The ACerS Electronics Division presented awards for exceptional student work during the January 2019 Conference on Electronic Materials and Applications in Orlando, Fla.

Congratulations to these outstanding students:

Poster competition

First Place: Shuhei Nakayama; Sophia University

Poster title: “Ferroelectric HfO2 thin films with abundant dopants”

Second Place: Kevin Ferri; The Pennsylvania State University

Poster title: “Investigating the Roles of Grain Size, Dopant Choice, and Orientation of ZnO Thin Film Varistor Prototypes”

Third Place: Halee Lester; University of Florida

Poster title: “Property and Structure Analysis of Novel 2D Group-III Oxides Predicted by Evolutionary Algorithm”

Oral Presentation contest

First Place: Nives Strkalj; ETH Zürich

Presentation title: “Design of ferroelectric polarization states during epitaxial growth”

Second Place: Shelby Fields; University of Virginia

Presentation title: “Polarization and permittivity dependence on electrode stress for ferroelectric Hf0.58Zr0.42O2 films”

Third Place (tie): William Huddleston; Case Western Reserve

Presentation title: “Ni coarsening in sintered Li4Ti5O12 anode composites”

Third Place (tie): Joshua T. Paul; University of Florida

Presentation title: “Symmetry-Based Identification of 2D Materials for Piezoelectric Applications”

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Erica Zimmerman

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