A new color comes from out of the blue | Mas Subramanian | TEDxSalem

OSU chemist who accidentally discovered first new blue in 200 years! Hear the story that shocked the world including Mas himself.

Interpretation for TEDxSalem V (2018) was provided by student interns through a collaboration between Western Oregon University, TEDxSalem, and the Deaf and interpreting communities of Oregon. The volunteer student interpreters were supported by volunteer, certified interpreters in order to minimize potential errors. Your support of these pre-professional interpreters’ growing skills is appreciated. Mas Subramanian is the Milton Harris Chair Professor of Materials Science in Chemistry Department at Oregon State University. He previously held research positions at DuPont Central R&D (1984-2006). Subramanian has authored 330 research publications and holds 58 US patents.

Subramanian received his PhD in Materials Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. Subsequently, he was a NSF postdoctoral fellow at Texas A&M University. Professor Subramanian’s research focuses on designing new inorganic solid state functional materials for emerging applications in electronics, energy conversion and environment. He is internationally recognized for several scientific breakthrough discoveries in the field of superconductors, dielectrics, magnetism, catalysis, thermoelectrics and inorganic pigments.

Recently his discovery of an intense blue pigment, a first in 200 years, received widespread international attention and has been featured in several leading international press including NY Times, National Geographic, Time, NPR, BBC News, Times of India and others. Professor Subramanian has received several awards and honors for his outstanding contributions to science including Charles Pedersen Medal awarded by DuPont Company for Excellence in Scientific and Technical Achievement (2004), F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science from Oregon State University (2014) and 2016 Outstanding Scientist Award from Oregon Academy of Science. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx