Shuji Nakamura
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Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-born American electronic engineer that specializes in the field of semiconductor technology. His most notable accomplishment is the invention of the blue LED light which won him a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014.
Early Years and Career
Shuji Nakamura was born on May 22, 1954 in Ehime, Japan. He recieved all four of his degrees in Electrical Enginnering from the University of Tokushima, Japan. He recieved B.E. in 1977, an M.S in 1979., and finally his Ph.D in 1994. He joined Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd in 1979. In 1988, he spent a year at the University of Florida as a visiting research associate. For his research was awarded a D.Eng. degree from the University of Tokushima in 1994. He left Nichia Corporation in 1999 and became a professor of engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara.