for accomplishments in translational research by submitting invention disclosures and/or patent applications.
Category: Announcements
Prof. Bayram awarded a Coherent / II-VI Foundation Grant
Thanks to the Coherent / II-VI Foundation Block-Gift Program, we will strengthen our shared mission: Create a stronger population of new engineering-, science- and mathematics-educated individuals who will ultimately increase and improve the tough and ever more complicated technical pool of engineers and scientists seeking to tackle problems facing our nation and the world.
Prof. Bayram delivers the Grainger First-Year Experience Research Scholars Seminar
Prof. Bayram delivered the Grainger First-Year Experience Research Scholars Seminar titled “(Ultra)Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Revolution” on March 28, 2024. Thank you, the GCoE Freshman Class, for the love of semiconductors.
Prof. Bayram awarded with a 2024 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
for the best research conducted during the past five years and is presented annually.
Prof. Bayram awarded under DOE’s ARPA-E, the INTEREST program
for project titled “Green light emitting diodes for the ultimate solid-state lighting“. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is pleased to announce its inaugural Summer Internship Program for rising Juniors and Seniors at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in the Summer of 2024. Known as Inspiring New Transformations in Energy Research by Emerging Scientists and Technologists (INTEREST), this […]
Prof. Bayram awarded under DOE’s ARPA-E, the ULTRAFAST program
for project titled “Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches“. The photoconductive semiconductor switches offer very fast bypass capability at as low a level of integration as possible to prevent power outages that affects half a million Americans on average daily and costs American households $150 billion annually. Yet, the traditional PCSS, invented in 1970, cannot reach the […]
Prof. Bayram delivers the Northwestern University ECE Distinguished Seminar
Prof. Bayram delivered the Northwestern University ECE Distinguished Seminar titled “(Ultra)Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Revolution” on Nov. 21, 2023. Thank you, the Wildcats, for the love of semiconductors.—The 21st century is the age of semiconductors. In all aspects of modern life, we utilize semiconductor technologies. From lighting to communication and computing to transportation, we rely on semiconductors […]
Prof. Bayram recognized as the Intel Alumni Endowed Faculty Scholar
Prof. Bayram is honored to be recognized as the Intel Alumni Endowed Faculty Scholar in the ECE Illinois. Many thanks to University of Illinois faculty research and the talents of its alumni contributing to the success of one of the country’s leading high-tech companies, Intel. With the stipend, ICORLAB will be able to further its […]
Prof. Bayram awarded ONR Grant, $885,000 for five-years
The goal is to explore and innovate electronic grade cubic GaN, that can enable widebandgap superjunction power electronics, a critical electronic device towards ONR’s mission.
Higher Educational Initiative in Semiconductors (HIVE) funded by INTEL
Higher Educational Initiative in Semiconductors (HIVE), led by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and co-led by Stanford University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), will prepare a diverse, next-generation workforce via experiential learning (online and hands-on) for the US semiconductor industry and microelectronics industry to help maintain its technological leadership. The HIVE is founded […]