Nick Holonyak Jr.

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electrical engineer engineer human inventor university teacher

Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and inventor best known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED, earning him recognition as a pioneer in semiconductor lighting technology.

Aliases (3)

Holonyak ×2
James E. West ×1
Nick Holonyak ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electrical engineer → engineer → human → inventor → university teacher →
academicDegree	PhD in electrical engineering →
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize → IEEE Medal of Honor → Japan Prize → Lemelson–MIT Prize → National Medal of Science → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → O. E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1928-11-03 →
dateOfDeath	2022-09-18 →
doctoralAdvisor	John Bardeen →
doctoralStudent	James Coleman → Russell Dupuis →
educatedAt	University of Illinois College of Engineering → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories → General Electric → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
ethnicGroup	Ukrainian American →
familyName	Holonyak →
fieldOfWork	electrical engineering → optoelectronics → semiconductor devices →
givenName	Nick →
hasOccupation	engineer → inventor → university professor →
influencedBy	John Bardeen →
knownFor	first practical visible-spectrum LED → light-emitting diode research → semiconductor lighting technology →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Nick Holonyak Jr. →
notableWork	development of GaAsP-based visible LEDs → semiconductor laser work →
placeOfBirth	Zeigler, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Urbana, Illinois, United States →
positionHeld	professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Urbana, Illinois, United States →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ASA Gold Medal ("James E. West") → Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering → IEEE Medal of Honor → Lemelson-MIT Prize →	notableRecipient
Nick Holonyak Jr. ("Holonyak") → Nick Holonyak Jr. ("Holonyak") →	familyName
Zeigler, Illinois →	hasBirthplaceOf
Zeigler, Illinois →	hasNotablePerson
Edison Medal →	hasRecipient
Nick Holonyak Jr. ("Nick Holonyak") →	knownAs
Nick Holonyak Jr. →	name