SSLEC: The Solid State Lighting and Energy Center

Shuji Nakamura, (Professor of Materials and the Cree Professor in Solid State Lighting and Display), is the Co-Director of SSLDC. His research includes MOCVD, UVPE, and growth and device fabrication of light-emitters based on the wide-bandgap semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN).

Steven DenBaars, (Professor of Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Mitsubishi Chemical Professor in Solid State Lighting & Display) is the Co-Director of SSLDC. His research areas are in MOCVD growth of wide-bandgap semiconductors (GaN-based) and their application to blue LEDs and laser and high power electronic devices

Umesh Mishra, Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a recognized leader in the area of high-speed field effect transistors. His current research areas attempt to develop an understanding of novel materials and extend them into applications. He is the Director of the ONR MURI Center (IMPACT) on wide bandgap semiconductor based electronics.

James Speck, Professor and Chair of the Materials Department, focuses his research on the relationship between thin-film electronic materials growth (MOCVD and MBE), microstructure, and the relation between microstructure and physical properties.

Matthew Tirrell is the Richard A. Auhll Professor & Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research is in polymer surface properties including adsorption, adhesion, surface treatment, friction, lubrication, and biocompatibility.