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DOE Announces Winners of Lighting R&D Student Competition

DOE Announces Winners of Lighting R&D Student Competition

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the winners of the 2020 Lighting R&D Workshop Student Poster Competition, where students were invited to submit posters highlighting their work to shape the future of lighting.

Congratulations to the winners:

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

Syed Ahmed Al Muyeed, Lehigh University

Controlled Growth of Self-Assembled InGaN Quantum Dots Using Templates of Quantum-Size-Controlled Photo-Electrochemical Etched Quantum Dots

A.P. Sachintha G. De Vas Gunawardena, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The Impact of Output Capacitor Aging Under Constant and Cycled Temperature Conditions on LED Driver Lifetime

HONORABLE MENTION

Ziqian He, University of Central Florida

Swelling-Deswelling Microencapsulation 2.0: Toward Ultrastable Perovskite-Polymer Composite Downconverters for Tailored Lighting

The student winners will be recognized at the 17th annual Lighting R&D Workshop January 28–30, 2020, in San Diego, California, where they will present their research at the Poster Session alongside more than 50 top scientists sharing updates on their EERE-funded research projects.

Now in its fifth year, the student poster competition attracted submissions from graduate students across the country. Submissions were judged based on quality of research, novelty, and innovation; impact on the field of solid-state lighting; and presentation quality and clarity.

Learn more about the 2020 Lighting R&D Workshop.

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