Olav Solgaard

Olav Solgaard is a Professor in the Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering. He was the Director of the Ginzton Lab from 2008 until 2014.[2]

Olav Solgaard
Alma materNorwegian Institute of Technology; Stanford University
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorDavid M. Bloom[1]

Education

Olav Solgaard completed a B. S. Electrical Engineering, from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Norway in 1981. He completed degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1987 (MS) and 1992 (PhD).

Prior to joining Stanford’s Department of Electrical Engineering in 1999,[3] Olav was a faculty member at the University of California, Davis. His work at UC Davis led to the invention of the multi-wavelength, fiber-optical switch.[4]

Research

Solgaard's research is in the areas of semiconductor fabrication techniques; specifically, microfabrication and integration of optical devices and systems.[5]

Olav Solgaard has been issued more than 70 patents at time of this version (2019).[6]

Awards and honors
gollark: In some cases it's probably possible but it would have drawbacks or isn't cost-effective yet.
gollark: Examples of hard to automate things: social interaction, anything where people are expected to be able to deal with weird unexpected situations and handle them properly, knowledge work things, anything where you need lots of mobility, complex knowledge work.
gollark: Automation of things *is* occurring, but there are many tasks for which it isn't practical right now.
gollark: Automation is just not that good yet.
gollark: What? No.

References
  1. "Academic Tree, Olav Solgaard". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  2. "Stanford faculty profile". Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. "Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, Stanford Report, June 16, 1999". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  4. "Connecting the Future: How a UC Davis Invention Helped Build Broadband Communications". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  5. "Eighteen scholars named Terman Fellows, Stanford Report, Oct. 20, 1999". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  6. "Patents.Justia.com". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  7. "Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  8. "Optical Society of America Fellows, 2008". Retrieved 2019-10-10.
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