Thomas H. Lee | |
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| 李天和 | |
| Born | May 11, 1923 Shanghai, China |
| Died | February 4, 2001 (aged 77) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Nationality | Chinese American |
| Alma mater | National Chiao Tung University Union College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Known for | Developing vacuum interrupter and silicon rectifier |
| Awards | IEEE Haraden Pratt Award (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | General Electric Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thomas H. Lee (Chinese: 李天和; pinyin: Lǐ Tiānhé; May 11, 1923 – February 4, 2001) was a Chinese-American electrical engineer and writer. He worked for General Electric for 30 years, where he developed the first practical vacuum interrupter and the silicon rectifier in the 1960s. In the 1980s he served as the Philip Sporn Professor of Energy Processing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-chaired the MIT Sloan School's Management of Technology program. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1975 and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2000. He was an IEEE Fellow and received the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award in 1983.