SSLEEC General News and Nobel News

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Umesh_Padua

COE Dean Umesh Mishra Receives an Honorary Degree in Padua, Italy

Friday, May 29, 2026, 2:45 pm

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McGowan, Brenda(Citation of Excellence)

Brenda McGowan receives the Staff Citation of Excellence Award

Thursday, May 14, 2026, 12:00 pm

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Unite to Light: Illuminating Impact Symposium

Unite to Light Hosts 2026 International Day of Light “Illuminating Impact Symposium”

Thursday, May 7, 2026, 3:00 pm

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DenBaars_Steven(IEE2026)

Congratulations to Steven P. DenBaars, who was honored with the 2026 IEEE NICK HOLONYAK, JR. MEDAL

Monday, April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

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Ingantec_Press_Release(2026)

Ingantec Joins UCSB’s Prestigious SSLEEC Consortium to Accelerate GaN and MicroLED Innovations

Monday, April 27, 2026, 9:15 am

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Eames_Keyes(NSF GRFP-Fellowship)

Keyes Eames (GSR) is one of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recipients

Monday, April 27, 2026, 9:00 am

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NewHydrogen Completes Critical Pre-Pilot Plant Technical Validation

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 9:00 am

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Roark Chao KEYT

UCSB Researchers Create Hair-Thin LEDs that Could Replace Lasers

Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 11:00 pm

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Engineering II Bldg

University of California Tops U.S. Universities for Utility Patents, Reports National Academy of Inventors

Monday, April 6, 2026, 10:30 am

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AI-generated image "hydrogen fragile" T Center

Researchers in UC Santa Barbara materials professor Chris Van de Walle’s Computational Materials Group identified a robust new qubit in silicon, called the CN center

Friday, March 13, 2026, 4:35 pm

Nobel News

 

 

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Nakamura, Shuji KITP (Perko)

Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura to receive honorary doctorate from University of Oxford

Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 5:00 pm

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Blue LED lights and their reflection against a smooth surface

Professor Shuji Nakamura's invention of the blue LED changed holiday lights

Monday, December 29, 2025, 2:30 pm

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Shuji_Nakamura(IHFO with Nick H)

LED technology, changing the way we light our holidays and our world

Friday, December 5, 2025, 5:00 pm

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Blue Light — A Beacon Against Darkness

Blue Light — A Beacon Against Darkness

Sunday, October 26, 2025, 5:00 pm

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Shuji Nakamura - Blue Laser Fusion

Nobel Prize–Winning UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura’s Company Developing New Laser-Powered Tech That Could Lead to Efficient, Endless Source of Energy

Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 pm

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Shuji_Nakamura(AASF_Pioneer_Medal)

Professor Shuji Nakamura receives the 2025 Asian American Pioneer Medal

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 4:30 pm

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Blue LED lights and their reflection against a smooth surface

Professor Shuji Nakamura was listed as contributing to the Top 10 Japanese Tech Innovations that changed the world

Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 8:30 am

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Shuji_Nakamura(McGill University 2025)

Professor Shuji Nakamura receives Honorary Doctorate of Science at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Friday, May 30, 2025, 1:00 pm

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Shuji_Nakamura(Macau2023)

The invention of the white LED lightbulb (BBC podcast)

Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 10:00 am

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Shuji_Nakamura by Randy Lamb, UCSB

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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Nakamura, Shuji (lightbulbs) AFP

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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Shuji_Nakamura(Riyadh-Future of Semiconductor Forum 2024)

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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Blue LED lights and their reflection against a smooth surface

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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Shuji_Nakamura(Veritasium)

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 11:00 pm

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LpS DIGITAL (SN award plaque)

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

Sunday, December 10, 2023, 11:45 pm

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Shuji_Nakamura(IHOF)

Inventors Hall of Fame recognizes Professor Shuji Nakamura

Monday, December 4, 2023, 12:20 pm

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Shuji_Nakamura(Macau2023)

Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura to give talk at UM

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 12:04 pm

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Rolf Vennenbernd/picture alliance via Getty Images

What’s going on with your lightbulbs?

Sunday, August 13, 2023, 12:00 pm