Lab News

As she wrapped up her rotation with the lab, Emanuela Riglioni presented her work looking at the Heterogeneous Integration of GaN devices with Si to VINSE community. Her work impressed the judges so much that she won 1st place in the IMS first year poster presentation competition! We are thankful… Read More

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. Read More

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… Read More

On June 26 – 28, Haley, Owen, and Prof. Ebrish attended the 66th annual Electronic Materials Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park. This included presentations by both Haley and Owen, marking the first presentations in the EEDG group!… Read More

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… Read More

On May 10th, Owen received the Graduate Spotlight Award from the ECE department for his outstanding work and for receiving an Honorable Mention for the NSF GRFP!… Read More

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). Read More

Owen was recently chosen by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) for a Researcher Highlight. He was recognized for his work both in the lab and outside of it. Read the rest of the story here!        … Read More

Recently, Owen was recognized by VINSE as the first NanoGuide to complete five outreach events! His continues to support this initiative by both teaching the visiting students along with training the other NanoGuides on many of the stations. Read more at the following link.       If… Read More

Beyond the lab, Swarnim, Owen, and Haley are all heavily involved with the VINSE NanoGuide program. This outreach program allows for the students to share their love of science and engineering with the surrounding community. They have represented the lab during the events such as the Tennessee Maker Fest… Read More