Gaviria (Ph.D.) Awarded 2014-15' IEEE Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Scholarship

Gaviria is an MIT graduate (B.S. Electrical Engineering, '13) currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering and carrying out his research at Northwestern's Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) under Prof. Manijeh Razeghi.

Villiam GaviriaEECS Graduate Student William Gaviria (P.h.D) has been seleceted to receive the IEEE Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship for the 2013-14' academic year. The IEEE Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Scholarship Awards Committee of the IEEE Awards Board, granted the prestigious accolade, consisting of a stipend in the amount of $20,000 in tuition to a school of the students choosing for full-time graduate study.

Gaviria is an MIT graduate (B.S. Electrical Engineering, '13) currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering and carrying out his research at Northwestern's Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) under Prof. Manijeh Razeghi. His research interests include: novel materials, particularly III-Nitrides, and their applications to solid state device.

Gaviria is working to fabricate: high wall-plug efficiency UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs); 340nm UV laser diodes (LDs) with room temperature continuous wave emission and high average power; UV focal plane arrays (FPAs) with high external quantum efficiency, sharp detection cutoff, and mid-format (640x512) or large-format (1024 ×1024) pixel arrays.

His past awards include: MIT EECS - Texas Instruments Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar (2013), NU EECS Walter P. Murphy Fellowship (2013) and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2014).

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The Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Scholarship was established in 1939 as a memorial to Charles LeGeyt in recognition of his valuable contributions to the field of electrical engineering. The scholarship carries a stipend of up to US$24,000 and is awarded for one year of full-time graduate work in electrical engineering at an engineering school of recognized standing located in the US. This scholarship is awarded annually.

To be eligible, the student must be a permanent resident of the US, have majored in the field of electrical engineering, and have received a bachelor's degree from an engineering college of recognized standing. The scholarship will be awarded to a first-year full-time graduate student only.IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.

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