{"id":477,"date":"2026-06-04T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:49:38","slug":"amine-benkechkache","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/faculty\/amine-benkechkache\/","title":{"rendered":"Amine Benkechkache"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Amine Benkechkache<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since joining the University of Tennessee in 2019 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, he has held several technical and leadership roles supporting the university&#8217;s educational and research mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than a decade of experience in electronics, semiconductor technologies, radiation detectors, and laboratory operations, Benkechkache&#8217;s expertise includes electrical systems, instrumentation, PCB design and manufacturing, semiconductor devices, and radiation detection systems, with an emphasis on hands-on engineering education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">PhD, Micro and Nanoelectronics, University of Constantine (Algeria) and University of Trento (Italy), 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">MS, Optics, Microelectronics, and High Frequencies, University of Saint-\u00c9tienne (France) and University of Constantine (Algeria), 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">BS, Electronics, University of Constantine (Algeria), 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Radiation Detectors and Imaging Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Semiconductor Devices and Sensors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Electronics, Instrumentation, and PCB Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">3D Integration, Interconnects, and Electronic Packaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Microfabrication and Cleanroom Technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Benkechkache et al., &#8220;Advanced Neutron Imaging with Timepix4 and Lithium Indium Diselenide Integration,&#8221; IEEE NSS\/MIC\/RTSD, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Benkechkache et al., &#8220;Development of a Full Readout System for a DSSD-LiInP\u2082Se\u2086 Neutron Detector in Single Crystal Diffractometry,&#8221; IEEE NSS\/MIC\/RTSD, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\">Benkechkache et al., &#8220;Design and First Characterization of Active and Slim-Edge Planar Detectors for FEL Applications,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-390953e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1e559e63 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/amine-benkechkache-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Amine Benkechkache \" class=\"wp-image-478\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/amine-benkechkache-lg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/amine-benkechkache-lg-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5f1e30ea wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-5048<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:mbenkech@utk.edu\">mbenkech@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small)\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amine Benkechkache Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor 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. 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