People

Lab Director (Principle Investigator) of Intelligent Optoelectronics Chip Laboratory :

Dr. Alex Y. Yi (OSA Fellow and Full Professor)

Dr. Yi is currently Fellow of Optica(Optical Society of America), a Professor of Electrical Engineering, was the founding EECE PhD program chair, University of Michigan, Dearborn campus, and Energy Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, and was a Post-Doctoral Associate with the MicroPhotonics Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where he was involved in research on integrated nano optoelectronic devices and systems. He had extensive research experiences with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory. He is also a Professor Affiliate with the Microsystems Technology Laboratory at MIT. He has authored more than hundreds of top journal papers, edited four book/book chapters, and holds 31 issued patents (15 U.S. patents and 16 international patent). He has led several government/industry-funded projects, has been at review panel for NSF, DOE and DOD, and has been a reviewer for leading journals. His research interests are  Integrated/Intelligent chips, Renewable energy, Smart micro sensors; Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, Solid state on-chip Lidar for autonomous driving/UAVs/Robotics; Telecommunications; and Solid state lighting. 

Graduate Students (PhDs and MSc):

A. Khalilian

B. W. Yu

V. Kakdarvishi

Sajin Shrestha

P. Birar (jointly)

M. Ostrowski (jointly)

P. Pignalosa (jointly)

L. Chen (jointly)

M. Oudeif

A. Mohsen

Undergraduate students:

M. Gandy

Q. Yang

O. Mawry

Postdoctoral Associate:

Dr. Y. Shi (Jointly)

Dr. L. Yan(Jointly)

Visiting Professor and Scholar:

Research Staff:

Dr. X. Duan (also with MIT Materials Science and Engineering)

Mr. R. Bicchieri (also with MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratory)

Dr. S. Wang