Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Gon Namkoong

757-269-5349

231 KAUFMAN HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Gon Namkoong received his B.S. in the Department in Physics from Chonbuk National University,South Korea in 1996 and Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003. Dr. Namkoong then worked as Post Doctoral Fellow and Research Engineer II at the Georgia Institute of Technology till he jointed the Faculty of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the ¹ÏÉñÍø and ARC in 2007. Dr. Namkoong's research interest is in the development of nitride/ZnO-based thin films, nanorods and their devices on innovative substrate materials as well as applying new nanoscale thin film growth techniques to facilitate material and device improvement. Dr. Namkoong has been intimately involved in the creation of nanoscale optoelectric/electronic devices and novel integration technologies to overcome current device performance limitations allowing for new levels of multifunctional devices. He has authored/co-authored over 60 research papers/presentations as well as numerous technical reports and invention disclosures.

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (2003)

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (1998)

B.S. in Physics, Chonbuk National University, (1996)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Namkoong, G. "BRIDGE: Triple Wavelength White Light Emitters using Nitride/Oxide Heterostructure" $170,000. Federal. August 2008 - July 2011
Namkoong, G. "Control of Indium Phase Separation and P-Type InGaN: Phase II" $72,044. Private. July 01, 2010 - June 30, 2011
Namkoong, G. "Growth and control of InGaN nanostructures for solar cell applications" $24,500. Private. August 15, 2010 - May 30, 2011
Namkoong, G. "Using video and simulation tools to enhance “renewable energy education" $3,000. ¹ÏÉñÍø. 2010 - 2010
Namkoong, G. "InGaN based Thin Multiunction Solar Cells-SBIR Phase II" $220,000. Private. November 2008 - October 2010
Namkoong, G., Lee, K., Baumgart, H. and Elsayed-Ali, H. "Ultrahigh-Efficiency Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Solar Cells using Nanorod-in-Nanotube Techniques" $91,000. ¹ÏÉñÍø. January 2010 - August 2010
Namkoong, G. "Green LEDs on Non-polar ZnO" $35,000. Private. September 2009 - May 2010
Namkoong, G. "BCET Dean’s Faculty Development Grants" $2,000. ¹ÏÉñÍø. October 2009 - April 2010
Namkoong, G. "Non-polar InGaN Solar Cells" $30,000. Private. January 2009 - October 2009
Namkoong, G. "Single polar InGaN Solar Cells" $30,000. Private. January 2009 - October 2009
Namkoong, G. "InGaN Based Thin Multijunction Solar Cells" $30,000. Federal. January 2008 - September 2008
Namkoong, G. "Investigation and growth of nitride/ZnO based phosphor-free white LEDs" $10,703. Private. July 2007 - September 2008

Articles

Byun, H. R., Park, D. Y., Oh, H. M., Namkoong, G. and Jeong, M. S. (2017). Light soaking phenomena in organic-inorganic mixed halide perovskite single crystals. ACS Photonics 4 (11) , pp. 2813-2820.
Boland, P., Lee, K., Dean, J. and Namkoong, G. (2010). Design of organic tandem solar cells using low-and high-bandgap polymer: fullerene composites. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 94 , pp. 2170-2175.
Namkoong, G., Partrick, B., Lee, K. and Dean, J. (2010). Design of organic tandem solar cells using PCPDTBT:PC61BM and P3HT:PC71BM. Journal of Applied physics 107 , pp. 124515.
Boland, P., Lee, K. and Namkoong, G. (2010). Device Optimization in PCPDTBT:PCBM Plastic Solar Cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 84 , pp. 915-920.
Najand, M. S., Trybus, E., Cheung, M., Doolittle, W., Cartwright, A., Fenwick, W., Ferguson, I., Seong, T. and Nause, J. (2010). Hybrid III-nitride/ZnO Light Emitting Diodes. Applied Physics Express 3 , pp. 022101.
Boland, P. and Namkoong, G. (2010). Optimization of Active Layer Thickness in Planar organic Solar Cells via Optical Simulation Methods. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 49 (030205).
Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Abdel-Fattah, T. and Namkoong, G. (2010). Synthesis of Nested Coaxial Multiple Walled Nanotubes by Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS Nano 4 , pp. 753-758.
Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (2009). Atomic layer deposition of ZrO2 and HfO2 nanotubes by template replication. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 12 (4) , pp. K25-K28.
Trybus, E., Doolittle, W., Moseley, M., Henderson, W., Billingsley, D., Namkoong, G. and Look, D. (2009). Extremely high hole concentrations in c-plane GaN. physica status solidi 6 , pp. S788-S791.
Namkoong, G., Huang, S., Moseley, M. and Doolittle, W. (2009). In-plane anisotropic strain of elastically and plastically deformed III-nitrides on lithium gallate. Thin Solid Films 17 , pp. 6508-6511.
Namkoong, G., Trybus, E., Lee, K., Moseley, M., Doolittle, W. Alan. and Cook, D. Metal modulation epitaxy growth for extremely high hole concentrations above 1019 cm-3 in GaN. Applied Physics Letters .
Burnam, S., Namkoong, G., Look, D., Clafin, B. and Doolittle, w. Alan. (2008). Reproducible, Increased Mg Incorporation and Large Hole Concentration in GaN using Metal Modulated Epitaxy. Journal of Applied Physics 104 , pp. 024902.
Lee, K., Namkoong, G., Madison, S., Henderson, W., Ralph, S. E. and Doolittle, W. Alan. (2007). III-Nitride Growth and High Power Devices on Ferroelectric Materials. Materials Science and Engineering: B 140 , pp. 203-211.

