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Professor David Plant Receives Engineering Achievement Award

Published: 24 November 2017

The IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award is given to recognize an exceptional engineering contribution which has had a significant impact on the development of laser or electro-optic technology or the commercial application of technology within the past 10 years. It may be given to an individual or to a group for a single contribution of significant work in the field. No candidate shall have previously received a major IEEE award for the same work. Candidates need not be members of the IEEE or the Photonics Society. The Award consists of an honorarium of $2000 and a medal. The presentation is made at the IEEE Photonics Conference.

2017 Honoree

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David Plant

For pioneering contributions to optical communications technologies spanning multiple length scales including DSP algorithms for direct detection and coherent systems.

 

 

David V. Plant received the Ph.D. degree from Brown University, Providence, RI, USA in 1989.  He was a Research Engineer at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA from 1989-1993, and has been a Professor at McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, since 1993, where he holds a James McGill Professorship.  He has received five teaching awards and numerous other awards including the IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lectureship, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Microwave Prize, and a Killam Research Fellowship.  He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the OSA, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Canada.
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