院士簡歷

工程科學組

中村修二 Shuji Nakamura
當選名譽院士年 2016
Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center
Materials Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
Engineering II, Bldg. 503, Rm. 3524
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5055, USA
院士email

現職

Professor, Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering; Research Director, Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center; Cree Chair in Solid State Lighting & Displays; Co-founder, Soraa Inc. and Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.

學歷

University of Tokushima, Japan, Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (1977)
University of Tokushima, Japan, Master of Electronic Engineering (1979)
University of Tokushima, Japan, Doctor of Engineering (1994)

經歷

Nichia Chemical Ind., Ltd., Research and Development (1979-84)
Nichia Chemical Ind., Ltd., Group Head, Research and Development 1st Section (1985-88)
University of Florida, Visiting Research Associate, Electronic Engineering (1988-89)
Nichia Chemical Ind., Ltd., Group Head, Research and Development 2nd Section (1989-93)
Nichia Chemical Ind., Ltd., Senior Researcher, Department of Research and Development (R&D)(1993-99)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor, Materials & ECE Departments (1999-Present)

專長

MOCVD, HVPE, and growth and device fabrication of light-emitters based on the wide-bandgap nitride-based semiconductors

曾獲得之學術榮譽

Nikkei BP Engineering Award (1994, 1996)
Sakurai Award (1995)
Nishina Memorial Award (1996)
Okochi Memorial Award (1997)
Materials Research Society Medal Award (1997)
Innovation in Real Materials Award (1998)
C&C Award (1998)
IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1998)
British Rank Prize (1998)
Julius-Springer Prize for Applied Physics (1999)
Takayanagi Award (2000)
Carl Zeiss Research Award (2000)
Honda Award (2000)
Asahi Award (2001)
OSA Nick Holonyak Award (2001)
IEEE/LEOS Quantum Electronics Award (2002)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering (2002)
Takeda Award (2002)
World Technology Award (2002)
CompoundSemi Pioneer Award (2003)
National Academy of Engineering Fellow (2003)
Blue Spectrum Pioneer Awards (2003)
Society for Information Display Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize (2004)
Millennium Technology Prize (2006)
Czochralski Award (2007)
Prince of Asturias Award for Technical Scientific Research (2008)
Harvey Prize (2009)
Technology and Engineering Emmy Award (2011)
LED Pioneer Awards (2013 )
Nobel Prize in Physics ( 2014)
Order of Culture Award, Japan (2014)
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering (2015)
National Academy of Inventors Fellow (2015)
Japanese Science of Applied Physics Honorary Member (2015)
National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015)
Physical Society of Japan Honorary Member (2015)
Global Energy Prize (2015)
Asia Game Changer (2015)
Eagle on the World (2015)
Japanese Illuminating Engineering Institute Honorary Member (2015)
Japanese Institute of Electronics and information Honorary Member (2015)
Japanese Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Honorary Member (2015)
AAEOY Distinguished Science and Technology Award in Los Angeles (2015)
Doctor Honoris Cause from Wroclaw University in Poland (2015)
The Asian Award/Outstanding Achievement in Science & Technology, London, England (2016)
Asian & Pacific Islander American (APIA) Heritage Award, Sacramento, CA (2016)
Ordine dei Santi Mauizio e Lazzaro (2016)
Academia Sinica Fellow, Taiwan (2017)
Mountbatten Medal Achievement Award, Institute of Engineering and Technology, England (2017)
Asia Pacific Brands Foundation Awards: Legendary Award (2017)
Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Warsaw in Poland (2017)
Honorary Fellowship Awards from Hong Kong Baptist University ACKM (2017)
Doctor Honoris Causa from Universidad International Menendez Pelayo in Spain (2017)
Zayed Future Energy Prize Lifetime Achievement, United Arab Emirates (2018)
Honorary Degree from University of Massachusetts Lowell (2018)
10th Iwaki Award in Japan (2018)
Degree of Doctor of Science in Engineering (Honoris cause) for distinction in engineering from Queen’s University Belfast (2018)
Honorary Doctorate in Energy and Sustainable Development, The University of Perugia in Italy (2019)