[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 27 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS' JAMES COLEMAN ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 
                              ENGINEERING

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                        HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 17, 2012

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, James J. Coleman, professor of 
materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois, was 
one of 66 to be elected into the National Academy of Engineering. A 
pioneer of photonics and semiconductor lasers, Coleman will join the 
2254-member, 206 foreign associates Academy. He was elected for his 
contributions to the fields of technology and engineering.
  Coleman, who earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees 
from the University of Illinois, is a researcher in the Micro and 
Nanotechnology Lab and the Coordinated Science Lab.
  ``Dr Coleman's research has added considerable knowledge to the field 
of semiconductor lasers and photonic devices, and his many successful 
patents and contributions to the engineering literature remain a 
testament of those achievements,'' comments Ilesanmi Adesida, dean of 
the College of Engineering. ``He is also an Illinois alumnus, so we are 
doubly proud of his achievements.''

                     [From SemiconductorToday.com]

       Photonics and semiconductor laser pioneer James J. Coleman 
     (the Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer 
     Engineering and a professor of materials science and 
     engineering at the University of Illinois) is one of 66 
     people newly elected to membership of the U.S. National 
     Academy of Engineering (NAE), along with new 10 foreign 
     associates (joining the existing 2254 members and 206 foreign 
     associates, distinguished by outstanding contributions to the 
     fields of technology and engineering).
       Coleman, a researcher in the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab 
     and the Coordinated Science Lab, was cited for his work in 
     semiconductor lasers and photonic materials. His research 
     focuses on materials for optoelectronics. Having helped to 
     develop metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), as 
     the director of the Semiconductor Laser Laboratory at 
     Illinois he oversees research using MOCVD growth of III V 
     semiconductors to explore applications in lasers, quantum 
     dots and other optical structures.
       ``Dr Coleman's research has added considerable knowledge to 
     the field of semiconductor lasers and photonic devices, and 
     his many successful patents and contributions to the 
     engineering literature remain a testament of those 
     achievements,'' comments Ilesanmi Adesida, dean of the 
     College of Engineering. ``He is also an Illinois alumnus, so 
     we are doubly proud of his achievements.''
       Coleman earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral 
     degrees in electrical engineering from the University of 
     Illinois. He worked at Bell Laboratories and Rockwell 
     International before joining the faculty in 1982. He has 
     published more than 400 journal articles and holds seven 
     patents. Coleman is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical 
     and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Optical Society of 
     America (OSA), SPIE (the international society for optics and 
     photonics), the American Association for the Advancement of 
     Science (AAAS), and the American Physical Society (APS).
       Also among the new members and foreign associates announced 
     by the NAE was Illinois engineering alumnus Supriyo Datta (MS 
     1977, PhD 1979, Electrical Engineering), who is the Thomas 
     Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer 
     Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana 
     (cited for ``quantum transport modeling in nanoscale 
     electronic devices'').

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