Benjamin S. Cook is an American

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophica ...

, entrepreneur, advisory board member, professor, and author. He is best known for his pioneering work in

printed electronics Printed electronics is a set of printing methods used to create electrical devices on various substrates. Printing typically uses common printing equipment suitable for defining patterns on material, such as screen printing, flexography, gravu ...

and for implementing the first

semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way. ...

-compatible printed electronics process, VIPRE. He holds over 150 patents and patents pending, and over 100 peer reviewed journal and conference publications.

Biography

Benjamin S. Cook received the

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...

degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology , the

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast ...

degree from

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; ar, جامعة الملك عبد الله للعلوم و التقنية ') is a private research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2009, the university provi ...

, and the

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

degree in electrical engineering and materials science from

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

. From 2006 to 2014, he was the founder and president of Soft-Tronics, a technology consulting firm which partnered with technology startups to accelerate growth and market penetration. In 2014, he joined Texas Instruments Kilby Labs to industrialize his pioneering work in semiconductor

and

additive manufacturing 3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

. Currently, he is the Sr. Director of

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...

' Nanotechnology Organization and holds advisory positions on the Rose-Hulman Academic Advisory Board, the Elsevier Journal of Additive Manufacturing, as well as several other research consortiums.

Awards

* Member of the Group Technical Staff,

(2016) * Rose-Hulman Career Achievement Award, Alumni of the Year (2016) *

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the devel ...

Doctoral Fellowship Award (2013) *

IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...

Doctoral Fellowship Award (2012) * Rose-Hulman Engineer of the Year (2010)

Books

* Handbook of Flexible Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing and Applications, Woodhead Publishing * Handbook of Antenna Technologies: Advanced Antenna Fabrication Processes (MEMS/LTCC/LCP/Printing), Springer Publishing * Green RFID Systems: Materials and Substrates, Cambridge Press

References

External links

Google Scholar profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Benjamin S. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American electronics engineers Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology alumni Georgia Tech alumni Scientists from Chicago Texas Instruments people American non-fiction writers American engineering writers