Awards Banquet
The Awards Banquet, which honors the SID international award
winners, will take place at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 19th at the Golden
State Room of the Wilshire Grand Hotel Los Angeles.
Karl Ferdinand Braun
Prize
Dr. Richard Williams :
For the pioneering discovery of a significant electro-optic effect
in liquid crystal materials and the recognition of its importance to
flat-panel displays.
Jan Rajchman Prize
Dr. Shin-Tson Wu :
In recognition of his exceptional contributions to liquid crystal
display science and technology, especially display device physics,
electro-optic effects and materials.
Otto Schade Prize
Dr. Louis D. Silverstein :
For his many contributions to the enhancement of display performance and
image quality including pioneering efforts in integrating display
technology with color science.
Slottow-Owaki Prize
Dr. Tatsuo Uchida:
For his remarkable contributions to the education of students and
company researchers in the field of liquid crystal displays.
Fellow Awards
Dr. Vladimir Chigrinov:
For his many contributions to understanding the physics and
electro-optic effects in liquid crystals including photo-alignment and
the modeling of LC modes to enable optimization for flat panel display
applications.
Dr. Ingrid Heynderickx :
For her significant contributions to the study and measurement of
display image quality and for her outstanding educational efforts in
training young scientists around the world.
Dr. Chishio Hosokawa :
For his outstanding scientific contributions to the development and
commercialization of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) materials
technology.
Dr. Junji Kido:
For his many contributions to the science and technology of Organic
Light Emitting Diodes including high efficiency materials,
white-light-emitting and long-life devices.
Dr. Seung Hee Lee :
For his invention, product development, and commercialization of
Fringe-Field Switching (FFS) liquid crystal display devices.
Mr. Richard McCartney:
For his many significant contributions to the application of Active
Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Technology to avionics, television
and mobile displays encompassing methods for viewing angle control and
LCD electronics.
Special Recognition
Awards
Kimio Amemiya:
For his outstanding contributions to the research and development of
high performance plasma displays using single crystal MgO powder with
its unique priming electron emission effect.
Dr. Alan Jacobsen:
For his outstanding contribution to human-centered design within the
aviation industry including the introduction of LCDs on commercial
airplane flight decks by developing safety-enhancing display formats and
flight deck prototyping systems.
Dr. Sungkyoo Lim :
For his outstanding service to SID including role as Secretary
General of Asia Displays 1988, the International Display Manufacturing
Conference, the International Conference on Display LEDs and the Crystal
Valley Conference and Exhibition.
Dr. Hiroyuki Mori :
For his outstanding contributions to the improvement of optical
simulation technology used to develop optical compensation films for
LCDs.
Dr. Kiyoshi Yoneda :
For his pioneering contributions to the commercialization of low
temperature poly-Si based active matrix organic light emitting displays.
