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February 2 - College of Engineering holds Engineering Complex Dedication of nine new buildings including Larsen and Benton Halls. |
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Eight-transistor chip, smaller than the date on a Lincoln penny, was designed and constructed in microelectronics facilities. |
| 1971 |
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Peter Zory was the first to demonstrate distributed feedback (DFB) laser oscilliation in a corrugated waveguide. |
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| 1973 |
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EE Chairman, Wayne Chen, becomes dean of the College of Engineering |
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Dr. Eugene R. Chenette is Acting Department Chair |
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Research funding approaching $5 million. |
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Equipment was acquired for research in microelectronics, noise, power, magnetics, biomedical engineering, and computer science. |
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Dr. Ramu V. Ramaswamy was issued patent #3,770,339 for Switch for Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems |
| 1974 |
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Dr. Ramu V. Ramaswamy, with R. D. Standley was issued patent #3,801,185 - Switch for Thin-Film Optics |
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Dr. Ramu V. Ramaswamy was issued patent #3,811,912 for Method of Making Epitaxial Film Devices |
| 1975 |
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Dr. Eugene R. Chenette becomes Department Chair |
| 1977 |
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Dr. Eugene R. Chenette becomes Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering |
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Dr. Donald G. Childers becomes Acting Department Chairman |
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| 1978 |
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Dr. Robert L. Sullivan becomes Department Chair |
| 1979 |
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Dr. Blake E. Cherrington becomes Department Chair |
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Dr. Ramu V. Ramaswamy, with I. P. Kaminow, was issued patent #4,179,189 - Single Polarizaion Optical Fibers and Methods of Fabrication |
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Dr. Ramu V. Ramaswamy, with R. D. Standley, was issued patent #4,142,775 for Optical Signal Processing Devices |
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