Team

Tuan Dung Nguyen

Postdoctoral Researcher (Jan. 2024-Jun. 2025)

Project: Radiation-hard field effect transistors based on 2D semiconductors

Subsequent Position: Senior Researcher/Research Assistant Professor at VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam

Jimit Mahadik

Master's Student in Electrical Engineering (May 2026 - Aug. 2026)

Project: Control and analysis and hyperspecttral in-sensor computing system

Wenxuan Zhang

Master's Student in Materials Science and Engineering (Aug. 2024-May. 2026)

Project: Emerging semiconductor process development 

Subsequent Position: Lam Research

Joseph Hong

Master's Student in Electrical Engineering (Jan. 2024-May. 2026)

Project: 2D semiconductor device fabrication 

Shravani Datir 

Master's Student in Materials Science and Engineering (Jan. 2025-Jul. 2025)

Project: Plasma control through coil geometry and impedance matching in remote PECVD

Subsequent Position: Global Foundries

Joshua Cho

Undergraduate Student in Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, REU-Multifunctional Materials Program (Summer 2026)

Project: Microstructure analysis of emerging interconnect technology 

Hamza Naser Farhan

Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering, Undergraduate Researcher (May 2026-Aug. 2026)

Project: Remote hydrogen plasma diagnostics for 2D material defect engineering

Erika Nguyen

Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering, Undergradaute Researcher (Sep. 2025-May 2026)

Project: In-situ ellipsometry measurement of electrochromic devices

Maximilian Kaase

Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering, TSI Semiconductor REU Program (Summer 2025), Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Sep. 2025 - Dec. 2025)

Project: Process optimization of 2D material dry transfer

Josh Yough

Undergraduate Student in Physics, Undergraduate Researcher (Sep. 2023-May 2026) 

Project: Defect engineering in 2D materials and device fabrication

Subsequent Position: Applied Materials

Aarya Naredla

Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering, Undergraduate Researcher (Jan. 2025 - May 2025)

Project: Exfoliation and Characterization of 2D ionic crystals 

Shaan Sidhwani

Undergraduate Student in Physics & Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, REU-Multifunctional Materials Program (Summer 2025)

Project: Characterizing electrochromic materials for fast & energy-efficient in-sensor computing hardware

Subsequent Position: pursuing Ph.D. at Cornell University

Timothy Lin

Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, TSI Semiconductor REU Program (Summer 2025)

Project: Out-of-plane ionic transport characterization in 2D ionic crystals

Tyler Luo

Undergraduate Student  in Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Researcher (2023-2025), Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Sep. 2024-May. 2025)

Project: Material and device design for in-memory and in-sensor computing

Grant Wallis

Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering, Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Sep. 2024-May. 2025)

Project: Material and device design for in-memory and in-sensor computing

Ethan Joseph

Undergraduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering, Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Sep. 2024-May. 2025)

Project: Material and device design for in-memory and in-sensor computing

Subsequent Position: pursuing Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology

Matthew Cupich

Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering, Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024)

Project: Defect analysis for post processing techniques of 2D semiconductors

Subsequent Position: ExxonMobil

Rachel Lee

Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering, Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024)

Project: Defect analysis for post processing techniques of 2D semiconductors

Subsequent Position: Texas Instruments

Christian Schade

Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering, Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024)

Project: Defect analysis for post processing techniques of 2D semiconductors

Subsequent Position: Texas Instruments

Dhruv Nandwani

Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering , Samsung Austin Semiconductor Fellow (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024)

Project: Defect analysis for post processing techniques of 2D semiconductors

Subsequent Position: Global Foundries

Daniel. R. Houf

Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering, TAMU-Kingsville, TAMUS Semiconductor REU Program (Summer 2024)

Project: Simulation of the optical response of distributed Bragg reflector cavity for spectral in-sensor computing