PSL at MNTL

A 3D bus waveguide and microring resonator written within the volume of a silicon wafer. Article: Direct laser writing of volumetric gradient index lenses and waveguides.

Article: Octahedral crystal growth during photochemical etching of a GaAs wafer.

Article: Hydrogen is sensed by measuring the nanoscale deflection of a palladium coated cantilever.

Article: Real-time monitoring of the etching dynamics of a GaAs wafer.

Silicon on insulator (SOI) distributed Bragg reflector in a microring resonator (DBR-MRR).

Article: Pd coated fiber tip with nano-aperture at the center for hydrogen sensing

Article: A quasi-continuous broadband anti-reflective coating

Article: Lateral surface coated hydrogen sensor

Archived News

12/19/18 - Congratulations to Joshua Lewis who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Fall 2018.

9/10/18 - Congratulations to Shaneen Braswell who passed the PhD prelim exam.

8/16/18 - Prof. Goddard is named University Scholar and also Associate in the Center for Advanced Study.

5/12/18 - Congratulations to Arunita Kar who graduated with an MS thesis degree and to Kaidong Peng and Lucas Cohen who graduated with BS thesis degrees in Spring 2018.

11/28/17 - Congratulations to Sanyogita Purandare who passed the PhD prelim exam.

8/19/17 - Congratulations to Lisa Plucinski Hackett who graduated with a PhD degree in Summer 2017.

8/16/17 - Prof. Goddard is promoted to full Professor.

5/13/17 - Congratulations to Aditi Udupa who graduated with an MS thesis degree and to Michael Bazzoli who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Spring 2017.

12/17/16 - Congratulations to Lonna Edwards who graduated with an MS thesis degree in Fall 2016.

10/13/16 - Congratulations to Lisa Plucinski Hackett who passed the PhD prelim exam.

10/4/16 - Prof. Goddard is awarded the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award for Leadership in Diversity.

8/31/16 - NSF awards 5-year grant for the Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE) program. College of Engineering article.

5/14/16 - Congratulations to Steve McKeown who graduated with a PhD degree and to Woraprach Kusolthossakul who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Spring 2016.

8/15/15 - Congratulations to Onyeama Osuagwu who graduated with a PhD degree in Summer 2015.

5/22/15 - Congratulations to Steve McKeown who passed the PhD prelim exam.

12/20/14 - Congratulations to Chris Edwards and Renjie Zhou who graduated with PhD degrees and to Kaiyuan Wang who graduated with an MS thesis degree in Fall 2014.

12/13/14 - Congratulations to Onyeama Osuagwu who passed the PhD prelim exam.

5/20/14 - Congratulations to Manan Raval and Yu Yan who graduated with BS thesis degrees in Spring 2014.

1/30/14 - Congratulations to Renjie Zhou who passed the PhD prelim exam.

8/16/13 - Prof. Goddard is promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure.

8/15/13 - Congratulations to Amir Arbabi who graduated with a PhD degree in Summer 2013.

5/12/13 - Congratulations to Ben Griffin and Young Mo Kang who graduated with a PhD degree and to Kaiyuan Wang and Jerry Zhou who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Spring 2013.

1/30/13 - Congratulations to Chris Edwards who passed the PhD prelim exam.

10/10/12 - The free e-book Harnessing Energy (422MB) is published.

9/28/12 - Our article in Nature's Light: Science and Applications journal has been published. Learn more about the project by reading NSF's press release, Illinois' press release, or seeing the YouTube video.

5/15/12 - Congratulations to Zaichen Chen who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Spring 2012.

4/17/12 - Congratulations to Amir Arbabi who passed the PhD prelim exam.

12/16/11 - Congratulations to Steve McKeown who graduated with a MS thesis degree and to Josephine Lu who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Fall 2011.

11/28/11 - Congratulations to Ben Griffin and Young Mo Kang who passed the PhD prelim exam.

8/11/11 - Congratulations to Freddy Cheu who graduated with a BS thesis degree in Summer 2011.

5/8/11 - Congratulations to Jared Carter and Gautam Shine who graduated with BS thesis degrees in Spring 2011.

3/01/11 - Prof. Goddard receives an NSF CAREER award for "Theory and Application of Reflective Microring Resonators." Award Abstract

2/19/11 - Dr. Goddard receives the inaugural AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. Meeting News

2/17/11 - ILX LIGHTWAVE donates laser diode control instruments worth $10,000 to Prof. Goddard and the University of Illinois. Press Release

5/16/10 - Congratulations to Young Mo Kang and Ben Griffin who graduated with MS thesis degrees and to Aaron King and Daniel Chang who graduated with BS thesis degrees in Spring 2010.

7/09/09 - Assistant Professor Lynford Goddard receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) nominated by the Department of Energy. Press Release

5/17/09 - Congratulations to Akash Garg and Michael Guh who graduated with BS thesis degrees in Spring semester 2009.

1/15/09 - Congratulations to Kai Yeen Wong who graduated with an MS thesis degree Fall semester 2008.

6/23/08 - Welcome to our newly launched group website.

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