By Dave Larsen Lam Research Corporation awarded a University of Dayton electro-optics doctoral graduate and a computer scientist $25,000 for fundamental research on artificial intelligence for silicon crystal growth. Pengfei Guo, who received his doctorate in electro-optics in 2018 under the guidance of Professor Andrew Sarangan, and Tam Nguyen, assistant professor of computer science, received a grant through Lam's Unlock Ideas, which is a university grant program that provides seed funding for research collaborations with professors to support feasibility testing of innovative ideas. The one-year grant runs through August and also supports two master’s degree students, Vatsa Patel and Shashi Adhikari, who are working on the project in Nguyen’s lab.