Amine Benkechkache

Biography

Amine Benkechkache is an Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and a Research Scientist in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also serves as Manager of the Micro-Processing Research Facility (MPRF), a university core facility, where he supports activities in microfabrication, semiconductor device development, and advanced instrumentation.

Since joining the University of Tennessee in 2019 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, he has held several technical and leadership roles supporting the university’s educational and research mission.

With more than a decade of experience in electronics, semiconductor technologies, radiation detectors, and laboratory operations, Benkechkache’s expertise includes electrical systems, instrumentation, PCB design and manufacturing, semiconductor devices, and radiation detection systems, with an emphasis on hands-on engineering education.

Education

• PhD, Micro and Nanoelectronics, University of Constantine (Algeria) and University of Trento (Italy), 2018
• MS, Optics, Microelectronics, and High Frequencies, University of Saint-Étienne (France) and University of Constantine (Algeria), 2011
• BS, Electronics, University of Constantine (Algeria), 2009

Research

• Radiation Detectors and Imaging Systems
• Semiconductor Devices and Sensors
• Electronics, Instrumentation, and PCB Design
• 3D Integration, Interconnects, and Electronic Packaging
• Microfabrication and Cleanroom Technologies

Select Publications

• Benkechkache et al., “Advanced Neutron Imaging with Timepix4 and Lithium Indium Diselenide Integration,” IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2025.
• Benkechkache et al., “Development of a Full Readout System for a DSSD-LiInP₂Se₆ Neutron Detector in Single Crystal Diffractometry,” IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, 2025.
• Benkechkache et al., “Design and First Characterization of Active and Slim-Edge Planar Detectors for FEL Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2017.