Stewart D. Personick is a noted American researcher in optical communications.

Personick graduated from the City College of New York

City College of New York

The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...

 with bachelor of electrical engineering degree. After receiving his PhD in 1969 from MIT, he worked at Bell Labs

Bell Labs

Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...

, TRW

TRW

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, and Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies

Telcordia Technologies

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), researching optical fiber receiver design, propagation in multi-mode optical fiber

Multi-mode optical fiber

Multi-mode optical fiber is a type of optical fiber mostly used for communication over short distances, such as within a building or on a campus...

s, time-domain reflectometry

Time-domain reflectometry

Time-domain reflectometry or TDR is a measurement technique used to determine the characteristics of electrical lines by observing reflected waveforms. Time-domain transmissometry is an analogous technique that measures the transmitted impulse...

, and the end-to-end modeling of optical communications. From 1984-1998 he served as Vice President of Bellcore, and subsequently held academic positions at Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

 and the Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology is a technological university located on a campus in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA – founded in 1870 with an 1868 bequest from Edwin A. Stevens. It is known for its engineering, science, and technological management curricula.The institute has produced leading...

. Personick is currently the Wireless Telecommunication Chairman (Ying Wu Endowed Chair in Wireless Telecommunications) at New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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's department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Personick became an IEEE Fellow

IEEE Fellow

An IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...

 in 1983, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Optical Society of America

The Optical Society is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of publishing, organizing conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and education. The organization has members in more than 100 countries...

 in 1988, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

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 in 1992. In 2000 he received the IEEE/OSA John Tyndall Award

John Tyndall Award

The John Tyndall Award is given to the "individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology"...

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