. Du, F. Cai, M. A Zidan, W. Ma, S.H. Lee, and Wei D. Lu,"Reservoir computing using dynamic memristors for temporal information processing," Nature Communications, 8, 2204 (2017)
Jihang Lee, Wei D. Lu, "On-Demand Reconfiguration of Nanomaterials: When Electronics Meets Ionics," Advanced Materials, 30, 1702770 (2018)
Patrick M. Sheridan, Fuxi Cai, Chao Du, Wen Ma, Zhengya Zhang, and Wei D. Lu, "Sparse coding with memristor networks," Nature Nanotechnology, 12, 784-789 (2017)
Xiaojian Zhu, Jihang Lee, Wei D. Lu, "Iodine vacancy redistribution in organic-inorganic halide perovskite films and resistive switching effects," Advanced Materials, 29, 1700527 (2017)
S. Choi, J. H. Shin, J. Lee, P. Sheridan, and W. D. Lu, "Experimental Demonstration of Feature Extraction and Dimensionality Reduction Using Memristor Networks," Nano Letters, 17, 3113-3118 (2017).
Sungho Kim , Chao Du , Patrick Sheridan , Wen Ma , ShinHyun Choi , and Wei D. Lu, "Experimental Demonstration of a Second-Order Memristor and Its Ability to Biorealistically Implement Synaptic Plasticity," Nano Letters, 15, 2203-2211 (2015). PDF
Yuchao Yang, Peng Gao, Linze Li, Xiaoqing Pan, Stefan Tappertzhofen, ShinHyun Choi, Rainer Waser, Ilia Valov, Wei D. Lu, "Electrochemical dynamics of nanoscale metallic inclusions in dielectrics" Nature Communications,5, 4232 (2014).
Yuchao Yang, Jihang Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Che-Hung Liu, Zhaohui Zhong, and Wei Lu, "Oxide Resistive Memory with Functionalized Graphene as Built-in Selector Element" Advanced Materials, 26, 3693-3699 (2014).
Sungho Kim, Shinhyun Choi, Wei Lu, "Comprehensive Physical Model of Dynamic Resistive Switching in an Oxide Memristor" ACS Nano, 8, 2369-2376 (2014).
Y. Yang, S.H. Choi, W. Lu "Oxide Heterostructure Resistive Memory" Nano Lett. 13, 2908-2915 (2013).
Wei Lu "Memristors: Going active" Nature materials, 12, 93-94 (2013).
Yuchao Yang, Peng Gao, Siddharth Gaba, Ting Chang, Xiaoqing Pan, and Wei Lu "Observation of conducting filament growth in nanoscale resistive memories" Nature Communications, 3, 732(2012). doi:10.1038/ncomms1737
K.-H. Kim, S. Gaba, D. Wheeler, J. M. Cruz-Albrecht, T. Hussain, N. Srinivasa, and W. Lu, "A Functional Hybrid Memristor Crossbar-Array/CMOS System for Data Storage and Neuromorphic Applications" Nano Lett., 12, 389-395 (2012). PDF
Ting Chang, Sung-Hyun Jo, and Wei Lu, "Short-Term Memory to Long-Term Memory Transition in a Nanoscale Memristor" ACS Nano, 9, 7669-7676 (2011). PDF
Sung Hyun Jo, Ting Chang, Idongesit Ebong, Bhavi Bhavitavya, Pinaki Mazumder and Wei Lu, "Nanoscale Memristor Device as Synapse in Neuromorphic Systems," Nano Lett., 10, 1297-1301 (2010). PDF Featured in Nature, EE Times, New Scientist, PhysicsOrg, Chemistry World and other news outlets.
Sung Hyun Jo, Kuk-Hwan Kim and Wei Lu, "High-Density Crossbar Arrays Based on a Si Memristive System", Nano Lett., 9, 870-874 (2009). PDF Highlighted in Nature Materials.
Sung Hyun Jo and Wei Lu, "CMOS Compatible Nanoscale Nonvolatile Resistance Switching Memory", Nano Lett., 8, 392-397 (2008). PDF
Eric N. Dattoli, Qing Wan, Wei Guo, Yanbin Chen, Xiaoqing Pan, and Wei Lu, "Fully Transparent Thin-Film Transistor Devices Based on SnO2 Nanowires" Nano Lett., 7, 2463-2469 (2007). PDF
Wei Lu, and C. M. Lieber, "Nanoelectronics from the Bottom-up", Nature Mater., 6, 841-850 (2007).PDF
Jie Xiang, Wei Lu, Yongjie Hu, Yue Wu, Hao Yan and Charles M. Lieber, "High performance field effect transistors based on Ge/Si nanowire heterostructures", Nature, 441, 489-493 (2006). PDF
Wei Lu, Jie Xiang, Brian P. Timko, Yue Wu and Charles M. Lieber, "One-dimensional hole gas in germanium/silicon nanowire heterostructures", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 10046-10051 (2005).PDF
Yue Wu, Jie Xiang, Chen Yang, Wei Lu and Charles M. Lieber, "Single-crystal metallic nanowires and metal/semiconductor nanowire heterostructures", Nature. 430, 61-65 (2004). PDF
Wei Lu, Zhongqing Ji, Loren Pfeiffer, K. W. West and A. J. Rimberg, "Real-time Detection of Electron Tunneling in a Quantum Dot", Nature. 423, 422-425 (2003). PDF
W. Lu, A. J. Rimberg, K. D. Maranowski and A. C. Gossard, "Single-electron transistor strongly coupled to an electrostatically defined quantum dot", Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 2746-2478 (2000). PDF
