People

Current Members

Xiongliang Wei

Xiongliang received his B.S degree in traditional optics design in Wuhan University, China in 2014. He then attended Lehigh University for his M.S. degree, and to perform research in photonics. After his M.S., he decided to stay at Lehigh to pursue a PhD degree. Presently, he works on III-Nitride semiconductors, and is focusing on simulation and fabrication of quantum dot active layers to produce the next generation of high-efficiency light-emitting diodes and laser diodes.

Matt Peart

Matthew Peart received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an M.S. from Lehigh. He has worked as a component design engineer at Intel in Hillsboro, OR in silicon process development, and as an R&D engineer at Broadcom fiber optics group. His research is in III-Nitride power electronics and numerical simulation.

Syed Ahmed Al Muyeed

Syed Ahmed Al Muyeed received his B.S. degree from the department of Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering of University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2014. He received his M.S. degree with a major in Applied Physics and Material Science from the same department (currently known as Electrical and Electronic Engineering) in 2016. His research interest focuses on physics of semiconductor devices, specifically solid state lighting. Currently, he is working on high efficiency light-emitting diodes in the visible range using III-N materials.

Elia Palmese

Elia received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University in 2019. Hs is now pursuing a Ph.D. at Lehigh University and will be conducting research in III-Nitride power electronics and semiconductor devices.

Alumni

Rebecca Lentz (undergraduate)

Rebecca Lentz graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2019. She was an awardee of a Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholarship to perform undergraduate research from 2018-2019. Her research focused on differential carrier lifetimes of III-Nitride devices and III-nitride waveguides She is currently a PhD. candidate at the University of Michigan.

Miao-Chan Tsai (Visiting Researcher)
My research interests include ways to incorporate new device designs into nitride-based LEDs. During my Ph.D. (NCUE, Taiwan), I focused on numerical simulation. I then joined a start-up venture (TSMC SSL) to develop epitaxial processes for a high-efficiency white LED product. Moving back from industry, I took a postdoc research position (UNM/Sandia National Labs) for the fabrication of nanoscale semiconductor LEDs. Currently, my projects are modeling, design and characterization of nanowire LEDs towards next generation display technology.