INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER, Y.K. CHEN

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is proud to announce the addition of a new director to our Board of Directors. By a unanimous vote on June 30, 2023, Dr. Young-Kai Chen was appointed to the Coherent/II-VI Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Young-Kai (Y.K.) Chen is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Coherent Corporation. He joined Coherent...

    2023-2024 Block-Gift Projects

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics University of Arizona, Professor Mahmoud Fallahi, High-Order Laguerre-Gaussian Beam Mode Locked VECSELs for Secure Free Space and Fiber Communications University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication University of Delaware, Professor Matthew Doty and Professor Stephanie Law, Wafer-scale Growth of Site-Determined Wavelength-Turntable Quantum Emitters in Atomically-Thin (2D)...

    Our Most Recent Mini-Conference

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    • Coherent/II-VI Foundation held an exciting, valuable virtual mini-conference on Friday, May 12, 2023 hosted by The Ohio State University.  Next Generation Materials for Ultra Performance Microwave and Power Switching Applications Presentations were made by students from the following schools on these research projects: For further information contact...

    Board of Directors’ Announces Changes

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    • After fifteen years of generous service and exemplary guidance, Dr. Carl Johnson, founder and primary donor to the Coherent/II-VI Foundation, will be stepping down as Chairman of the Board of Directors but remaining on the Board as Chairman Emeritus. We look forward to Dr. Johnson continuing his invaluable advice and counsel. We are pleased...

    II-VI Foundation Announces New Name

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    • The Board of Directors and Staff of the II-VI Foundation are pleased to announce our new name and logo. We look forward to many more years of supporting students and valuable research as Coherent/II-VI...

    Up and Coming Fall 2023 Mini-Conference

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    • A Coherent/II-VI Foundation virtual mini-conference will be held on Friday, November 3, 2023 titled, Advancements in Optoelectronics for Sensing, Computing, and Communications. It will be hosted virtually by The University of Buffalo, SUNY. Check back to this website for further information on registration, featured speakers, and presenting...

    Past Foundation Mini-Conferences

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    • Date Conference Title 01/28/2010 Conference on Silicon Carbide 02/05/2010 Conference on YAG Material Defects and Characterization 01/28/2011 The Development and Processing of High Temperature Materials for Advanced Devices and Components 11/02/2011 Fabrication, Characterization and Metrology of Optical Surfaces 02/01/2012 Design, Processing and Materials for Temperature Tolerant Electronics 11/09/2012 Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-Tech Materials...

    2022-2023 Coherent/II-VI Foundation Scholarship Recipients Excel

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    • Sixty-four exceptional students were awarded scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year. Applications came in from across the world to compose a very strong group of scholarship winners. 16% of the 2022-23 awardees maintained a 4.0 GPA, 86% maintained a 3.6 or above. The average GPA of all recipients was 3.78. Domestic scholarship recipients study...

    October 2022 — Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems

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    • We returned to an in-person mini-conference on October 12, 2022 held in Pittsburgh, PA. The title for this conference was “Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems” and included presentations by: The keynote address was by Professor Robert Devaty from the University of...

    Fifteenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2022 the II-VI Foundation celebrated fifteen years. In the first fifteen years almost $33 million was invested in our programs and over 17,000 students were impacted. Recent years saw generous contributions to the foundation by Coherent Incorporated, a move of the staff to working from home,...