Kurt Petersen (sailor)
Kurt Petersen may refer to: * Kurt Petersen (American football) (born 1957), American football guard * Kurt Petersen (inventor) (born 1948), American inventor and entrepreneur * Kurt W. Petersen Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship, world longtrack champion. Speedway career Petersen was a ...

Kurt Petersen (American Football)
Kurt David Petersen (born June 17, 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Missouri. Early years Petersen attended Lutheran High School North in St. Louis, Missouri. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Missouri. He was named a starter at "stand-up" defensive end as a sophomore. The next year, he registered 53 tackles (9 for losses). He played a key role in the season opener upset against the University of Notre Dame, when he teamed with linebacker Chris Garlich to stop running back Vagas Ferguson on fourth-down at the Tigers one-yard line. As a senior, he was moved to defensive tackle as a senior, when he was also selected as a team co-captain. He posted 63 tackles and 4 fumble recoveries (tied for the team lead). Professional career Petersen was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (105th overall) of the 1980 N ...
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Kurt Petersen (inventor)
Kurt E. Petersen (born February 13, 1948) is an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is known primarily for his work on microelectromechanical systems. Petersen was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2001. Biography Petersen received his BS degree ''cum laude'' in Electrical Engineering from The University of California at Berkeley in 1970. In 1975, he received a PhD degree in EE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He established a micromachining research group at IBM from 1975 to 1982, during which he wrote the review paper “Silicon as a Mechanical Material,” published in the '' IEEE Proceedings'' (May 1982). This paper is a highly referenced work in the field of micromachining and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); it is considered to have helped establish MEMS as its own branch of technology. As of September 2017, Google Scholar reported 3,795 citations. Career Since 1982, Dr. Petersen has co-founded six suc ...
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