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Prof. Bayram awarded a GaN Prototype Accelerator Multi-Project Wafer Opportunity

for project titled “A High-Performance Gallium Nitride MMIC Solution for Next-Generation Automotive Radar Systems”.

Prof. Bayram awarded an AIM Photonics Quantum Flex (QFlex) Service Grant

for project titled “Improving the Photonic Toolbox for Visible Quantum Photonics”.

Prof. Bayram awarded a Coherent / II-VI Foundation Grant Renewal

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.

Zhuoran joins Apple as a Display Technology Engineer

Prof. Bayram awarded a University of Illinois System/Cardiff University Joint Seed Grant

for the project titled “Developing cubic III-nitride semiconductors for a sustainable future“, jointly with Prof. Naresh Gunasekar of Cardiff University, UK.

Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches selected as a 2024 National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition Graduate Runner-up

Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches [Graduate Student: Mr. Zhuoran Han & Mr. Jaekwon Lee, Advisor: Prof. Can Bayram] invented a method for enabling high current diamond photoconductive switches through a novel, buried channel concept. U of I U.S. Patent application 63,530,434 and 63,531,298 lays the foundations for enabling this next phase of reliable switches for next-generation electric grid.

Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches and their invention are selected as the Graduate Runner-up (i.e., second place) in the National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition (CIC).

This recognition comes with $5,000 and a patent acceleration.

Since 1990, the Collegiate Inventors Competition has been held as a national competition. This is the first ECE Illinois Graduate Runner-up recognition (and the highest campus recognition to-date) in this national, competitive platform.

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Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches selected as a 2024 National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist

National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition (held since 1990) selected Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches and this co-invention as one of the five graduate finalists in this year’s competition.

Zhuoran and Jaekwon will represent U of I as a finalist with our invention on Oct 16-17th in Washington DC in front of the distinguished Hall of Famers.

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Prof. Bayram awarded a Gentec-EO Laser Lab Award

Gentec-EO Laser Lab Award (one in twelve in the world) will support a donation of a compact and high accuracy photonic system, PRONTO-SI, to be in ECEB Nanofabrication Instructional Facility, and support U of I classroom activities, research, and beyond.

Prof. Bayram awarded under CHIPS and Science Act

Applied Research Institute (ARI) / Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Commons (SCMC) Hub recently awarded the Commercial Leap Ahead project titled “High-Performance Diamond Electronics for Next Generation Defense Systems”. Led by Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, team members are GE Aerospace, Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State University, University of Notre Dame, Army Research Laboratory, and Naval Research Laboratory.

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Prof. Bayram awarded with a Dean’s Award for Early Innovation

for accomplishments in translational research by submitting invention disclosures and/or patent applications.