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Sep 22, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., who made an LED breakthrough, dies at 93. Experts say LEDs, with countless practical applications, use up to 75 percent less energy than incandescent sources and last up to...
Sep 30, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., a prolific inventor and longtime professor of electrical engineering and computing, died on 17 September at the age of 93. In 1962, while working as a consulting scientist at General Electric ’s Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory, he invented the first practical visible-spectrum LED. It is now used in light bulbs and lasers.
He was the first graduate student of John Bardeen, a physicist and engineer with the unique distinction of having been honored with two Franklin Institute medals and two Nobel Prizes. Holonyak received his master's degree in 1951 and his doctoral in 1954, both in electrical engineering.
1923 – 2005. Inventor of the Visible Light Emitting Diode (LED) Nick Holonyak Ph.D. is cited by most as the father of the visible light emitting diode (LED). His invention of the visible light (red) LED in 1962 at General Electric research labs in Syracuse, NY initiated a broad use of this technology enriching the lives of users everywhere.
Inducted in 2008. Born Nov. 3, 1928 - Died Sept. 18, 2022. Military Service: U.S. Army. Nick Holonyak invented the first visible light-emitting diodes (LEDs), today commonly found in applications ranging from traffic lights to consumer electronics.
Sep 19, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., a renowned innovator of LED illumination, has died. Holonyak is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED, now commonly used worldwide in light bulbs, device displays and lasers.
Nick Holonyak Jr., inventor of numerous photonic technologies, died Sept. 18 at the age of 93. The University of Illinois shared news of Holonyak’s death. Holonyak is credited with the development of the first practical visible-spectrum LED, used worldwide in light bulbs, device displays, and lasers.
