Dr. Shuji Nakamura, who developed the world's first gallium nitride (GaN) LED, led the UCSB team, which focused on resonant cavity light-emitting structures. The LRC team, led by Director of Research Dr. N. Narendran, focused on challenges in packaging, testing and evaluation of nitride-based solid-state lighting. The LRC's work included: allstocks
If you've ever turned on a computer, you can thank Shuji "Fiat Lux" Nakamura for the LED that glows back at you. This University of California, Santa Barbara-based professor was recently awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize by the government of F www.engadget.com/2006/09/10/shuji-nakamura-wins-1m-for-in...
June 18, 2006 The world's most lucrative technology award, the Millennium Technology Prize , has been awarded to Professor Shuji Nakamura . Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize, including a cash component of one million euros, for hi www.gizmag.com/go/5754/
Shuji Nakamura was born on May 22, 1954 in Ehime, Japan. He obtained B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokushima, Japan in 1977, 1979, and 1994, respectively. He joined Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd in 1979. www.nanotech.net/ntne2007/speakers/Shuji_Nakamura.htm