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Joel S. Engel | |
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| Born | Joel Stanley Engel (1936-02-04)February 4, 1936 (age 89) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | City College of New York (BSc) Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering (MSc) Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (PhD) |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
| Known for | Contributions to the development ofcellular networks |
| Awards | IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1987) National Medal of Technology (1994) Charles Stark Draper Prize (2013) |
Joel Stanley Engel (born February 4, 1936) is an American electrical engineer who made fundamental contributions to the development ofcellular networks.
Born inNew York City, he obtained aB.Sc. inengineering atCity College of New York (1957). While working at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in the research staff atDraper Laboratory on inertial guidance and stabilization systems, he also obtained anM.Sc. inelectrical engineering (1959). He then moved toNew Jersey and worked forBell Labs most of his active research career (1959–83), and also earned aPh.D. fromPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn on a thesis on data transmission over telephone lines (1964).
He then worked atBellcomm on guidance systems for theApollo Program (1965) and atPage Communications Engineers inWashington, D.C. (1965–67) before returning to Bell Labs where he joined the mobile phone system research group. He also lectured atPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. After theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) opened up new frequencies (1968), his engineering team developed the architecture forcellular network and its parametrization (1971), which was the basis forAdvanced Mobile Phone System, eventually commercialized (1983).[1][2]
After a rotation atAT&T (1973–75), Engel returned to Bell Labs as a Department Head with responsibilities for a broad range of projects.
Engel later joinedSatellite Business Systems (1983–86) as VP of engineering, and became VP of research and development atMCI Communications (1986–87), when MCI acquired SBS.
He was VP of technology and Chief Technology Officer atAmeritech (1987–97).
Engel was elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineering in 1996 for contributions to the theory and design of cellular telecommunications systems.
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| Preceded by | IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal 1987 | Succeeded by |
