Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, QNC 3606
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
519-888-4567, ext. 38654
win-office@uwaterloo.ca
Research interests: flexible electronics; solid-state lighting; nanofabrication for energy conversion and storage; laser processing of materials
Professor William S. Wong is a Professor at the University of Waterloo in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Wong received his PhD in materials science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999. Following 10 years as senior member of research staff at the Palo Alto Research Center (formerly Xerox PARC) he joined the faculty at University of Waterloo in 2010. While at PARC, Wong’s research focused on large area electronics where he began programs in printed electronics for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) Thin Film Transistor (TFT) fabrication, silicon nanowire synthesis and flexible electronics for image sensor and display applications.
Wong has published more than 70 papers and has been granted 50 patents in the area of heteroepitaxy, wide bandgap semiconductor processing, flexible electronics, printed electronics, semiconductor nanostructures, laser processing, and heterogeneous integration. He is a member of the Materials Research Society and an elected member of the Electronic Materials Conference Committee (TMS/EMC). His current research focus is directed toward the development of thin film devices and novel nanocomposite materials for applications in high performance flexible electronics, solid state lighting, image sensors, and energy storage.
PhD, Materials Science and Minerals, University of California - Berkeley, 1999
MS, Materials Science, University of California - San Diego, 1995
BS, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, University of California - Los Angeles, 1990
Pioneering work on laser liftoff techniques at University of California Berkeley enables present generation of ultra-bright Light-Emitting Diode (LEDs) with an efficiency exceeding 100 lumens/watt for solid-state lighting patent portfolio of layer transfer technology being licensed by several companies in the area of optoelectronics and display applications
h-index of 18, m-index of 1.3; seven publications with more than 50 citations; 1,173 total citations (as of July 2010, ISI Web of Science)
50 United States issued patents with an additional 35 pending 75 publications, 29 invited talks, 16 invited papers, five book chapters, and one edited book in the areas of materials growth, processing and integration, micro- and optoelectronics, large-area flexible electronics, thin film transistors, printed electronics, and nanowire synthesis.
Flexible electronics
Solid-state lighting
Nanofabrication for energy conversion and storage
Sensing
Laser processing of materials
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, QNC 3606
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
519-888-4567, ext. 38654
win-office@uwaterloo.ca
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