[Staff] Kyoto Symposia

[David Hayhurst]

This Thursday, San Diego State University will have the privilege of hosting
the Kyoto Laureate in technology, Dr. Isamu Akasaki.  This will be an
outstanding opportunity for faculty, staff and students to learn more about
one of the true innovators in blue LED technology.  I strongly recommend
that you attend and that you encourage you students to do so.  Please
register for the event.  Additional information is provided below.  I look
forward to seeing you there!  David

 

2010 Kyoto Prize Symposium 
Thursday, April 22, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Montezuma Hall
Presentation by Dr. Isamu Akasaki, pioneer of blue LED technology
Demonstrations by Sony & blue LED light displays by the Illuminating
Engineering Society


Blue LED technology has brought us Blu-ray movies, stunning light displays
and ecofriendly lighting. Once considered to be technologically impossible,
the development of blue LED became a reality thanks to one man's
breakthrough discovery. 

Dr. Isamu Akasaki is the 2009 recipient of the Kyoto Prize in Advanced
Technology-Japan's highest private award for global achievement-and he is
considered to be the pioneer of blue LED technology. His extraordinary
achievement stimulated research on blue LEDs worldwide and was the first
step toward their eventual commercialization in the 1990s. 

Akasaki will speak about his lifetime contributions to semiconductor science
during a special free presentation at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 22, at San
Diego State University's Montezuma Hall. Joining him is Edgar Tu, Senior
Vice President of Sony Electronics, who will discuss the commercial impact
of Akasaki's work over the past twenty years, with demonstrations of an
LED-backlit HDTV and a Blu-ray Disc player, plus a 3-D TV that will use
Blu-ray technology. The Illuminating Engineering Society of San Diego will
also create blue LED light installations throughout the building to enhance
the lecture. 

For more information and to register for the presentation, please visit
http://www.kyotoprize.org/events/registration.cfm. 

 

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