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WOONGJE SUNG
Associate Professor, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Principal Investigator
Woongje Sung
Woongje Sung received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Korea University in 2000, and 2002 respectively. He received his ph. D. in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 2011. He has experience in a number of industrial settings including a startup company, a semiconductor foundry (Dongbu Hitek), and a mature multi-national company (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology). He is a founding member of DOE funded PowerAmerica Institute, where he has been contributing to establish the baseline process of SiC MOSFETs and diodes. In 2016, He has joined State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), CNSE (College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering), as an Associate Professor. He is an author of >30 peer-reviewed publications and 12 U.S. Patents.
NICK (NUNG JUN) YUN
Graduate Student (Fall 2017 ~)
Nick Yun
Nick Yun received his B.S. degree in nanoscale engineering from the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) – College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), in 2017. He is currently pursing the Ph.D. degree in nanoscale engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, under the guidance of Dr. Woongje Sung. He has a background research of synthesis and optical characterization of 3C-SiC nanowires and 2D nano-materials. During his time here, he has designed and fabricated 600V to 13kV 4H-SiC MOSFETs, diodes, JBS diode integrated MOSFETs (JBSFETs), and GaN PiN diodes. His major focus is development and manufacturing of ultra-high-voltage SiC MOSFETs, diodes, and JBSFETs (voltage rating: 12-15kV).
JUSTIN LYNCH
Undergrad Student (Fall 2018 ~ )
Justin Lynch
Justin Lynch is currently a second year graduate student at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, pursuing a Ph.D. in Nanoscale Engineering. He is from Hoosick Falls, New York and received his bachelors degree in Nanoscale Engineering from the Colleges of
Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University of Albany in May of 2018. Justin joined the team of Dr. Woongje Sung’s research group in 2017, and has spent his time since then studying and fabricating various SiC Power Devices. He is currently involved in…
  • Development of SiC JFETs

  • Development and investigations of various ion implantation technics on SiC power device performance

SUNDAR BABU ISUKAPATI
Graduate Student (Spring 2019 ~)
Sundar Babu Isukapati
Sundar Isukapati received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering in Youngstown State University. He is a second year graduate student, pursing his Ph.D. in nanoscale engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He has a background research of fabrication, electrical and optical characterization of -Ga2O3 thin films. As of now, his interests are to develop scalable, manufacturable, and robust technology for SiC power integrated circuits.
He is currently involved in…
  • SMART SiC Power ICs for Arpa-E
From this project, he has learnt to understand the CMOS technology, fabrication process of each device, and to design and simulate the devices based on their voltage ratings.
DONGYOUNG KIM
Graduate Student (Spring 2019 ~)
Dongyoung Kim
Dongyoung Kim received his B.S. and M.S degrees in semiconductor engineering from Gyeongsang National University (South Korea) in 2016 and 2018, respectively. He is a second year graduate student, pursing his Ph.D. in nanoscale engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He has a background research of design and fabrication of 4H-SiC MOSFETs and trench diodes. As of now, his interests are designing and fabricating energy efficient devices utilizing wide-bandgap  materials.
He is currently involved in development of 1.2 kV and 12kV 4H-SiC MOSFETs, JBS diodes, and JBS diode integrated MOSFETs (JBSFETs). From these projects, he designs different voltage rating devices, and device fabrication process to make them.
STEPHEN A. MANCINI
Graduate Student (Spring 2020 ~)
Stephen A. Mancini
Stephen A. Mancini received his B.S. degree in nanoscale engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE). Steve is a first year graduate student, pursuing his Ph.D. in nanoscale engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Background industry and research includes TCAD modeling of stress and its impacts on wafer warpage, and 3D NAND device modeling. He is now looking to further his understanding and interests in the design and fabrication of SiC power devices. 
Current Projects involved in…
  • Improving SiC Wafers and Processing for Lower Costs and Higher Reliability.
ADAM J MORGAN, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Fall 2019 ~)
Adam Morgan
Dr. Adam J Morgan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University where he was a graduate research assistant within the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center, PowerAmerica, and the Packaging Research in Electronic Energy Systems (PREES) Laboratory. He has experience in Level-1 power discrete and power module packaging for hybrid Si&SiC motor contactors and super cascode topologies, as well as Level-2 and Level-3 power packaging for a 55 kW traction drive SiC inverter and a 1 kW self-oscillating resonant LLC converter switching 1 kV at 1 MHz.
He is currently involved in…
  • WBG power semiconductor device research via high temperature (150 oC to 300 oC) and high voltage (600 V to    25 kV) power packaging and power electronics testing.

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