Roger Van Overstraeten
Belgian microelectronics professor (1937–1999) Ph.D. Stanford University 1963
About Roger Van Overstraeten
Lived 1937 – 1999 (aged 61). Roger Van Overstraeten was a Belgian university teacher, engineer and electrical engineer.
Roger Joseph, Baron Van Overstraeten (7 December 1937, Vlezenbeek – 29 April 1999, Leuven) was a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and later the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, an IEEE Fellow and the founder of the micro- and nanoelectronics research center IMEC.
Van Overstraeten earned a PhD from Stanford University in 1963.
Honors and awards In 1989 he was awarded the first Becquerel Prize by the European Commission.
In 1990 Van Overstraeten was elevated to Baron and he received the IEEE Frederik Philips Award (1999).
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Who was Roger Van Overstraeten?
Belgian microelectronics professor (1937–1999) Ph.D. Stanford University 1963
When was Roger Van Overstraeten born?
Roger Van Overstraeten was born on 7 December 1937.
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Roger Van Overstraeten died on 29 April 1999.
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Roger Van Overstraeten was a university teacher, engineer and electrical engineer.
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Roger Van Overstraeten was Belgian.
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