{"id":140432,"date":"2024-03-27T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//?p=140432"},"modified":"2024-04-26T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:32:07","slug":"ucf-awards-optics-and-photonics-professor-shin-tson-wu-with-medal-of-societal-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//ucf-awards-optics-and-photonics-professor-shin-tson-wu-with-medal-of-societal-impact/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Awards Optics and Photonics Professor Shin-Tson Wu with Medal of Societal Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly every modern device screen you/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019ve held in your hand, from an Apple iPhone and Nintendo Game Boy to augmented reality (AR) glasses, was made possible because of the invention of a 香港六合彩开奖结果 professor./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

College of Optics and Photonics Professor Shin-Tson Wu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s pioneering research in the evolution of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) has led to cutting-edge display technologies, making them more energy-efficient, vibrant and versatile. It also contributed to him becoming UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s inaugural Medal of Societal Impact awardee, which recognizes faculty whose research in science, engineering or medicine has significantly benefitted society./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

He will be honored on Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019 Day with the medal presented by President Alexander Cartwright and will receive a $50,000 grant. The recognition is part of the Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019 Day Faculty Honors Celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. next Wednesday in the Student Union/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s Pegasus Ballroom. The campus community is invited./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

The displays that Wu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s work enabled have transformed how we interact with information, communicate with others and experience the world around us. These flat-panel screens are much thinner and lighter, with higher resolution and more vivid colors, and work in devices large and small. They also use significantly less electricity /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2014 three times less than traditional cathode-ray tube televisions of years past, meaning reduced impact on the environment and on consumers/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019 electric bills./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

But that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s not what Wu says is one of his greatest career accomplishments./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s his students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u201cMy group is really blessed,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u201d he says of the 43 doctoral students he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u2019s graduated since arriving at UCF in 2001. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u201cSo far, we have 15 working with Apple and 10 with Meta, several in academia, and some with Google and Applied Materials. And I sometimes talk to their supervisor or vice president, and they all appreciate our students very much. They are held in high regards./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140432/n