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Charles Elachi

Lebanese electrical engineer, JPL director
Person Human Q1950678

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
April 18, 1947
Place of birth
Lebanon
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
engineer, astronomer, electrical engineer, university teacher
Employer
California Institute of Technology[9]
Field of work
electrical engineering[8]
Educated at
University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, USC Marshall School of Business, California Institute of Technology, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble Institute of Technology[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Award received
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, IEEE Fellow, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Nevada Medal, Allan D. Emil Memorial Award[16][17][18][19][20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Given name
Charles[22]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[24]
Member of
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Engineering
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles Elachi ar شارل العشي fa شارل العشی he שארל אל-עאשי ja チャールズ・エラチ ko 찰스 엘라치 ru Чарльз Элачи zh 查尔斯·埃拉奇
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
000000011619942X
VIAF cluster ID
35901637
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85249922
GND ID
111221027X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
CharlesElachi.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90236884
FAST ID
1475649
Freebase ID
/m/06xry7
IdRef ID
084111313
J9U entity ID
987007445295205171
JRC Names ID
2289
NUKAT ID
n2006007266
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Podchaser creator ID
107a9AzO35
Prabook ID
1371060
SHARE Catalogue author ID
11944
SNAC ARK ID
w6k14qgx
TED speaker ID
charles_elachi
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/0b88652a-0c62-44f3-9e2b-91f017893c4b
ZbMATH author ID
elachi.charles

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 6
California Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble Institute of Technology, USC Marshall School of Business
Award received 5
NASA Distinguished Service Medal, IEEE Fellow, Allan D. Emil Memorial Award, William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, Nevada Medal
Occupation 2
engineer, astronomer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
California Institute of Technology
Field of work 1
electrical engineering
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
National Academy of Engineering
Place of birth 1
Lebanon
Sex or gender 1
male
← Director / manager 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Summary

Charles Elachi was born on April 18, 1947[1], in Lebanon[2]. He has worked as an engineer[3], astronomer[4], electrical engineer[5], and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Charles Elachi born?

Charles Elachi's place of birth was Lebanon[2].

What did Charles Elachi do for work?

Charles Elachi worked as an engineer[3], astronomer[4], electrical engineer[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Charles Elachi go to school?

Charles Elachi was educated at University of California, Los Angeles[10], University of Southern California[11], USC Marshall School of Business[12], and California Institute of Technology[13].

What awards did Charles Elachi receive?

Honors received include William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement[16], IEEE Fellow[17], NASA Distinguished Service Medal[18], and Nevada Medal[19].

Related Entities

California Institute of Technology electrical engineering Grenoble Institute of Technology Joseph Fourier University Lebanon United States University of California, Los Angeles

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . sigmaxi.org. sigmaxi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov. searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . dri.edu. dri.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . iafastro.org. iafastro.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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