James D. Meindl
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| Born | April 20, 1933 |
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| Residence |  USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Electrical Engineering |
| Institution | Stanford University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Notable students | T. J. Rodgers William R. Brody |
| Notable 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. 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.
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.
His doctoral students include T. J. Rodgers, founder of Cypress Semiconductor, William R. Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University, Levy Gerzberg, founder of Zoran Corporation, James Plummer, Dean of Engineering at Stanford University and L. Rafael Reif, provost of MIT.
