SSLEEC General News and Nobel News

General News
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These Mathematical Equations Are Slashing America’s Electric Bills

Monday, March 24, 2025, 10:00 am

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Boosting electro-optic performance in III-V semiconductors

Thursday, March 13, 2025, 11:00 am

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Bowers, John & Galan Moody (left)

Professor John Bowers is a recipient of A DARPA Award to Squeeze Light for Powerful On-Chip Optical Sensors

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 12:00 pm

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Holmes, Archie(PhD97)

From Semiconductors to System Leadership: Dr. Archie Holmes on Engineering Higher Ed’s Future

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 11:00 am

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Mishra, Umesh 50 Influential people(PCBT)2

The Dean of the College of Engineering, Umesh Mishra, has been listed on Pacific Coast Business Times' list of 50 Most Influential People in the Region.

Friday, February 28, 2025, 9:30 am

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Speck, James

Little-understood physics in gallium-nitride LEDs garners UCSB’s Jim Speck a prestigious Vannevar Bush award

Thursday, January 23, 2025, 11:00 am

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Innovating for Social Impact: Gallium Nitride Research in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering

Thursday, January 23, 2025, 8:00 am

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Dr Shuji Nakamura at UM GaN lab

Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura and CREST’s Gallium Nitride advancements

Monday, January 6, 2025, 3:00 pm

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Van de Walle, Chris

Materials scientist Chris Van de Walle receives top computational physics award from the American Physical Society

Friday, November 1, 2024, 11:00 am

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Weisbuch, Claude Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Claude Weisbuch, winner of the science applications medal from the Academy of Sciences!

Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 11:00 am

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October 7th is National LED Light Day!

Monday, October 7, 2024, 8:30 am

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The Institute of Energy Efficiency (IEE) at UC Santa Barbara turns 15

Thursday, September 5, 2024, 11:00 am

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Professor Shuji Nakamura was a speaker at the K-Display 2024 Conference in Seoul, Korea

Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 11:00 am

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Analysis: Chancellor Henry Yang's vision created an innovation hub

Friday, August 16, 2024, 4:00 pm

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Inspiring 8th grade student poster: blue LED and Shuji Nakamura stories; other inventors and innovators

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 10:00 am

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Professor Van de Walle's group on Bright Pospects for Engineering Quantum Light

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 12:00 pm

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Kroemer, Herbert

UC Santa Barbara's Library acquires papers of Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer

Monday, July 29, 2024, 11:00 am

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Speck, James

Professor Jim Speck will receive a prestigious Vannevar Bush Fellowship from the Department of Defense

Friday, July 12, 2024, 4:00 pm

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Turiansky, Mark

Dr. Mark Turiansky, one of Young UC scientists, selected to attend International Nobel laureate meeting

Monday, July 1, 2024, 1:00 pm

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Congratulations to Dr. Panpan Li!

Monday, June 17, 2024, 1:00 pm

Nobel News

 

 

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Invention of Blue LED, Laser and Solid State Light, by 2014 Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura (10 years ago)

Monday, March 17, 2025, 5:00 pm

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6 famous engineers of today · Elon Musk · Satya Nadella · Shuji Nakamura · Sundar Pichai · Robert S. Langer · Dr. Andrew Viterbi

Friday, February 28, 2025, 9:30 am

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Shuji Nakamura's induction into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 8:00 pm

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Shuji Nakamura to be inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame

Monday, July 29, 2024, 8:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura is a featured speaker at the Future of Semiconductor Forum 2024 in Riyadh

Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 11:00 am

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What today’s photonics industry can learn from the quest for the blue LED

Friday, March 22, 2024, 2:00 pm

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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 11:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura recognized as the LpS DIGITAL Innovation Awards Honoree 2023

Sunday, December 10, 2023, 11:45 pm

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Inventors Hall of Fame recognizes Professor Shuji Nakamura

Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:20 pm

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Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura to give talk at UM

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 12:04 pm

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What’s going on with your lightbulbs?

Sunday, August 13, 2023, 12:00 pm

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Nakamura, Shuji (photo credit: Matt Perko)

Professor Shuji Nakamura's interview: "I want my work to enhance human life and contribute to achieving world peace"

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 6:00 pm

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New rules flip the the switch to make LEDs household bulbs of choice

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 6:00 pm

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22 May: Shuji Nakamura is recognized on his birthday

Monday, May 22, 2023, 6:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura featured on Solitaire, in a deck of cards featuring famous inventors

Monday, May 22, 2023, 6:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura speaks at the "Future of Semiconductor Forums 2023"

Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 6:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura is featured in Forbes Magazine

Sunday, March 19, 2023, 6:00 pm

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Professor Shuji Nakamura was key to the Invention of Blu-Ray Technology

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 6:00 pm

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Nakamura, Shuji (photo credit: Matt Perko)

Shuji Nakamura Receives Richard J. Goldstein Energy Lecture Award From Professional Group

Monday, November 15, 2021, 9:00 pm

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Shuji Nakamura Receives Most-Prestigious Prize for Engineering

Sunday, February 21, 2021, 6:00 pm