Dear all, Please join me in congratulating Profs. Qiliang Li and Dimitris Ioannou, from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, and former PhD students Yang Yang and Xiaoxiao Zhu who were issued the following patent: Title: Nanowire field effect junction diode Inventors: Li, Qiliang; Ioannou, Dimitris E.; Yang, Yang; Zhu, Xiaoxiao Patent no: 7,989,800 Issue date: August 2, 2011 This announcement is also posted at http://volgenau.gmu.edu/research_centers/research_news.php Danny ********************************************************************************************** Dr. Daniel A. Menasce Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Computer Science Volgenau School of Engineering, Long and Kimmy Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2510, MS 5C8 George Mason University 4400 University Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030, USA www.cs.gmu.edu/faculty/menasce.html