People

Dr. Jae-Hyun Ryou	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Also affiliate with Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Center for Superconducitity (TcSUH), and Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) (Education and experience) Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin M.S. and B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea Honeywell Technology Center Center for Compound Semiconductors at Georgia Institute of Technology (Research) Current research interests: semiconductor materials, devices, and nanostructures for photonic, electronic, and energy applications Most importantly, how to motivate the students and train them for an independent problem solver [Link to Google Scholar] [Link to CV]
Researchers
Dr. Shahab Shervin	Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Education and experience) Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Houston (Research) Semiconductor materials: growth and characterization and device fabrication III-nitrides based devices: HEMT, LED, Solar cells Inorganic flexible LED [Link to Linkedin] [Link to ORCiD] [Link to Scopus] [Link to Google Scholar] [Link to CV]
Dr. Shivkant Dasrath Singh	Post-Doctoral Fellow of Mechanical Engineering (Education and experience) Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Houston (Research) Thermal characterization of semiconductor materials
Graduate Students
Sara Pouladi	Ph.D. candidate of Materials Science and Engineering (2015-2019 expected) (Education and experience) M.S. in Materials Science and Enginering, Shiraz University, Iran B.S. in Materials Science and Enginering, Shiraz University, Iran (Research) Inorganic and organic semiconductor based solar cell and TFT devices, TCAD (TFTs, Solar Cells)
Weijie Wang	Ph.D. candidate of Mechanical Engineering (2015-2019 expected) (Education and experience) M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (Research) Semiconductor materials: x-ray characterization, III-nitrides based devices: (HEMT, LED, solar cells), TFT device fabrication
Jie Chen	Ph.D. candidate of Materials Science and Engineering (2015-2019 expected) (Education and experience) M.E. in Materials Engineering from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China B.S. in Materials Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming, China (Research) Synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional materials and semiconductor materials LED, semiconductor lasers, sensors, energy conversion and storage [Link to CV]
Mina Moradnia	Ph.D. candidate of Mechnical Engineering (2018-2022 expected ) (Education and experience) M.S. in Materials Science and Enginering, University of Tabriz, Iran B.S. in Materials Science and Enginering, Shiraz University, Iran
Nam-In Kim	Ph.D. candidate of Materials Science and Engineering (2018-2022 expected) (Education and experience) M.S. in Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Republic of Korea B.S. in Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Republic of Korea (Research) 2-Dimensional materials for Piezoelectric applications (Generator and Sensors) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nam-In_Kim
Undergraduate Students
Noor Nabulsi	Undergraduate Research Assistant Noor Nabulsi is pursuing a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (December 2018 expected) (Education) B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies with a language focus in Arabic and Spanish from The University of Texas at Austin (2010). (Research) Current Research Interests: Mechatronic systems, Piezoelectric generators, Fluid dynamic analysis and application. (Extra-Curricular Activities) Yoga, Travel, Reading
Visiting Scholars/Professors
Dr. Min Ki Kwon	Visiting Professor from Chosun University, Korea
Dr. Ja Yeon Kim	Visiting Scholar from Korea Photonics Technology Institute
Alumni
Dr. Mojtaba Asadirad	He was a Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Egineering (currently with Micron Technology) Dissertation: High-Performance Flexible Thin-Film Electronics Based on Single-Crystal-Like Inorganic Semiconductor Materials
Dr. Shahab Shervin	He was a Ph.D. student in Materials Sciecne and Engineering (currently with University of Houston) Dissertation: High-Performance Flexible Thin-Film Electronics Based on Single-Crystal-Like Inorganic Semiconductor Materials
Weijie Wang	He was a M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering (currenlty with University of Houston) Thesis: GaN Characterization Using X-Ray Techniques
Bharath Dixit	He was a M.S. student in Materials Science and Engineering (currenlty with ADVANTEST) Research: Grain texturing of nearly-single-crystalline GaN
Yu-Li Chang	He was a M.S. student in Materials Science and Engineering (currenlty with Applied Optoelectronics Inc.) Thesis: Fabrication and Properties of III-Nitride Piezoelectric Sensors
Dr.Seunghwan Kim	He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (currently with Hongik University, Korea)
Dr. Srikanth Ravipati	He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (co-advised with Prof. Anastassios Mavrokefalos, currently with University of Louisville)
Dr. Keon-Hwa Lee	He Lee was a Visiting Scholar from LG Innotek (currently with Korea Photonic Technology Institue (KOPTI))
Dr. Seung Kyu Oh	He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow (currently with WavePhotonics, Korea)
Jereomy Lopez	He was an undergraduate student under Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program Research: Design of photovoltaic solar cells
Mitchell Baxendale	He was an undergraduate student from Georgia Institute of Technology under NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program Research: Design of single-crystal-like GaAs solar cells
John Lee	He an undergraduate student under Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS) program Research: Design of solid-state lighting devices
Rebekah Blatt	She was an undergraduate student from Missouri University of Science and Technology under NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program Research: Measurement of GaN transistors
Yang (Colby) Huai	He was an undergraduate student under Senior Honor Thesis program (currently with General Motors) Thesis: Optimization of InAlGaN/GaN HEMT Device
Heidi Johnson	She was an undergraduate student from Bringham Young University under NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program Research: Flexible GaN peizoelectric generators
Dr. Sung Nam Lee	He was a Visiting Professor from Korea Polytechnic University, Korea
Dr. Hyunsoo Kim	He was a Visiting Professor from Chonbuk National University, Korea

Dr. Ryou Research Group

Semiconductor Materials and Applications