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Bell Labs scientists win coveted honors for fundamental research in several areas
May 15, 2002
MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Scientists from Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), recently received coveted honors that include induction into the National Academy of Engineering and the Marconi award for telecommunications, as well as top awards from the American Physical Society, the Association for Computing Machinery and the British Institute of Physics. The scientists, who were recognized during the past quarter, were cited for fundamental research across a broad range of disciplines, including laser physics, condensed-matter physics, software programming and fiber optics.
Cherry Murray, senior vice president of physical sciences research at Bell Labs, was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Murray, an experimental physicist, was honored for fundamental studies in surface and condensed-matter physics, and for leadership in bringing new concepts from research to production.
Andrew Chraplyvy, head of light wave systems research at Bell Labs, was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Chraplyvy was honored for contributions to the development of high- capacity optical fiber communications systems.
Brian Kernighan, former Bell Labs researcher and currently a professor of computer science at Princeton University, was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Kernighan was honored for contributions to software and programming languages.
Kenneth Walker, former Bell Labs researcher and currently president of OFS Laboratories, was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Walker was honored for innovation and leadership in the fundamental understanding and process development of optical fibers and fiber devices.
Gerard Holzmann, head of the computing principles research department at Bell Labs, was awarded the Software System Award by the Association for Computing Machinery. Holzmann, a computer scientist, was honored for SPIN, a software reliability tool he developed that detects bugs in code and has wide applicability. He also was awarded the SIGSOFT award for outstanding research by the association.
Federico Capasso, vice president of physics research at Bell Labs, was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize by the British Institute of Physics for his work on engineering materials and solid state devices, in particular the invention and demonstration of the quantum cascade laser.
Robert Willett, a physicist at Bell Labs, was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize by the American Physical Society for his theoretical and experimental contributions to condensed-matter physics.
Herwig Kogelnik, adjunct photonics system director at Bell Labs, was awarded the 2001 Marconi award in telecommunications for his work on fiber optics.
James Gordon, retired Bell Labs researcher, was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal by the Optical Society of America for overall distinction in optics. Bell Labs
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