Karl Hess (scientist)

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Karl Hess
Born(1945-06-20)20 June 1945
Trumau, Austria
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forComputational electronics, solid-state physics, quantum mechanics, simulation
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Karl Hess (born 20 June 1945 in Trumau, Austria) is the Swanlund Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC).[1][2] He helped to establish the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at UIUC.[3][4]: 7, 38 

Hess is concerned with solid-state physics and the fundamentals of quantum mechanics. He is recognized as an expert in electron transport, semiconductor physics, supercomputing, and nanostructures.[5] A leader in simulating the nature and movement of electrons with computer models,[1] Hess is considered a founder of computational electronics.[6]

Hess has been elected to many scientific associations, including both the National Academy of Engineering (2001) and the National Academy of Sciences (2003).[1] He has served on the National Science Board (NSB).[5]

  1. ^ a b c Brownlee, Christen (17 February 2004). "Biography of Karl Hess". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101 (7): 1797–1798. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.1797B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0400379101. PMC 383292. PMID 14769927.
  2. ^ "Karl Hess Karl Hess Swanlund Professor Emeritus". ECE Illinois. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ McGaughey, Steve (April 26, 2006). "Hess leaves a huge legacy at Beckman, UIUC". Beckman Institute. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ^ Brown, Theodore L. (2009). Bridging divides : the origins of the Beckman Institute at Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois. ISBN 978-0252034848. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b McGaughey, Steve (January 1, 2005). "Hess nominated for National Science Board". ECE Illinois News. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CAS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).