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 […]
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Holonyak Lab ALD system to be upgraded thanks to Grainger Small Equipment Grant Program
Grainger Small Equipment Grant Program, sponsored by the Grainger College of Engineering, awarded Holonyak MNTL to upgrade its ALD system to synthesize high-k dielectrics as well as ferroelectric metal oxides.
Team Cubic LEDs selected as a 2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
Team Cubic LEDs [Graduate Student: Mr. Richard Liu, Advisor: Prof. Can Bayram] invented a method for enabling single-crystal single-phase cubic GaN semiconductors. U of I U.S. Patent 10,027,086 (issued July 17, 2018) lays the foundations for enabling this next phase of III-nitride materials for advanced light emitting diodes and transistors. National Inventors Hall of Fame […]
Holonyak Lab to be upgraded with $3.95M thanks to Investment for Growth Program
Investment for Growth Program, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, awarded ~$4M mainly to upgrade the cleanroom equipment with the state-of-the-art capabilities.
Prof. Bayram guest-edits the Special August Issue of IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine on Pushing the Limits of Electron and Photon Interactions With Matter
Prof. Bayram joins IEEE NANOMED Technical Committee
Prof. Bayram joins the IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine as an Associate Editor
MNTL named after engineering icon Prof. Nick Holonyak, Jr.
The U of I’s Micro and Nanotechnology Lab is being named for engineering icon Nick Holonyak Jr., inventor of the first visible LED and other breakthroughs that have transformed technology.
Prof. Bayram joined the Carle Illinois College of Medicine as a faculty and will have the role of Engineering Partner
Prof. Bayram will work with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine students to identify patient-care related problems that have potential engineering solution, and will help them with their proposals of solutions.