Peruvian mathematician and epidemiologist | Cayetano Heredia University, National University of Engineering | November 3, 1977 - December 14, 1966 | Alicia
Nick Holonyak
- Zeigler: November 3, 1928 celebration
- Urbana: September 20, 2022 celebration


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United States -
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Nick Holonyak -
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celebration Date of birth
Zeigler: November 3, 1928 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Urbana: September 20, 2022 -
language Official Website
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engineering Field of Work
- physics
- semiconductor
- light-emitting diode
- superconductivity
- optoelectronics
- history of technology
- quantum electronics
- semi-conductor laser
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- John Bardeen
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school Education
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Welker Award
- Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2021)
- Edison Medal (1989)
- Frederic Ives Medal (2001)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2002)
- IEEE Medal of Honor (2003)
- Global Energy Prize (2003)
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (2017)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Charles Hard Townes Award (1992)
- Japan Prize (1995)
- National Inventors Hall of Fame (2008)
- IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1973)
- John Scott Award (1975)
- NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science (1993)
- Charles Stark Draper Prize (2015)
- Von Hippel Award (2004)
- IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1981)
- Washington Award (2004)
- Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology
- National Medal of Science (1990)
- Lemelson–MIT Prize (2004)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- light-emitting diode
- American physicist (1928–2022) | Welker Award, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2021), Edison Medal (1989), Frederic Ives Medal (2001), National Medal