• DocumentCode
    1479394
  • Title

    Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Wilmer L. Barrow [Scanning Our Past]

  • Author

    Brittain, J.E.

  • Volume
    98
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    892
  • Lastpage
    895
  • Abstract
    In 1966, the IEEE awarded the Edison Medal to Wilmer L. Barrow in recognition of his "career of meritorious achievement." The citation noted his role in "developing means for transmission of electromagnetic energy at microwave frequencies." He spent the early years of his professional career in teaching and research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before becoming a research manager with the Sperry Gyroscope Company. He is remembered especially for his pioneering research on wave guides and horn antennas.
  • Keywords
    biographies; Edison Medal; Wilmer L. Barrow; electromagnetic energy; horn antennas; microwave frequencies; wave guides; Barrow, Wilmer L.; Biographies; Frequency modulation; History; Microwave frequencies; Microwave technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2010.2044852
  • Filename
    5454358