Olav Solgaard

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Olav Solgaard
Alma materNorwegian Institute of Technology; Stanford University
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor David M. Bloom [1]

Olav Solgaard is a Professor in the Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering. He was the Director of the Ginzton Lab from 2008 until 2014. [2]

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Education

Olav Solgaard completed a B. S. Electrical Engineering, from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Norway in 1981. He completed degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1987 (MS) and 1992 (PhD).[ citation needed ]

Prior to joining Stanford’s Department of Electrical Engineering in 1999, [3] Olav was a faculty member at the University of California, Davis. His work at UC Davis led to the invention of the multi-wavelength, fiber-optical switch. [4]

Research

Solgaard's research is in the areas of semiconductor fabrication techniques; specifically, microfabrication and integration of optical devices and systems. [5]

As of 2019, Olav Solgaard has been issued more than 70 patents. [6]

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References

  1. "Academic Tree, Olav Solgaard" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  2. "Stanford faculty profile" . Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. "Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, Stanford Report, June 16, 1999" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  4. "Connecting the Future: How a UC Davis Invention Helped Build Broadband Communications" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  5. "Eighteen scholars named Terman Fellows, Stanford Report, Oct. 20, 1999" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. "Patents.Justia.com" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  7. "Optical Society of America Fellows, 2008" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. "Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.