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UCSB Year of Light Symposium 2015

9/2/2015

 
International Year of Light Symposium
Where: Corwin Pavillion, the University of California Santa Barbara
When: October 8th, 1:00–6:30pm



Articles about IYL 2015:
  • ​The Daily Nexus: Let There Be Light
  • The UCSB Current: Celebrating a Year of Light
  • Video: Symposium Session I + II
    • Feat. Professors Herbert Kroemer, John Bowers, Amnon Yariv, 
      Alan Heeger, Eva Silverstein, Bill Parrish and Rod Alferness
  • ​Video: Symposium Session III + IV
    • ​Feat. Professors Shuji Nakamura, Steve Denbaars, Larry Coldren,
      Waguih Ishak, Ania Jayich and Dan Morse
  • ​Video: Keynote Lecture by Dr. Steven Chu
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The University of California, Santa Barbara's is holding a Year of Light Symposium on October 8th, sponsored by the UCSB College of Engineering, the UCSB Photonics Society and the Institute for Energy Efficiency. The event features a prestigious panel of experts in the field, as well as a poster session filled with on-going research and industry activities, and four lectures by Nobel Laureates, including a key note lecture by Nobel Laureate and former Secretary of Energy, Steve Chu.

Program
1:00PM  Welcome
Henry T. Yang
Chancellor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Rod Alferness
Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Alan Willner
President Elect, The Optical Society of America


Session 1 Chair: Rod Alferness Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UCSB
Herb Kroemer
Professor of Physics, UC Santa Barbara & Nobel Laureate 
John Bowers
Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency, Kavli Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSB
Amnon Yariv
Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics & Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech


2:05PM  
Session 2 Chair:  Gui Bazan Professor of Chemistry and Materials, UC Santa Barbara
 Alan Heeger
Professor of Physics and Materials, UC Santa Barbara & Nobel Laureate 
Eva Silverstein
Professor of Physics, SLAC, Stanford University
Bill Parrish
Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seek Thermal

2:55PM Break 

3:15PM  Session 3 Chair: Robert Leheny Associate Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University
Shuji Nakamura
Professor of Materials, Co-Director of the Solid-State Lighting & Energy Center, UCSB & Nobel Laureate 
Steve DenBaars
Professor of Materials and ECE, Co-Director of the Solid-State Lighting & Energy Center, UC Santa Barbara
Larry Coldren
Kavli Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor of ECE and Materials, UC Santa Barbara 

4:10PM  Session 4 Chair: Pierre Wiltzius Susan & Bruce Worster Dean of Science, UC Santa Barbara
 Waguih Ishak
Div. Vice President & Director, Corning West Technology 
Ania Jayich
Assistant Professor of Physics and Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Dan Morse
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry of Molecular Genetics, UC Santa Barbara

 5:00PM  Posters & Reception

 6:30PM  Keynote Chair: Rod Alferness Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering, UCSB
Steve Chu
Professor of Physics & Molecular & Cell Biology, Stanford University & Nobel Laureate

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