James D. Meindl
James D. Meindl | |
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| Born | April 20, 1933 |
| Died | June 7, 2020 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Awards | NAE (1978) J. J. Ebers Award (1980) IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award (1989) IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1990) IEEE Medal of Honor (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward R. Schatz |
| Doctoral students | William R. Brody Levy Gerzberg Roger Melen Jim Plummer L. Rafael Reif T. J. Rodgers Krishna Saraswat |
James Donald Meindl (April 20, 1933 – June 7, 2020) was director of the Joseph M. Pettit Microelectronics Research Center and the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center and Pettit Chair Professor of Microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. He won the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor "for pioneering contributions to microelectronics, including low power, biomedical, physical limits and on-chip interconnect networks.”