James D. Meindl

Infobox_Scientist
name = James D. Meindl

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birth_date = Birth date and age|1933|4|20
residence = United States
nationality =American
field = Electrical Engineering
work_institution = Stanford University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University
doctoral_students = T. J. Rodgers
William R. Brody
prizes = 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor

James D. Meindl (born April 20 1933) is director of the Joseph M. Pettit Microelectronics Research Center, director of the Nanotechnology Research Center, and Pettit Chair Professor of Microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. [cite news|first=James|last=Kloeppel|url=http://www.gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum95/meindl.html|title=Forecasting the Future of Microelectronics|work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Online|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Summer 1995|accessdate=2007-08-12] He won the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor "for pioneering contributions to microelectronics, including low power, biomedical, physical limits and on-chip interconnect networks.”

He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1955, 1956 and 1958 respectively. From 1965 to 1967, he was the founding Director of the Integrated Electronics Division at the Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, US Army Electronics Laboratories. In 1967 he was appointed John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He went on to serve as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering; Director of the Center for Integrated Systems; and was the founding Director of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory. He was appointed Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986 and served in there until 1993.

Dr. Meindl's fellowships include the IEEE and the AAAS and he is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

He is a co-founder of Telesensory Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic reading aids for the blind. Dr. Meindl also serves on the board of directors of SanDisk Corporation, Zoran Corporation and Stratex Networks.

Among his more than 80 doctoral students include T. J. Rodgers, founder of Cypress Semiconductor, William R. Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University, Levy Gerzberg, founder of Zoran Corporation, and L. Rafael Reif, provost of MIT.

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External links

* [http://www.ece.gatech.edu/faculty-staff/fac_profiles/bio.php?id=69 Georgia Institute of Technology profile]
* [http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/history/academic_heads/meindl,jd.html Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute profile]