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Layer by Atomic Layer – MOCVD Growth for a Carbon Neutral Society: A Symposium to honor Dr. Russell Dupuis and Dr. Daniel Dapkus, recipients of the 2022 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
May 4, 2022 at 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The School of Engineering and Applied Science is honored to co-sponsor, with Drexel University and the Franklin Institute, a symposium to honor the recipients of the 2022 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Russell Dupuis and Dr. Daniel Dapkus join a list of many distinguished laureates of the Franklin Institute – of these over 90 laureates have later received the Nobel Prize.
Zoom webinar registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/BenFranklinMedalEESymposium
Dr. Russell Dupuis & Dr. Daniel Dapkus
Dr. Dupuis and Dr. Dapkus received the Benjamin Franklin Medal “for pioneering the technology that provides the materials quality and ultra-precision required for many device components central to modern life, including LEDs, Transistors, Lasers, and High-performance Solar Cells. “
Schedule
09:00 Introduction and Welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Medal Symposium
09:05 Welcome Remarks by Franklin Institute
09:10 Franklin Awards History/Video
09:15 Welcome Remarks by Drexel University President
09:20 “The MOCVD as the Key Technology for Establishing a Carbon Neutral Society” Hiroshi Amano
09:50 “Nanostructures for Optoelectronics Applications” Chennupati Jagadish
10:20 “Quantum Dots for Green Quantum Technologies” Dieter Bimberg
11:20 “The MOCVD Growth of Diode Lasers in Context – A Significant Challenge and an Elegant Solution?” James Coleman
11:40 “The importance of the MOCVD growth to the invention of the blue LED and solid-state light revolution” Shuji Nakamuru
12:10 “Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition – The Dominant Technology for Compound Semiconductor Devices” Dan Dapkus
12:30 “Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition – The Swiss Army Knife of III-V Epitaxy” Russ Dupuis
Speakers (Distinguished Speakers include two Nobel Laureates, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura)
PROFESSOR HIROSHI AMANO
Nobel Prize in Physics
Director, Akasaki Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
PROFESSOR CHENNUPATI JAGADISH
Distinguished Professor and Head of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Semiconductor
PROFESSOR DIETER BIMBERG
Director, Bimberg Chinese-German Center for Green Photonics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center of Nano Photonics, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
PROFESSOR JAMES COLEMAN
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Photonics, University of Texas at Arlington, TX
Intel Alumni Endowed Chair Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL USA
PROFESSOR SHUJI NAKAMURU
Nobel Prize in Physics, NAE, NAI, NIHF, RAE
CREE Distinguished Professor, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
PROFESSOR DAN DAPKUS
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, Material Science and Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
PROFESSOR RUSS DUPUIS
Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair in Electro-Optics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA