Dr Bruce Kahn

Dr. Kahn is a consultant specializing in the multidisciplinary fields of printable electronics, nanotechnology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and smart packaging. Previously, he was a Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he started the Printable Electronics research program. Dr. Kahn has aggressively pursued investigations, assessment, and development of the use of printing techniques (particularly high volume printing processes) and materials for the fabrication of electronic devices. His work has produced (both small and production scale) and characterized antennas for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. His group has assessed the process capabilities of a number of different printing techniques that have been used for patterning conductive features. Dr. Kahn has developed and applied technology that that can be used for printing chemical sensors. He has also worked on printing RFID antennas directly onto corrugated cardboard substrates, and investigated the affects of environment and conditioning on the electrical conductivity. Dr. Kahn is currently investigating other techniques for patterning functional organic materials, such as liquid dispensing, and has created working organic transistors using this technique.

 

Dr. Kahn has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska, and a S. B. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. He is the author of over 75 publications, including the recently published book Developments in Printable Organic Transistors, published by Intertech-Pira. He is a frequent lecturer, and teaches "Masters Classes" in the US and abroad.