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Stephen Goodnick

Professor Emeritus, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Goodnick is the deputy director of ASU LightWorks. Some key research contributions: photovoltaics, global modeling of high frequency devices, fabrication and characterization of nanoscale semiconductor devices.

Recent stories

ASU researchers pursue innovations in solar space power and propulsion as part of university consortium.

Krishna Badrinath reads a book in the library.

Overcoming hardship, unlocking one’s potential, facing climate catastrophe, and a pandemic that birthed modern medicine are among topics of books recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff.

Shalanda H. Baker, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, addresses the attendees of the Arizona Student Energy Conference held at Arizona State University.

Arizona’s public university graduate students and postdoctoral researchers connect with industry and each other at the Arizona Student Energy Conference.

Stephen Goodnick

The American Association for the Advancement of Science named ASU’s Stephen Goodnick a 2022 Fellow for contributions to nanoelectronics and solar power.

Additional stories

An artificial diamond being grown in lab equipment

ASU researchers use diamonds for electrical power

Professor Trevor Thornton leads research through ASU’s AMPED Science and Technology Center to create diamond and boron nitride transistors.
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“Ultra materials” spark ideas for a more efficient power grid

The U.S. Department of Energy grants ASU an Energy Frontier Research Center and $12.4 million in funding to research a new class of semiconductor materials.