Our group explores wide bandgap (WBG) and ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG)
materials and devices in electronic and photonic applications. Our research interests span the physics, design,
simulation, fabrication, characterization, reliability, robustess,
packaging, and circuit applications of WBG and UWBG devices. Our
research emphasizes on the fundamental understanding of UWB/UWBG devices, their new applications in
power, RF, sensing, and computing applications, as well as the relevant material-device co-design with machine learning. Our
group highlights a full-stack research scope from materials and devices
to circuits and algorithms, and the seamless collaborations with the industry.
OPENINGs: We
have Ph. D. openings in the Fall 2022. The ideal candidates
are expected to have a background in semiconductor devices or power
electronics. Device physics background and cleanroom fabrication
experience are strong plus. We also have immediate postdoc opening with
a desired background in gallium nitride device process and IC designs. In addition, we host remote online research projects
on device and converter modeling. The ideal candidates are
undergraudate or graduate researchers with a solid background in device
physics and device/circuit modeling.
For
anyone interested in the above opportunities, feel free to contact
Prof. Yuhao Zhang with a CV and representative publications.
NEWS:
2021/10
Congratulations on the acceptance of Ming's paper by IEDM
2021 in collaboration with USC, Cambridge (UK), Enkris, and Qorvo!
2021/10 Dr. Zhang delieved two invited talks in the 240th ECS Meeting, one on
10 kV GaN diodes and the other on
Ga2O3 thermal management2021/09 Dr. Zhang's research was covered by Virginia Tech News, read the article
here2021/09 A new NSF project kicks off, read the news
here.
2021/09 Welcome Yifan Wang to join the group as a Ph. D. student.
2021/09 Congratulations to Dr. Ming Xiao on promoting to Research Scientist!
2021/08
Congratulations to Matthew on being awarded
the PowerAmerica Undergraudate Research Scholarship!
2021/08
Dr. Zhang made an invited talk at TSMC
entitled "Exploring New Application Space of GaN Power Devices."
2021/08 Congratulations to Boyan and Ming on their
EDL paper, which has been selected as the Editor's Pick!
2021/07
Congratulations to Joe on wining the
IEEE PELS Ph. D. Thesis Talk Award!
2021/06
Congratulations to Qihao on wining the Presentation Award of APEC 2021!
2021/06
Qihao will do oral presentaion at APEC 21, and Dr. Zhang was invited to
present in an industry session as a panelist
2021/05
Congratulations to Joe on
becoming the Graduate Student Speaker for the Spring 2021 University Commencement Ceremony!
2021/05
Congratulations to Joe on wining the 2nd Prize in Torgersen Award (VT Engineering PhD Poster Presentation Award)!
2021/05
Ming and Boyan will do oral presentations at CSW 21,
and Yunwei will do oral presentations at ISPSD 21
2021/05 A NSF-sponsored project started in collaboration with Prof. DiMarino @ CPES
2021/05
Dr. Zhang received the
Outstanding
New Assistant Professor Award of Virginia Tech Engineering2021/04 Congratulations to Joe on passing his Ph. D. defense!
2021/03 We have two papers presented in IRPS this year on GaN robustness
2021/03
A ONR-sponsored project started in
collaboration with Naval Research Lab and Penn State
2021/02 Dr. Zhang received the 2021 National Science Foudation CAREER Award
2021/02
A US-UK NSF-EPSRC sponsored project
started in collaboration with Univ. of Southern California and The
University of Cambridge
2020/12 Congratulations to Ruizhe, Boyan, and Yunwei on passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam
2020/12 Our IEDM paper has been reported by Nature Electronics: "
Gallium nitride gets wrapped up"
2020/11
Congratulations to Jingcun for
completing his fruitful one-year visit, we hope he will come back soon
2020/10 We have three papers accepted by IEDM this year
2020/04-10
We have a series of papers on robustness of WBG devices
presented in IRPS, APEC, ECCE, and ECS Fall meeting (invited)
2020/06
Dr. Zhang's EDL paper was awarded
the 2019 IEEE George Smith Award (Best EDL paper of the year)
2020/05 Congratulations to Joe on being named 2020 Graduate Student of the Year! Read the
VT News here2020/02
A new project funded by
PowerAmerica, DOE, started in collaboration with Lockheed Martin
2019/12 Our APL paper has been selected as the Editor's pick
2019/12 Congratulations to Joe on passing the Ph.D. prelim! Defense will come soon
2019/06 Congratulations to Noah on starting his career at Lawrance Livermore National Lab