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David Barbe

David Barbe received his PhD in electrical engineering from John Hopkins University and worked in industry and government for 20 years, He was awarded the rank of Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) in 1978 for his pioneering work on charge coupled device imagers, now used in digital cameras, camcorders, fax machines and numerous defense and medical applications. Dr. Barbe came to the University of Maryland in 1985. Since 2000, he has concentrated on technology entrepreneurship and innovation. Awards include: Stanford University’s Price Institute Innovative Entrepreneurship Educators Award in 2002, the American Society of Engineering Education Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educators Award in 2003, the Olympus Lifetime of Education Innovation Award in 2008, one of The Daily Record’s Innovator of the Year Awards in 2011, and a White House Champion of Change Award in 2011. In addition to his technical accomplishments, his recent work is in educating the next generation of entrepreneurs, starting tech companies from University research and helping Maryland companies create new and improved products and services.
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