Students from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign joined the nation’s top semiconductor scholars and industry leaders to share their research at the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s (SRC) 17th annual TECHCON conference. The conference, held Sept. 11-13 in Austin, Texas, showcased the forefront of semiconductor research and recognized professional and university participants for their contributions to the industry.
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Grace Pakeltis, a senior in materials science and engineering, won second place in the Undergraduate Innovation Presenter category for "Electric Field Controlled Nonvolatile Magnetic Memories" at the Semiconductor Research Corporation's (SRC) 17th annual TECHCON Conference held Sept. 11-13 in Austin, Texas.
"I was honored to win second place for my poster," Pakeltis said. "I loved working on that project and I also loved being able to present the project. Both the poster and the innovation session were amazing experiences. I was able to receive some great feedback and see the companies that could possibly implement this work once it is completed. TECHCON is one of the best experiences I have had in undergrad.”
Five undergraduate students from the University of Illinois joined the nation’s top semiconductor scholars and industry leaders to share their research at the conference, which showcased the forefront of semiconductor research and recognized professional and university participants for their contributions to the industry. The students from SRC’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities program provides hands-on research and mentorship to attract students to semiconductor industry careers. Their attendance was made possible through the support of Intel Foundation, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, STARnet and SRC Education Alliance.
The papers selected for presentation at TECHCON represent a summary of the best research in SRC’s portfolio across all of the organization’s research programs. To be invited, students submitted an abstract of a research project for review by an SRC-coordinated committee, which selected projects based on rigorous and competitive criteria.
The following undergraduate students from the University of Illinois presented research at the conference:
Kevin J. Cruse, undergraduate, presented "Improved Thermoelectric Properties in SiGe Quantum Dot Superlattices"
Widianto P. Moestopo, undergraduate, presented "Effects of Electropolishing on Electrochemical Delamination of CVD-Produced Graphene Films for Scalable Graphene Production." He was one of eight undergrad finalists for the Undergraduate Innovation Presenter Award.
Siddhesh Dhanawade, undergraduate, presented "Templated Growth of Aligned Nanowires on a Crumpled Graphene Substrate"
Jung H. Kim, undergraduate, presented "Mechanical Assembly of 3D Multilayer Mesostructures in Advanced Materials"
Grace E. Pakeltis, undergraduate, presented "Wireless Neural Implantable Needles For Optogenetics"
Suyenne Jabido, undergraduate, presented "Directed Self-assembly of P2VP-b-PDMS Diblock Copolymers."