Book Chapters

Namkoong, G., Huang, S. and Doolittle, W. (2008). "III-nitride films and devices on Lithium metal oxides by molecular beam epitaxy" in III Nitride Devices and Nano-Engineering Imperial College Press.

Conference Proceeding

Gu, D., Shrestha, P., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (2009). ALD Synthesis of Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures of Transition Metal Oxides by Template Replication (pp. 191-198) ECS Transactions.
Gu, D., Shrestha, P., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (2009). ALD Synthesis of Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures of Transition Metal Oxides by Template Replication (pp. 191-198) ECS transactions.
Abdel-Fattah, T., Gu, D., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (2009). Optimizing the Release of ALD Grown ZnO Nanotubes from Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates (pp. 191-198) ECS transactions.
Tapily, K., Stegall, D., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Elmustafa, A. (2009). Physical Characterization of Thin Films Zinc Oxide Grown by ALD (pp. 85-92) ECS transactions.
Tapily, K., Stegall, D., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Elmustafa, A. (2009). Physical Characterization of Zinc Oxide Thin Films Grown by ALD (pp. 85) ECS Trans. .
Foe, K., Boland, P., Namkoong, G., Gu, D., Baumgart, H. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (2009). Self-organized Crystal Growth of Nanostructured ZnO Morphologies by Hydrothermal Synthesis (pp. 3) ECS Transactions.

