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Portrait of Dr. Edwin L Piner

Dr. Edwin L Piner

  • Chair - Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering
  • Associate Professor at Materials Application Research Cntr MARC

Grants

2025

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Haque, Ariful (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Scolfaro, Luisa M (Supporting), Miller, David R von (Supporting), Ahmed, Mohammad Iqbal (Supporting). Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials, National Science Foundation, Federal, $7500000. (Submitted: December 6, 2024, Funded: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2029). Grant.

2024

  • Haque, Ariful, Droopad, Ravindranath, Holtz, Mark W, Piner, Edwin L, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Chen, Yihong, Hudnall, Todd W, Wistey, Mark A, Miyahara, Yoichi, Smith, Casey Eben, Mahato, Dip Narayan, Rastogi, Shiva Kumar, Kim, Namwon. Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Photoluminescence Spectrometer for Materials Characterization in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $434519. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
  • Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027). Grant.

2023

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Lateral Heterogeneous Integration of Ultrawide Bandgap AlGaN and Diamond, U.S. Army, Federal, $800000. (Funded: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2027). Grant.

2020

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Heterogeneous Integration of Diamond and Ultrawide-Bandgap Semiconductors for Fundamental Phonon and Electron Transport Studies, U.S. Army, Federal, $660000. (Funded: July 2020 - June 2023). Grant.
  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Scolfaro, Luisa M (Co-Principal). Improving Thermal Management in GaN HEMTs via Simulation of TDTR Characterization, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: January 2020 - May 2021). Grant.

2018

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal). Integrated Selective Growth of Diamond and GaN for Thermal Management, NSF-EPMD, Federal, $410000. (Funded: July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021). Grant.

2017

  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %11, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15. System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.

2016

  • Zakhidov, Alexander (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Beall, Gary W (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Yu, Qingkai (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5, Li, Jian (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Scanning Probe Microscope for Materials Research and Education, U. S. Army, Federal, $358558. (Funded: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017). Grant.

2014

  • Piner, Edwin L (Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal). Integrated GaN HEMT on Diamond: Heterointerface and Thermal Transport Fundamentals, U. S. Army, Federal, $596000. (Funded: 2014 - 2017). Grant.

2011

  • Song, In-Hyouk (Principal), Piner, Edwin (Co-Principal), Tseng, Hsing-Huang (Co-Principal), Chen, Maggie (Co-Principal), You, Byoung (Co-Principal). Acquisition of ICP-RIE Capability at Texas State University-San Marcos, NSF Major Research Instrumentation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $545673. (Submitted: January 1, 2011, Funded: 2011 - 2012). Grant.
  • Piner, Edwin (Principal). Unrestricted Grant Research & Development Activities Related to GaN for Power Devices, SEMATECH, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $20000. (Submitted: January 1, 2011, Funded: 2011 - 2012). Grant.
  • Song, In-Hyouk (Principal), You, Byoung Hee (Co-Principal), Piner, Edwin L (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal). Acquisition of ICP-RIE Capability at Texas State University - San Marcos, National Research Foundation, Federal, $486599. (Funded: September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2014). Grant.

2010

  • Piner, Edwin (Principal). Novel HEMT Based on GaN on Diamond for High Power Amplifiers, Nitronex Corp / MDA-AFRL, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $170000. (Submitted: January 1, 2010, Funded: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011). Grant.
  • Piner, Edwin (Principal). Texas A&M University TEES Grant for equipment acquisition of a Wafer Bonding System, Texas A&M University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $55000. (Submitted: January 1, 2012). Grant.