Holonyak Workshop

Keynote Speakers

Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano (Nobel Laureate)

Zoom Presentation

Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi, born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese physicist, engineer and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. For his work he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for "the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". Amano was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for the development of p-type gallium nitride (GaN) doping, enabling blue semiconductor LEDs.

Source: Wikipedia

oleg shchekin

Oleg Shchekin (CTO of Lumileds)

In-Person Presentation

Oleg Shchekin is the Chief Technology Officer of Lumileds and is responsible for technology roadmap and incubating new technologies and product concepts that enable Lumileds to lead the industry. Oleg brings over 20 years of innovation, technical development and organizational leadership in semiconductors and LEDs to his role. Dr. Shchekin joined Lumileds in 2005 and has held a number of technical and leadership roles. He has guided LED product efficiency roadmaps, phosphor materials development, incubated and transferred new technologies and products to development, and established and developed a number of technical competencies in R&D. Dr. Shchekin’s previous professional experience includes epitaxial semiconductor crystal growth, semiconductor lasers, and flexible organic semiconductor integrated circuits. His work has been recognized by various awards as well as industry review journals. Dr. Shchekin holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Source: Lumileds.com

Umesh Mishra

Umesh Mishra (Dean of Engineering, UCSB) 

 In-Person Presentation

Umesh K. Mishra is a professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (1990–Present). In 2023, he was appointed dean of the UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering.[1] He is the CTO, co-founder and board member of Transphorm, founded in 2007 and the first company to deliver gallium nitride (GaN) transistor products for high efficiency power conversion technologies. Prior to Transphorm, he co-founded Nitres Inc. in 1996, which was the first company to develop GaN LEDs and transistors.

Source: Wikipedia

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Beckman Auditorium

405 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

8:00a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

8:00 Breakfast and check-in

8:30 Opening remarks from Dean Rashid Bashir and ECE Department Head Jennifer Bernhard
 
8:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. 

Session 1- GaN technology

8:40 Keynote 1- Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya (remote talk)

Talk Title: "Nitrides as tools for creating a sustainable society" 

9:10 Howard Rourke, Avicena

Talk Title: "Die-to-Die Interconnects based on micro-LED arrays"

9:30 Keynote 2- Oleg Shchekin, Lumileds

Talk Title: “Frontiers in LED technology” 

 
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
 
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Session 2- Power and RF electronics

10:30 Keynote 3- Umesh Mishra, UCSB

Talk Title: "A brief history and the promise of Gallium Nitride (GaN) Electronics; the next wave after GaN photonics"

11:00 Han Wui Then, Intel

Talk Title: ""300mm GaN-on-silicon Technology""

11:20 Jose Jimenez, Qorvo

Talk Title: “The state of GaN transistor technology today.  Challenges and opportunities in the future.” 

11:40 Dieter Bimberg, Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics (remote talk)

Talk Title: "From Quantum Dots to Green Quantum Technologies"

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch 
 
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Session 3- Student Talks

Mr. Haonan Wu

Talk Title: "Record 136 Gbps Cryogenic  VCSEL Optical Links in Quantum Computer"

Bora Kim

Talk Title: "76.7%-efficient cryogenic laser power converters enabled by distributed Bragg reflectors"

Haotian Xue

Talk Title: "MOCVD Growth and Characterization of AlInN/GaN Superlattices"

Robert Kaufman

Talk Title: "Progress on the Transistor-Injected Quantum Cascade Laser"

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
 

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Session 4- Growth and integration

3:00 Russ Dupuis, Georgia Tech

Talk Title: "Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition - The Swiss Army Knife of III-V Epitaxy"

3:20 John Dallesasse, UIUC

Talk Title: “III-V Oxidation and Other Process Technologies for Enhancing the Performance of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers"

3:40 Fred Kish, NCSU

Talk Title: “State-of-the-art InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuits”

4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Short Break


4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Session 5- Lasers and applications

4:15 Wen Mei Hwu, Nvidia

Talk Title: "Status and Opportunities for Photonic Interconnects in Data Centers"

4:35 Jeff Laroche, RTX (remote talk)

Talk Title: "Damascene Enhanced Heterogeneous Integration (DEHI): Wafer Scale GaN + CMOS on 200mm Si"

4:55 Milton Feng, UIUC

Talk Title:  "Invention of Transistor Laser With Holonyak"

5:15 Closing remarks and move to HMNTL for posters and refreshments
 
 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Poster session in HMNTL

 
 
Friday, September 13, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
Room 1000, HMNTL
 
 
 
 
 
208 N Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
 
 
 
 
 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Breakfast, Networking, Lab Tours