This course will go through the early research in 1990s to the sustainable manufacturing that positions the industry for the future. It will have focus on materials perspective, while aspects of devices and systems will be briefly discussed.

Course responsible: Dr. Mikael Syväjärvi

Dr Mikael Syväjärvi started with silicon carbide growth in 1995 and explored the physical vapor transport (PVT) growth, lighuid phase epitaxy, and sublimation epitaxy. He was laboratory implementatopn responsible for the LPE development for the worlds first SiC microgravity growth in 1997 on the sounding rocket MASER 7. Since 2005 he is also active in graphene on SiC growth and is co-founder of Graphensic AB (2011). He is inventor of Fast Sublimation Growth Process and in charge of the technology transfer of FSGP to El Seed Corporation, Ltd (Jp). The process was further developed to explore basal plane defect free SiC in KISAB company. He founded Alminica AB in 2016 that is a company active in innovation services for research to business, impact from research and training young generation researchers. In 2021 he founded ICM Research Institute as department for research. He has experience from broader contexts for research to market, such as avenues in European research and innovation strategy for smart specialisation for regional economic growth, and strategic national innovation programmes. He is active in global partnerships for promoting impact from research, educating next generation research leaders, and establishing value chains as tool to contribute to sustainable development goals using energy and environmental technologies from advanced materials. He is supporting several start-ups in deeptech (mentor, adviser, board, etc).