Lou Davies

Davies is distinguished for his contribution to the introduction of semiconductor technology to Australia. In his early career he made significant advances in the theories of zone melting and non-equilibrium carrier transport in semiconductors and led a group which fabricated the first junction transistors in Australia. In 1960 he founded a physics-oriented research laboratory in industry where he has been responsible for advances, leading to many patents, in solid-state and device physics (novel integrated circuits; discovery of a new type of electret). He initiated continuing industrial development of new technology and also generated a new research group in the University of New South Wales.

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