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Eliahu I. Jury

1923 – 2020

Iraqi American control systems engineer

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About Eliahu I. Jury

Lived 1923 – 2020 (aged 97). Eliahu I. Jury was an American engineer, electrical engineer and university teacher.

Eliahu Ibrahim Jury (May 23, 1923 – September 20, 2020) was an Iraqi-born American engineer. He received his the E.E. degree from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (now, Israel), in 1947, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in 1949, and the Sc.D. degree from Columbia University of New York City in 1953. He was professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Miami.

He developed the advanced Z-transform, used in digital control systems and signal processing.

He was a Life Fellow of the IEEE

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University
Employers
University of California, Berkeley, University of Miami
Awards
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award; Rufus Oldenburger Medal
Also known as
Eliahu Ibrahim Jury

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Eliahu I. Jury's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Eliahu I. Jury?

Iraqi American control systems engineer

When was Eliahu I. Jury born?

Eliahu I. Jury was born on 23 May 1923 in Baghdad.

When did Eliahu I. Jury die?

Eliahu I. Jury died on 20 September 2020 in Miami.

What was Eliahu I. Jury's occupation?

Eliahu I. Jury was an engineer, electrical engineer and university teacher.

What nationality was Eliahu I. Jury?

Eliahu I. Jury was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Eliahu I. Jury

· Wikidata: Q5360384

· DBpedia: Eliahu I. Jury

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