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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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Professor Shuji Nakamura's interview: "I want my work to enhance human life and contribute to achieving world peace"

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Compound Semiconductor Week 2025 announces Professor Chris Van de Walle's as The Welker Award recipient
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Compound Semiconductor Week 2025 announces Professor Srabanti Chowdhury (UCSB Alumnae) as The Quantum Devices Award recipient
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May 29, 2025 | Nitrides Seminar - Zachary Biegler

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Wang, Haochen

May 20, 2025 | Nitrides Seminar - Haochen Wang

In Memoriam

Herbert Kroemer (1928-2024)

Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2000

Prize motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"

Learn more about Professor Herbert Kroemer