M. George Craford

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Magnus George Craford (born December 29, 1938 ) is an American physicist and leading developer in the field of light emitting diodes .

Craford earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1961 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1967 . Over the course of his career, he has held a leading position in LED development for Monsanto Company , Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lumileds Lighting , a joint venture between Agilent Technologies and Philips .

Craford is best known for its contributions to the research, development and manufacture of light emitting diodes (LED) in the field of visible light . So he developed the first yellow LED and was able to increase the luminosity of red LEDs tenfold. Further developments were the brightest red, orange and amber-colored LEDs based on aluminum gallium indium phosphide with a light output of over 100 lumens / watt . Craford and co-workers were able to make the mass production of LEDs based on organometallic chemical vapor deposition profitable. The development of white LEDs with high brightness in the entire range of visible light made it possible to replace classic lightbulbs with LED-based illuminants.

M. George Craford has been a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1994 . He has received numerous awards, including the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award in 1995 , the Welker Award in 1997 , the Materials Research Society Medal in 1999 , the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2002 , the Charles Stark Draper Prize in 2015 and the IEEE in 2017 Edison Medal . In 2014 he was inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b IEEE Morris N. Liebermann Memorial Award Recipients. (PDF, 53 kB) In: ieee.org. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b IEEE Edison Medal Recipients. In: ieee.org. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Dr. M. George Craford. In: nae.edu. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Previous Recipients of the Welker Award. In: csw2018.org. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  5. ^ MRS Medal - Materials Research Society Awards. In: mrs.org. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ M. George Craford. In: nationalmedals.org. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Dr. M. George Craford. In: nae.edu. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Craford, M. George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craford, Magnus George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1938