Jack M. Sipress (born April 9, 1935) is an American electrical engineer, former employee of

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, known for his contributions to the development of submarine communications facilities.NAE Website - Dr. Jack M. Sipress
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Biography

Sipress studied

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at the

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, where he received his BS in 1956, his MS in 1957 and his PhD in 1961.''IEEE Membership Directory - Vol. 1-2'' Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers., 2001. p. 398 After graduation Sipress joint

, where he was supervisor involved in the development of the

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digital transmission systems.Jack Sipress
Global History Network During the 1960s he received multiple patents. At Bell Labs from 1976 to 1978 he was involved in the development of satellite systems. In 1978 he turned his attention to

fiber-optic communication Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared light through an optical fiber. The light is a form of carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. Fiber is pref ...

in submarine applications. Late 1980s he was Director of the Undersea Systems Laboratory and in the 1990s chief technical officer and senior vice president of research.''InTech''. Vol. 42. (1995) p. 20 Sipress received several awards and honors. In 1975 he was elected

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for his "contributions to the development of

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systems." He received the IEEE Communication Society Armstrong Technical Achievement Award in 1988; the

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in 1991; and the

IEEE Simon Ramo Medal The IEEE Simon Ramo Medal is an award for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science, and was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1982. The medal is named for Simon Ramo, one of the founders of the TRW corporat ...

in 1994. In 1998 he was elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (Electronics) for his contributions to "the development and implementation of international communications facilities via undersea lightwave cables."

Selected publications

* Irwin Dorros, Jack M. Sipress, and

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. "An experimental 224 Mb/s digital repeatered line." Bell System Technical Journal 45.7 (1966): 993-1043. * Sipress, Jack M. "Undersea communications technology." AT&T technical journal 74.1 (1995): 4-7.

References

External links

NAE Website - Dr. Jack M. Sipress

Jack Sipress
Global History Network {{DEFAULTSORT:Sipress, Jack M. 1935 births Living people American electrical engineers Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Scientists at Bell Labs Fellow Members of the IEEE Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering