Nick Holonyak
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 2 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 3,1928 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Zeigler |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Residence | United States Of America |
| Field | Electrical engineering |
| Books | Physical Properties of Semiconductors |
| Job | Physicist |
| Inventor | |
| Educator | |
| Electrical engineer | |
| Awards | IEEE Medal of Honor |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation | |
| IEEE Edison Medal | |
| Lemelson–MIT Prize | |
| Global Energy Prize | |
| Frederic Ives Medal | |
| National Medal of Science for Engineering | |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Died | Urbana |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 18,2022 |
| Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable student | Russell Dupuis |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 434997 |
Nick Holonyak Life story
Nick Holonyak Jr. was an American engineer and educator. He is noted particularly for his 1962 invention and first demonstration of a semiconductor laser diode that emitted visible light. This device was the forerunner of the first generation of commercial light-emitting diodes.
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