David Zubia is an Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He joined UTEP's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in 2001 after working at the University of New Mexico as a research engineer and research professor. He completed his doctoral studies in 2000 at UNM. His research has included efforts in the crystal growth and strain relief in nanopatterned substrates. His current research includes nanoscale aspects of electronic materials, solar cells and memristors. He has more than 20 archival journal papers and 26 conference papers and presentations. He received a Doctoral Fellowship from the Ford Foundation and holds two U.S. patents. He served as a guest editor for the Journal of Quantum Electronics and the Journal of Electronic Materials. He was Chair of the 3rd International CAST and Co-Chair of the 7th International TEXMEMS Conferences. He is a member of IEEE and Tau Beta Pi honor society.

• Nominated for Best Poster at the Photovoltaic Specialist Conference - IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (06/01/2017-06/30/2017)
• 1st Place Paso Del Norte Venture Competition - Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce (03/07/2017)
• Nominated for Best Poster at the Photovoltaic Specialist Conference - IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (06/01/2016-06/30/2016)
• Outstanding Performance Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (10/01/2015-10/31/2015)
• Forest O. and Henrietta Lewis Professorship in Electrical Engineering - UTEP (09/01/2015)
• Golden Key Honorary Member - Golden Key International Honour Society (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
• ECE Research Awards - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (06/01/2014-06/30/2014)
• Grand Marshal of the College of Engineering Commencement Ceremony - Dr. Natalicio, President, UTEP (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• MAES Ouststanding Maestro Award for Teaching and Research - Mexican American Engineering Society (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Recognition for Ten Years of Service - Dr. Natalicio, President, UTEP (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Professor of the Year - Electrical and Computer Engineering Students (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship - Ford Foundation (01/01/1990-12/31/1990)
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society - Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

• Ph D in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico (2000)
• MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (1993)
• BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (1989)

• Conductivity modulation in strained transition-metal-dichalcogenides via micro-electro-mechanical actuation Journal of Semiconductor Science and Technology (2019), Aldo Vidana, David Zubia, Mariana Martinez, Edgar Acosta, Jose Mireles, Tsu-Jae King-Liu, Sergio Almeida.
• Annual E3S Report Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, National Science Foundation (2018), David Zubia, Aldo Vidana, Mariana Martinez, Edgar Acosta, Jose Mireles.
• Final BRIDGE Project Report US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2018), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report Part 2 US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2018), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Report Summary BRIDGE SETO US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2018), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report Part 2 US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2018), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Conductance modulation in 2D materials by NEMS for lower-power applications IEEE Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems (2018), Sergio Almeida, David Zubia, Aldo Vidana, Mariana Martinez.
• Crystal Growth and Atom Diffusion in (Cu)ZnTe/CdTe via Molecular Dynamics IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS 8 2 (2018), Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose J. Chavez, Jiaojiao Li, Xiao W. Zhou, Sergio F. Almeida, Colin Wolden, David Zubia.
• Molecular Dynamics Study of High Symmetry Planar Defect Evolution during Growth of CdTe/CdS Films JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 122 1 (2018), Jose J. Chavez, Xiao W. Zhou, Sergio F. Almeida, Rodolfo Aguirre II, David Zubia.
• Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report Part 2 US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2017), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Semiannual Research Performance Progress Report Part 1 US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2017), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Annual Report Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science, National Science Foundation (2017), David Zubia, Aldo Vidana, Mariana Martinez, Edgar Acosta, Jose Mireles.
• Quarterly Research Performance Progress Report Part 2 US Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office (2017), David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Crystal Growth Phenomena in Polycrystalline (Cu)ZnTe/CdTe/CdS Via Molecular Dynamics 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC) (2017), Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose J. Chavez, Xiao W. Zhou, David Zubia.
• High Fidelity Polycrystalline CdTe/CdS Heterostructures via Molecular Dynamics MRS ADVANCES 2 53 (2017), Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose J. Chavez, Xiaowang Zhou, David Zubia.
• Ion-damage-free planarization or shallow angle sectioning of solar cells for mapping grain orientation and nanoscale photovoltaic properties NANOTECHNOLOGY 28 18 (2017), Yasemin Kutes, Justin Luria, Yu Sun, Andrew Moore, Brandon A. Aguirre, Jose L. Cruz-Campa, Mark Aindow, David Zubia, Bryan D. Huey.
• Understanding misfit strain releasing mechanisms via molecular dynamics simulations of CdTe growth on {112}zinc-blende CdS Journal of Applied Physics 120 4 (2016), X. W. Zhou, Jessica Chavez, S. Almeida, David Zubia.
• An atomistically validated continuum model for strain relaxation and misfit dislocation formation Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 91 (2016), X.W. Zhou, D.K. Ward, J.A. Zimmerman, J.L. Cruz-Campa, David Zubia, J.E. Martin, F. van Swol.
• Molecular dynamics simulations of ZnTe/Cu back contacts for CdTe solar cells Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2016), Rodolfo Aguirre, Jose J. Chavez, Xiao W. Zhou, Sergio F. Almeida, David Zubia.
• Effect of substrate orientation on CdS homoepitaxy by molecular dynamics Journal of Crystal Growth 441 (2016), S. Almeida, J.J. Chavez, X.W. Zhou, David Zubia.
• Mapping photovoltaic performance with nanoscale resolution Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 24 3 (2016), Yasemin Kutes, Brandon A. Aguirre, James L. Bosse, Jose L. Cruz-Campa, David Zubia, Bryan D. Huey.
• MEMS Closed-Loop Control Incorporating a Memristor as Feedback Sensing Element IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 63 3 (2016), Sergio F. Almeida, Jose Mireles, Ernest J. Garcia, David Zubia.
• EE4153/4353 Laboratory Manual (2016), David Zubia.
• Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Nanostructures Wiley-Blackwell (2016), Xiaowang Zhou, Jose Chavez, David Zubia.
• Molecular Dynamics Simulations of CdTe / CdS Heteroepitaxy - Effect of Substrate Orientation Journal of Materials Science Research 5 3 (2016), Jose J. Chavez, Xiaowang Zhou, Sergio F. Almeida, Rodolfo Aguirre, David Zubia.

