Irwin Walter Sandberg

Background

Sandberg, Irwin Walter was born on January 23, 1934 in New York City. Son of Ben and Estelle (Hornick) Sandberg.

Education

Student, City College of New York, 1951-1953; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1955; Master of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1956; D.E.E., Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1958.

Career

Technical aid, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, summer 1954; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1958-1967; head systems theory research department, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1967-1972; member mathematics and statistical research center, Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1972-1986; professor electrical and computer engineering, University Texas, Austin, since 1986; now holder Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering, University Texas engineer, Wheeler laboratories, Great Neck, New York, summer 1955. Visiting professor University of California-Berkeley, 1965. United States delegate Union Radio Scientifique Internationale, Munich, Germany, 1966.

United States national institute representative Advanced Study Institute on Network and Signal Theory, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Bournemouth, England,1972. Lecturer study institute North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Knokke), Belgium, 1966, Copenhagen, 1970. Distinguished invited speaker Asilomar Conference, 1973-1974.

Main lecturer European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, The Hague, 1981. Advisor Institute Electronics, Information and Comm. Engineers, Tokyo; advisor American Men and Women of Science, 1993.

Achievements

• Irwin Walter Sandberg has been listed as a noteworthy electrical and computer engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life, administrative committee group circuit theory 1969-1970, vice chairman group circuit theory 1971-1972, Centennial medal, Millennial medal, Circus and Systems Society Golden Jubilee medal, Circus and Systems Society distinguished lecturer), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Engineering, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Academy Medicine, Engineering and Science Texas, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Barbara A. Zimmerman, June 15, 1958. 1 daughter Heidi L.

Father:

Ben Sandberg

Mother:

Estelle (Hornick) Sandberg

Spouse:

Barbara A. Zimmerman