Aaron Coon’s proposal has been selected for a UROP award for summer 2022. Congratulations, Aaron!
News
2022 04 We are back (lab recovery).
In August 2021, we had lots of rain in Salt Lake City. This flooding hit our lab and many other labs. With the tremendous efforts in the long demolition and remodeling processes, we are now back in the labs. We appreciate the work of the staff and the administrative leadership. I am thankful to the group members for their extensive support during this period.
2022 02 New Grant (LEO project for space applications)
We are excited about the newly funded project with Prof. Sjoden’s group in Nuclear Engineering (here). We will investigate the radiation effects on novel materials by simulating the LEO (low-earth orbit) environment at the TRIGA reactor. The materials are produced by PMT (Patz Materials and Technologies).
2022 01 Welcome Ashif Chowdhury!
We welcome a new PhD student, Mohammad Ashif Hossain Chowdhury. Ashif has a strong research background in EM and radiation systems. We are excited to have you in the group.
2022 01 WAESO Grant Supporting Students
Yoon’s group won a WAESO grant (The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities; https://www.waeso.org/). This funding will support talented students having diverse backgrounds and cultures. Our team members endorse the 12 Principles of the Code (Code of Conduct).
2022 01 Welcome Aaron and Rolando.
Aaron Coon and Rolando Quintana jointed the group. We are happy to have you in our group. Welcome!
2021 12 eMicroscopy Mini-Conference
ECE 5255/6255 (Advanced Electron Microscopy for Semiconductor Materials and Devices) held a mini-conference. Students led individual projects by applying the fundamental knowledge learned in this course. The samples include a LaCrosse mesh (flexible electronics) to Si-containing plants, in addition to i7 CPU chips.
2021 12 Featured Journal Paper on AIP Advances (Ge/MoS2)
A journal paper with Korea Aerospace University, Los Alamos National Lab, and other collaborators has been published. In this work, a high-resolution Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) was used to study the heterogeneous electronic properties of 2D/3D materials (Ge film on MoS2). See the details here: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0075599.
2021 11 Dr. Yoon gives a talk at the PV Workshop in Chicago.
The University of Utah is one of the partners at the US-MAC Consortium (Manufacturing of Advanced Cadmium Telluride; https://www.usa-cdte.org/). The Yoon research group was invited to the 5th PV workshop in Chicago (10/27 ~ 10/29). She discussed the current process of the small contact approach on a Cd(Se, Te) film. It was terrific to meet researchers and collaborators in person after the web-based meetings.
2021 10 Miranda receives a Micron Award ($5,000)!
We congratulate our undergrad student, Miranda Cardenas, for receiving a Micron Scholarship ($5,000 ) to continue her Nanofab projects. Her research focuses on design and fabrication of 3D nanostructures for solar cell applications. Miranda uses Nanoscribe at the Nanofab that can produce 3D features as small as 150 nm. Way to go, Miranda!
[Update] Miranda’s story on the ECE website (here)
This project is sponsored by NSF CAREER (#2048152) and NSF ECCS (#1711885).