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On Thursday, April 11th, MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MIT) hosted a second part of the annual review meeting of the MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative via WebEx.  Due to schedule conflicts, Prof. Dana Weinstein and Prof. Jesus del Alamo were not able to present their 2013 projects at the review meeting on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.  

 The slides discussed during the meeting are available for the members of the Initiative here. (**Please note, you must have a log in and password to view this page)

On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MIT) hosted the annual review meeting of the MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative.  The conference covered various research themes from Recent Progress on GaN Transistor Technology, High Voltage GaN HEMT Modeling, Research on VHF GaN Power Converters and much more.  

 The slides discussed during the meeting are available for the members of the Initiative here. (Please note, you must have a log in and password to view this page)

Members of the MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative are cordially invited to attend the 2013 Annual Program’s Review meeting.  The meeting will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

Venue: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
50 Vassar Street, Building 34, Room 401 (for directions, please click here)

Registration

Registration is closed

***MIT MTL GaN Energy Initiative will host a dinner starting at 6:00 pm on Wednesday (3/27) at the Catalyst Restaurant -(300 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA)  Click here for restaurant details.  **Please note:  This dinner is reserved for program’s principal investigators, industrial and government members.   

Agenda 

Click below to see the list of presentation and speakers:

MIT GaN Center Review Agenda

Hotel Information

Hotels in Cambridge are expensive, so it is recommended that you make your reservation as soon as possible. A few options located close to MIT are given below:

Cambridge Residence Inn by Marriott:  To reserve a room with one Queen bed at a rate of $199 a night, please click on the link:  Cambridge Residence Inn 

To make a reservation by telephone call 1(888) 236 2427    

The Kendall Hotel at the Engine 7 Firehouse: Special government rates is available on a first come basis. Total cost includes a full American Breakfast Buffet daily, high speed Internet access (wired and WiFi), pass to nearby fitness center, a hosted wine hour (Mon-Thurs) and local calls.

This hotel is near the MIT campus and less than 10 minutes walk from the Meeting venue. Please use the following hotel link to make your room reservation: Kendall Hotel at the Engine 7 Firehouse. For reservations, go to www.kendallhotel.com -  Space is limited so reserve a room today.

To make a reservation by telephone call 1(866)556-1300 or 1(617)577-1300

Additional options for hotel accommodation in the Boston/Cambridge area can be found here

Map

The best way to get from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to MIT is by taxi. The ride takes approximately 20 min. and costs ~$25-40.
Parking in Boston and Cambridge is very limited and expensive.  (Click links below for exact directions)

Link to campus map with location of Building 34

How to walk from Kendall hotel to meeting location.

How to walk from Cambridge Residence Inn to meeting location

Joining the meeting via Webex

To join the meeting through WebEx on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, please click here.  (Please note, the link requires access to the member-only section of this website).

Presentations

All presentations of the annual review will be available for all members of the GaN Energy Initiative after the meeting, please contact Joseph Baylon for details.

Questions?

For any questions regarding the annual review, please contact Joseph Baylon (jbaylon@mit.edu).

On Friday, November 30th, 2012, MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MIT) hosted the semi-annual review meeting of the MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative.  The conference covered the various research themes of the GaN Energy Initiative , including GaN Transistor Technology, GaN Nanowires for solid state lighting, GaN Device Reliability, Thermal issues of GaN technology, as well as circuit and system level demonstrators.

The slides discussed during the meeting are available for the members of the Initiative here.

Dear MTL/MIT faculty, students and industrial members:

You are cordially invited to attend the semi-annual MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative seminar on Friday, November 30^th at 9:00 am(EST).  Registration is not required. This webinar will discuss and highlight upcoming GaN related research plus its progress by MIT’s faculty and their students.  Please click here for the FINAL agenda of our proposed speakers, so if you have any feedback or questions, please let me know. 

 Please note, attendees are welcome to join the meeting onsite(bldg. 34-401-B, exact directions- here) or follow the meeting via WebEx.  This webinar is reserved for MIT faculty, their students and the GaN Industry members.  

