Sir Eric Albert Ash was a British electrical engineer, past Rector of Imperial College and President of IEE, UK.
17 Facts About Eric Ash
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Eric Ash was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for innovations in optics and acoustics and for leadership in education.
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Eric Ash was born Ulrich Asch in Berlin, the son of Dorothea Cecily and Walter J Asch, a Jewish lawyer.
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Eric Ash was educated at the independent University College School, and at 17 won a scholarship to Imperial College London.
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Eric Ash worked on microwave tubes as a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University for two years, before returning to England to continue this work at the Standard Telecommunications Laboratory in London.
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Eric Ash was appointed Head of Department, and holder of the Pender Chair, in 1980.
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Eric Ash was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 March 1977, and was awarded its Clifford Paterson medal shortly afterwards.
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Eric Ash was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1978.
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Eric Ash worked on problems in physical electronics, ultrasonic signal processing and imaging.
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Eric Ash won the Marconi Prize in 1984 "for leadership in electronic technology, including surface acoustic wave devices and optical fibre communications".
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Eric Ash won the Royal Society Royal Medal in 1986, in "recognition of his outstanding researches on acoustic microscopy leading to wholly new techniques and substantial improvements in resolution of acoustic microscopes".
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Eric Ash won the Institution of Electrical Engineers' Faraday Medal.
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Eric Ash was a Senior Member and Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the Academia Europea.
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Eric Ash sat on the board of British Telecom as a non-executive director from 1987 to 1993.
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Eric Ash has served as a trustee of a number of other organisations including the Afghan Educational Trust, the Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust, the Royal Institution, the London Science Museum and the Wolfson Foundation.
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Eric Ash is a member of the Advisory Council of the Campaign for Science and Engineering and an international member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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On 22 August 2021, Sir Eric Ash peacefully died at home at the age of 93.