The group held discussions which President Chen opened by welcoming the guests and briefing them on the current situation of SUSTech, including the management style, discipline construction, faculty, and scientific research strength. He said that Shenzhen Laser Institute and SUSTech’s Departments of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering were working on very close fields, and he hoped that both sides will strengthen communication and build a strong partnership.

Li Yi then took over to express his appreciation for the rapid development of the university in recent years and said he looked forward to the two organizations’ exchanges and cooperation in various fields and at various levels. He gave the example of laser lighting, which compared with LEDs, can significantly improve the efficiency of human lighting, is a new generation of solid-state lighting source, and offers practical applications which offer great potential for the future. He noted that this could be one of the fields on which they could work together in order to achieve new breakthroughs.

Nobel Prize laureate Shuji Nakamura, US National Academy of Engineering Steven DenBaars and their entourage then visited SUSTech’s laboratories and facilities.

After the talks, the delegation also visited the SUSTech Testing Center, Quantum Dot Advanced Display and Lighting Laboratory, and the Shenzhen Grubbs Research Institute.

Background:

Shenzhen Laser Institute and Shuji Nakamura laser lighting laboratory was established in November 2016 as a research and development center for industrial technologies such as laser lighting research and industrialization. It is one of the top ten Nobel Prize laboratories in Shenzhen City and receives prominent support from the municipality. The core team of the ” Shuji Nakamura Laser Lighting Laboratory” is personally led by Shuji Nakamura, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 and includes professionals from the Silicon Valley such as Steven DenBaars of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States.