Cardinal Warde

Cardinal Warde (born July 14, 1945) is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He works on optoelectronic materials for information processing, communications and holography. Warde is involved with education policy in the Caribbean, acting as a scientific advisor for the Government of Barbados and helping high school students access science education.

Early life and education Warde was born in Christ Church, Barbados. His mother was Rosetta Irene Ward. He attended St. Christopher's Primary School and Harrison College. During school, Warde was involved with athletics. Warde was a brother in Pi Lambda Phi and played varsity soccer. He was promoted to Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1982. He worked on the applications of optics to engineering, including optical computing, wireless communication and holography. He founded Optron Systems in 1982, a start-up incubator that developed MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) displays. Optron Systems specialised in optoelectronic systems, which use light for information processing. He didn't hire his first employee until 1983, raising all the money himself from teaching and consulting, and was worth $3 million in 1986.

At MIT, Warde has served as Faculty Director of the Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science program since 1997. He serves as the Government of Barbados scientific advisor. He is the interim executive director of the Caribbean Diaspora for Science, Technology & Innovation (CADSTI). He is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Science Foundation.

In 2018 Warde established the Rosetta Irene Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund, which supports the higher education of students from English speaking Caribbean countries. 2014 Barbados Prime Minister's Award for Excellence 2007 Institute of Caribbean Studies Caribbean American Heritage Award 2003 Companion of Honour of Barbados 2001 Black Chamber of Commerce Innovator of the Year 2000 National Association of Barbados Organizations Pride of Barbados Award for Science 1996 Stevens Institute of Technology Renaissance Science and Engineering Award

He has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of the West Indies and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. 2002 Tunable optical filter 1991 Membrane light modulation systems 1989 Charge transfer signal processor and charge transfer feedthrough plate fabrication assembly and method 1988 Completely cross-talk free high spatial resolution 2D bistable light modulation 1986 Charge transfer signal processor