Reminder - NECINA SemiTech Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar on Dec. 10

[Hui Huang]

Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Location: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, North Entrance, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA Topics:             1. GaN-based Light Emitting Diode for Solid State Lighting and UV Applications 2. Challenges and Opportunities of Solid State Lighting: A Market Perspective Agenda: 6:30pm-7:00pm Networking (Pizza will be served) 7:00pm-7:40pm GaN-based Light Emitting Diode for Solid State Lighting and UV Applications Professor Theodore Moustakas, Principle Investigator, Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Laboratory, Boston University Professor Theodore Moustakas has been a Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boston University since 1987. He has also been a Professor of Physics since 1991 and a Faculty Member of the Center for Photonics Research since 1994. He received the B.S. degree in Physics from Aristotle University (Greece) in 1964 and the Ph.D. degree in Solid State Science and Engineering from Columbia University in 1974. He held research and visiting faculty positions at Harvard University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aristotle University, IBM T. J. Watson Research Laboratory and Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory. Dr. Moustakas' research contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics in opto-electronic materials and devices, including nitride semiconductors, amorphous semiconductors, III-V compounds, diamond thin films and metallic multi-layers. He is the co-editor of eight books, including Gallium Nitride I (Academic Press, 1998) and Gallium Nitride II (Academic Press, 1999), the author of chapters in nine books and 280 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. He served as a special editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology and of the Journal of Electronic Materials. He presented 102 invited and plenary talks in national and international conferences. He has been granted 25 U.S. patents and several are pending in the fields of nitride semiconductors, amorphous silicon and diamond materials. Intellectual property that resulted from his work has been licensed to a number of companies, including the two major manufactures of blue LEDs and lasers (Cree in United States and Nichia in Japan). This work is cited in the 2006 edition of Technology Transfer Works: 100 Cases From Research to Realization, published by The Association of University Technology Managers as part of the Better World Project    (www.betterworldproject.net).  Dr. Moustakas is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Electrochemical Society. He is also active member in the Materials Research Society, the Electronic Materials Committee and he is a member of the Advisory Board of the North America Molecular Beam Epitaxy. He organized a number of symposia for the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the Electrochemical Society and participated in the organization of numerous national and international conferences. In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the Aristotle University for outstanding contributions to research and teaching. 7:40pm-7:55pm Questions and Answers 7:55pm-8:15pm Challenges and Opportunities of Solid State Lighting: A Market Perspective Dr. Bob Karlicek, Chief Scientist, Luminus Devices Dr. Robert Karlicek, Jr. joined Luminus Devices as Chief Scientist in January 2005.   He brings over 25 years of experience in research, development and manufacturing of opto-electronic devices with corporations including AT&T Bell Labs, EMCORE, General Electric, Gore Photonics and Microsemi.  His technical experience includes epitaxial growth of high performance LEDs, advanced device fabrication and high power LED packaging, with management experience in basic R&D, development and technology outsourcing and transfer to manufacturing.  He obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and has over 40 published technical papers and 23 U.S. patents. 8:15pm-8:30pm Questions and Answers Registration: This event is open to all public. To register, please go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=169611.   Organizers: Bo Zhang<bzhg...@gmail.com>, Feng Yun<deef...@hotmail.com> and Yitao Liao <yitao...@gmail.com> For more information, please visit the following sites NECINA Semi SIG:  http://www.yahoogroups.com/groups/necina_sig_semiconductor NECINA: http://www.necina.org/ Event Sponsor: Foley Hoag LLC http://www.foleyhoag.com/