Melinda Holtzman Assistant Professor
Phone: 503.725.9043
Email: holtzman@ece.pdx.edu
Address: Portland State University
1900 SW 4th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
Office: FAB 100
Education
Ph.D. 2002, Electrical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
M.S. 1998, Electrical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
M.S. 1981, Physics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
B.S. 1979, Physics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Research Interests
My background is in semiconductor materials and devices. I’m particularly interested in III-V and II-VI compounds, electronic sensors and radiation effects. I have also worked in high-frequency electronics, designing and building a prototype high-speed frequency-hopping phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer for military telemetry applications. My current interest is in mobile sensor networks for battlefield and emergency response environments.
Selected Publications
M.B. Tayahi, B. Johnson, M. Holtzman, G. Cadet, "Piezoelectric Materials for Powering Remote Sensors," IEEE-IPCCC-2005, Phoenix, AZ, 2005.
M.J. Holtzman, B.P. Johnson, L. Lautzenhiser, "A Digital Integrator for an S-band High-Speed Frequency-Hopping Phase-Locked Loop," Proc. 39th Annual International Telemetering Conf., Las Vegas, NV, 2003.
M.J. Holtzman, M.S. Fadali, B.P.Johnson, L. Lautzenhiser, "Robust Stability Analysis of a Phase-Locked Loop Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Circuit," Proc. American Control Conf., San Diego, CA, 1999.
B.P. Johnson, B.A. Lautzenhiser, M.J. Holtzman, L. Lautzenhiser, "Overcoming Traditional High Frequency Phase-Locked Loop Synthesizer Limitations," Proc. 7th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Microwave Technology, Malaga, Spain, 1999.
