SSLEEC General News and Nobel News

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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

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Fig. 1 (a) GaN LED device stack for operation around 440 nm

UCSB researchers use distributed Bragg reflectors to dramatically increase light output and improve beam convergence in microLED devices

Friday, March 13, 2026, 4:30 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