UCLA Professor Diana Huffaker
Wales’ £50 million programme to develop a world-class cluster for compound semiconductors in Cardiff has has attracted a research professor from UCLA.
UCLA’s Professor Diana Huffaker has been appointed to the Chair of Advanced Engineering and Materials at Cardiff University..
Huffaker will establish a research lab with a focus on fundamental science and device development. It will build on existing strengths at Cardiff University in expanding areas of optoelectronics, semiconductor devices and materials.
The lab will explore novel growth methods and material combinations that industry cannot necessarily accommodate, and will form part of the Compound Semiconductor Foundation – a joint venture between Cardiff University and technology firm IQE.
Professor Huffaker’s research focuses on the development of unique materials that will enable the production of new devices with new functionality.
“The Sêr Cymru Chair in Advanced Engineering and Materials is a unique opportunity to build academic excellence around existing areas of strength within the College of Physical Sciences & Engineering through leveraging partnerships with IQE and small companies within Wales,” says Huffaker, “my research vision is to bring the promise of nanoscale physics to collect and transmit information using light with exquisite speed and sensitivity. With the Sêr Cymru investment, I shall build an extensive user facility for materials and nanostructure synthesis not currently available in UK. To meet the needs of industry and academic collaborators, this laboratory will feature nimble flexibility to try new ideas, new material systems and growth methodology.”
Huffaker is best known for her pioneering work on compound semiconductors and the development of innovative “quantum dot” materials, used in optoelectronics and laser physics.
Graduate students from Professor Huffaker’s California lab recently formed a spin-off company to commercialise the lab’s research into high-sensitivity electronic receivers.
Huffaker is the fourth world class researcher brought to Wales under the Sêr Cymru programme.
from News http://ift.tt/1Fa0V23
via Yuichun
沒有留言:
張貼留言