Prof. Bayram promoted to Full Professor with tenure

I am delighted to announce my promotion to Full Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with exceptional colleagues, students, and staff. These partnerships, both on and off campus, are instrumental in driving the research, education, and service vision of the Innovative Compound […]

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. […]

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.