Wenwen Zhao joins RPI as a tenure-track Assistant Professor

Wenwen Zhao, who completed her Ph.D. in 2025 in the Jena-Xing lab at Cornell University, has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. Her research at Cornell...

Chuan Chang receives award from EMC

PhD student Chuan Chang won the 2025 EMC Best Student Presentation Award for his presentation titled "Quantum oscillations of holes in GaN: a direct metrology of GaN’s valence bands and hole transport". https://2025.emc-conference.org/emc-student-awards

Eungkyun Kim receives 2025 KIC Graduate Fellowship

EK Kim, currently a PhD student in ECE, has been awarded the 2025 Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Cornell (KIC) Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations on all your hard work! https://www.kicnano.cornell.edu/people?role_tid_depth=4  

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