Faculty Profiles

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, 2030). Grant.

2024

• Haque, Ariful (Principal), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Holtz, Mark W (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Wistey, Mark A (Supporting), Miyahara, Yoichi (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Rastogi, Shiva Kumar (Supporting), Kim, Namwon (Supporting). 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.