Nobel Laureate Professor Leo Esaki to visit Stevens
Scientist will keynote the Day of Physics and Technology of Man-Made Quantum Structures
HOBOKEN, N.J. — The 1973 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for his discovery of tunneling in semiconductors) and the inventor of the Esaki diode, Professor Leo Esaki, will visit Stevens Institute of Technology on Thursday, September 30, 2004. Professor Esaki will headline the Stevens event called “The Physics and Technology Day for Man-Made Quantum Structures.”
In addition to visiting with laboratories and research groups, Dr. Esaki will deliver the inaugural lecture of the Institute Lecture Series on Masters of Scientific and Technological Inventions. Dr. Esaki’s lecture, titled “How to Win a Nobel Prize?” will be delivered at 2:00 p.m., in Burchard 118.
Dr. Esaki will also lead a round-table discussion on “Man-Made Quantum Structures” with members of the School of Science and the School of Engineering from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Fielding Room, Howe Center. The discussion is open to Stevens students.
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