| James D. Meindl | |
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| Born | April 20, 1933 |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Doctoral students | T. J. Rodgers William R. Brody Levy Gerzberg Jim Plummer L. Rafael Reif Richard Swanson Steve Combs Nicky Lu Krishna Saraswat |
| Notable awards | 1989 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award 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 Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center, and Pettit Chair Professor of Microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] He won the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor "for pioneering contributions to microelectronics, including low power, biomedical, physical limits and on-chip interconnect networks.”
Dr. Meindl also serves on the board of directors of SanDisk Corporation and Zoran Corporation and previously of 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, Jim Plummer, dean of engineering at Stanford University, L. Rafael Reif, provost of MIT, Richard Swanson, founder of SunPower Corporation, Steve Combs, founder of Maxim Integrated Products, Nicky Lu, founder of Etron Technology and Krishna Saraswat, professor at Stanford University.
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