Presentations

Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Abdel-Fattah, T. and Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Sacrificial Spacer Technology for Free-Standing Multiple Nested ALD Nanotubes 10th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD- 2010) Seoul, Korea.
Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Materials and Devices using III-nitrides and ZnO Annual Meeting of Principal Investigators (PIs) in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) Program .
Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Enhancement of p-type III-nitrides .
Foe, K., Boland, P., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Abdel-Fattah, T., Jeong, J. and Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Controlled Synthesis of ZnO Nanospheres using Hydrothermal Process Meet. Abstr.–Electrochem. Soc. 1002, 102 (2010), Symposium A-1 General Topic Session Las Vegas, NV.
Shrestah, P., Gu, D., Tran, N., Tapily, K., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Investigation of Volmer-Weber Growth during the Nucleation Phase of ALD Platinum Thin Films and Template based Platinum Nanotubes Meet. Abstr.–Electrochem. Soc. 1002, 1425 (2010), the 6th International Symposium on Atomic Layer Deposition Applications Las Vegas, NV.
Gu, D., Tapily, K., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Synthesis of NbN Thin Films for Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) Applications by Atomic Layer Deposition to Fabricate Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor (S-I-S) Multilayer Structures Meet. Abstr.–Electrochem. Soc. 1002, 1444 (2010), the 6th International Symposium on Atomic Layer Deposition Applications Las Vegas, NV.
Boland, P., Foe, K., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Lee, K. and Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Estimation of Organic Tandem Solar Cell Power Conversion Efficiency via Optical Simulation Methods Meet. Abstr.–Electrochem. Soc. 1002, 1667 (2010), the 6th International Symposium on Photovoltaics for the 21st Century Las Vegas, NV.
Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Organic tandem solar cells Sungkyunkwan University.
Namkoong, G. ( 2010). Technical challenges in III-nitrides and Organic Solar Cells .
Gu, D., Xiao, B., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Crooks, R. (June , 2010). Atomic Layer Deposition of NbN Thin Films for Superconducting Radiofrequency (SRF) Cavities 10th international conference on Atomic Layer Deposition Seoul.
Gu, D., Tran, N., Tapily, K., Shrestha, P., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (June , 2010). Investigation of the Nucleation of ALD Platinum Films 10th international conference on Atomic Layer Deposition Seoul.
Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Abdel-Fattah, T. and Namkoong, G. (June , 2010). Sacrificial Spacer Technology for Free-Standing Multiple Nested ALD Nanotubes 10th international conference on Atomic Layer Deposition Seoul.
Shrestha, P., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (April , 2010). ALD Synthesis of Nested Coaxial Multiple Walled Nanotubes by Template Replication American Vacuum Society Mid Atlantic Chapter Meeting Newport News, VA.
Boland, p., Abdel-Fattah, T., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (December , 2009). Optimization of Active Layer Thickness in Planar Organic Solar Cells via Optical Simulation Methods the IEEE International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS 2009) College Park, Maryland.
Gu, D., Shrestha, P., Baumgart, H., Abdel-Fattah, T. and Namkoong, G. (October , 2009). ALD Synthesis of Tube-in-Tube Nanostructures of Transition Metal Oxides by Template Replication Meet. Abstr. – Electrochem. Soc. 902, 2027 (2009), the 5th International Symposium on Atomic Layer Deposition Applications Vienna, Austria.
Foe, K., Boland, P., Namkoong, G., Gu, D., Baumgart, H. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (October , 2009). Self-organized Crystal Growth of Nanostructured ZnO Morphologies by Hydrothermal Synthesis Meet. Abstr. –Electrochem. Soc. 902, 122 (2009), Electrochemical Society Meeting Vienna, Austria.
Abdel-Fattah, T., Gu, D., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (October , 2009). Optimizing the Release of ALD Transition Metal Oxide Nanotubes from Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates Meet. Abstr. –Electrochem. Soc. 902, 2046 (2009), 5th International Symposium on Atomic Layer Deposition Applications Vienna, Austria.
Tapily, K., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Elmustafa, A. (October , 2009). Meet. Abstr.–Electrochem. Soc. 902, 2018 (2009), the 5th International Symposium on Atomic Layer Deposition Applications Physical Characterization of Zinc Oxide Thin Films Grown by ALD Vienna, Austria.
Tapily, K., Stegall, D., Gu, D., Baumgart, H., Namkoong, G. and Elmustafa, A. (July , 2009). Structural and Nanomechanical Characterization of ALD ZnO American Vacuum Society (AVS) 9th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2009) Monterey, California.
Sunkavalli, S., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattha, M. ( 2008). Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Solar cells Research Expo Norfolk, VA.
Chennuri, S., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah, T. ( 2008). Synthesis of uniform Silver Nanorods with Minimum Diameter in Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum oxide Research Expo Norfolk, VA.
Abdel-Fattah, T., Gu, D., Baumgart, H. and Namkoong, G. (October , 2008). Controlled Synthesis of 3D Nanostructures Using Proximity-Field Nanopatterning Lithography and Graded Temperature ALD 214th ECS Meeting Honolulu, HO.
Namkoong, G., Trybus, E., Doolittle, W., Look, D. and Seong, T. (October , 2008). Growth and Characterization of GaN with Extremely High Hole Concentration 214th ECS Meeting Honolulu, HI.
Trybus, E., Burnham, S., Namkoong, G., Look, D. C., Billingsley, D., Moseley, M., Henderson, W. and Doolittle, W. Alan. (June , 2008). Systematic Study of High Hole Concentration, Low Temperature Grown GaN Approaching the Compensated Region 50th Electronic Materials Conference Santa Barbara, California.
Sunkavalli, S., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah (April 24, 2008). Nanostructured Metal-Organic Composite Photovoltaic Cells Student poster competition and Dinner meeting Newport News, VA.
Chennuri, S., Namkoong, G. and Abdel-Fattah, T. (April 24, 2008). Synthesis of uniform nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide and its application to fabricate nanorods Student poster competition and Dinner meeting Newport News, VA.
Lee, K., Namkoong, G., Doolittle, W., Losurdo, M., Bruno, G. and Cho, H. (September , 2007). Study of Interface Properties of III-Nitrides on Lithium Niobate for Multifunctional Optoelectronic-Acoustic-Electronic Applications 7th International Conference Nitride Semiconductor .
  • 2012: Mathcounts Coach Award, Peninsular Region Mathounts
  • 2012: Excellence in promoting undergraduate research, ¹ÏÉñÍø
  • 2011: Editorial Board of ISRN Renewable Energy,
  • 2010: BCET Dean's Faculty Development Grant,
  • 2009: BCET Dean's Faculty Development Grant,
  • 2009: Who's Who in America,
  • 2007: Recipient of Faculty Proposal Preparation Program, ¹ÏÉñÍø

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