{"72240":{"#nid":"72240","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Honeywell Brings 1985 Nobel Laureate to Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHoneywell and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that Dr. Klaus von Klitzing, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will visit the campus on April 12th and 13th as part of the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative. Georgia Tech is one of 11 universities worldwide selected to participate in this groundbreaking educational program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Honeywell-Nobel Initiative is a global education effort launched in 2006 that is designed to connect students across the globe with Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry and Physics.  The Initiative combines on-campus events, Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series, with web-based educational content created with Nobel Laureates, and broadcast programming.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E                           \u003Cstrong\u003EGeneral Lecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n                      11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. April 12\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n                            Howey Physics Building\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n                           Lecture Hall 1\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Honeywell takes great pride in our relationship with Georgia Tech,\u0022 said Tom Buckmaster, president Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company\u0027s corporate citizenship initiative. \u0022Our partnership allows us to bring one of the world\u0027s leading scientists directly to our next generation of aspiring physicists here at Georgia Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKlaus von Klitzing discovered the Quantum Hall Effect, work for which he was recognized with the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.  As part of his visit, Dr. von Klitzing will deliver a lecture entitled \u0022Micro- to Nanoelectronics,\u0022 on Thursday, April 12 to Georgia Tech students and faculty.  In his talk, von Klitzing will provide an overview of physics, technology and the application of semiconductor quantum structures and discuss some of the recent research activities undertaken by his group in this field. Details of his Nobel Prize can be found at:  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/physics\/laureates\/1985\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/physics\/laureates\/1985\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/physics\/laureates\/1985\/\u003C\/a\u003E \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe von Klitzing constant, RK = h \/ e2 = 25812.807449(86)\u00ce\u00a9, named in honor of Dr. von Klitzing\u0027s discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect and listed on The National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainty, describes a phenomenon exhibited by certain semiconductor devices at low temperatures and high magnetic fields, whereby the Hall resistance becomes precisely equal to (h\/e2)\/n, where h is Planck\u0027s constant, e is the electronic charge, and n is either an integer or a rational fraction.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022It\u0027s an honor to welcome Dr. von Klitzing to our campus,\u0022 said Mei-Yin Chou, Chair of the School of Physics. \u0022His discovery of the quantized Hall Effect has allowed for the definition of a new practical standard for electrical resistance.  I know his presence and presentations will be inspiring for both our students and faculty.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKlaus von Klitzing was born in 1943, in German-occupied Poland.  At the end of World War II, he and his parents relocated to West Germany.  There, von Klitzing attended the Technical University of Brunswick and went on to earn a doctorate in physics at the University of Wurzburg in 1972.  In 1980, he became a professor at the Technical University of Munich and in 1985 was appointed the Director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany and Honorary Professor at the University of Stuttgart.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003Evon Klitzing discovered that, under appropriate conditions, the resistance offered by an electrical conductor is quantized; that is, it varies by discrete steps rather than smoothly and continuously.  He demonstrated that electrical resistance occurs in very precise units by using the Hall Effect.  The Hall Effect denotes the voltage that develops between the edges of a thin current-carrying ribbon placed between the poles of a strong magnet.  The ratio of this voltage to the current is called the Hall Resistance.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe significance of von Klitzing\u0027s discovery, made in 1980, was immediately recognized.  His experiments enabled other scientists to study the conducting properties of electronic components with extraordinary precision.  His work also aided in determining the precise value of the fine structure constant and in establishing convenient standards for the measurement of electrical resistance. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, von Klitzing\u0027s research focuses on the properties of low dimensional electronic systems, typically in low temperatures and in high magnetic fields.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor exclusive, first-hand access to some of the most important scientists of our time talking about the future of science, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.honeywellscience.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.honeywellscience.com\u0022\u003Ewww.honeywellscience.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Klaus von Klitzing, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will visit campus on April 12th and 13th as part of the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative. Georgia Tech is one of 11 universities worldwide selected to participate in this groundbreaking educational program.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Klaus von Klitzing to give lecture April 12"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2007-04-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72241":{"id":"72241","type":"image","title":"Dr. Klaus von Klitzing","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72241"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2438","name":"honeywell"},{"id":"2439","name":"klitzing"},{"id":"2437","name":"lecture"},{"id":"2252","name":"Nobel"},{"id":"960","name":"physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}