People

Hsien-Yu Liao

Masters Students
"Currently a PhD Student at UT Austin, USA"

Introduction

Hsien-Yu joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Photonics Laboratory as a master student on Aug. 2013. His research focus is on GaN/InGaN nanowire grown by Molecular beam epitaxy and its application. The emission wavelength of the nanowire grown by KAUST Photonics Lab is in the visible wavelength. He will be mainly working on the GaN/InGaN nanowire grown on patterned Si substrate.
His extracurricular activity interest has a wide variety including badminton, basketball, and cycling. He also serves as a life guard under the certification of The Red Cross Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Research Interests

Molecular beam epitaxy grown GaN/InGaN nanowire and its application.
III-V-based optical elements and the application of dielectric Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) on optical devices.

Education

Aug. 2013 to Jun. 2015
Master, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
Jun. 2012
Physics, Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Professional Profile

Aug. 2013 to Jun. 2015
Graduate Researcher, Photonics Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
– GaN/InGaN nanowire grown by Molecular beam epitaxy and its application.
 
Feb. 2012 to Aug. 2012
Undergraduate Researcher, OLED Material Analysis Laboratory, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
– Polymer solar cells fabrication using P3HT/PCBM(PP) as active layer with different doping material.
 
Sep. 2011 to Jul. 2012
Undergraduate Researcher, Computational Quantum Matter Group, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
– Multiscale Entanglement Renormalization Ansatz (MERA) on GPU implementation.
 
Jun. 2011 to Sep. 2011
Summer Research Intern, NanoMagnetism Laboratory, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
– UHV Spin-polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (SPSTM) on low dimensional magnetic thin film.
 
Aug. 2010 to Jul. 2011
Special Topic Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
– FPGA-based acoustic camera through Delay-and-Sum Beamforming Algorithm.
 

Scientific and Professional Memberships

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Member of OSA, KAUST student chapter (The Optical Society, association in optics and photonics)

KAUST Affiliations

Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering | Electrical Engineering