Dresden, Germany. He is currently a Research Associate at the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), UAE. Dr. Knechtel was a Postdoctoral Researcher in 2015–16 at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi. From 2010 to 2014, he was a Scholar with the DFG Graduate School on “Nano- and Biotechnologies for Packaging of Electronic Systems” and the Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design, both hosted at the TU Dresden. In 2012, he was a Research Assistant with the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. In 2010, he was a Visiting Research Student with the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA. His research interests cover VLSI Physical Design Automation, with particular focus on Emerging Technologies and Hardware Security.

Study onenlisted soldier and Vietnam veteran to go on to serve as secretary of defense. He had the courage to break with his party during the Iraq War, and would help bring the war in Afghanistan to an end while building the military we need for the future.

“He has been a champion for troops, veterans and military families through his service at the VA and USO, and his leadership on behalf of the post-9/11 GI Bill. The president knows him well, has traveled with him to Iraq and Afghanistan, trusts him and believes he represents the proud tradition of a strong, bipartisan foreign policy in the United States.”

Obama, who arrived back in Washington on Sunday morning, is expected to announce his nomination of Hagel on Monday as his first