The 2025 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Materials Science and Production
• Achievement:
  Development of metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technology for compound semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices, and pioneering contribution to its large-scale commercialization

Education

1970	B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1971	M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1973	Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Experience

1973-1974	Technical Staff, Texas Instruments
1975-1979	Technical Staff, Rockwell International
1979-1985	Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
1986-1989	Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
1989-2003	Judson S. Swearingen Regents Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
1989-2003	Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
1989-2003	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
2003-	Director, Center for Compound Semiconductors, Georgia Institute of Technology
2003-	Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2003-	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2003-	Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology
2003-2022	Steve W. Chaddick Chair in Electro-Optics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2023-	Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology

Academic Journals

• R. D. Dupuis, P. D. Dapkus, R. D. Yingling, and L. A. Moudy, “High Efficiency GaAlAs/GaAs Heterostructure Solar Cells Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 201-203 (1977).
• R. D. Dupuis and P. D. Dapkus, “Room-Temperature Operation of Ga1-xAlxAs/GaAs Double-Heterostructure Lasers Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 466-468 (1977).
• R. D. Dupuis, P. D. Dapkus, N. Holonyak, Jr., E. A. Rezek, and R. Chin, “Room-Temperature Laser Operation of Quantum-Well Ga1-xAlxAs-GaAs Laser Diodes Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 295-297 (1978).
• R. D. Dupuis, ”Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of III-V Semiconductors”, Science, Vol. 226, No. 4675, pp. 623-629 (1984).

Awards

1985	IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
1986	Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
1986	Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1986	Young Scientist Award of the Gallium Arsenide and Related Compounds Conference
1987	Distinguished Alumnus Award, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1989	Elected to National Academy of Engineering
1995	IEEE/LEOS Award for Engineering Achievement
1997	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni Loyalty Award
2000	Fellow of the Optical Society of America
2001	Licensed Professional Engineer, The State of Texas
2002	National Medal of Technology Laureate
2004	Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004	The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) John Bardeen Award
2007	IEEE Edison Medal
2015	National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Engineering Award
2021	Queen Elizabeth II Prize in Engineering
2022	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering