Big shoes to fill.

The ACT Node has had a big change during the COVID-19 crisis.  Professor Jagadish has stepped down as Director, and Professor Tan has stepped up from his Deputy Director position, filling some pretty big shoes. 

Due to COVID-19, there was no celebration to say our goodbyes from the Node and head office, but maybe there will be one when we all get back to normal.  Thank you to the ANFF head office who created a beautiful thank you to Jagadish with his achievements and honours, to view this please click here.

We all wish you well Jagadish, and thank you for your kindness and passion to the Node over the years.

See you around the hallways of RSPhys ANU!

Article written by Sue Berkeley
ANFF ACT Node

Direct solar hydrogen production with breakthrough efficiency.

After sustained efforts into the improvement of performance and cost competitiveness, photovoltaic cells have become commercially viable and are seeing a rampant large-scale deployment. Achieving global renewable energy transition further relies on addressing the intermittency of renewables through the development of transportable energy storage means. An elegant and potentially economical route to storing solar power is to convert the energy from sunlight directly into hydrogen, analogous to the photosynthesis process exploited by nature.

To read the full article click here.

Article written by Siva Karuturi
CECS, ANU

Welcome Prof. Hoe Tan as our Node Director.

ANFF-ACT node is very proud and elated to welcome Prof. Hoe Tan as Node Director following the stepping down of our Founding Director Prof. Jagadish. Prof. Hoe Tan has been deputy director since the past two years and have guided our node superlatively in absence of Prof. Jagadish. He was heavily involved during the initial set up of our node back in 2008-09. He oversaw all aspects starting from design of the labs to purchase and commissioning of tools. He has always been closely associated with our node and have given his expert advice when needed.

Prof. Hoe Tan has a vast experience in nanofabrication and immense knowledge in compound semiconductors. Prof. Hoe Tan received his B.E. (Hons) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1992, after which he worked with Osram in Malaysia as a quality assurance engineer. In 1997, he was awarded the PhD degree from the Australian National University for his dissertation on "Ion beam effects in GaAs-AlGaAs materials and devices". He has been the past recipient of the Australian Research Council Postdoctoral, QEII and Future Fellowships. He has contributed to over 450 journal papers and 6 book chapters. He is also a co-inventor in 4 US patents related to laser diodes and infrared photodetectors.

Article written by Kaushal Vora,
Acting Node Manger

New look ANFF-ACT website ....  

During the COVID-19 ANU shutdown period, we came up with ideas to utilize our work-from-home time to make our website more user-friendly and put lots of information related to our node.

To read the full article click here.

Article written by Kaushal Vora,
Acting Node Manger

Contact us

Kaushal Vora 
Acting ANU Node Manager
T: +61 2 6125 1594
E: Kaushal.Vora@anu.edu.au

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