Yue Kuo

Educational Background

- Nano and microelectronics with special interests in semiconductor materials, processes and devices as well as thin films and plasma technology.
- New materials, novel processes and advanced devices with the ultimate goal of creating high-performance, highly reliable, manufacturable devices for current and future applications.
- Devices under studies are TFTs, ULSIC, SSI-LEDs, solar cells, bio and optical sensors, etc.

President, Electrochemical Society, 2018-2019
Gordon E. Moore Medal of Outstanding Achievement in Solid Science and Technology, ECS, 2015.
Innovation Award, Texas A&M University System, 2014.
Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Association of Former Students and Texas A&M University, 2012.
Electronics and Photonics Division Award, Electrochemical Society, 2007.

L. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Lin, X. Zhang, Y. Kuo, and J. Tian, “Auxiliary structure of nano-pinnacle prepared on silicon substrate: Improving the emission intensity by 9 times in SSI- LEDs,” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 93, 226-230 (2019).
Y. Kuo, invited “Progress of Thin Film Transistor Technology,” 2018 14th IEEE Intl. Conf. Solid-Satate and IC Technol. Procs., S 44-1, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, Qingdao, China (2018). ISBN: 978-1-5386-4439-3
M. Li* and Y. Kuo, “Electromigration of Plasma Etched Copper Lines with Different Widths and Lengths,” ECS Trans., 86(8), 41-47 (2018).
J. Jiang, Y. Kuo, T.-C. Chang, and H.-C. Chiang, “Illumination Light Wavelength Effects on Double-Gate a-IGZO Thin Film Transistor with Source/Drain-to-Gate Offset Top-Gate,” ECS Trans., 86(11), 147-152 (2018).
S. Zhang* and Y. Kuo, “Enhancement of SSI-LED Light Emission by Embedding CdS in the Zr-doped HfO2 High-k Film,” ECS Trans. Nanoscale Luminescent Materials 5, 85(3), 53-58 (2018).