Vivian Rogers

Engineering physicist — MRAM, spintronics, magnetic memory.

Vivian Rogers in a field of bluebonnets
Image of Vivian Rogers which was certainly taken during spring at the Pickle Research Center Chilling Station

Some images that I am responsible for

Band diagram for magnetic quantum well memtransistor: a quantum well between two ferromagnetic insulators, with the energy-level splitting (ΔEc) shown across parallel / non-magnetic / anti-parallel magnetization configurations. See: 10.48550/arXiv.2505.11767.

About

Hi! I’m Vivian Rogers.1

I’m a PhD student in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Electrical and Computer Engineering program, studying under Dr. Jean Anne Incorvia. I presently anticipate graduating in 2028 or late 2027.

I broadly work on MRAM and spend my time thinking about schemes to extract information from nanomagnets, which are an incredible platform to store information, though CMOS-competitive readout remains challenging. I work primarily on designing and understanding new types of magnetic memory, with the distant dream of succeeding magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based MRAM. I have metastatic interests in quantum transport modelling, information theory, applied mathematics, spin glasses, and analog matrix–vector accelerators. At present I am finding great joy in stealing mathematics from condensed matter theory and bodging it onto computer engineering. I am also growing and characterizing magnetic nitrides for multi-state MTJs.

Casually, I have 12 years of experience playing jazz trumpet, and have frustrated interests in pragmatism, analytic philosophy, and the desire to become more fluent in Hegel2. I love to discuss ethical philosophy, and especially the understated philosophy of engineering. Ask me for one of my Heuristics.

1. This is historically somewhat complicated; see my ORCID.

2. Im moment hat der Hegel die Nase vorn.

Left: a Venn diagram of applied math, condensed matter theory, compute-in-memory, and device fabrication — annotated with who lives in each overlap — and 'Good stuff in here!!' at the centre. Right: a Teleology by Methodology table, starred at 'Full stack' computer engineering / goal-endowed physics / co-design enjoyers.

At a glance

Field
Semiconductor device physics · Device modelling; transport theory
Based in
Austin, TX
Elsewhere
GitHub · ORCID · Scholar

Currently

Reading
Discussion of the Method — Billy Vaughn Koen
Building
Wait and see
Tending
the garden