Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Professor Nakamura of UC Santa Barbara

What’s bright and blue and shiny all over?

Professor Shuji Nakamura could probably tell you.

Shuji Nakamura is a professor of materials and of electrical and computer engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Last week, he was given the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes. These blue light-emitting diodes are valuable because they allow for a greater energy-saving light source.

The Nobel Prize in Physics also acknowledged Nakamura’s two colleagues. One was Isamu Akasaki of Meijo University and Nagoya University, Japan; the second was Hiroshi Amano of Nagoya University.

A news conference about Nakamura’s Nobel Prize in Physics was held at UCSB on October 7th. The video of the news conference can be seen here.

(Source: UC News)