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Eric Ash was born in Berlin, Germany, on January 31, 1928. He is a German engineer and inventor who is best known for his work in the field of electronic engineering. He is also the founder of the Eric Ash Institute for Electronic Engineering, which is dedicated to the advancement of electronic engineering.
Eric Ash studied at the Technical University of Berlin and received his doctorate in electrical engineering in 1954. He then went on to work for the German Aerospace Center, where he developed the first digital computer in Germany. He also worked on the development of the first digital telephone system in Germany.
In the 1960s, Eric Ash moved to the United States and worked for the Bell Telephone Laboratories. He was responsible for the development of the first digital telephone switching system in the United States. He also worked on the development of the first digital telephone system in the United Kingdom.
In the 1970s, Eric Ash founded the Eric Ash Institute for Electronic Engineering. The institute is dedicated to the advancement of electronic engineering and has become a leading research center in the field.
Eric Ash has received numerous awards and honors for his work in the field of electronic engineering. He was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009. He was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2011.
As of 2021, Eric Ash is 93 years old. He has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
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On 22 August 2021, Sir Eric Ash peacefully died at home at the age of 93.
In 2017, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK.
Ash was Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society 1997–2002. He has also served as a trustee of a number of other organisations including the Afghan Educational Trust, the Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust, the Royal Institution, the London Science Museum and the Wolfson Foundation. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering and an international member of the National Academy of Engineering.
After retiring as Rector in 1993, Ash was an emeritus professor in the Department of Physics at University College, 1993–1998, working on educational technology. He acted as CEO of the Student Loans Company 1994–1996, remaining a non-executive director of the company until the end of August 2000.
He won the Royal Society Royal Medal in 1986, in "recognition of his outstanding researches on acoustic microscopy leading to wholly new techniques and substantial improvements in resolution of acoustic microscopes". He also won the Institution of Electrical Engineers' Faraday Medal.
Ash became Rector of Imperial College in 1985. He sat on the board of British Telecom as a non-executive director from 1987–1993. In 1988, he was President of the IEE for one year. In 1987, he was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.
He worked on problems in physical electronics, ultrasonic signal processing and imaging. He won the Marconi Prize in 1984 "for leadership in electronic technology, including surface acoustic wave devices and optical fibre communications".
Ash joined the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College in 1963, became a full professor in 1967. He was appointed Head of Department, and holder of the Pender Chair, in 1980. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 March 1977, and was awarded its Clifford Paterson medal shortly afterwards. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1978.
After graduating in electrical engineering, he continued his studies with doctoral research. His PhD supervisor was Dennis Gabor, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and his thesis was published as Electron Interaction Effects (1952). He worked on microwave tubes as a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University for two years, before returning to England to continue this work at the Standard Telecommunications Laboratory in London.
Eric Ash was born Ulrich Asch in Berlin, the son of Dorothea Cecily (Schwarz) and Walter J. Asch, a Jewish lawyer. The family emigrated to England in 1938 to escape Nazism. He was educated at the independent University College School, and at 17 won a scholarship to Imperial College London.
Sir Eric Albert Ash CBE FRS FREng FIET HonFInstP (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.
