The University of Minnesota has received funding to the tune of $10.3 million to establish a research center on spintronic materials and devices. The funding comes from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its partners in the Nanoelectronic Computing Research (nCORE) consortium, which includes the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), 12 semiconductor industry sponsors, and the […]
The recipients are Yanning Shen (advisor: Prof. Georgios Giannakis), Hari Cherupalli (advisor: Prof. John Sartori), Ahmed Zamzam (advisor: Prof. Nikos Sidiropoulos), and Zhengyang Zhao (advisor: Prof. Jian-Ping Wang). To read about other graduate awards and honors, and their recipients, please check this link.
University Scientists Report Breakthroughs in Stannate Semiconductors In the world of semiconductors, silicon has reigned supreme for over half a century. It is the foundation of microprocessors and memory devices which are now ubiquitous entities deeply involved in most aspects of our lives, from running our smartphones to reminding us when our cars need an […]
ECE has 5 doctoral dissertation fellowship winners for the 2017-2018 academic year. They are Shreyas Bhaban (advised by Prof. Murti Salapaka), Tianyi Chen (advised by Prof. Giorgios Giannakis), Xingguo Li (Prof. Jarvis Haupt), MohammadHassan Najafi (Prof. David Lilja), and Chen Zhou (Prof. Chris Kim). The award will allow these accomplished PhD candidates the opportunity to […]
Prof. Sairaj Dhople has been named McKnight Land-Grant Professor. He is one of nine recipients of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Program for 2017-19. His research is primarily concerned with ways by which renewable sources such as solar and wind power can be harnessed in conjunction with conventional sources such as coal and nuclear power. Among […]
Prof. Georgios Giannakis from ECE is ranked 18 worldwide in the areas of computer science and electronics, and has an H-index of 123. The author of more than 380 journal articles and 650 refereed conference proceedings publications, he has over 58,000 citations. In addition, he has authored seven books and numerous book chapters. Prof. Giannakis has served as […]
ECE doctoral student Chunhui Dai has won the Best Poster award at the 2016 Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Fall meeting. His research poster was one of only 5 Best Poster award winners from among 600 posters presented at the MRS meeting. Chunhui’s poster is titled “Nanoscale In Situ Self-Assembly Using Ion-Beam Microscopy System.” He is […]
In an international/multi-institutional undertaking, Prof. Tony Low from ECE and researchers from other institutions have conducted a study that highlights how manipulation of 2D materials could make our modern day devices faster, smaller, and better. The findings are published in the most recent edition of Nature Materials, a leading journal in materials science and engineering research. […]
ECE faculty, Prof. Steven Koester has been named an IEEE Fellow effective January 2017. He is cited by the IEEE for “contributions to group-IV electronic and photonic devices.” Prof. Koester’s research focuses on novel electronic, photonic and sensing device concepts with an emphasis on graphene and other 2D materials. He has authored or co-authored over […]
The University of Minnesota has been awarded funding by the DoE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to address challenges to system reliability and power quality by widespread stochastic renewable power generation. The project will be under the NODES (Network Optimized Distributed Energy Systems) program by ARPA-E. The $33 million undertaking will involve 12 institutions and […]
