2024-2025 BLOCK-GIFT PROGRAMS

Optics, Lasers and Photonics

University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Professor John Dallesasse, Long-Wavelength 1550nm VCSELs for Optical Communication

University of Rochester, Professor Jannick Rolland and Professor Nick Vamivakas, Establishing and Verifying the Fundamental Optical and Material Capabilities and Limitations of Metasurfaces

Quantum

University of Texas at Austin, Professor Linran Fan, Photonic Interconnection for Diamond Color Centers and Superconducting Circuits

Additive Manufacturing

Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor Christopher Saldaña, Controlling Stress and Defects in Optical Surfaces by Hybrid Additive Manufacturing

WBG Semiconductors

Kyoto University, Professor Tsunenobu Kimoto, Fundamental Study on Carrier Transport in n- and p-Channel SiC MOSFETs

Ohio State University, Professor Anant Agarwal, Reliable SiC Power MOSFET Design Methodology

University of Buffalo, Professor Uttam Singisetti, Next Generation Ultrawide-Bandgap Electronics

University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Gallium Oxide High Growth Rate Epitaxial Materials and Vertical Power Devices

University of Illinois, Professor Can Bayram, Diamond Power Semiconductor Devices

Solid State Battery

University of Chicago, Professor Shirley Meng, Enabling High-Energy-Density All-Solid-State Batteries via Sulfur-Based Solid Electrolytes

University of Michigan, Professor Neil Dasgupta, In Situ/Operando Analysis of Metal Anode/Solid Electrolyte Interfaces