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JSNN Awards – 2020

Congratulations to the following JSNN students and faculty for their well-deserved recognition:


2020 Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CBHGS) ProQuest Dissertation Award

Dr. Manish Sharma

Dr. Manish Sharma

Dissertation Title: “A Study of Molecular Beam Epitaxially Grown GaAsSb(N) Nanowires for Infrared Photodetector Applications

The research has diverse applications including photonic integrated circuits and quantum information science. The work resulted in:

  • 3 journal publications
  • 6 international conferences with one conference proceeding
  • one invention disclosure

The 2020 Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CBHGS) ProQuest Dissertation Award was given at its 50th Annual Conference on March 5 in Birmingham, Alabama. It was chosen from the broad disciplinary area in the life science area amongst the CBHGS participating institutions based on originality, style, presentation, scholarship and significant contribution to the field.


2020 Alumni Award Winner

De’Andre Cherry was named Winner of the JSNN – NC A&T Alumni Achievement Award


2020 Most Whimsical Award

Awarded by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure to Gayani Pathiraja, PhD student, and Hemali Rathnayake, faculty.

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