Education
He received his Bachelor of Surgery, Master of Surgery and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1955, 1956 and 1958 respectively.
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From 1965 to 1967, he was the founding Director of the Integrated Electronics Division at the Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States Army Electronics Laboratories. In 1967 he was appointed John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University before becoming vice provost of research. He went on to serve as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering.
Director of the Center for Integrated Systems.
And was the founding Director of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory. He was appointed Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986 and served in there until 1993.
Meindl also serves on the board of directors of SanDisk Corporation and Zoran Corporation and previously of Stratex Networks.
Achievements
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He won the 2006 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor "for pioneering contributions to microelectronics, including low power, biomedical, physical limits and on-chip interconnect networks.” He is also a co-founder of Telesensory Systems, Incorporated., a manufacturer of electronic reading aids for the blind. Among his more than 80 doctoral students include T. J. Rodgers, founder of Cypress Semiconductor, William R. Brody, president of Johns Hopkins University, Levy Gerzberg, founder of Zoran Corporation, Roger Melen founder of Cromemco, Jim Plummer, dean of engineering at Stanford University. Rafael Reif, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard Swanson, founder of SunPower Corporation, Steve Combs, founder of Maxim Integrated Products, Nicky Lu, founder of Etron Technology and Krishna Saraswat, professor at Stanford University.
Membership
Meindl"s fellowships include the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and he is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Awards
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IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Medal; J J Ebers Award IEEE Medal of Honor
The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).