Ernst Weber (September 6, 1901 inVienna, Austria – February 16, 1996 inColumbus, North Carolina), Austria-born Americanelectrical engineer, was a pioneer inmicrowave technologies and played an important role in the history of theNew York University Tandon School of Engineering, where in 1945 he founded theMicrowave Research Institute (later renamed theWeber Research Institute in his honor). Weber was also the first president of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and one of the founders of the U.S.National Academy of Engineering (NAE).^[1][2][3][4]

Weber was born inVienna, Austria. In 1924 he graduated with an engineering degree, and started working for theSiemens-Schuckert company as electrical engineer, initially in Vienna. In the meantime he studied further and earned two doctorates, aPh.D. in 1926 from theUniversity of Vienna and aSc.D. in 1927 from theTechnische Hochschule in Vienna (nowTU Wien). Early 1929 he moved to Siemens-Schuckert headquarters inBerlin, Germany and started teaching at theTechnische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (nowTechnische Universität Berlin).^[2][3]

Ernst Weber received several awards and honors, including:^[2][3]

• The U.S.President's Certificate of Merit from PresidentHarry S. Truman in 1948
• TheAIEE Education Medal in 1960, "for excellence as a teacher in science and electrical engineering, for creative contributions in research and development, for broad professional and administrative leadership and in all for a considerate approach to human relations"^[5]
• Eta Kappa Nu naming him an Eminent Member in 1962^[6]
• TheIEEE Founders Medal in 1971, "for leadership in the advancement of the electrical and electronics engineering profession in the fields of education, engineering societies, industry and government"^[7]
• The Microwave Career Award from theIEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society in 1977^[8]
• The U.S.National Medal of Science from PresidentRonald Reagan in 1987^[9]
• To honor him, IEEE renamed in 1996 theIEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award toIEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition.^[10]

Ernst Weber;Frederik Nebeker (1994).The Evolution of Electrical Engineering: A Personal Perspective. IEEE Press.ISBN 0-7803-1066-7.

• 1901 births
• 1996 deaths
• Founding members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
• Academic staff of Technische Universität Berlin
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University faculty
• Presidents of the IEEE
• Fellows of the American Physical Society
• Austrian emigrants to the United States
• Presidents of the Institute of Radio Engineers

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