2024 (Jan-June)

Solar Eclipse 2024 // Ravi’s Birthday!! // Wafi’s Derzansky Award 2024 Congrat!!
Irini’s Poster Presentation @RAPS (Best Poster Award!)
Chase’s Poster Presentation @RAPS
Jan 2024) Wafi joins Intel, NM. March 2024) Atefeh’s CMP talk at NERCCS 2024. We are proud of you!
Jan 2024) Dr. M. Lee, Tuan, and Prof. Seo’s Birthday @ Prof. Seo’s place!!

2023 (June-Dec)

Nov 2023) Korea CMPUGM & KISM 2023-Dr. Seo’s invited talks!
Nov 2023) Wafi and Tuan’s ICPT conf. Wafi got the best student award!
Nov 2023) Wafi’s birthday!
Aug 2023) Prof. Seo is very delighted to be a part of the Northeastern University Partnership! Thanks, Micron!!
Aug 2023) Atefeh, Hoang, Wafi, Ravitej, and Tuan’s presentations at the 25th CAMP CMP conference. We are proud of you!
Aug 2023) Group photos with Ebara team, Dr. Andy Carswell (Micron), and Mr. Hoyoung Kim (Samsung Electronics)

2023 (Jan-June)

June 2023) We were on TV 🙂
June 2023) We were on TV 🙂
June 2023) Prof. Seo’s invited talk at SKKU
June 2023) Photo with Prof. T Kim (SKKU, Korea)’s group
June 2023) Prof. Seo’s invited talk at HYU
June 2023) Hoang’s first professional talk at the ECS meeting in Boston!
June 2023) Atefeh’s first poster presentation at the CAMP meeting
June 2023) Ravi’s poster presentation at the CAMP meeting
May 2023) Ravi’s first professional presentation at @the CMPUG meeting!
May 2023) Ravi’s first professional presentation at @the CMPUG meeting!
May 2023) CMP team visited IBM!! Thanks, Dr. Tseng for your time!
May 2023) Great meeting organized by the CMPUG group
May 2023) Dr. Nikunj’s CMP Pad fabrication session. Thanks, Nikunj!
April 2023) The 17th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology: Next-Generation Semiconductors and the Environmental Implications of Semiconductor Manufacturing
Group discussion: The Environmental Implications of Semiconductor Manufacturing
April 2023) Happy Birthday, Ravi!!
April 2023) Our CMP team attended the Spring Open House 2023. Great!
March 2023) Tuan passed his qualifying exam!
March 2023) We had Mr. Arun (process engineer at GlobalFoundries)’s semiconductor talk. Great!
Feb 2023) Atefeh’s Birthday
Happy Birthday, Atefeh! 🙂
Feb 2023) Wafi’s Dance @Clarkson’s Got Talent
Feb 2023) Tuan’s birthday!
Happy birthday Tuan!
Jan 2023) Dr. Seo’s birthday!
@Atefeh’s place-Thank you all!!
Jan 2023) Atefeh’s Welcome dinner (@Mama Lucia)

2022 (June-Dec)

Dec 2022) Dr. Sungwon’s farewell lunch (@Lobster House)
Oct 2022) CMP team visited GlobalFoundries Fab9
Sep 2022) Lyle and Wafi-CMP group at Fall OpenHouse 2022. Great!
Sep 2022) CMP Group photo with Dr. Kenchappa (AMAT), Dr. Hong (Samsung), and Dr. Matovu (Micron) before Dinner Cruise during the ICPT conference
Sep 2022) CMP Group photo with Dr. Ji-Chul Yang (Vice president of Ebara) at the ICPT conference
Sep 2022) Productive meeting at Intel Gordon Moore Park
Aug 2022) CMP reunion in San Jose! Prof. Seo, Dr. Charith (TDK), Tram (TDK), and Dr. Sridevi (Entegris)
Aug 2022) Hanup Vegi’s Ph.D. defense. Congrats, Dr. Vegi (Headed to Intel)
Aug 2022) Goodbye Kihong and Sanghyeok!
July 2022) Goodbye Tera!
July 2022) Dinner at Prof. Seo’s house (with Seo’s parents)
July 2022) Prof. Taesung Kim (SKKU, Korea) visited us!
July 2022) SKC team visited us (@Jake’s)
July 2022) Group photo at the Saranac Lake
July 2022) Day trip to Thousand Islands

2022 (Jan-June)

June 2022) Group hiking
Ampersand Mountain’s Summit
Ampersand Mountain’s Summit
May 2022) Dr. Seo’s Invited talk at CAMP meeting 2022!
May 2022) Dr. Seo’s Invited talk at SEMICON CHINA 2022!
May 2022) Group photo with Dr. Wei Tsu Tseng (IBM) @ the CAMP conference
May 2022) Group photo with Prof. Panart and Terayama (Kyutech, Japan) @ the CAMP conference
May 2022) Congratulations on your well-deserved success, Arun and Hanup!
May 2022) Arun’s Farewell Party@Jakes. Best wishes for your new journey!
April 2022) Tram’s Farewell Party@ Royal India grill.
Best wishes for your new journey!
March 2022) We attend the Open House for Accepted Students.
Feb 2022) Our visit to SMART PAD, Albany, NY
Feb 2022) Dr. Seo’s Invited talk at SEMICON KOREA 2022!
Jan 2022) Dr. Seo’s birthday @ Arun and Ravi’s place.
Thank you guys!
Dec 2021) Seo’s lab members and their families @ Mama Lucia

2021

Oct 2021) Vice President of Ebara Corporation
Dr. Ji-Chul Yang visited us (@Royal India grill)
Arunkumar Venkataronappa, Ngoc-Tram Le, Dr. Ji-Chul Yang,
Dr. Jihoon Seo, Hanup Vegi
Oct 2021) Arunkumar’s first 200 mm CMP experiment!
Sep 2021) Charith’s Ph.D. defense and farewell dinner @ Jake’s Hanup Vegi, Arunkumar Venkataronappa, Dr. Charith Akurana Gamaralalage, Dr. Jihoon Seo
Aug 2021) CEO of SMART Pad LLC SMART Pad (smartpadforcmp.com) visited us
Dr. Jihoon Seo, Dr. Sunghoon Lee, Arunkumar Venkataronappa