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Gong, Cheng

Gong, Cheng

Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Quantum Technology Center
Brain and Behavior Institute
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
2216 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
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Cheng Gong received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, and was a postdoctoral scholar in University of California, Berkeley till his joining of University of Maryland. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • DURIP Award (2024)
  • NSF Career Award (2023)
  • Maryland Chemist of the Year Award (2022)
  • ECE George Corcoran Memorial Award for Faculty (2022)
  • ECE Jimmy H.C. Lin Award for Entrepreneurship (2022)
  • UMD Invention of the Year (2022)
  • IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Semiconductors (2020)

UMD Research to be Published in Science

Multiple ferroic orders squeezed into 2D materials at ambient conditions by Professor Cheng Gong’s research

Professor Cheng Gong Awarded $1M Single-PI Grant from U.S. Navy

Will develop spintronic devices using magnetoelectric materials

Discovery Led by Professor Cheng Gong Featured in Nature Physics Journal

Paper focuses on controlling magnetic domain behaviors in two-dimensional quantum magnets

Steering the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Another exciting year of Maryland Engineering research is underway. 

$1.9M NSF FuSe2 award - Cheng Gong’s 7th NSF research grant in the past two years

An Interdisciplinary, Multi-institution Team to Advance Next-generation Microelectronics 

Reflecting on a Successful 2023–24 Academic Year

As we come to the close of another academic year, it is a time to celebrate the achievements of our faculty, staff, students—and especially our graduates!

ECE Ph.D. Student Wins UMD 3MT Competition

Anirudh Nakra Studying Microplastics using Quantum Methods

A Spoilage-Sniffing Sensor and Food Distribution App to Fight Hunger

Professor Cheng Gong Part of UMD Team Receiving $5M Grant for Tech Solutions to Reduce Food Insecurity and Waste

Gong receives NSF CAREER Award

Will Study 2D Multiferroic Heterostructures, an Unexplored Material Form integrated from 2D Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials

Six Clark School Faculty Receive 2024 DURIP Awards

DURIP awards support university research in technical areas of interest to the Department of Defense.

Cheng Gong’s Super-Performance Energy-Efficient Devices (SPEED) featured in Nature Electronics

“Small-voltage multiferroic control of two-dimensional magnetic insulators”

Cheng Gong Honored as Chemist of the Year

Maryland Section of American Chemical Society bestows award

“Unusually high performance of low-dimensional memories”

A work led by Prof. Cheng Gong published in Matter.

NAWCAD-UMD Seed Grant Review and Discussion strengthens collaboration commitment

The event emphasized research, advanced education, and outreach collaborations for the region, the state of Maryland and the nation.

UMD Inventions of the Year Tackle Grand Challenges

At Innovate Maryland, Pines heralds turning 'expertise into action'

Gong Wins UMD Invention of the Year Award

New sensor technology can accurately determine the freshness of meat to help reduce food waste.

2022 BBI Seed Grant Awards to Fuel Innovation in Aging and Development Research

The five interdisciplinary projects funded by the BBI offer cutting-edge approaches to translational neuroscience.

Gong Lab Publishes Two Papers Related to 2D Quantum Materials Sensors and Receives MII Funding

Prof. Gong and students leverage quantum materials to to detect tiny quantities of airborne molecules.

Gong Paper on Ferroelectric Control of Half-Metallic 2D Electron Gas Published in Nano Letters

Half-metallic 2D electron gas can be both created and polarized by the ferroelectrics in multiferroic superlattice, holding promise for high-efficiency spintronics.

Assistant Professor Cheng Gong Wins IUPAP Young Scientist Award

Prof. Cheng Gong has won IUPAP’s 2020 Young Scientist Award in Semiconductor Physics for his original breakthrough research on two-dimensional quantum materials and devices.

University of Maryland Launches Quantum Technology Center

The new research center will catalyze the development of high-impact quantum technologies.