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Dr. Joseph ManganoProgram Manager
Dr. Joseph Mangano serves as the Program Manager of the Advanced Lithography Program at DARPA where he oversees efforts designed to revolutionize semiconductor lithography technology through accelerated research of highly innovative technical approaches that enable pattern transfer to wafers of features of 100 nm and below. The program emphasizes reducing technical barriers in the major lithography technologies, including exposure sources and areas relevant to more than one technology option.
From 1984-2004, Dr. Mangano served as a Vice President and Senior Research Scientist at Science Research Laboratory, a company he co-founded, where he led programs in the development of laser diode pulsed power; solid-state pulsed drivers for powering excimer lasers used in DUV lithography; electromagnetic shockline technology; and electrostatic accelerator technology used for Positron Emission Tomography, Dual-Energy, Digital-Subtraction Angiography and Mammography, and Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy for treating cancers of the brain. While at SRL, Dr. Mangano authored the following inventions: (1) a fault detection algorithm for high power semiconductor junctions, (2) EUV and 1nm Soft X-ray sources used in Next Generation Lithography, (3) a method of isolating adult hematopoietic stem cells using pulsed electric field cell selection technology, (4) a method of purging malignant cells from bone marrow transplants using pulsed electric field cell selection technology, and (5) a method of purging leukocytes and bacteria from platelet transfusions using high peak power x-ray sources.
From 1978-1984, Dr. Mangano served as the Program Manager, Division Director, and Deputy Office Director for DARPA where he led programs in excimer lasers, free electron lasers, particle beam technology, and blue-green submarine laser communications. Additionally, Dr. Mangano served on various scientific advisory groups within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including the Defensive Technologies Study Team that provided planning for the formation of the President's Strategic Defense Initiative (now the Missile Defense Agency).
Dr. Mangano earned S.B., S.M., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds 5 patents and currently has 4 patents pending. Dr. Mangano has written over 40 publications in technical journals as well as numerous technical reports produced throughout his career. He is an active member of IEEE, APS, Sigma Xi, and the Cosmos Club.