Dr. David A. Hodges is a noted American electrical engineer, currently Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

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Dr. Hodges receives his B.E.E. degree from Cornell University

Cornell University

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 in 1960, and his M.S. (1961) and Ph.D. (1966) from Berkeley. From 1966-1970 he worked at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill and Holmdel, NJ. In 1970 he joined the faculty in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, where he has served as professor, department chair, and dean.

Hodges is a member of the National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

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 and an IEEE Fellow

IEEE Fellow

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. He received the 1999 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, 1997 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal

IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal

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, and, with Robert W. Brodersen

Robert W. Brodersen

Robert W. Brodersen is a notable professor of electrical engineering, now emeritus, and a founder of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley....

 and Paul R. Gray, the 1983 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award

IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award

The initially called Morris Liebmann Memorial Prize provided by the Institute of Radio Engineers , the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award was created in 1919 in honor of Colonel Morris N. Liebmann. It was initially given to awardees who had "made public during the recent past an important...

 for pioneering work on switched capacitor

Switched capacitor

A switched capacitor is an electronic circuit element used for discrete time signal processing. It works by moving charges into and out of capacitors when switches are opened and closed. Usually, non-overlapping signals are used to control the switches, so that not all switches are closed...

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