Jung Han Named IEEE Fellow

Jung Han, professor of electrical engineering, has been named an IEEE Fellow. Han is being recognized for contributions to epitaxial technologies for wide bandgap semiconductor materials and devices.

The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.

Since joining Yale in 2001, Han's research has been focused on interdisciplinary topics in electrical engineering, applied physics, material science, and surface chemistry. Han recently developed a simple, efficient, and inexpensive electrochemical method for creating small, stable gallium nitride films. This breakthrough also produced a unique type of "nanoporous" semiconductor, opening up opportunities for new approaches to the design and manufacture of high-frequency transistors, sensors, and other electronic devices.

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