Eric Fossum
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Inventor of CMOS active pixel image sensor camera-on-a-chip
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Eric Fossum's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics California Institute of Technology
Why Is Eric Fossum Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Eric R. Fossum is an American physicist and engineer known for co-developing the CMOS image sensor. He is currently a professor at Thayer School of Engineering in Dartmouth College. Early years and education Fossum was born and raised in Simsbury, Connecticut and attended public school there. He also spent Saturdays at the Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon, CT, which he credits for his lifelong interest in science, engineering and mentoring students. He received his B.S. in engineering from Trinity College in 1979, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Yale University in 1984.
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