David, Dean, and Dr. Yoon gave a lecture and a lab tour to 25 high-school students from Neungjoo High School (South Korea). We enjoyed the time with the students, who wanted to know about solar cells, nanomaterials and their characterizations. This Summer Global Class Program is part of global outreach program at the University of Utah (Office for Global Engagement).
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2017 07 * Dean gives a presentation at the International Conference (EMC).
Undergraduate student, Dean Collett, gave an oral presentation at the Electronic Materials Conference (Notre Dame, IN). Good work, Dean!
2017 07 * New Grant from NSF
Yoon’s research group receives a three-year grant from NSF in collaboration with Prof. Mike Scarpulla (ECE, University of Utah) and Prof. Christos Ferekides (EE, University of South Florida). We are excited about the new project on CdTe solar cells.
2017 07 Electronic Materials Conference
Dean’s EMC conference paper is accepted for a platform presentation at the 59th EMC Conference (June 28-30, 2017; University of Notre Dame, South Bend, ID).
2017 07 * Dean gives a presentation at the International Conference (EMC).
Heterojunction Electronic Properties and Compositional Differences of CdCl2 Post-Treated CdTe Solar Cell (Dean Collett 1, Jeffery A. Aguiar 2,3, Brian v. Devener 4, Yohan Yoon 5,6, Paul Haney 6, Nikolai Zhitenev 6, Michael Scarpulla 1,3, Prakash Koirala 7, Robert W. Collins 7 and Heayoung Yoon 1).
1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2. Fuel Design and Development Department, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
4. Utah Nanofab, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
5. Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
6. Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2017 06 * Farewell Party for Eric and Zijian
Eric and Zijian will continue their graduate programs at the University of California (San Diego) and at Northwestern University, respectively. We wish them the best for their next journey. Both students were tremendously helpful setting up the lab. Thank you!
(from left to right) Hui Zhou, Andrew Baker, Eric Snyder, Dean Collett, David Magginetti, and Zijian Wang
2017 06 * Welcome Andrew!
We welcome Andrew Baker, an REU student from Clarion University (Clarion, PA). Andy is only a junior student, yet he has received several prestigious fellowships, including Karl and Inge Sendler Scholarship, William Hart Scholarship, and Paul Shank Scholarship. We are happy to work with him this summer. Andy will be working on 3-D compositional characterization of BSTS using an electron beam. He will be working with Dean and David. Welcome Andy!
2017 05 * Congratulations Dean
Dean received his second UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) award. His research focuses on the local inhomogeneous properties of thin-film CdTe solar cells. Congratulations, Dean!
2017 05 * Welcome David!
We are happy to have a new group member, David Magginetti. David is a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science Engineering. He is a past recipient of Wayne Brown Fellowship at the University of Utah. His research focuses on the interface properties of hybrid nano/micro materials and devices. Welcome David!
2017 04 Material Research Society Conference
Yoon’s group gave a presentation at the Materials Research Society conference. The work is conducted in close collaborations with Dr. Kyu-Bum Han, Dr. Jeffery Aguiar, Dr. Brian van Devener, Prof. Vikram Deshpade, and Prof. Taylor Spark.
2017 04 * Dean wins Senior Project Award
The Technical Open-House is one of the exciting events in the ECE department at the University of Utah. All ECE students must complete a senior project to meet graduation requirements. One-year long senior projects are presented in the conference with students, faculty, and sponsors from industry and national labs.
(more information: LINK)
Dean gave a final presentation at the Technical Open-House and won the award (Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior Project).
Dean, lots of Congratulations!!
We are proud of you.
* Pictures from top left to clockwise (students from ECE 3200 class)
(1) Dean and his wife
(2) Phuc and Dean
(3) Lila and Dean
(4) Janna and Dean
(5) Keoki and Dean,
(6) Tenita, Zak, Prof. Joel Harley, Dean, and Kassidee