Richard M. White

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Richard M. White
Born1930
DiedAugust 17, 2020(2020-08-17) (aged 89–90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
UC Berkeley, BSAC
Notable studentsAmit Lal

Richard Manning White (1930 – August 17, 2020) was an electrical engineer and a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Rayleigh Award.[4] He received the IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award in 1986.[5]

He was born in 1930 and grew up in

Harvard. After Harvard, White worked as a research scientist in the Microwave Division at General Electric. White joined the Electrical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley in 1962 where he invented interdigitated transducers for surface acoustic wave devices.[7]

White received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968 and was made a Fellow of the

IEEE in 1972 "for contributions to the discovery and applications of surface elastic waves." He was also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
.

White was still active in his field when he died on August 17, 2020.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Faculty Profile".
  2. ^ "BSAC".
  3. ^ "IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal" (PDF). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  4. ^ "IEEE Rayleigh Award".
  5. ^ "IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award". February 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Interview with Richard M. White. oral history, ethw.org. Retrieved 2020-08-26
  7. ^ a b "Richard M. White". University of California. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  8. ^ "Dick White has passed away". August 18, 2020.