Qiming Zou

Research Interests:

Knowledge and Tools: Extensive experience in designing and fabricating Carbon-based advanced composite materials for achieving superior stability and electrical properties. Process design and materials fabrication: Growth of thin films (GaN, Si, BN) via customized laser-assisted CVD/MOCVD and thermal CVD systems. Engineering 2D thin films: Defect generation and removal of h-BN, Graphene and MoS2 via magnetron sputtering and rapid thermal processing techniques. Micro/Nano laser manufacturing: Laser-processing of low-dimensional materials. Energy conversion devices: CNT-based photothermal conversion devices. Design and development of CVD based experiments and systems: APCVD, LPCVD and Laser-assisted CVD. Design and development of laser-processing experiments: CW/pulsed Lasers and optical path. Micro-fabrication: Photolithography, Magnetron Sputtering, FIB and RIE. Structural and Chemical characterization: SEM, TEM, HAADF, AFM, EDS, EELS, Raman Spectroscopy, XRD, 3D surface profiler and optical microscope. Electrical characterization: using four-point probe/two-point probe methods with semiconductor parameter analyzer to get accurate I-V, S-parameters and AC resistance/reactance of various devices. Labview programming for data processing and laser control. Hands on experience with Matlab, Solidworks, Materials Studio, LAMMPS, Cadence Virtuoso and HSPICE.

Education:

B.S. at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Ph.D student at University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA

Experience:

Internship University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE, USA,Sep 2012 - Oct 2012
Exchange program Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, Aug 2013 - May 2014
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Sep 2010 - Jun 2014
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE, USA, Sep 2014 - Present

Awards and Honors:

PI of Student's Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, Ministry of Education, China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sep 2012 – Sep 2013
Research Assistantship, Department of Energy (DoE), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sep 2014 - present

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