News | August 19, 2024
Distinguished Professor Frank Chang honored with Pioneer Medal by Asian American Scholar Forum
AASF hosted the Inaugural Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony. Photo extracted from their press release.
Distinguished Professor Frank Chang has been honored with the Asian American Scholar Forum’s first-ever Pioneer Medal for inventing heterojunction power amplifier for mobile communication. The award recognizes outstanding Asian American researchers for their significant advancements in their fields. Professor Chang’s award highlights not only his scientific achievements but also his role in mentoring the next generation of engineers and researchers.
For more details, visit the Asian American Scholar Forum’s announcement.
Introducing Koji: Driving High-Voltage Energy Storage Innovations at UCLA CHIPS
Koji Kiyoyama, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan, and a Specially Appointed Professor at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. His research primarily focuses on circuit design for sensors and biomedical applications with three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC).
Koji is now joining UCLA’s Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (CHIPS) as a visiting researcher for seven months. His collaborative research aims to develop highly efficient charging and discharging circuits and management systems for high-voltage Energy Storage Roll (storage device).
Let’s warmly welcome Koji as he embarks on a journey at UCLA CHIPS to create technologies that efficiently utilize energy and have minimal environmental impact!
Introducing Wei-Lan Chiu: Multi-layer Si-IF for system on wafer at UCLA CHIPS
Dr. Chiu’s background is impressive, holding a B.S. degree (2008) in physics from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and M.S. (2010) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees in physics and materials science and engineering, respectively, from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). He has valuable experience as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at NCTU (2016) and currently serves as a Project Manager at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (2017~now). His research interests include thermal migration and metallurgical reactions in microbumps for three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D IC) packaging, metal electroplating of nanotwinned Cu (nt-Cu) redistribution layers (RDL), and the development of Nc-Cu or Nt-Cu/SiO2 wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding processes at low temperatures. Dr. Chiu has received recognition for his outstanding contributions, including the Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories Outstanding Research Award in 2021 and the Outstanding Young Engineer Award by the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2023.
Dr. Chiu’s proposed research project involves the development of a functional molded wafer serving as an interconnection fabric with embedded VRM (voltage regulator module). The project aims to elucidate its operation, quantify benefits for both 2D ICs and 3D systems-on-chip, and outline the process flow for creating a molded wafer with embedded VRM. Key features include conventional back-side IO complemented by a molded wafer with embedded VRM and passive components, fine-pitch chiplet integration, minimized power delivery network (PDN) distance, and scalability for various VRM chips and components.
Ozcan lab published a new article in Light: Science & Applications (Springer Nature) on nonlinear encoding in diffractive information processing using linear optical materials
Nonlinear encoding of optical information can enhance optical processors’ performance, enabling them to better handle complex tasks such as image classification, quantitative phase imaging, and encryption.
Please see the full article and press release.
Awards
ECE’s PhD Student, Hannaneh Hojaiji, Receives 2024 IEEE-HKN Asad M Madni Family Scholarship Award
UCLA ECE Hannaneh Hojaiji has been awarded the 2024 IEEE-HKN Asad M Madni Family Scholarship Award, which is awarded to HKN students who show exceptional scholarship, impact of research, service to the community, and commitment to IEEE-HKN. Each year and across the U.S., up to two qualified graduate students and three qualified undergraduate students may be chosen as recipients of this prestigious scholarship.
Upcoming Ph.D. Oral Defenses
9/11
Ph.D. Student: Sadman Sakib Rahman
Time: 1-3pm
Room: Tesla Room
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