CAMPBELL, Calif., May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for
Information Display (SID), will honor the recipients of its
prestigious 2014 Honors and Awards for exceptional contributions to
the field of information display next Monday, June 2 at its annual banquet during
Display Week, being held at the San Diego Convention
Center.
More information and background on each of this year's
well-deserved winners will be available at the event, but those
that can't attend the banquet can learn more about the winners in
the 2014 SID Honors and Awards article, published earlier last
month.
2014 SID Honors and Awards Recipients
The Karl
Ferdinand Braun Prize, sponsored by AU Optronics Corporation, is
presented for an outstanding technical achievement in, or
contribution to, display technology.
Dr. Katsumi
Kondo, SID Fellow and a member of the Corporate Research
and Development Group at Sharp Corporation, will be receiving the
Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize for his contributions to the development
of in-plane-switching (IPS) TFT-LCD technology.
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The Jan Rajchman
Prize, sponsored by Sharp Corporation, is presented for an
outstanding scientific or technical achievement in, or contribution
to, research on flat-panel displays.
Dr. Dirk J.
Broer, Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, will
receive the Jan Rajchman Prize for his pioneering development of
UV-polymerizable liquid-crystalline polymers and his contributions
to their applications in flat-panel displays.
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The Otto Schade
Prize, sponsored by Samsung Display, is awarded for an
outstanding scientific or technical achievement in, or contribution
to, the advancement of functional performance and/or image quality
of information displays.
Candice Brown
Elliott, CEO and Founder of Nouvoyance, Inc., will be awarded
the Otto Schade Prize for her development of PenTile display
technology.
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The Slottow-Owaki
Prize, sponsored by Fujitsu Ltd. and Dr. Tsutae Shinoda, is
awarded for outstanding contributions to the education and training
of students and professionals in the field of information
displays.
Dr. Han-Ping
Shieh, a professor and Vice-Chancellor at National Chiao Tung
University, will be awarded the Slottow-Owaki Prize for his
contributions to the education and training of students and
professionals in the display field.
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The Lewis &
Beatrice Winner Award for distinguished service is awarded to a
Society member for exceptional and sustained service to
SID.
Jenny Bach,
data manager for the Society's California headquarters, is the
winner of the Lewis & Beatrice Winner award for her work in
enabling the SID office to handle the growth in members, chapters,
and student involvement during a period of rapid growth for
SID.
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2014 SID Fellow Awards honor individuals who have made a
widely recognized and significant contribution to the field of
information display.
Dr. Chihaya
Adachi
Director of the
Center for
Organic Photonics
and
Electronics Research
(OPERA)
at Kyushu
University
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Dr. Janglin
Chen
Vice-President of the
Industrial
Technology Research
Institute
(ITRI) in Taiwan and
the General
Director of the
Display
Technology Center at
ITRI
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Dr. Taiichiro
Kurita
Executive Research
Engineer
with NHK (Japan
Broadcasting
Corporation)
Dr. Victor
Belyaev
Principal Scientist
with Moscow
Region State
University
Dr. Yong-Seog
Kim
Professor at Hongik
University
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2014 SID Special Recognition Awards are presented to
members of the technical, scientific and business community for
distinguished and valued contributions to the information-display
field.
Dr. Mark
Spitzer
Director of
Operations at
Google
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Dr. Hyun Jae
Kim
Professor at the
School of
Electrical and
Electronic
Engineering at Yonsei
University
Dr. Zenichiro
Hara
Engineer at
Mitsubishi Electric
Corp.
Dr. Changhee
Lee
Professor at the
School of
Electrical and
Computer
Engineering at Seoul
National
University
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The SID Honors and Awards dinner will start at 8 p.m. on June 2
during Display Week in Room 6C at the San
Diego Convention Center. Tickets are still available
for $90 and must be purchased in
advance. More information can be found at
www.displayweek.org.
About Display Week
The 51st SID
International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, or Display Week
2014, will take place June 1-6, 2014
at the San Diego Convention Center
in San Diego, Calif. Display
Week is the premier international gathering of scientists,
engineers, manufacturers and users in the field of electronic
information displays. For more information on Display Week
2014, visit www.displayweek.org or follow us on Twitter at
@DisplayWeek. Display Week-related tweets can be created,
viewed and shared using the hash tag #SID2014.
About SID
The Society for Information Display (SID) is
the only professional organization focused on the display
industry. In fact, by exclusively focusing on the advancement
of electronic display technology, SID provides a unique platform
for industry collaboration, communication and training in all
related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new
products. The organization's 6,000-plus global members are
professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate
to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing
and sales. To promote industry and academic technology
development, while also educating consumers on the importance of
displays, SID hosts more than ten conferences a year, including
Display Week, which brings industry and academia all under one roof
to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's
global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114,
Campbell, CA 95008. For more
information, visit www.sid.org.
SOURCE Society for Information Display (SID)