Louis Nashelsky, is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Technology at
Queensborough Community College
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(CUNY). He is also Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Technology.
Engineer
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students around the western world will be familiar with the names
Boylestad and Nashelsky. With his colleague Robert Boylestad at Queensborough College, they were the authors of many fundamental publications on electronic devices and circuits.
Their seminal work "Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory" is a university level text that is currently in its 11th edition (April 30, 2012) and which was initially published in 1972. While there are many other texts in the field, this one has remained a staple of scientific educators throughout the modern period of electronics and computer revolution, and during the emergence of ubiquitous
Integrated Circuits
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Nashelsky has a BSEE and an MSEE from City College, CUNY. He received his PhD from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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References
"Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory," Prentice Hall, Boylestad, R and Nashelsky, L. 9th ed. 2005.
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
City College of New York alumni
Worcester Polytechnic Institute alumni
American electrical engineers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Queensborough Community College faculty
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