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 […]
Category: Award News
Prof. Bayram awarded under DOE’s ARPA-E, the OPEN program
for project titled “Green Light Emitting Diodes for the Ultimate Solid-State Lighting“. Thanks to the ARPA-E OPEN, ICORLAB led by Prof. Can Bayram in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will pursue direct-emitting novel green light emitting diodes (LEDs) that can enable accelerated solid-state lighting (SSL) adoption to reduce lighting-related energy needs and greenhouse […]
Prof. Bayram awarded under ONR Accelerated Learning and Engineering Research Training Program
in Cyber and Electronic Warfare for Undergraduate Midshipmen and Cadets for project titled “Research on Next Generation Power Electronics“. “UI awarded grant to train ROTC students in cyber, electronic warfare,” by Kimberly Belser, The Grainger College of Engineering, 3/17/2021.
Prof. Bayram awarded under the 2021 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program
for the project titled “High-voltage Characterization on Next Generation Power Electronics” Announcement by – DOD – HMNTL – ECE Department – Grainger College of Engineering
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 […]
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 […]
Dicky selected as a semi-finalist in the Graduate College Image of Research Competition
Dicky’s research image is selected as a semi-finalist in the Graduate College Image of Research Competition. Of the twenty-five semi-finalists, the following 4 awards will be given: First prize: $500; Second prize: $300; Third prize: $200; Honorable mention: $100. Semi-finalists will also compete for a People’s Choice award ($100) which will be voted on by attendees of […]
Prof. Bayram invited to the NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Prof. Bayram is invited to attend the China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (CAFOE), hosted by Qualcomm and organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). This two-and-a-half-days long symposium is held biennially, and this year, sixty participants – including the organizing committee and speakers – from Chinese and US […]
Prof. Baris Bayram is promoted to Full Professorship
Prof. Can Bayram’s big brother, Prof. Baris Bayram (Ph.D. in EE, 2006, Stanford University, CA, US) is promoted to full professorship at the top engineering university, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. As a 2011 Turkish Academy of Sciences Young Scientists Awardee, Prof. Baris Bayram is the founding director of ULTRAMEMS Laboratory (est. in 2006) […]
Prof. Bayram awarded with the 2018 IUPAP Young Scientist Medal
for revolutionizing the way graphene has been employed and making major contributions to III-V photonic devices. Select Highlights by – SPIE – University of Illinois ECE Department – Northwestern University EECS Department – ICO Newsletter (Jan. 2019) – ICO Newsletter (Oct. 2018) – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics