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: Faculty 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
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. […]
Prof. Bayram elected as the Chair of the IEEE EDS Optoelectronic Devices Committee
Prof. Bayram is elected as the Chair of the IEEE EDS Optoelectronic Devices Committee and looking forward to serving the EDS Society, IEEE community, and society-at-large.
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 […]