PhD Alumni

1. Dr. Arkka Bhattacharyya,  ECE, U Utah (Aug 2018-  Aug 2022), Thesis: Materials and Device Engineering for UWBG β-Ga2O3 based Electron Devices: Towards Energy Efficient Power Electronics, Select Awards/Honors: (1) MRS Spring 2021, UWBG symposium best paper award (awarded by the symposium organizers) (2) IWGO-4 (2022) Young Researcher Paper Award, (3) 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award. First employment: Post-doctoral researcher, UC Santa Barbara.

2. Dr. Praneeth Ranga, PhD Alumni ECE, U Utah (August 2017-  Jan 2022), Thesis: Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth of Gallium Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures for High Performance Electronics,  Select Awards/Honors: (1) Best ECE Thesis Award 2021 (2) University Graduate Research Fellowship 2020-2021. First employment: Intel Corporation.

3. Dr. Saurav Roy, PhD Alumni Materials, UCSB (July 2019- Dec 2024), Thesis: Electric Field Engineering and Device Innovations for High Power beta-Gallium Oxide Electronics, Select Awards/Honors: (1) Outstanding Graduate Student Research Achievement Award” SSLEEC Conference 2024 (2) Outstanding Graduate Student Research Achievement Award  SSLEEC Conference 2023 (3) Best Poster Award- GOX 2023 (4) EMC 2023 Best Paper Award Finalist (4) Institute of Energy Efficiency (IEE) Excellence in Research Fellowship.

Postdoc Alumni

1. Dr. Esmat Farzana, Materials, UCSB (2022- 2023)- Co-advised with Prof. Jim Speck: Now Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University

2. Dr. Arkka Bhattacharyya,  Materials, UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 2022- March 2024): First employment: Applied Materials

Visiting PhD Alumni 

1. Nathan Episcopo, Visiting Graduate Student, U Texas, El Paso (Prof. Ramana Chintalapalle's group), MRL NSF- PREM Program, Summer 2022- UCSB Materials, Co-mentors: Carl Peterson & Saurav Roy

2. Palvan Seyidov, Visiting Grad Student, Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), Germany, August- Nov 2023, Project: Electrical breakdown in Co-, Ni- and Fe- doped Ga2O3 CZ substrates. First employment: Siltronic AG

Masters/ (BS/MS) Alumni

1. Kittamet Chanchaiworawit (San), Graduate Student, Materials, UCSB, Sept 2022- July 2024

 Masters Thesis: Vertical metal-oxide-semiconductor diode on (001) Beta-Ga2O3 with high-k TiO2 oxide layer exhibiting improved breakdown

2. Brandon Zhou, BS (Mech.  Eng.)/ MS (Materials) Program, 2022- 2023. 

3. Liam Shore, BS (Mech.  Eng.)/ MS (Materials) Program,  UC Santa Barbara ,2023. 

4. Vivek Sattiraju, ECE, U Utah, Masters Project Student Alumni, Research Volunteer, September 2017- July 2018,  MS project: Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth and Lithography Recipes for Emerging Transparent Semiconducting Oxide- β Gallium Oxide. First employment: IM flash.

Undergraduate Researcher Alumni

1. Joseph E. Lyman, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, U Utah, Feb 2018- May 2020, Select Honors/Awards: (1) Barry Goldwater Fellowship, (2) EE Outstanding Student Researcher Award, (3) Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2021 (University-wide), First employment: Wilson Electronics.

2. Xingyue (Sophie) Wang, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, U Utah, Jan 2021- May 2021, EE Student Excellence Award 2021, Joined ECE masters program @ University of California San Diego, Fall 2021. 

3. Kevin A. Ramirez, undergraduate Researcher Alumni, Chemical Engineering, U Utah, October 2019- March 2020, First employment: L3Harris Technologies.

4. Ryan Baum, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, UCSB, Feb 2023- June 2023.

5. Janani Ganesh, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, UCSB, Feb 2023- June 2023.

6.  Ziliang (Merlin) Ling , Undergraduate Researcher, Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2022- Spring 2024. Mentor: Carl Peterson- Electrical characterization of Ga2O3 MOSFETs, Coauthored Applied Physics Letters 124, no. 8 (2024).

7.  Benjamin Kostroun, Undergraduate Researcher, Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2022- Spring 2024, Mentor: Saurav Roy- TCAD simulations of Ga2O3 Fin-diodes, Coauthored Applied Physics Letters 123, no. 24 (2023) & DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.171177540.08602615/v1 (2024), Joining Physics PhD program @ Virginia Tech (Fall 2024).

8. David Lopez, Undergraduate Researcher, ECE, UC Santa Barbara Summer 2023- Dec 2023,  July 2024- June 2025. MRL CAMP program;  SIOP research scholarship, Edison scholarship Mentor: Carl Peterson, First employment: Process Integration Engineer, TSMC.

High School Intern Alumni

1. Saad Asad, High School Intern, Evergreen Valley High School, UCSB Research Mentorship Program (RMP) 2022, UCSB Materials, Summer 2022, Mentor: Carl Peterson, Project: "Electrical Characterization of β-Ga2O3 MOVPE-Grown Schottky Diodes with Ni/Au Contacts", Joining Materials Science and Engineering @ University of California, Berkeley Fall 2023. Mentor: Carl Peterson

2. Kevin He, High School Intern, Dos Pueblos High School, Research Mentorship Program (RMP) 2022, UCSB Materials, Summer 2022, Mentor: Carl Peterson, Project: "Electrical Characterization of Aluminum Gallium Oxide Thin Films", Joining Engineering Sciences (Physics) @ University of California, Berkeley Fall 2023. Mentor: Carl Peterson