{"680017":{"#nid":"680017","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Russell Dupuis Receives Japan Prize for Laying the Foundation for LEDs, Solar Cells, Lasers, and Other Everyday Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs you move your computer mouse around the screen or scroll on your phone to read these words, you\u2019re using technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/russell-dean-dupuis\u0022\u003ERussell Dupuis\u003C\/a\u003E helped enable. Same for when you turn on an LED light bulb or scan groceries at the self-checkout.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe underlying technologies for those common devices are compound semiconductors manufactured using techniques Dupuis first demonstrated nearly 50 years ago. His work made it possible to mass produce and commercialize these semiconductors for LEDs, lasers, solar cells, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow his contributions have been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.japanprize.jp\/en\/press.html\u0022\u003Erecognized with the Japan Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, one of a few internationally recognized awards regarded by much of the scientific community as second only to the Nobel Prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProfessor Russell Dupuis\u2019 breakthrough led to the commercialization of compound semiconductor production. It has become the foundation upon which our modern information society is built,\u201d the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.japanprize.jp\/\u0022\u003EJapan Prize Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E wrote in announcing Dupuis\u2019 selection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/russell-dupuis-receives-japan-prize-laying-foundation-leds-solar-cells-lasers-and\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe highly regarded prize recognizes ECE researcher\u2019s pioneering work enabling mass production of compound semiconductors that fuel our information age.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The highly regarded prize recognizes ECE researcher\u2019s pioneering work enabling mass production of compound semiconductors that fuel our information age."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2025-01-28 16:32:43","changed_gmt":"2025-01-28 16:34:56","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"361591":{"id":"361591","type":"image","title":"Russell Dupuis","body":null,"created":"1449245782","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:22","changed":"1475895098","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:38","alt":"Russell Dupuis","file":{"fid":"201574","name":"drrusselldupuis-rgb-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/drrusselldupuis-rgb-2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/drrusselldupuis-rgb-2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5161777,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/drrusselldupuis-rgb-2_0.jpg?itok=ZdC_0bql"}}},"media_ids":["361591"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2461","name":"Russell Dupuis"},{"id":"172722","name":"compound semiconductor devices"},{"id":"183428","name":"MOCVD III-V compound semiconductor solar cells"},{"id":"173144","name":"MOCVD"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}