Bayram leads work to reduce technology gap in safety and protections mechanisms

ICORLAB advancing the hardware for handling direct current electricity with the Sandia National Laboratories as a part of the ARC-SAFE (Accelerated Response semiconducting Contactors and Surge Attenuation For DC Electrical systems) team under ARPA-E’s BREAKERS (Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely) program.

27 Companies Founded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign People

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has produced some of the biggest entrepreneurs that have changed the world. Written by Leonardo Hadi, 08/22/2020. Tesla, PayPal, YouTube, Oracle, Yelp, AMD, Delta, Grainger, LSV Asset Management, GoFundMe, Baskin Robins, Playboy, NFL, Siebel, Hooters, The Weather Channel, Match.com, Mosaic, Netscape, Mozilla, Harlem Globetrotters, Pampered Chef, KiwiCo, Yammer, BET […]

Prof. Bayram promoted to Associate Professor with tenure

I am pleased to share that I am promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the ECE ILLINOIS. Heartfelt thanks to my family, friends, collaborators, colleagues, ICORLAB group members and alumni, XSEDE, NSF, NASA and AFOSR program reviewers and managers, and ECE Department, Holonyak Lab, Grainger College and U of I administration, staff, and faculty. […]

Journal paper highlighted as the Front Cover

ACS Omega selected our work (ACS Omega 5, 3917 – 3923 (2020) as the issue Front Cover. The cover art illustrates the crystal structure and band alignments of zincblende AlN/GaN/InN heterostructures. The innovative zincblende III-nitrides material system featuring type-I band alignment and polarization-free nature is beneficial to capture both electrons and holes for recombination and […]

Grainger Engineering PhD students guaranteed a funded five-year appointment

Starting in Fall 2020, Grainger Engineering PhD students in their first five years of enrollment are guaranteed a funded appointment for fall and spring that includes a full tuition waiver, a partial fee waiver, and a stipend. Students are also eligible for summer support. Students must remain in Good Academic Standing and successfully perform the duties of […]