Prof. Bayram is honored to be recognized as the Intel Alumni Endowed Faculty Scholar in the ECE Illinois. Many thanks to University of Illinois faculty research and the talents of its alumni contributing to the success of one of the country’s leading high-tech companies, Intel. With the stipend, ICORLAB will be able to further its […]
Category: Faculty Award News
Prof. Bayram awarded ONR Grant, $885,000 for five-years
The goal is to explore and innovate electronic grade cubic GaN, that can enable widebandgap superjunction power electronics, a critical electronic device towards ONR’s mission.
Higher Educational Initiative in Semiconductors (HIVE) funded by INTEL
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 […]
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 […]