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Caroline Reilly was selected to present at the The North American Materials Colloquium Series (NAMCS) during the Spring 2021 series!
Nobel News
October 02, 2019
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June 25, 2019
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April 04, 2019
ESE Seminars & Events The Jack Keil Wolf Lecture in Electrical and Systems Engineering |
September 20, 2018
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April 13, 2018
How to keep an innovative mind? Short video clip from April 2015. |
April 13, 2018
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April 12, 2018
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May 19, 2017
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February 08, 2017
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June 21, 2016
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June 21, 2016
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June 21, 2016
This is a video recording of Professor Shuji Nakamura's 2/4/2016 Nobel Lecture at the International Year of the Light (IYL) Closing Ceremony in Mer |
April 03, 2016
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November 30, 2015
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December 08, 2014
Professor Shuji Nakamura's Nobel lecture: "Shuji Nakamura - Nobel Lecture: Background Story of the Invention of Efficient Blue InGaN Light Emitting Diodes". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 8 Dec 2014. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/nakamura-l... Video links on the UCTV website. |
October 07, 2014
Please watch this intimate interview and read a great story about Dr. Shuji Nakamura at http://www.holliharmon.com/portraitsofthecentralcoast/2014/7/16/professo.... You will hear his life story and see his portrait painted. |
October 07, 2014
Santa Barbara Artist Holli Harmon interviewed Professor Shuji Nakamura Congratulations on the Nobel Prize, Shuji Nakamura! |
March 11, 2014
About this series: We take light for granted, but more than two billion people in the world go through their entire lives without reliable lighting. But that is changing, thanks in part to the brilliant discovery of UC Santa Barbara's Shuji Nakamura. This four-part series, made possible by UC Santa Barbara's Solid State Lighting and Energy Center, tells the story of Nakamura's determined effort to develop the white LED and the revolution in lighting that his discovery has brought to the world. |
March 08, 2013
In this episode of Lighting the World - after years of effort, Shuji Nakamura discovers the breakthrough that enables the creation of the white-light emitting LED, unleashing a revolution in the way the world uses light and power. |
March 01, 2013
Brilliant Discovery UCTV has released the second episode of its four-part series, "Lighting the World: Shuji Nakamura and His Brilliant Discovery", telling the story of the UC Santa Barbara professor's efforts to develop the white LED and the lighting revolution that followed. The new segment introduces viewers to Nakamura and explores the genesis of his quest. |