National Taiwan University has established the Royal Palm Lecture Series as a campus-wide special lecture series aimed at expanding the perspectives of students and faculty members. This series invites distinguished scholars or professionals from both domestic and international backgrounds in academia or industry, who have demonstrated exceptional achievements or global impact, to deliver speeches and participate in academic exchanges at the university. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Hiroshi Amano, a Nobel Laureate in Physics. All members of the university are enthusiastically encouraged to participate.
Speaker: Dr. Hiroshi Amano
Topic: "Why did GaN-based blue LED emerge from a poor University"
Date: 15:30 pm-17:00 pm, Sep. 1st (Fri.), 2023
Venue: NTU Shih-Liang Chien Lecture Hall, 2nd floor, Zonghe Lecture Building
Language: English
Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi) is a Japanese physicist, engineer, and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. His research on the growth, characterization, and device applications of group III nitride semiconductors, which are well-known as materials used in blue light-emitting diodes today.
For his work, he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for "the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
15:00 pm -15:30 pm: Registration and Admission
15:30 pm -15:40 pm: Opening Introduction
15:40 pm -16:40 pm: Speech Start
16:40 pm -16:55 pm: Question & Answer
16:55 pm -17:00 pm: Present trophy and Group Photo Session
- Link: https://my.ntu.edu.tw/actregister/sessionList.aspx?actID=20233700_06
- Please register through our school's activity registration system. If you cannot attend, please cancel your registration as early as possible. If you are an external participant using our school's activity registration system for the first time, please go to the homepage to apply for an account and password.
- Civil servants can register for Government Employee Lifelong Learning for 2 hours. For students, this learning record will be linked to students’ ePo.
- Contact: Mr. Yu, Center for General Education, NTU (Phone: 02-3366-2545 #242； Email: tzuhungyu@ntu.edu.tw)