2023/09        Our work on avalanche GaN devices was selected as the Cover of the Octorber issue of the IEEE Electron Device Letters
2023/09        Zhang received the FY24 ONR YIP award
2023/09        Our work on the first demonstraiton of vertical Ga2O3 superjunction is accepted by IEDM 23
2023/08        Congratulations to Yunwei Ma and Ruizhe Zhang on passing the PhD defense!
2023/08        Zhang gave a talk at GOX 23.
2023/07         We collaborate with Nanjing University on demonstrating the avalanche in Ga2O3 (published on Nature Communications)
2023/07         We demonstrate the first 10 kV Ga2O3 power device! The work has been covered Semiconductor Today
2023/05         Our work on NiO edge termination for Ga2O3 devices was selected as the Feature of Applied Physics Letters
2023/04         We published a review paper on stability, reliability, and robustness of GaN power device at T-PEL
2023/02-05    Zhang gave several talks at Cornell, OSU, Infineon, ECPE User Forum, and Compound Semiconductor Week
2023/03         Congratulations to Ruizhe Zhang for receiving the Best Presentation Award (GaN session) of APEC 2023
2022/11         Our review article is published on Nature Electronics: Multidemensional device architectures for efficient power electronics
2022/11         Dr. Zhang gave a tutorial on GaN power devices in WiPDA 2022
2022/10         Our work on the first demonstration of vertical GaN superjunction is accepted by IEDM 22
2022/10         Our 10kV GaN work is covered by Compound Semiconductor: Stretching GaN power devices to 10 kV
2022/10          Dr. Zhang gave an invited talk at IWGO 2022 on Ga2O3 thermal management through packging
2022/09          Dr. Zhang gave an invited talk at SSDM 2022 on MV power devices beyond SiC
2022/09          Welcome Jessie Guo and Matt Porter as new PhD students
2022/09          4-year NSF ASCNET project kick-off; another 3-year NSF GOLI project kick-off
2022/07          Dr. Zhang gave talks in Infineon, SUSTC, Silergy, Innoscience, Qorvo, ADI in recent months of 2022
2022/05          Dr. Zhang gave an tutorial on MV GaN devices in ISPSD 2022, and an invited talk on GaN robustness in 241th ECS meeting
2022/03          Joe's big review paper on oxide materials is published on Applied Physics Reviews
2022/03          Dr. Zhang gave an tutorial on 10 kV GaN diodes and HEMTs in EDTM 2022
2022/01          Welcome Bixuan Wang join as a new PhD student and Dr. Yuan Qin join as a new postdoc
2021/12         Our IEDM 21 work is covered by Nature Electronics: A gallium nitride HEMT that enhances
2021/10         Congratulations on the acceptance of Ming's paper by IEDM 2021 for the demonstration of the first 10 kV E-mode GaN HEMT!
2021/10         Dr. Zhang delieved two invited talks in the 240th ECS Meeting, one on 10 kV GaN diodes and the other on Ga2O3 thermal management
2021/09         Dr. Zhang's research was covered by Virginia Tech News, read the article here
2021/09         A new NSF project kicks off, read the news here.
2021/09         Welcome Yifan Wang to join the group as a Ph. D. student.
2021/09         Congratulations to Dr. Ming Xiao on promoting to Research Scientist!
2021/08         Congratulations to Matthew on being awarded the PowerAmerica Undergraudate Research Scholarship!
2021/08         Dr. Zhang made an invited talk at TSMC entitled "Exploring New Application Space of GaN Power Devices."
2021/08         Congratulations to Boyan and Ming on their EDL paper, which has been selected as the Editor's Pick!
2021/07         Congratulations to Joe on wining the IEEE PELS Ph. D. Thesis Talk Award!
2021/06         Congratulations to Qihao on wining the Presentation Award of APEC 2021!
2021/06         Qihao will do oral presentaion at APEC 21, and Dr. Zhang was invited to present in an industry session as a panelist
2021/05         Congratulations to Joe on becoming the Graduate Student Speaker for the Spring 2021 University Commencement Ceremony!
2021/05         Congratulations to Joe on wining the 2nd Prize in Torgersen Award (VT Engineering PhD Poster Presentation Award)!
2021/05         Ming and Boyan will do oral presentations at CSW 21, and Yunwei will do oral presentations at ISPSD 21
2021/05         A NSF-sponsored project started in collaboration with Prof. DiMarino @ CPES
2021/05          Dr. Zhang received the Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award of Virginia Tech Engineering
2021/04          Congratulations to Joe on passing his Ph. D. defense!
2021/03          We have two papers presented in IRPS this year on GaN robustness
2021/03          A ONR-sponsored project started in collaboration with Naval Research Lab and Penn State
2021/02          Dr. Zhang received the 2021 National Science Foudation CAREER Award
2021/02          A US-UK NSF-EPSRC sponsored project started in collaboration with Univ. of Southern California and The University of Cambridge
2020/12          Congratulations to Ruizhe, Boyan, and Yunwei on passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam

2020/12          Our IEDM paper has been reported by Nature Electronics: "Gallium nitride gets wrapped up"
2020/11          Congratulations to Jingcun for completing his fruitful one-year visit, we hope he will come back soon
2020/10          We have three papers accepted by IEDM this year
2020/04-10    We have a series of papers on robustness of WBG devices presented in IRPS, APEC, ECCE, and ECS Fall meeting (invited)
2020/06           Dr. Zhang's EDL paper was awarded the 2019 IEEE George Smith Award (Best EDL paper of the year)
2020/05           Congratulations to Joe on being named 2020 Graduate Student of the Year! Read the VT News here
2020/02           A new project funded by PowerAmerica, DOE, started in collaboration with Lockheed Martin
2019/12           Our APL paper has been selected as the Editor's pick
2019/12           Congratulations to Joe on passing the Ph.D. prelim! Defense will come soon
2019/06           Congratulations to Noah on starting his career at Lawrance Livermore National Lab