Our group’s major thrust is relationships among processing, properties and structure as well as the development of new materials and processes for energy, microelectronic, optoelectronic and biomedical applications.
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- Thin film deposition
- Vacuum systems & reactor design
- Atomic layer deposition
- In-situ probing of surface chemical phenomena
- Novel materials for energy, microelectronic and optoelectronic applications
- Flexible electronics, screen printing & gravure printing
- Heterogeneous catalysis and surface chemistry
- Orthopaedic and dental implant surface functionalization
- Surface functionalization of biomaterials
Visit our Publications Page for more information.
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Year 2020
- Sarah succesfully defender her PhD thesis – Dec 8th, 2020
Year 2019
- Nickolas successfully defended her PhD thesis – June 11th, 2019
Year 2018
- Siliang successfully defended her Phd thesis – Mar 9′ 2018
- Arghya successfully defended his Phd thesis – May 8′ 2018
Year 2017
- Arghya successfully passed his Phd Prelim – Mar 9′ 2017
- Arghya received the UIC Student Presenter Award for attending AVS 63rd International Symposium, FL – Oct 29- Nov 3, 2017
Year 2016
- Arghya received the UIC Student Presenter Award for attending AVS 63rd International Symposium, TN – Nov 6-11, 2016
Year 2015
- Siliang successfully passed her Phd Prelim – Dec 9′ 2015
- Arman successfully defended his Phd thesis – Jul 2′ 2015
- Sathees successfully defended his Phd thesis – Jun 9′ 2015
Year 2014
- Jeorge successfully defended his Phd thesis – Jun 6′ 2014
- !! Congratulations !! Nasim receives the Chancellor’s Graduate Research Fellowship 2014 – Mar 10′ 2014
Year 2013
- !! Congratulations !! Sathees K. Selvaraj receives the Dean’s Scholar Award Winners for 2014-2015! Please see http://grad.uic.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/DS%202014-2015%20Winners_Web.pdf for details.
- Jorge I. Rossero receives UIC Student Travel Presenter’s Award for attending AICHE 2013 National Conference in San Francisco, CA – Nov 4th’ 2013
- Arman Butt receives the UIC Student Travel Presenter’s Award for attending AAID 2013 Conference in Phoenix, AZ – Oct. 23rd’ 2013
- Jorge I. Rossero receives the UIC-GSC travel grant for attending AICHE 2013 National Conference in San Francisco, CA – Nov 4th’ 2013
- Jorge Ivan Rossero attended the AICHE 2013 National Conference in San Francisco, CA – Nov 4th’ 2013. Presentation title “Atomic Layer Deposition of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Using Cp-Type Precursors and Water Vapor for Fuel Cell Applications.”
- Arman placed 2nd for poster presentation and 3rd place for table clinic at 2013 AAID Conference in Phoenix, AZ – Oct 23-26′ 2013
- Sathees K. Selvaraj passed his Preliminary exam – Oct 02′ 2013
- Congratulations to Yi Yang for her successful PhD defense – Sep 25′ 2013
- Sathees K. Selvaraj receives the UIC-GSC travel grant for attending ALD-2013 conference in San Diego – Sep 12′ 2013
Year 2012
- Congratulations to Runshen Xu for defending his Ph.D. Thesis.-December 12th, ’12.
- Nasim receives the 2012 Air Liquide ALD Applications Symposium Travel Grant for the ECS Convention @ Hawaii-September 27th, ’12.
- Arman receives the 2012 AAID Research Foundation Student Award and Travel Grant for the Annual Convention @ Phoenix, AZ-August 30th, ’12.
- Arman receives the 2012 IADR PG Student Research Fellowship and Travel Grant for the Annual Convention-May 1st, ’12.
Year 2011
- Nasim defends her Master’s Project-November 22nd, ’11.
- Runshen receives travel and registration fee awards for the ALD Applications Symposium in the ECS meeting in Boston – October 3rd ’11
- Runshen passed his preliminary exam – September 27th ’11
Year 2010
- Qian receives DAMOP travel award for attending the 41st DAMOP conference at Houston – May 26′ 10
- Qian passed his preliminary exam – April 8′ 10
Year 2009
- Lin defends her PhD thesis – Nov 4′ 09
- Manish defends his PhD thesis – Sep 28′ 09
- REU final colloquium July 30 2009
- Manish receives receives the University of Tennessee Travel Grant for attending the NSF CMMI 2009 Research and Innovation Conference.
Year 2008
- Deepthi defends her PhD thesis – Sep 05 ’08
- Directing the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program Summer REU-NSF Fellowship Program for 2008
- Prodyut defends his PhD thesis – April 03 ’08
- Yi Yang receives the University of Tennessee Travel Grant for attending the NSF CMMI 2008 Research and Innovation Conference.
Year 2007
- Co-Directing the Chicago Science Teachers Research Program Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) NSF Fellowship Program for 2007
- Participant and contributing member of the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE)