Richard M. White
Richard M. White | |
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Born | 1930 |
Died | August 17, 2020 | (aged 89–90)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley, BSAC |
Notable students | Amit 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
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
- ^ "Faculty Profile".
- ^ "BSAC".
- ^ "IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal" (PDF). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
- ^ "IEEE Rayleigh Award".
- ^ "IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award". February 8, 2022.
- ^ Interview with Richard M. White. oral history, ethw.org. Retrieved 2020-08-26
- ^ a b "Richard M. White". University of California. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "Dick White has passed away". August 18, 2020.