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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 […]
35ELEMENTS admitted to the Silicon Catalyst semiconductor incubator
–Lighting the world GREEN– 35ELEMENTS provides an innovative green light emitting diode technology based on its core gallium nitride (GaN) technology for advanced photonics and electronics applications such as augmented and virtual reality displays, digital lighting, optical interconnects, wide bandgap complementary logic functions and power electronics.
Phuvit awarded a IEEE Electron Devices Society Undergraduate Student Scholarship
Phuvit is selected as the IEEE Region 4 recipient of the 2024 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 […]
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 […]
Team Diamond Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches selected as a 2024 National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
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 […]
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, […]
Journal paper published
“High Field Transport in (Ultra) Wide Bandgap Semiconductors: Diamond Versus Cubic GaN,” IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 71(9), 5638–5644 (2024). Select Highlights by –Compound Semiconductor
Jaekwon awarded an SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship in the amount of $3,500
Select Highlights by – Nick Holonyak, Jr Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory – University of Illinois ECE Department – SPIE