Awards & Winners

Carver Mead

Date of Birth 01-May-1934
Place of Birth Bakersfield
(California, United States of America, Area code 661)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Carver Andress Mead
Profession Entrepreneur, Engineer, Businessperson, Computer Scientist, Professor
Carver Andress Mead is a US computer scientist. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, having taught there for over 40 years. Mead studied electrical engineering at Caltech, getting his BS in 1956, his MS in 1957, and his PhD degree in 1960.

Awards by Carver Mead

Check all the awards nominated and won by Carver Mead.

2002


National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(For his pioneering contributions to microelectronics that include spearheading the development of tools and techniques for modern integrated-circuit design, laying the foundation for fabless semiconductor companies, catalyzing the electronic-design automation field, training generations of engineers that have made the United States the world leader in microelectronics technology, and founding more than twenty companies.)