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| The SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition It's awards season at the Society for Information Display (SID), and this year SID will once again bestow its highest honors upon a deserving crop of scientists, researchers and display-industry veterans. Among this year's big winners are a leader in plasma and liquid-crystal display backlighting, an inspirational longtime professor who helped shape the landscape of liquid-crystal research in the United States, and a scientist who has made invaluable contributions to vision science. The 2007 SID Honors and Awards will be presented during Display Week 2007: The SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition, which will take place May 20-25, 2007 in Long Beach, California, U.S.A. SID will be introducing a brand-new award this year with the presentation of the Slottow-Owaki Prize for Display Education. The first-ever winner is Dr. J. William Doane, who was the director of the world-renowned Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) at Kent State University from 1983-1996 and led the effort during that time to establish the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM). Professor Shigeo Mikoshiba will be awarded the Jan Rajchman Prize for outstanding research in or contributions to flat-panel display (FPD) research. Mikoshiba will receive the Rajchman Prize for his contributions to the technology of plasma display panels (PDPs) and liquid-crystal-display (LCD) backlights, including clarification of motional artifacts of images, and for his many years of leadership in the display community. Receiving this year's Johann Gutenberg Prize for outstanding technical achievement in or contribution to, printer technology will be Dr. Jeff Folkins. Dr. Folkins will be recognized for his substantial contributions to electrophotography and his more recent innovations in solid-ink-jet printing. Finally, Dr. Andras Lakatos will receive the Lewis and Beatrice Winner Award for his many years of outstanding service to the Society as a member of the Executive Committee, President, and now Editor of the Journal of the SID. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |