Olav Solgaard

Olav Solgaard
Alma mater	Norwegian 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]

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]

Awards and honors

• 2008 - Fellow of the Optical Society of America ^[7]
• 2008 - Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
• 2010 - Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences ^[8]
• 2017 - Fellow of the IEEE

See also

• Grating light valve

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.

External links

• Stanford profile, Olav Solgaard
• Google Scholar, Olav Solgaard