Electronics Division names best student posters and presentations from EMA 2020

The Electronics Division presented awards for outstanding student work during the January 2020 Conference on Electronic Materials and Applications in Orlando, Fla. Congratulations to these students:

Poster Competition EMA 2020:
1^st place: Ayana Ghosh – University of Connecticut
“Design of novel molecular ferroelectrics using first-principles based and machine learning approaches”

2^nd place: Nicole Bartek – University of Duisburg-Essen
“Improving the electrical and ferroelectric properties of lead iron niobite by decreasing calcination temperature”

3^rd place:  Charles McLouth Culbertson – Oregon State University
“Oxide ion conduction mechanisms in sodium bismuth titanate (Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃)”

Oral Presentation Competition EMA 2020:
1st place:  Elzbieta Gradauskaite – ETH Zurich
“Robust in-plane ferroelectricity in ultrathin epitaxial Aurivillius films”

2nd place: John McGarrahan – North Carolina State University
“Effects of electrode composition and potential on moisture incorporation and degradation of dielectrics and piezoelectrics”

3rd place: Shelby Fields – University of Virginia
“Metal nitride stress and chemistry effects on polarization and cycling performance of Hf0.58Zr0.42O2 films”