Biography – Dr. Eden Zielinski

Eden Zielinski
Assistant Director
eden.zielinski@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-5704


Overview
Eden Zielinski received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering, all from Stanford University, where she graduated with her final degree in 1995.  She joined the semiconductor industry upon graduation, first working for Texas Instruments as an integration engineer on BEOL interconnects.  In her 26-year career in the industry she has worked for Texas Instruments, Micron Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, and GlobalFoundries on BEOL processing and most recently was working on Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) filters for Qorvo.  She has worked on improving Aluminum interconnect reliability, initial establishment of copper interconnects, integration of copper interconnects with low-k dielectrics, double patterning integration approaches, electrical optimization of BAW filter performance, and BAW filter integration challenges.  Eden joined the North Texas Semiconductor Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2023 to work on Workforce Development where she aims to increase the number of high school students engaging in careers in technology. She is currently the Assistant Director of the Institute.