‘EEDG’
NASA L’SPACE Honorable Mention
Feb. 12, 2025—We are pleased to announce that Haley Dishman was selected to participate in the NASA L’SPACE NASA Proposal Writing and Evaluation Experience (NPWEE) program. Through this program, her proposal on “Beryllium Implantation for Complex Device Structures” was selected by NASA reviewers to advance to the full proposal stage, where she was appointed as the principal investigator for her team. During the proposal...
Oak Ridge National Lab User Meeting
Aug. 13, 2024—On August 13th, Haley and Owen were able to present the exciting work exploring the optimization of metal/GaN contacts that they have been doing at Oak Ridge National Lab! This gave them the opportunity to make many connections for future collaborations.
End of Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
Aug. 1, 2024—On August 1st, our summer students Lisa and Tianqi presented their work at the 13th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium! They presented alongside students in the VINSE REU, Chemical Biology REU, VINSE Tech Crew, and VUSE Summer Research Programs. Their posters entitled “Etch, Release, and Transfer of GaN Transistors” and Investigating the “Electrical Properties of Metal/GaN...
2024 Summer Interns
May. 27, 2024—We are excited to welcome Lisa Sebastian (Rose-Hulman 2025) and Tianqi Sun (Georgia Tech 2025) to our group this summer! Through the NSF REU program, Lisa will be working on the etch, release, and transfer process of III-V materials while Tianqi will be working on the characterization of metal contacts to GaN through the VUSE...
Owen Selected as an Honorable Mention for the NSF GRFP!
Apr. 5, 2024—On Thursday, Owen was selected as an honorable mention for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), a significant national academic achievement. This esteemed program identifies exceptional graduate students engaged in pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees within the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Congratulations!
EEDG Takes on Chicago!
Aug. 10, 2023—Between August 7th and 9th 2023, the EEDG lab attended the Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices at the University of Illinois Chicago. This marks the first conference that the group has been represented at. Students had the chance to network with other students, professors, and DoD lab scientists in their field leading to many...