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Shin-Tson Wu

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Shin-Tson Wu
吳詩聰
Shin-Tson Wu
Born
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Southern California (PhD)
Known forHis works on liquid crystal displays and tunable photonic devices
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Optics
InstitutionsUniversity of Central Florida
Doctoral advisorMichael B. Bass

Shin-Tson Wu, (Chinese: 吳詩聰) is an American physicist and inventor of Taiwanese origin. He is currently a Pegasus professor at CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida. Wu's contributions to liquid-crystal research and the resulting patent portfolio for next-generation liquid crystal displays (LCDs), adaptive optics, laser-beam steering, and new photonic materials, have had a major impact on display science and technology worldwide.

Early life and education

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Wu's invention of mixed-mode twisted nematic liquid crystal display have been widely implemented in commercial products.

Wu was born in Nantou, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA) and his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in physics from National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan).

Career

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Shin-Tson Wu is a Trustee chair professor at College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida (UCF). His research interests at UCF focus on augmented reality and virtual reality displays, including light engines (LCOS, mini-LED, micro-LED, and OLED), optical systems (lightguide, diffractive optics, and projection optics), and display materials (liquid crystals, quantum dots, and perovskites).

He was the founding Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology, SID Honors and Awards Committee chair, and Optica (formerly OSA) publications council chair and board of directors.

Awards and honors

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Memberships

  • 2022, Academician of Academia Sinica
  • 2014, Among the first six inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
  • 2012, Charter Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
  • 2007, Fellow of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
  • 2004, Fellow of the IEEE
  • 2001, Fellow of the Society for Information Displays (SID)
  • 1993, Fellow of the Optical Society of America (Optica)

Awards

  • 2024, UCF Medal of Societal Impact
  • 2022, Academician of Academia Sinica
  • 2022, SPIE Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award
  • 2022, Optica Edwin H. Land Medal
  • 2014, Optica Esther Hoffman Beller Medal
  • 2011, SID Slottow-Owaki Prize
  • 2010, Optica Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize
  • 2008, SID Jan Rajchman Prize
  • 2008, SPIE G. G. Stokes Award
  • 2000, SID Special Recognition Award
  • 1991, Hughes Research Laboratories Team Achievement Award

Honorary Titles

  • 2014, Inaugural Inductee of Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Books

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See also

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