BETR News
Google Academic Research Award
BETR Center co-Director, Prof. Alp Sipahigil, has been awarded a Google Academic Research Award on quantum transduction and networking for scalable computing applications. This award will support research on developing microwave-to-
ME Commons Northwest-AI-Hub
BETR Center Sr. Executive Director, Dr. Michael Bartl, has been appointed to the same role in the newly formed Microelectronics Commons Northwest-AI-Hub at Berkeley. Starting September 15, Dr. Bartl will oversee all day-to-day operations and programmatic activities of both centers.
Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
BETR co-Director Prof. Laura Waller was named the 2024 recipient of the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal for her work in computational imaging. The award will be presented by the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on December 3rd in Berlin, Germany.
2024 IEEE Founders Medal
BETR co-Director Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu was awarded the 2024 IEEE Founders Medal for her leadership in the advancement and commercialization of nanometer semiconductor technologies and the promotion of microelectronics workforce development.
Berkeley Symposium on 2D Semiconductors
The 2024 Berkeley Symposium on 2D Semiconductors, hosted by the BETR Center, brought together experts from industry, UC Berkeley, and LBNL to explore opportunities and challenges for 2D materials to transition from research into future technologies.
Sloan Research Fellowship
BETR co-Director Prof. Sophia Shao has been named 2024 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for her research on improving the performance of computing platforms through hardware acceleration.
EDGE Consortium
BETR co-Director Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu is part of the new Education group for Diversification and Growth in Engineering (EDGE) Consortium, which aims to improve training and increase diversity in the semiconductor workforce. (Story in Science)
Microelectronics Commons Hub
BETR co-Directors Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu and Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin will co-lead the new $15.3M California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Microelectronics Commons Hub, awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
NSF CAREER Award
BETR co-Director Prof. Sophia Shao received the 2023 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by the National Science Foundation, recognizing early-career faculty “who have the potential to serve as academic role models”.
Multi-Color LED Array
BETR Center co-Director Prof. Ali Javey and his team developed an economical and compact light-emitting array with limitless colors on a single chip for applications in low-power sensing, computing and spectroscopy.
2023 IEEE Fellow
BETR co-Director BETR Center co-Director Prof. Ali Javey has been named a Fellow of IEEE “for contributions to 1D and 2D semiconductor transistors and wearable biochemical sensors”.
Intel Rising Star
BETR co-Director Prof. Sophia Shao received the 2022 Intel Rising Star Award, which supports early-career faculty whose research is groundbreaking and demonstrates the potential to disrupt industries.
2022 Lam Technical Symposium
The BETR Center was a proud co-host of the 2022 Lam Research Technical Symposium, which is Lam’s premiere forum for joint academic and industry cooperation. Event details.
Record-Breaking Silicon Photonics LiDAR
BETR co-Director Prof. Ming Wu and his group developed a MEMS-based large-scale 16,384-pixel photonic LiDAR, which can be mass-produced in CMOS foundries. This work was published in the journal Nature.
MRS Board of Directors
Dr. Nerissa Draeger, Director of Global University Engagements at BETR industry affiliate Lam Research, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Materials Research Society (MRS). Congratulations!
