Ernst Weber Scientist

Ernst Weber (September 6, 1901 in Vienna, Austria – February 16, 1996 in Columbus, North Carolina), Austria-born American electrical engineer, was a pioneer in microwave technologies and played an important role in the history of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where in 1945 he founded the Microwave Research Institute (later renamed the Weber Research Institute in his honor). Weber was also the first president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and one of the founders of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 06, 1901
Birth place
Vienna
Citizenship
United States
Date of deathFebruary 16, 1996
Place of death
Columbus North Carolina
Known for
Microwave
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Academy of Engineering
New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Scientist

awards
IEEE Founders Medal
IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal
National Medal of Science
Field of study
Electrical engineering

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