Philip Bos
Biography
Dr. Philip J. Bos is Associate Director of the Liquid Crystal Institute and a Professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program at Kent State University. He is the inventor of the pi cell and an alignment method for SmC* devices. His research interests include novel liquid crystal devices and applications.
Education
Ph.D. Physics Kent State University May, 1978
(Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Studies of Orientational Order in the Liquid Crystalline Phases)
M.A. Physics Kent State University Sept., 1974
B.A. Physics Hope College June, 1973
Employment
2001-present Professor, Chemical Physics Program
Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
1997-present Associate Director ; Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
1995- 2001 Associate Professor, Chemical Physics Program
Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
7/95 - 9/95 Interim Director, Liquid Crystal Institute
1994-1995 Senior Research Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University
1984-1993 Principal Scientist, Display Research Dept.
Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix Inc.
1981-1984 Senior Scientist, Display Research Dept.
Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix Inc.
1979-1981 Scientist, Display Research Dept.
Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix Inc.
1978-1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute,
Kent State University
Honors and Awards
Invited Ben Sturgen Lecturer for 25th British Liquid Crystal Society Annual Conference. ( 2011)
Slottow-Owaki Prize ( for outstanding contribution to education in the field of information display ), Society for Information Display, 2010
Fellow, Society for Information Display
Distinguished Scholar Award, Kent State University, 2006
Educational Activities
Course Development and Teaching
Developed Graduate level course “ Liquid Crystal Displays” . Course has been offered annually since 1995.
Co-developed continuing education course “Liquid Crystals: Materials and Display Devices”. Course has been offered annually since about 1993
Developed Graduate level course “Liquid Crystal Device Prototyping”. Course has been offered annually since 2011
Graduate Students:
Chad Hoke 1995-1999 Ph.D. (to Hewlett Packard Labs)
Assad Kahn 1995-1995 M.S ( to Kent Display Systems)
Jim Anderson 1995 2002 PhD ( to Hana Microdisplays Inc.)
Philip Watson 1996- 2000 Ph.D ( to 3M Optical Devices Div)
Hiroyuki Mori 1996-1999 Ph.D ( to Fuji Photo Film )
Chuck Titus 1997- 2000 Ph.D ( independent consultant)
Mike Alimov 1998-1999 M.S ( to S-Vision)
Shuxin Li 1998-1999 M.S. ( to Densitron)
Salman Saeed 1998-2002 Ph.D ( to 3-5 Systems)
Bin Wang 1999-2001 PhD ( to Agilent)
Erica Bramley 2000-2003 PhD ( to Kodak)
Chenhui Wang 2000-2003 PhD ( to ChemImage)
Jianru Shi 2001-2005 PhD ( Post – Doc )
Xinghua Wang 2002-2005 PhD ( to ChemImage)
Yanli Zhang 2002-2005 PhD ( to Intel )
Cheng Chen 2003-2006 PhD (to Apple Computer)
Yong-Kyu Jang 2005-2007 PhD ( to Samsung Electronics)
Mitya Reznikov 2005-2008 PhD (to Technion University)
Lei Shi 2006-2009 PhD (to ChemImage )
Mike Dorjgotov 2006-2010 PhD ( to Apple Computer)
Yi Huang 2008-2013 PdD ( to Apple Computer)
Lu Lu 2009-2012 PhD ( to Pittsburgh Plate Glass)
Liwei Li 2009-2013 PhD ( to Compound Photonics)
Hsien-Hui Cheng 2011-2015 PhD (to Z-Space)
Valerie Finnemeyer 2012-2016 PhD (to MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Kun Gao 2014-2017 PhD (to BEAM Co.)
Afsoon Jamali 2015-
Colin McGinty 2015-
Comrun Yousefzadeh 2016-
Post Docs:
Mark Flynn 1994 (to Kaiser Electronics)
Dave Fredley 1994 - 1995 ( to Motorola)
Jon Ruth 1994 -2003 ( to Alpha-Micron)
Jianlin Li 1995-1996 (to Polytronix)
Jianmin Chen 1995-1996 ( to Samsung)
Jianfung Li 1996-1997 (to Reveo)
Ray Folks 1995-1996
Vasa Sergan 1996 –2002 (California State University, Sacremento
George Barrick 2002-2003 ( to CWRU)
Gi-Dong Li 2001-2003 ( to Pusan University)
Mike Fisch 2002-2003 ( to NEOBeam)
Bin Wang 2003-2006 ( to Eastman Chemical)
Bentley Wall 2005-2008 ( to Dynamic Eye)
Ke Zhang 2006-20
Visiting Scientists
Janez Pirs annually (Inst. of Joseph Stephan, Slovenia)
H. Wilderbeek 1999 (Eindhoven University of Technology)
D.L.Seekola 1999 (University of Pretoria)
Prof. H. Okada 3/96 - 8/96 (Toyama Univ)
Prof. T. Nose 3/96 - 8/96 (Akita Univ)
N-D Kim 9/95 - 8/96 (Samsung)
Hiroyuki Mori 9/96 – 9/99 (Fugi-Film)
Jianmin Chen 1997 (Samsung)
J.J. Lyu 1997 (Samsung)
Byung-Seob Ban 2005 (Samsung)
Andriy Nych 2006 (Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine)
Oleg Yaroshchuk 2013 (Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine)
Professional Society Activities
Facebook/Oculus Technology Advisory Board ( 2015)
Member program committee for the Society for Information Display annual conference. and session chairman 2014 – 2016
Associate Editor of the Journal of the Society for Information Display ( 2008-2013)
Chair, Academic Committee, Society for Information Display ( 2008-2013)
Member program committee, 2008 International Display Research Conference
General Chair, 26th International Display Research Conference; Kent , Ohio ( 2006)
Member, Scientific Committee, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone Co, (2006)
Member program committee for the Society for Information Display annual conference. and session chairman 1993? – 2013
Member Scientific Committee, 19th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Edinburgh (2002)
General Chair: 20th International Display Research Conference, Palm Beach Florida ( 2000)
Oversees Advisor, 6- 12th International Display Workshops, Japan (1999-2009)
Member Scientific Committee, and session chair: 18th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Sendai Japan ( 2000)
Program Chair for 1997 International Display Research Conference, Toronto
NSF Engineering Research Center Site review team for Opto-electronic Computing Systems Center at Univ. of Colorado (Feb 15, 1996)
Program Committee member and Session chair at the 1994 International Display Research Conference, Monterey.
Past Member, Editorial Board of Liquid Crystals
Journal Articles: (155)
Issued Patents (35)
Education
M.A. in Physics, Kent State University, 1974
B.A. in Physics, Hope College, 1973