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End of Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025
Aug. 3, 2025—On July 31st, our summer student Alejandro presented his work at the 14th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium! He presented alongside students in the VINSE REU, Chemical Biology REU, VINSE Tech Crew, and VUSE Summer Research Programs. His poster was received very well by all in attendance! Big thanks to Alejandro for all of his hard...
IEEE NAECON 2025
Aug. 1, 2025—On July 29-31, Prof. Mona Ebrish was invited to speak at the 2025 IEEE NAECON conference in Dayton Ohio. She presented beside other emerging microelectronics leaders.
APL Electronic Devices Editorial Board
Jul. 17, 2025—Professor Mona Ebrish was chosen to join the Editorial Advisory Board of APL Electronic Devices. In this role, Prof. Ebrish joins a group of leading researchers to advise the Editors of the journal on scientific content and initiatives and help shape the journal as it grows.
Prof. Mona Ebrish was elected Secretary of EMC
Jun. 23, 2025—Prof. Mona Ebrish was elected Secretary of Electronic Materials Conference (2024-2026). This exciting role involves helping to plan and execute the 2026 and 2027 conferences. Congrats to Prof. Ebrish!
Haley Dishman: GEM fellow, NASA Intern
May. 5, 2025—Haley was awarded a GEM fellowship. This program promotes the bennifits of a higher education degree within industry. Through the fellowship, Haley will be working as an intern for NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center over the summer of 2025! Congratulations to Haley!
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...