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Dr. David B. Rutledge (born January 12, 1952 in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
) was elected Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering....
 (Caltech) and started his term on September 1, 2005 as such. His research group is currently involved in building circuits and antennas for numerous electronic applications. His work on microwave
Microwave

Microwaves are electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m, or frequency between 0.3 hertz and 300 GHz....
 circuits has been important for various advances in wireless
Wireless

Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short or long ....
 communications and has been useful for applications such as radar
Radar

Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....
, remote sensing
Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object ....
, and satellite broadcasting.

edge earned his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 at Williams College
Williams College

Williams College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock....
, his Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, and his doctorate
Doctorate

A doctorate is an academic degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession ....
 from University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
.

oined the Caltech faculty
Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas . The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had individual faculties for a Madrasah and theological seminary, Sharia and Fiqh, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronom...
 as an assistant professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 in 1980, and rose through the faculty ranks to become the holder of the Tomiyasu chair in 2001.






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Dr. David B. Rutledge (born January 12, 1952 in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Savannah was established in 1733 and was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia....
) was elected Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech maintains a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering....
 (Caltech) and started his term on September 1, 2005 as such. His research group is currently involved in building circuits and antennas for numerous electronic applications. His work on microwave
Microwave

Microwaves are electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m, or frequency between 0.3 hertz and 300 GHz....
 circuits has been important for various advances in wireless
Wireless

Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or "wires". The distances involved may be short or long ....
 communications and has been useful for applications such as radar
Radar

Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....
, remote sensing
Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by the use of either recording or real-time sensing device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object ....
, and satellite broadcasting.

Education

Rutledge earned his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 at Williams College
Williams College

Williams College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock....
, his Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, and his doctorate
Doctorate

A doctorate is an academic degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession ....
 from University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
.

Career

He joined the Caltech faculty
Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas . The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had individual faculties for a Madrasah and theological seminary, Sharia and Fiqh, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronom...
 as an assistant professor
Professor

The meaning of the word professor varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair, especially as head of the Academic department, or a personal chair awarded specifically to that individual....
 in 1980, and rose through the faculty ranks to become the holder of the Tomiyasu chair in 2001. He also served as executive officer for electrical engineering from 1999 to 2002. Rutledge is also director of Caltech's Lee Center for Advanced Networking, which aims at creating a global communication system that is as reliable and robust as a basic utility such as water and sewage.

Published works

Professor Rutledge is the author of The Electronics of Radio, a book published by Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is a printer and publisher granted a Royal Letters Patent by Henry VIII of England in 1534. It is the world's oldest continually operating book publisher....
, as well as author or coauthor of numerous other publications. This book provides an introduction to analog electronics
Analogue electronics

Analogue electronics are those electronics systems with a continuous function variable signal. In contrast, in digital electronics signals usually take only two different levels....
 by analyzing the design and construction of a radio transceiver
Transceiver

A transceiver is a device that has both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. If no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver....
. Essential theoretical background is provided at each step, along with carefully designed laboratory and homework exercises. The goal of this approach is to ensure a good grasp of basic electronics as well as an excellent foundation in wireless communications systems. The book begins with a thorough description of basic electronic components and simple circuits
Electronic circuit

An electronic circuit is a closed path formed by the interconnection of electronic components through which an electric current can flow. The electronic circuits may be physically constructed using any number of methods....
. Next, the key elements of radio electronics, including filters
Electronic filter

Electronic filters are electronic circuits which perform signal processing functions, specifically to remove unwanted frequency components from the signal and/or to enhance wanted ones....
, amplifier
Amplifier

Generally, an amplifier or simply amp, is any machine that changes, usually increases, the amplitude of a Signal . The "signal" is usually voltage or current....
s, oscillators
Electronic oscillator

An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave.A low frequency oscillation is an electronic oscillator that generates an alternating current waveform at a frequency below ?200 Hz....
, mixers
Electronic mixer

An electronic mixer is a device that combines two or more electronics Signal s into one composite output signal. There are two basic types of mixer....
, and antennas
Antenna (radio)

An 'antenna' is a transducer designed to transmitter or receive Electromagnetic radiations. In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic waves into electrical currents and vice versa....
 are described. In the laboratory exercises, the reader is lead through the design, construction, and testing of a popular radio transceiver (the NorCal 40A), thereby illustrating and reinforcing the theoretical material. This book, the first to deal with elementary electronics in the context of radio, is often used as a textbook for introductory analog electronics courses, or for more advanced undergraduate classes on radio frequency
Radio frequency

Radio frequency is a frequency or rate of oscillation within the range of about 3 Hz to 300 GHz. This range corresponds to frequency of alternating current electrical signals used to produce and detect radio waves....
 electronics. It is also be of great interest to electronics hobbyists and radio enthusiasts.

Honors and activities

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international non-profit, professional body for the advancement of technology related to electricity....
     Millennium Medal
  • Doug DeMaw Award of the American Radio Relay League
    American Radio Relay League

    The American Radio Relay League is the largest membership Voluntary association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the United States. ARRL is a non-profit organization, and was founded in May 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford, Connecticut....
  • National Science Foundation
    National Science Foundation

    The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
     Presidential Investigator Award
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    The is an independent administrative institution in Japan, established for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science in all fields of the natural and social sciences and the humanities....
     Fellowship
  • Distinguished Lecturer, Antennas & Propagation Society
  • Microwave Prize, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
  • Distinguished Educator Award, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Teaching Award, Associated Students of Caltech
  • He is a co-founder of the Wavestream Corporation, a company that produces solid-state
    Solid state (electronics)

    Solid-state electronic components, devices, and systems are based entirely on the semiconductor, such as transistors, microprocessor chips, and the bubble memory....
     microwave and millimeter-wave
    Extremely high frequency

    Extremely high frequency is the highest radio frequency band . EHF runs the range of frequencies from 30 to 300 gigahertz, above which electromagnetic radiation is considered to be low infrared light, also referred to as terahertz radiation....
     transmitters
  • Six of Professor Rutledge's students have won Presidential Investigator and Career Awards
  • He is author of the electronics textbook, The Electronics of Radio, published by Cambridge University Press
  • Co-author of the microwave computer-aided design
    Computer-aided design

    Computer-Aided Design is the use of computer technology to aid in the design and particularly the drafting of a part or product, including entire buildings....
     software package, Puff, which has distributed over 30,000 copies


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