• CRYSTAL GROWTH PHENOMENA OF CHALCOGENIDE MULTILAYERS WITH ATOMIC-SCALE RESOLUTION VIA MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (2018), Volume Cancun, Mexico, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose J. Chavez, Sharmin Abdullah, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Analysis of CdTe Grain Boundaries via Molecular Dynamics (2018), Volume Phoenix, Arizona, David Zubia, Sharmin Abdullah, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Collaborative atomic-scale design, analysis, and nanofabrication for record breaking, single-crystal Zn(x)Cd(1-x)Te solar cell arrays (2018), Volume Washington, DC, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Sharmin Abdullah, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Collaborative atomic-scale design, analysis, and nanofabrication for record breaking, single-crystal Zn(x)Cd(1-x)Te solar cell arrays - Quarterly 1 Review (2018), Volume El Paso, Texas, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Sharmin Abdullah, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Fabrication of Electrostatic Actuators to Stretch 2D Materials (2018), Volume Berkeley, California, Aldo I. Vidana, Sergio Almeida, Tsu-Jae King Liu, David Zubia.
• Update on Stritch Device Research (2018), Volume Berkeley, California, David Zubia, Aldo I. Vidana, Mariana Martinez, Edgar Acosta, Sergio Almeida, Jose Mireles.
• Collaborative atomic-scale design, analysis, and nanofabrication for record breaking, single-crystal Zn(x)Cd(1-x)Te solar cell arrays - Quarterly 4 Review (2017), Volume El Paso, Texas, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Sharmin Abdullah, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Strain in 2D materials by NEMS for low power applications (2017), Volume Berkeley, California, Sergio Almeida, Aldo I. Vidana, Mariana Martinez, David Zubia.
• Analytical and Simulation Study of Conduction Modulation of MoS2 via Strain using Comb-Drive Electrostatic Actuators (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Aldo I. Vidana, Mariana Martinez, Edgar Acosta, Sergio Almeida, Jose Mireles, David Zubia.
• CRYSTAL GROWTH STUDIES OF Cu DOPED ZnTe/CdTe WITH ATOMIC-SCALE RESOLUTION VIA MOLECULAR DYNAMIC (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Xiaowang Zhou, David Zubia.
• Development of Fabrication Process of Comb-Drive Electrostatic Actuator MEMS to Study the Strain Mechanism in Two-Dimensional Transitional Metal Dichalcogenides (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Edgar Acosta, Aldo I. Vidana, Mariana Martinez, Sergio Almeida, Jose Mireles, David Zubia.
• Simulated Novel Comb-Drive Micro-Electro-Mechanical Actuators Intended for Mechanical Strain of 2D-Layered MoS2 (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Mariana Martinez, Aldo I. Vidana, Edgar Acosta, Sergio Almeida, Jose Mireles, David Zubia.
• Crystal Growth Phenomena of Chalcogenide Photovoltaic Materials via Molecular Dynamics (2017), Volume Chiapas, Mexico, David Zubia.
• Collaborative atomic-scale design, analysis, and nanofabrication for record breaking, single-crystal Zn(x)Cd(1-x)Te solar cell arrays - Quarter 3 Review (2017), Volume El Paso, Texas, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Sharmin Abdullah, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Crystal growth phenomena in polycrystalline CuZnTe/CdTe heterostructures using Molecular Dynamics (2017), Volume Washington, DC, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose Chavez, Xiaowang Zhou, David Zubia.
• High Fidelity Molecular Dynamics Growth Simulations of CdTe/CdS Heterostructures (2017), Volume Phoenix, Arizona, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose Chavez, Xiaowang Zhou, David Zubia.
• CRYSTAL GROWTH STUDIES OF Cu DOPED ZnTe/CdTe WITH ATOMIC-SCALE RESOLUTION VIA MOLECULAR DYNAMIC (2016), Volume Cancun, Mexico, David Zubia, Rodolfo Aguirre II, Jose J. Chavez, Sergio F. Almeida, Xiaowang Zhou.
• Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polycrystalline CuZnTe/CdTe/CdS (2016), Volume Perrysburg, Ohio, David Zubia.

• ApprentBiz Project: Cross-Disciplinary Capstone Program on Entrepreneurialism
• Collaborative Research, Teaching and Outreach in Low Energy Electronics
• Collaborative atomic-scale design, analysis, and nanofabrication for record breaking, single-crystal Zn(x)Cd(1-x)Te solar cell arrays
• IGERT - Solar Economy