Eric Ash

Professor
Sir Eric Ash
CBE FRS FREng FIET HonFInstP
Born(1928-01-31)31 January 1928
Berlin, Germany
Died22 August 2021(2021-08-22) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity College School
Alma materImperial College London
AwardsRoyal Medal (1986)
IET Faraday Medal (1980)
Marconi Prize (1984)
FRS (1977)
FREng (1978)
EPS Europhysics Prize (1979)
Scientific career
FieldsElectronics
Surface acoustic waves
Acoustic Microscopy
InstitutionsImperial College London
University College London
Stanford University
ThesisElectron interaction effects (1952)
Doctoral advisorDennis Gabor
Doctoral studentsKumar Wickramasinghe[1] Mehrdad Nikoonahad[2]
Websitewww.imperial.ac.uk/about/introducing-imperial/our-people/our-leaders/sir-eric-a-ash/

Sir Eric Albert Ash (31 January 1928 – 22 August 2021) was a British electrical engineer, past Rector of Imperial College and President of IEE, UK. He was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for innovations in optics and acoustics and for leadership in education.[3]

  1. ^ Wickramasinghe, H. Kumar (1974). Two and Three Dimensional Acoustic Holography in Solids. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London (University of London). OCLC 500588924. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.477197.
  2. ^ Nikoonahad, Mehrdad (1983). Reflection Acoustic Microscopy for Micro-NDE (PhD thesis). University College London (University of London).
  3. ^ "NAE: Sir Eric Ash". Retrieved 16 May 2021.