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.

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Nick Holonyak Jr. canonical 11
Holonyak 2
James E. West 1

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instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ
awardReceived Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering ⓘ
surface form: Charles Stark Draper Prize

IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
Japan Prize ⓘ
Lemelson-MIT Prize ⓘ
surface form: Lemelson–MIT Prize

National Medal of Science ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize ⓘ
surface form: 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 at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
surface form: 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 Nick Holonyak Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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. self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Lemelson-MIT Prize → notableRecipient → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor → notableRecipient → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
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Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering → notableRecipient → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
ASA Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
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Zeigler, Illinois, United States → hasBirthplaceOf → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
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Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering → notableRecipient → Nick Holonyak Jr. ⓘ
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