Paul Rappaport Award
The Paul Rappaport Award was established in 1984 to commemorate the achievement of the late American physicist Paul Rappaport. The best paper appearing in a fast turn around archival publication of the IEEE Electron Devices Society is given the award annually. The recipients are awarded a certificate and $2,500, presented at the IEEE EDS International Electron Devices Meeting. Recipients The past recipients are: See also Paul Rappaport Paul Rappaport was an American physicist and a solar energy expert. Career Paul Rappaport joined RCA Corporation in 1949. He was originally researching transistors and integrated circuits. Since 1953, he contributed most of his time on energy ... References {{reflist Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Rappaport
Paul Rappaport was an American physicist and a solar energy expert. Career Paul Rappaport joined RCA Corporation in 1949. He was originally researching transistors and integrated circuits. Since 1953, he contributed most of his time on energy conversion and solar photo cells. He left RCA Corporation in 1977. He is also the founding director of the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. IEEE Paul Rappaport Award To commemorate Dr. Rappaport's contributions, the IEEE Paul Rappaport Award was established in 1984. One paper is selected from IEEE Electron Devices Society each year. Death He died in 1980 after combating a long illness. Patents * CA656618A Nuclear battery * US3263085A Radiation powered semiconductor devices (invented with Jr Edward Pasierb) * US3187193A Multi-junction negative resistance semiconducting devices (invented with Jr Edward Pasierb) * US2975286A Radiation detection (invented with Joseph J. Loferski) * CA543100A Secondary electr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David B
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk .... Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. Afte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jaroslav Hynecek
Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the name referred to ''Jarilo'' - male Proto-Slavic deity of the sun, spring, and fertility, and ''slav'' meaning glory, i.e. "glory of the sun". However, with the adoption of Christianity in the Slavic countries the name began to be commonly understood not as a reference to a pagan deity, but rather to the "fervent worship of Go1of the Bible. ;People named Jaroslav: *Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis player *Jaroslav Drobný (footballer), Czech footballer *Jaroslav Foglar, Czech novelist *Jaroslav Halák, Slovak ice hockey player *Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author, writer of ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' *Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and inventor, recipient of the Nobel prize *Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech jazz saxophonist *Jaroslav Janiš, Czech rac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |