LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of design and discovery in engineering. Dr. Russell Dupuis is one of the engineers behind LEDs, and he recently was one of five winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his work in this technology. Dr. Dupuis explains his contribution to creating thin-film electronics necessary for LEDs, starting from his university days in Illinois, and he also discusses its implications for the future. He currently is a professor of electrical engineering at Georgia Tech. This is a joint episode with The K12 Engineering Education Podcast and Engineering Word Of The Day.

Related to this episode:
• Dr. Russell Dupuis: https://www.ece.gatech.edu/faculty-staff-directory/russell-dean-dupuis
• Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: https://qeprize.org/
• Dr. Nick Holanyak, Jr: https://ece.illinois.edu/about/directory/faculty/nholonya
• Dr. M. George Craford: https://www.nae.edu/128635/Dr-M-George-Craford
• Dr. Isamu Ishikawa: https://www.nae.edu/128633/Dr-Isamu-Akasaki
• Dr. Shuji Nakamura: https://materials.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/shuji-nakamura
• Texas Instruments: https://www.ti.com/
• Rockwell International: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_International
• Dr. Harold Manasevit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_M._Manasevit
• MOCVD (metal-organic chemical vapor deposition): https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/metal-organic-chemical-vapor-deposition
• SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink service on the heels of opening up access: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/16/spacex-launches-60-more-satellites-for-its-starlink-service-on-the-heels-of-opening-up-access/
• The Martian: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
• p-n junctions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%E2%80%93n_junction
• epitaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaxy
• UIUC Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering: https://ece.illinois.edu/
• Development and future of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes: UV-LED will replace the UV lamp: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0268-1242/29/8/084004/meta
• PhoneSoap: https://www.phonesoap.com/

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