James Tran from UT Dallas spent the summer with us as a CNF REU intern. His work has already made an impact on the group’s research. Thanks, James, and good luck with the rest of your degree!

Good luck to Vidyesh during his 6 month internship at Intel!

Taewon passed his A exam and is now a PhD candidate.

The ERG gained a new members: Vidyesh Madhyastha from IIT Madras in the MSE MS program

The Ephrahim Garcia Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award recognized Hugh as a graduate student who exhibits exceptional mentorship of undergraduates and/or new graduate students in their assistantships, fosters greater inclusion through mentoring, and works closely with others in research and/or other settings across the college.

Hae Won completed the MS program by successfully defending his thesis on May 9. Great job, and good luck!

Hugh has won the Provost Diversity Fellowship for spring 2018. Congratulations!

In December 2017:

Hugh passed his A exam and is now a PhD candidate.

In November 2017, “Design and characterization of a microreactor for spatially confined atomic layer deposition and in situ UHV surface analysis” was published in JVST A with lead author Jiun-Ruey Chen, found here.

Jiun-Ruey Chen passed his PhD B exam in July 2017, and is now working at Intel. Congratulations and good luck!

In June 2017:

Colleen took a road trip from NY to Portland, OR for a summer internship at Lam Research Corporation.

Hugh won the Technology Commercialization Fellowship for summer and fall 2017, through which he will explore the commercialization process for lithium-metal battery research from the Archer group.

The ERG recently published two articles in The Journal of Chemical Physics and one in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C:

“Who’s on first? Tracking in real time the growth of multiple crystalline phases of an organic semiconductor: Tetracene on SiO₂” in December 2016 with lead author Rambert Nahm, found here.

“Preface: Special Topic on Atomic and Molecular Layer Processing: Deposition, Patterning, and Etching” in February 2017 by Prof. Jim Engstrom and Prof. Andrew Kummel of UCSD, found here.

“Faster Is Smoother and So Is Lower Temperature: The Curious Case of Thin Film Growth of Tetracene on SiO₂” in April 2017 with lead author Rambert Nahm, found here.