Capt Guillermo A. Salcedo, Assistant Professor
Capt Guillermo Salcedo is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. He entered the Air Force in 2005 as an Avionics Systems Apprentice. Prior to commissioning, he served at five duty locations and deployed multiple times to the Southwest Asia area of responsibility in support of operations ENDURING FREEDOM, HORN OF AFRICA, and INHERENT RESOLVE. During this time, he worked on a variety of electronic warfare, reconnaissance, and avionics systems aboard multiple aircraft to include F?15E, F16, U-2, and F-22A. Capt Salcedo commissioned in 2019 after completing Officer Training School. Prior to his current position, he served as a Program Systems Engineer and Executive Officer in the Persistent Infrared Analysis Squadron, part of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (2025) - Air Force Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: Effects of Materials and Processing on Hafnium Zirconium Oxide and Aluminum Scandium Nitride Ferroelectrics for Advanced Microelectronics.
M.S, Electrical Engineering (2022) - Air Force Institute of Technology
Thesis Title: Towards the Integration of Ferroelectric Negative Capacitance with Gallium Oxide Semiconductors for High Power Applications.
B.S, Electrical Engineering (2019) – Arizona State University
Publications
Journal publications:
Salcedo, G. A., Harrington, M., Nikodemski, S., Vasilyev, V., Newburger, M., Wolfe, T., Schubert Kabban, C., Sattler, J., & Islam, A. (2025). A statistical study on the origin of the polarization-dependent leakage in ferroelectric aluminum scandium nitride films. Journal of Applied Physics, 138(4), 44104. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0279258/3355629
Salcedo, G. A., Islam, A. E., Reichley, E., Dietz, M., Schubert-Kabban, C. M., Leedy, K. D., Back, T. C., Wang, W., Green, A., Wolfe, T., & Sattler, J. M. (2024). Effect of fabrication parameters on the ferroelectricity of hafnium zirconium oxide films: A statistical study. Journal of Applied Physics, 135(12). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191420
Conferences:
Salcedo, G. A., Islam, A. E., Back, T. C., Leedy, K. D., & Wolfe, T. (2024). Differences in Ferroelectric Characteristics of Similar Hafnium Zirconium Oxide Films Studied Using X - Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace Electronics Conference, NAECON, 262–267. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON61878.2024.10670663
Muha, G., Salcedo, G., Nikodemski, S., Harrington, M., Vasilyev, V., Cetnar, J., Jha, R., & Islam, A. (2024). Electrical Characterization of AlScN Ferroelectrics. Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace Electronics Conference, NAECON, 257–261. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON61878.2024.10670350