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Principle Investigator<\/h2>\n

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Houqiang Fu<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (Google Scholar<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Email: houqiang@asu.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bio: Prof. Fu received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University (ASU), and the BS degree in Materials Physics from Wuhan University. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. Prof. Fu\u2019s research focuses on third-generation wide\/ultrawide bandgap semiconductor (i.e., GaN and nitride alloys, Ga2<\/sub>O3<\/sub> and oxide alloys, and AlN) materials and devices for applications in electronics (e.g., power electronics and ICs, RF\/microwave devices and MMICs, sensors) and photonics (e.g., optoelectronics, waveguides, nonlinear optics, quantum photonics). He won the 2025 TSMC JDP Award, 2024 NSF CAREER Award, 2022 Electronics Young Investigator Award, 2021 ISU Regents Innovation Fund Award, the 2019 Palais Outstanding Doctoral Award (the highest honor for ASU ECEE PhD graduates) and the 2018 ASU Outstanding Research Award. His work has been chronicled in over 260 journal and conference publications, 4 book chapters, and 5 granted patents and 10 pending patents. His research has been featured by many media outlets including IEEE Spectrum, Semiconductor Today, Compound Semiconductor, Silicon Valley Microelectronics.<\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n
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Dawei Wang<\/h3>\n

Dawei Wang<\/strong> received his M.S. degree in Semiconductor Material and Science from Peking University and B.S. degree from School of Electronics and Mechanics, Xidian University. His previous work focused on TiO2 transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and TiO2-based photodetectors.\u00a0 He joined our research group in Spring 2021 and is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at ASU. His research of interest is Wide-Bandgap materials and Ultrawide-Bandgap materials for high-frequency devices and power devices.<\/p>\n

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Bingcheng Da<\/h3>\n

Bingcheng Da<\/strong> received his B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in microelectronics in 2023. He joined our group in 2023 Fall and is pursuing a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. His research focuses on ultrawide bandgap semiconductor power devices.<\/p>\n

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Junzhe Xie<\/h3>\n

Junzhe Xie<\/strong> received his B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Materials Science & Engineering in 2024 and joined our group in 2024 fall. Now he is pursuing a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. His research mainly focuses on Wide\/Ultrawide-Bandgap materials and devices.<\/p>\n

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Xianzhi Wei<\/h3>\n

Xianzhi Wei received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2023 and his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University in 2025. He joined our group in Fall 2025 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. His research focuses on ultrawide-bandgap semiconductor power devices.<\/p>\n

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Kai-Ye Chen<\/h3>\n

Kai-Ye Chen<\/strong> received his B.S. degree from National Taipei University in Electrical Engineering in 2023. He is pursuing a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. He joined our group in 2025 spring. His research focuses on wide\/ultrawide bandgap materials and devices.<\/p>\n

Qile Li<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Qile Li received his B.S. degree from Ohio State University. He will join our group 2026 Fall.<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n
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Timothy Lin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Timothy Lin<\/strong> is an undergraduate student in the ASU Barrett Honors College aiming to major in Electrical Engineering and minor in Material Science. He is interested in researching wide\/ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor devices and pursuing semiconductor design in the future. Outside of the classroom, he is actively involved in Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Ethiopia and Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), and serves on leadership in the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE).<\/p>\n

Khushal Saini<\/h3>\n

Khushal Saini is an undergraduate student in the School of ECEE at ASU, majoring in Electrical Engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Jeon<\/h3>\n

Daniel Jeon is a visiting undergraduate student at Princeton University with an interest in semiconductor devices and device physics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n
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Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage<\/strong> received PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at ASU in 2025 with the Palais Outstanding Doctoral Award due to his extraordinary record of accomplishments! This is the highest honor for the ECEE PhD students and awarded to only one student each year. He is now an Assistant Professor at Texas State University.<\/p>\n

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Ziyi He<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ziyi He<\/strong> received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University in 2025. He is now a senior device engineer at Diamond Foundry.<\/p>\n

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Jayashree Adivarahan<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jayashree Adivarahan<\/strong> was an undergraduate student in the ASU Barrett Honors College aiming to double major in electrical and computer systems engineering. Outside the classroom, she is involved in and serves on the leadership team of student organizations like Engineers Without Borders and the Society of Women Engineers.She is interested in getting involved in research focused on AI\/ML, semiconductor technology, and the growth and fabrication of devices.<\/p>\n

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Michelle Lanuza<\/h3>\n

Michelle Lanuza<\/strong> was a visiting undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYUI). She is interested in semiconductor physics and devices, wide-bandgap and ultrawide-bandgap materials and devices.<\/p>\n

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Ohik\u00a0 Kwon<\/h3>\n

Ohik Kwon <\/strong>was an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering (Honors) at ISU. He studied electrical engineering for two years at the Inha University, Incheon, South Korea. He is interested in semiconductor physics and devices.<\/p>\n

Lal Siama<\/h3>\n

Lal Siama<\/strong> was an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering at ISU. He is a McNair Scholar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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