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 for...

    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 at...

    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 Pittsburgh.

    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, and...

    Tenth Anniversary

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    • THE II-VI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY In 2017 the II-VI Foundation celebrated ten years of “Encouraging and Enabling Students to Enter a Career in Engineering, Science and Mathematics while Maintaining a Standard of Excellence in that Pursuit”. In the first ten years $24,882,836 was invested and 11,457 students were impacted. We thank you for...

    Block-Gift Consideration Procedure

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    • THIS PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A BLOCK-GIFT INVITATION  PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST To help understand the process and topics areas we encourage Professors to complete the INQUIRY FORM. Doing so will help the technology team offer guidance regarding topic areas and answer questions prior to the submission of the RESEARCH CONCEPT...

    2022-2023 Block-Gift Projects

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    • Professors Lisa Porter and Robert Davis, Carnegie Mellon UniversityFundamental Research on Gallium-Oxide Epitaxial Films; Investigation of Polymorphs for High Efficiency Power Electronics Professor Christopher Saldaña, Georgia Institute of TechnologyControlling Stress and Defects in Optical Surfaces by Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Professor Tsunenobu Kimoto, Kyoto UniversityFundamental Study on Carrier Transport in n- and p-Channel SiC MOSFETs Professor...