Simulcure Technique - Additive Manufacturing of Embedded Smart Sensing Composite Structures
TS-074864 —
Modern structural systems increasingly demand integrated sensing, actuation, and health monitoring capabilities, particularly in aerospace, automotive, and advanced manufacturing. However, current approaches rely on separately fabricated sensors that are later attached to structures, introducing r…
- College: College
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- Inventors: Sundaresan, Vishnu Baba
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Optically Triggered Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Switching Device
TS-074715 —
Next‑generation power electronics require devices that can operate efficiently under high voltages, high currents, and harsh environments while maintaining fast, reliable switching. Existing electrically gated solutions in wide and ultra‑wide bandgap semiconductors face tradeoffs among robustn…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Wriedt, Nathan; Rajan, Siddharth
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Scalable Integration of Infrared Antimonide Semiconductors on Silicon
TS-074383 —
Many advanced sensing, imaging, and optoelectronic systems rely on compound semiconductors that outperform silicon in key spectral and electronic regimes, particularly in the infrared. However, these materials are expensive and difficult to scale, while silicon remains the industry standard for hi…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Rogers, Vinita
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
High-Quality Thick β-Ga₂O₃ Epitaxy for Ultra-High-Voltage Power Devices
TS-073810 —
Next-generation power electronics demand materials that can support ultra-high breakdown voltages, low leakage currents, and scalable manufacturing. While β-Ga₂O₃ is highly attractive for these applications, device performance has been limited by the lack of high-quality, thick drift layers w…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Sarkar, Md Mosarof Hossain; Yu, Dong su
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Semiconductor Avalanche Photodiode Devices for Mid-Wave and Long-Wave Infrared Sensing
TS-073809 —
High-sensitivity detection in the mid-wave and long-wave infrared (MWIR/LWIR) remains constrained by detector noise, limited gain, and manufacturing challenges. While HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes can deliver excellent performance, they suffer from high cost, low yield, and limited manufacturabilit…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Gajowski, Nathan
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Magnetic-Field-Activated Solid-State Thermal Switches for Sub-Kelvin Cooling
TS-073712 —
Advanced quantum technologies, cryogenic sensors, and space instrumentation increasingly require reliable, compact cooling below 1 K. Today’s sub-Kelvin refrigeration relies heavily on dilution refrigerators and gas-gap thermal switches that are complex, slow, mechanically fragile, and dependent…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Heremans, Joseph; Vu, Dung
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Isolated Source Electrode Vertical Fin Field Effect Transistors (ISE-FinFET)
TS-073373 —
Next‑generation power electronic systems require devices that deliver high breakdown voltage, large current handling, and fast switching while maintaining manufacturability at scale. Vertical FinFETs offer compelling performance advantages over incumbent bipolar and planar technologies, but thei…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; Joishi, Chandan "Chandan"; Srikanth, Akilesh
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
MnBi – Bi Composite Heat Flux Sensor
TS-072841 —
Modern thermal management demands fast, accurate, and spatially compact heat flux sensing to complement temperature measurements, enable real‑time control, and estimate internal temperatures without waiting for equilibrium. Conventional longitudinal thermopower sensors trade sensitivity for resp…
- College: College
of
Engineering
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- Inventors: Wooten, Brandi; Heremans, Joseph
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Cost-Effective Modular Multilevel Flying Capacitor Converter for HVDC and Grid Applications
TS-072584 — The Need
High-voltage DC (HVDC) transmission and grid-connected power conversion systems face significant cost, size, and efficiency challenges due to the large number of expensive submodules and capacitors required in conventional modular multilevel converters (MMC). These limitations restrict scal…
- College: College
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Engineering
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- Inventors: Fu, Pengyu; Cong, Yizhou; Ma, Dihao; Wang, Ke; Wang, Jin
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Next-Gen InGaN Quantum Wells for High-Efficiency Amber LEDs
TS-071961 — The Need
Despite near-perfect external quantum efficiency in blue InGaN LEDs, devices emitting green, amber, and longer visible wavelengths remain inefficient. This is due to internal electric fields and charge separation in conventional quantum wells, which worsen with higher indium content and wid…
- College: College
of
Engineering
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- Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Zhang, Kaitian
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
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