Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Shin-Tyson Wu

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. Shin-Tyson Wu Marker

Inscription. Shin-Tyson Wu
1953 -
Boca Raton

University of Central Florida professor whose contributions to liquid crystal research and the resulting patent portfolio for next-generation liquid crystal displays, adaptive optics, laser beam steering, biophotonics, and new photonic materials have had a major impact on display technology worldwide, including such LCD products as smartphones, computer screens and televisions.

Inducted September 10, 2014

Erected 2014 by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine.

Location. 28° 3.43′ N, 82° 24.926′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It can be reached from USF Alumni Drive 0.1 miles west of Leroy Collins Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is located at the Research and Innovation Park on the University of South Florida campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa FL 33612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: T. Dwayne McCay and Mary Helen McCay (here, next to this marker);

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Roberta D. Goode (here, next to this marker); Shyam Mohapatra (here, next to this marker); Mark E. Dean (here, next to this marker); David M. Kotick (here, next to this marker); Kenneth M. Ford (here, next to this marker); Thomas H. Maren (here, next to this marker); William Glenn (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.

Also see . . .
1. Shin-Tyson Wu, Ph.D., FNAI. (Submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Honoring the Greatest Florida Inventors. (Submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

2. Shin-Tyson Wu Marker

Shin-Tyson Wu image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

3. Shin-Tyson Wu

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.