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Undergraduate Colleges /
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Notable faculty |
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- John Bardeen - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1956) for co-inventing the
transistor, and Nobel laureate (Physics, 1972) for work on superconductivity. Served on the faculty from 1951 until his death in
1991.
- Michael Heath -
Engineering Council Award for Excellence (2003), Fulton-Copp Chair (2002), ACM Fellow (2000), Hertz Fellow (1975)
- Nick Holonyak Jr. - Lemelson-MIT Prize (2004), National Medal of
Technology (2002), National Medal of Science (1990). He is credited for the invention of the LED and the first semiconductor laser to operate in the visible spectrum.
- Elias Corey - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1990). Served on faulty from
1951 to 1959.
- Paul Lauterbur - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 2003).
Joined the faculty in 1985.
- Anthony J. Leggett - Nobel laureate (Physics, 2003). Joined
faculty in 1983.
- Salvador Luria - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1969).
Served on faculty from 1950-1959.
- Rudolph Marcus - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1992). Served on
faculty from 1964-1968.
- Franco Modigliani - Nobel laureate (Economics, 1985). Served
on faculty from 1948-1952.
- Carl Woese - Crafoord Prize Recipient (Bioscience, 2003). Professor of
Microbiology
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