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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)

Hiroshi AmanoPROFESSOR HIROSHI AMANO 

Nobel Prize in Physics

Director, Akasaki Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

 

 

 

Chennupati JagadishPROFESSOR CHENNUPATI JAGADISH

Distinguished Professor and Head of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Semiconductor

 

 

 

Dieter BimbergPROFESSOR 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

 

 

 

James ColemanPROFESSOR JAMES COLEMAN

Presidential Distinguished Professor of Photonics, University of Texas at Arlington, TX

Intel Alumni Endowed Chair Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL USA

 

 

 

Shuji NakamuruPROFESSOR SHUJI NAKAMURU

Nobel Prize in Physics, NAE, NAI, NIHF, RAE

CREE Distinguished Professor, University of California Santa Barbara, CA

 

 

 

Daniel DapkusPROFESSOR DAN DAPKUS

Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, Material Science and Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA

 

 

 

Russell DupuisPROFESSOR RUSS DUPUIS

Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair in Electro-Optics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA

Details

Date:
May 4, 2022
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9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Website:
https://tinyurl.com/BenFranklinMedalEESymposium

Venue

Drexel University – Bossone Research Center, Mitchell Auditorium
3140 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
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