SSLEEC - Key Persons
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Associate
- Development Engineer
- Development Engineer for the Solid State Lighting
Brian Carralejo is a Development Engineer for the Solid State Lighting and Energy Center (SSLEC) With over 25 years experience in the Semiconductor Industry and Research. With experience in SEM, FIB, MBE, HVPE, and MOCVD. Working with UCSB Facilities Management to design new laboratories and lab spaces. Also working with UCSB Enviromental Health and Safety and the Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal to comply with Federal, State, and County safety regulations for research facilities.
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Distinguished Professor
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- Development Engineer
- Development Engineer / Engineering
- Development Engineer With the
David Whitlatch is a Development Engineer with the SSLEEC. His main duty is the maintenance and repair of MOCVD equipment. He also maintains peripheral equipment, gas systems, and lab inventories.
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Associate Project Scientist
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- Financial & Faculty Assistant
- Financial & Faculty Assistant, SSLEEC / Engineering
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- Member of the Executive Committee
Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials Department. Professor Kroemer has received numerous national and international honors and awards for his work, most recently-and most notably-the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics," and the 2002 IEEE Medal of Honor.
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Engineering
- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Professor
- Professor, Materials and the Seoul Optodevice Chair in Solid State Lighting
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- Member of the Executive Committee
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency, and a member of the Technology Management Program (TMP). In July 2009, he was appointed to the Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology. Professor Bowers' research interests are in energy efficiency and in the development of novel optoelectronic devices for the next generation of optical networks.
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Professor
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Profeossor & Vice Chair, Chemical Engineering Robert G. Rinker Founder 's Chair
Dr. Gordon focuses research on synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials as well as the development of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) methods for optical, electrical, and mechanical interrogation of nanoscale systems found in different venues such as material science, microelectronics, catalysis, and biology. His current interests include: III-nitride nanostructures, micro/nano-LEDs; Near-field optical microscopy & plasmonics; Bio-inspired photonics; Microplasmas; Energy storage, magnetic, and catalytic materials; and Light-matter interactions & Spectroscopy.
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- Development Engineer
- Principal
- Principal Development Engineer / Engineering
- Senior Development Engineer for the Solid State Lighting and Energy Center for the College of Engineering
Michael Iza is a Senior Development Engineer for the Solid State Lighting and Energy Center for the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research currently focuses on development of novel nitride based devices and materials for applications in solid state lighting. Additional responsibilities include supervision of MOCVD equipment and facilities.
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- Professor of Materials / Chemistry & Biochemistry
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- Co - Director
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Professor of Materials Department / Research Director for the
Co-Director of the Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center. Professor of Materials and The Cree Professor in Solid State Lighting and Display. His research includes MOCVD, HVPE, and growth and device fabrication of light-emitters based on the wide-bandgap semiconductor indium gallium nitride (InGaN). He is the recipient of the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention of revolutionary new energy-saving light sources and the 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. He is named the 2015 Global Energy Prize recipient for the invention, commercialization and development of energy-efficient white LED lighting technology. Dr. Nakamura is also the co-founder of Soraa Inc. He was awarded a Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Tokushima in 1994.
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- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Srabanti Chowdhury is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering (EE) and a Senior Fellow of Precourt Institute at Stanford. She leads the Widebandgap Lab at Stanford where her research focuses on the wideband gap (WBG) and ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) materials and device engineering for energy-efficient and compact system architecture for electronics including power RF and computation applications. Besides Gallium Nitride, her group is exploring Diamond for various active and passive electronic applications, particularly thermal management.
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- Development Engineer
- Principal
Stacia Keller is a Principal Development Engineer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Her research interests include crystal growth and characterization of group-III nitrides, as well as nitride based electronic and opto-electronic devices.
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- Co - Director
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Mitsubishi Distinguished Professor, Materials
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- Business Officer
- Business Officer / Engineering
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- Member of the Executive Committee
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials
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- Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials
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- Graduate Student Researcher
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- Corporate Affiliates and Patent Officer / Engineering