Hubert receives the Nick and Katherine Holonyak, Jr. Graduate Student Award
Category: Student Award News
Keith selected as a 2026 NDSEG Fellow
Jason selected as a 2026 NSF Fellow
Jason awarded a IEEE Electron Devices Society Undergraduate Student Scholarship
Jason is selected as the IEEE Region 3 recipient of the 2025 IEEE Electron Devices Society Undergraduate Student Scholarship. The Fellowship Program was established to promote, recognize, and support Undergraduate level study and hands-on experience within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest. The fellowship consists of a plaque and a check for US $1,000.00 USD.
Jason receives Undergraduate Research Symposium Oral Presentation Honorable Mention
for his talk titled “Efficiency Droop Contributors in Indium Gallium Nitride Green Light-Emitting Diodes“.
Sarah selected to participate in The Grainger College of Engineering Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research (ISUR) Program
Jason awarded an Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
Jason is awarded an Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) Scholarship. The ASF was founded in 1984 by the surviving Mercury 7 astronauts, Betty Grissom, Project Mercury’s flight surgeon, and a friend, with the mission of ensuring US leadership in technology. The scholarship award consists of a $15K honorarium and lifelong mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities.
This is the 7th time (out of the 855 awardees) an University of Illinois student has been awarded, and the first time an HMNTL researcher, and a student from the Departments of Physics and ECE is recognized.
Zhuoran joins Apple as a Display Technology Engineer
Jaekwon awarded a Graduate College Conference Travel Grant
Jaekwon awarded a Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to identify, develop, and connect the next generation of energy leaders from science and engineering to policy and economics to address the challenges of the global energy transformation through interdisciplinary approaches. Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowships are granted for a period of three years. Fellows receive an annual stipend of $85,000 with annual increases, $8,000 per year in supplemental funds to support research and professional development, up to $2,000 in reimbursable relocation allowances, as well as benefits, including health care coverage.