Thank you for your involvement, participation, and the success of the GaN Energy Initiative.  If you have any questions or would like access to the WebEx information, please contact me via email at jbaylon@mit.edu.

On August 23rd, 2012, MIT will host a review of the DOE-sponsored GaN Initiative for Grid Applications (GIGA) program. The members of the GIGA program and DOE National Laboratories are invited to attend the meeting.

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012

Venue

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
50 Vassar Street, Building 34, Room 401 B (for directions, please click here)

Registration

The registration is now closed.

Hotel Information

This hotel is near the MIT campus and less than 10 minutes walk from the Meeting venue. Please use the following hotel link to make your room reservation: Kendall Hotel at the Engine 7 Firehouse. For reservations, go to www.kendallhotel.com – book a room – reservation wizard – type in dates –  Space is limited so reserve a room today.

To make a reservation by telephone call 1(866)556-1300 or 1(617)577-1300 and use the reservation code: MIT (for government employees only).

You can find additional options for hotel accommodation in the Boston/Cambridge area here

Map

The best way to get from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to MIT and the Kendall Hotel is by taxi. The ride takes approximately 20 min. and costs ~$25-40.
Parking in Boston and Cambridge is very limited and expensive.

Link to campus map with location of Building 34

How to walk from Kendall hotel to meeting location.

Agenda

GaN Initiative for Grid Applications Agenda

(The following presentations below are password protected,  please contact Joseph Baylon at jbaylon@mit.edu regarding access.)

GIGA program and DOE National Laboratories will host a dinner on Wednesday night, August 22nd 2012 starting at 6 pm at Legal Seafoods- Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA.  Please click here for exact location. **Please note:  The dinner is restricted to the DOE National Laboratories and GIGA program members.

Presentations

After the meeting, you will be able to find all presentations here.

Questions?

For any questions regarding this review, please contact Mr. Joseph Baylon (jbaylon@mit.edu).

The updated list of MIT’s  GaN-related publications can be found here.

Please note that only the members of the MIT GaN Energy Initiative have access to this page. If you would like more information regarding how to become a member, please send an an email here.

Starting in July 2012, the MIT GaN Energy Initiative will host a seminar series to highlight the GaN research going on at MIT. The tentative schedule for the seminars is shown below:

• July 20th, 2012 at 12pm (EST)… Tomas Palacios: Recent Progress on GaN Transistor Technology
• August 17th, 2012 at 12pm (EST)… David Perreault: Load Modulation and Outphasing in Switched-Mode Inverters and Power Amplifiers
• September 21st, 2012 at 12pm (EST) … Xiang Zhou; Jordan Paul Chesin (Gradecak’s group): GaN nanowires for Solid State Lighting
• October 26th, 2012 at 12pm (EST)… Kevin R. Bagnall (Wang’s group): Physical insights into thermal management for GaN electronics
• November 16th, 2012 at 12pm (EST) … Ujwal Radhakrishna (Antoniadis’s Group): MIT Unified VS GaNFET (MVSG) Model: A Current and Charge Model for GaN HEMTs
• December 21st, 2012 at 12pm (EST)… Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Chandrakasan’s group): Solid State Lighting Using GaN FETs
• January 31st, 2013 at 12pm (EST)… Jesus del Alamo: Characterization of Breakdown Voltage in GaN FETs
  

The seminars will be broadcasted through webex and posted in the password-protected section of this website.

If you would like more information about the seminar series or you would like to propose new topics, please contact us here.

On April 24th, 2012, MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MIT) hosted the kick-off meeting of the MIT/MTL GaN Energy Initiative. With more than 60 registered participants, the meeting was a tremendous success due to the collaborative efforts from our industrial members, MIT faculty, staff, and students.  The conference covered the various research themes of the GaN Energy Initiative , including GaN Transistor Technology, GaN Nanowires for solid state lighting, GaN Device Reliability, Thermal issues of GaN technology, as well as circuit and system level demonstrators. The slides discussed during the meeting are available for the members of the Initiative here.

If you were unable to attend this meeting and were interested in viewing the presentations, please inquire how to join the GaN Energy Initiative by clicking here.