RIT Welcomes Renowned Circuit Designer Barrie Gilbert for Talk April 29
Gilbert, known for pioneering gigahertz sampling oscilloscopes and other high-speed techniques, designed the first integrated circuits and several analog design techniques while working for Tektronix Inc. beginning in 1954. He led the development of optical character recognition systems, optical holographic and semiconductor memories, and communication integrated circuits at Plessey Research Labs in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1972. He is currently manager of Northwest Labs for Analog Devices Inc. in Beaverton, Ore.
Gilbert has written 40 papers and co-written several books. He holds more than 50 patents and an honorary doctorate of engineering from Oregon State University. EDN magazine named Gilbert an Innovator of the Year recognizing innovation in product design and technology.
“Good analog circuit designers are gifted with ‘circuit intuition’—an ability to visualize how the elements of the circuit world can be manipulated to behave in a predictable, repeatable manner to solve complex problems,” says Robert Bowman, RIT professor and chair of electrical engineering. “Barrie Gilbert has the gift of circuit intuition and is an icon in the community of analog integrated circuit designers.”
The talk, free and open to the public, is sponsored by RIT’s electrical engineering department in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
WHAT: “Analog Functions in the Coming Nanoworld,” a free lecture by Barrie Gilbert, manager of Northwest Labs for Analog Devices Inc. in Beaverton, Ore.
WHEN: 1-1:50 p.m. Friday, April 29 (followed by a question-and-answer session)
WHERE: Xerox Auditorium, James E. Gleason Building, Rochester Institute of Technology
SPONSOR: Department of Electrical Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology