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Graduate Student Awards

Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award

Established 1996

Gregory Stillman

Gregory Stillman received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska in 1958, an M.S. in 1965, and Ph.D. in 1967 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Greg was a pilot in the USAF Strategic Air Command from 1958 to 1963, when he began graduate school at the University of Illinois. After completing his Ph.D. in 1967 he served as a staff member of the MIT Lincoln Laboratories. In 1975, Greg Stillman joined the University of Illinois as a Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Greg was a member of the National Academy of Engineering; a recipient of the IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, the Heinrich Welker Medal, and GaAs Symposium Award; a fellow of the IEEE; and a principal founder of the Microelectronics Laboratory on the U of I campus. He served as the first director of the Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics. Greg was noted for his contributions to the IIIV semiconductor field--including his pioneering work in ultra-pure GaAs characterization and avalanche photodetector development.

DESCRIPTION:

The Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award was established by his colleagues and former students in1996 to honor his sixtieth birthday. Professor Stillman was a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty from 1975 until his death in 1999. The award of $5000 is to be made annually to one or two doctoral students who have demonstrated excellence in semiconductor research.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. The award recipient shall be enrolled in the Ph.D. program of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2. The award recipient shall have successfully passed his or her qualifying exam.
3. The award recipient shall have demonstrated excellence in research in the field of Semiconductor Research.

APPLICATIONS:

In October, the on-line application forms will be available at on-line application forms. A complete application should consist of the student’s resume, his/her list of publications, and 2 letters of recommendation (one from the research advisor) which should be e-mailed to Kara MacGregor (kmacgreg@uiuc.edu). Applications will be due in November.

SELECTION PROCESS:

All applications for the Award will be judged by the ECE Graduate Fellowship Committee based on the above criteria.

AWARD:

The award carries a stipend of $5000. The recipient is recognized at the annual ECE Awards Banquet in April. The name of the recipient is engraved on a plaque to be displayed permanently in Everitt Lab.

PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARD:

For More Information Contact:

Kara MacGregor
kmacgreg@uiuc.edu
153 Everitt Laboratory, MC-702
(217) 333-9706