Nick

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Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.

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Generate an image of Nick (Nick is the given name of Nick Holonyak Jr., the American engineer and inventor widely known for creating the first practical visible-spectrum LED.)

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Nick canonical 3

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instanceOf human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in electrical engineering ⓘ
awardReceived Global Energy Prize ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
Japan Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
citizenshipStatus natural-born citizen of the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-11-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-09-18 ⓘ
developed first practical visible red LED ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor John Bardeen ⓘ
educatedAt University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
employer General Electric ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ukrainian American ⓘ
familyName Holonyak ⓘ
linked to: Nick Holonyak Jr.
fieldOfWork electrical engineering ⓘ
optoelectronics ⓘ
semiconductor devices ⓘ
genre scientific publication ⓘ
givenName Nick ⓘ
hasAcademicRank professor ⓘ
hasPatentOn semiconductor light-emitting devices ⓘ
influenced development of modern LED lighting ⓘ
influencedBy John Bardeen ⓘ
knownAs Nick Holonyak ⓘ
linked to: Nick Holonyak Jr.
memberOf National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor creating the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode ⓘ
notableStudent Russell Dupuis ⓘ
notableWork development of III-V semiconductor LEDs ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Zeigler, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ
researchInterest heterostructure devices ⓘ
semiconductor lasers ⓘ
residence Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Illinois
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workInstitution Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
workLocation Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ
yearOfInvention 1962 ⓘ

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Nick Holonyak Jr. → givenName → Nick ⓘ
subject linked to: Nick