Tammy C.Y. Huang defended her PhD dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Tammy’s dissertation research was entitled “Phononic and photonic properties of shape-engineered silicon nanoscale pillar arrays.” During her PhD studies Tammy had an internship at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland.
Jacob Lewis defended his PhD dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) on the topic “Thermal and electrical performance control and lifespan progression of graphene-based polymer composites.” Jacob’s PhD defense was the first one conducted remotely. During his PhD studies Jacob had an internship at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California.
Tammy and Jacob conducted their research in the UCR Phonon Optimized Engineered Materials (POEM) Center under supervision of Professor Balandin and Professor Kargar.