Chris Rivest
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Chris Rivest is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of SunPrint (later Alion ), a company that develops technology to inexpensively fabricate solar cell
s using acoustic printing. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.
In 2010 he was recognized as a "young innovator" by being listed in the MIT Technology Review
's TR35
list.
He is the son of Ron Rivest
, the cryptographer and founder of RSA.
Solar cell
A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....
s using acoustic printing. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
.
In 2010 he was recognized as a "young innovator" by being listed in the MIT Technology Review
Technology Review
Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as "The Technology Review", and was re-launched without the "The" in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey...
's TR35
TR35
The TR35 is an annual list published by MIT Technology Review magazine, naming the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.Some of the most famous winners of the award include Larry Page and Sergey Brin , Linus Torvalds , Jerry Yang , Jonathan Ive , Mark Zuckerberg...
list.
He is the son of Ron Rivest
Ron Rivest
Ronald Linn Rivest is a cryptographer. He is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Computer Science at MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
, the cryptographer and founder of RSA.