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Vertical Semiconductor (co-founded by our alumnus Dr. Josh Perozek) raises $11M in seed funding round to deliver high-voltage and high-efficiency power electronics with a scalable, manufacturable solution

Congratulations to Zhuoran on his successful Ph.D. Defense

, titled ‘Diamond Power Electronics for Next Generation Electric Grid,’ and for earning the privileges and responsibilities of a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

We wish him the best at Apple (CA, USA) as a Display Technology Engineer.

Congratulations to Yu-Chieh on his successful Ph.D. Defense

, titled ‘Scaling to submicron for III-nitride optoelectronics devices: Applications in micro light emitting diodes and resonant tunneling diodes,’ and for earning the privileges and responsibilities of a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

We wish him the best at Apple (CA, USA) as a Panel Process Integration Engineer.

Congratulations to Jaekwon on his successful Ph.D. Defense

, titled ‘Cubic III-nitrides for photonics: Physics, Materials, and Devices,’ and for earning the privileges and responsibilities of a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

We wish him the best at his Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, CA, USA.

Zhuoran joins Apple as a Display Technology Engineer

Jaekwon awarded a Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to identify, develop, and connect the next generation of energy leaders from science and engineering to policy and economics to address the challenges of the global energy transformation through interdisciplinary approaches. Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowships are granted for a period of three years. Fellows receive an annual stipend of $85,000 with annual increases, $8,000 per year in supplemental funds to support research and professional development, up to $2,000 in reimbursable relocation allowances, as well as benefits, including health care coverage.

Yi-Chia’s PhD thesis recognized

Yi-Chia’s dissertation, “Theoretical Exploration of Efficiency Droop Mechanisms in III-Nitride Visible Light-Emitting Diodes,” is selected as the campus nominee for the 2022 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.

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