Joseph W. Goodman

American engineer and physicist
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Joseph W. Goodman

Summary

Joseph W. Goodman is a human[1]. He was born in Boston[2]. He was born on +1936-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a physicist[4], academic[5], university teacher[6], electrical engineer[7], and optician[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Joseph W. Goodman's place of birth was Boston[2].
  • Joseph W. Goodman was born on +1936-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Joseph W. Goodman was born on +1936-02-08T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Joseph W. Goodman held citizenship in United States[11].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's professions included physicist[4].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's professions included academic[5].
  • Joseph W. Goodman worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's professions included electrical engineer[7].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's professions included optician[8].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's field of work was physics[12].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's field of work was electrical engineering[13].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's field of work was optics[14].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's doctoral advisor was Raymond Charles Cumming[15].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the Frederic Ives Medal[16].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal[17].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the SPIE Gold Medal[18].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the Max Born Award[19].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the Fellow of the Optical Society[20].
  • Joseph W. Goodman received the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal[21].
  • Joseph W. Goodman was a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences[22].
  • Joseph W. Goodman is recorded as male[23].
  • Joseph W. Goodman's instance of is recorded as human[24].
  • Joseph W. Goodman supervised Jehoshua Shuki Bruck as a doctoral student[25].
  • Joseph W. Goodman supervised Albert Macovski as a doctoral student[26].
  • Joseph W. Goodman supervised Edmund Y. Lam as a doctoral student[27].

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Origins and Family

Joseph W. Goodman was born in Boston[2]. Recorded date of birth include +1936-01-01T00:00:00Z[3] and +1936-02-08T00:00:00Z[10].

Education

Joseph W. Goodman's doctoral advisor was Raymond Charles Cumming[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physicist[4], academic[5], university teacher[6], electrical engineer[7], and optician[8]. Fields of work include physics[12], a branch of science[28]; electrical engineering[13], a branch of engineering[29]; and optics[14], a branch of physics[30]. Doctoral students include Jehoshua Shuki Bruck[25]; Albert Macovski[26], an inventor[31], b. 1929[32], of United States[33], awarded the Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering[34], specialised in electrical engineering[35]; Edmund Y. Lam[27]; Haldun M. Ozaktas[36], a researcher[37], of Turkey[38]; and John F. Walkup[39], an electrical engineer[40].

Recognition

Awards received include Frederic Ives Medal[16], a science award[41], in United States[42], founded in 1929[43]; IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal[17], a science award[44], founded in 1956[45]; SPIE Gold Medal[18], an award[46]; Max Born Award[19], a science award[47], in United States[48], founded in 1982[49]; Fellow of the Optical Society[20], a science award[50], founded in 1959[51]; and Esther Hoffman Beller Medal[21], a science award[52], founded in 1993[53].

Why It Matters

Joseph W. Goodman ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[9] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

Where was Joseph W. Goodman born?

Joseph W. Goodman was born in Boston[2].

What did Joseph W. Goodman do for work?

Joseph W. Goodman worked as physicist[4], academic[5], university teacher[6], electrical engineer[7], and optician[8].

What awards did Joseph W. Goodman receive?

Honors received include Frederic Ives Medal[16], IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal[17], SPIE Gold Medal[18], and Max Born Award[19].

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  2. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [15] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  26. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [10] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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