Dr. Li Tao (Resume/Email)
Status: Research Associate (PhD '10 University of Texas at Dallas)
Projects: Carbon based electronics and fundamental science in material synthesis and characterization; Fabrication platform to enable flexible/plastic electronics with enhanced performance
Interests: Any food, swimming, animation, classical poems, music and philosophy
Hsiao-Yu (Sherry) Chang (Email)
Status: PhD Student (BS 06' National Tsing Hua University, MS 08' National Chiao Tung University)
Projects: Graphene FET and Plastic Nanoelectronics
Interests: Swimming, badminton, and traveling
Sk. Fahad Chowdhury (Email)
Status: PhD Student
Projects: Radio frequency circuit design using Graphene FETs, Device modeling and fabrication, CMOS Analog/RF circuit design
Interests: Watching movies, Listening music, Traveling, Cooking
Milo Holt (Email)
Status: MS Student (BSEE '10 University of California, Santa Cruz)
Projects: Graphene sensor characterization
Interests: Shared meals, Traveling, Surfing, Dodge-ball
Haiyu (Harry) Huang (Email)
Status: PhD Student (BSEE'07 Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, MSEE'08 Columbia University). Full Time Research Assistant at the Methodists Hospital Research Institute
Projects: Nanotechnology and RF electronics for medical applications
Interests: playing music (guitar, bass, saxophone & vocal), music recording & mixing, basketball
Alvin Lee (Email)
Status: PhD Student (BSEE '09 San Jose State University)
Projects: Plastic electronics
Interests: Anime, manga, any food
Jongho Lee (Email)
Status: PhD Student (BS 06' Korea University, MS 08' Korea University)
Projects: Fabrication, Analysis, and Application of Carbon Nanotube Passive Components implementing CNT capacitors and inductors. Device Modeling for Graphene FET and CNT FET.
Interests: Watching movies, driving, and music
Maryam Mortazavi (Email)
Status: PhD Candidate (BSEE '03 Sharif University of Technology, MSEE '06 University of Tehran)
Projects: Design and synthesis of graphene interconnects for high frequency (GHz) applications; Design, synthesis, and modeling of environmental sensor for toxic gas detection
Interests: Volleyball, badminton, running, hiking, reading Persian poem books (esp Hafez), cooking Persian food (my favorites are Halim, Kale Pache, Khoreshte Ghorme-Sabzi), playing Persian traditional music (Santour)
Avinash Nayak (Resume/Website/Email)
Status: PhD Student (BSEE '10 UC Davis, MSEE'11 UC Davis)
Projects: Solution based synthesis of graphene, hexagonal boron nitrite, and other exotic 2D material for transistor and sensing applications
Interests: Cricket, swimming, hiking, reading non-fiction books, dancing, all sports, traveling, exploring Austin
Kristen N. Parrish (Website/Email)
Status: PhD Candidate (BSEE '08 Rose-Hulman, MSEE '10 University of Texas)
Projects: A novel topology for an ultra-low noise amplifier; graphene transistor modeling for circuit design (especially ultra high frequency circuits such as LNAs)
Interests: Yoga, swimming, playing music (guitar, violin, mandolin & vocal), cooking, exploring Austin
Nassibe Somayyeh Rahimi (Website/Email)
Status: PhD Student (B.Sc. Sharif University of Technology, Iran; M.Sc. University of Waterloo)
Projects: solid state electronics
Interests: Skiing, Tennis, Running, Reading, Travelling
Emily S. Walker (Email)
Status: MS Student (B.S. Materials Science Engineering '12, Carnegie Mellon University)
Projects: Flexible electronics
Interests: Music, learning new languages, ultimate frisbee, stand up paddling
Ian Williamson (Website/Email)
Status: MS Student (BSEE '10 University of Texas)
Projects: Waveguides on flexible plastic substrates
Interests: bicycling, cooking, live music, vegetarian food, DIY
Alumni Blake Levy: REU student (Summer 2010) - Carbon nanotube antennas
Bethany Robinson: REU student (Summer 2011) - Growth and characterization of graphene for graphene FETs
Matias Babenco: Exchange Student (Fall 2011) - Graphene Raman imaging and spectroscopy processing
Dinesh Baniya Kshatri: Graduate student (2011/2012) - 2D Epitaxial Semimetals
Maria Michael: REU student (Summer 2012) - Electrical properties of LaLuAs thin films grown with MBE method
Support Staff Joann Smith (Website/Email)


Group barbeque to kick off the new year


Black Magic
Group members with Aixtron CVD system