Inducted
May 4, 1990
Degrees
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1962
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1964
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1969
David. F. Barbe received the BSEE degree from WVU with high honors in 1962, at which time he also received the Eta Xappa Nu Outstanding WVU EE Senior Award. He received the MSEE degree from WVU in 1964 and the PhD in 1969 from Johns Hopkins where he was a Westinghouse Fellow. He has published over 100 technical papers in the areas of electron devices and micro-electronics. His 1975 paper "The Charge Coupled Concept" is a classic. For this work he received a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research publication award and in 1978 he was elected a Fellow in the IEEE for his contributions in the field of Charge Coupled Devices.
In 1979 he was presented a Citation for Outstanding Government Service. In 1987 he received the Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Pioneer Award and was an IEEE National Lecturer in Electron Devices. He is presently Executive Director of the Engineering Research Center (ERC) of the University of Maryland.
Dr. Barbe led the establishment of the vibrant culture of technology entrepreneurship that now pervades the Clark School and the University of Maryland. Included are the Hinman CEOs, the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), the Maryland Business Plan Competition, and the Technology Start-Up Boot Camp. Two of these programs are national models.
Dr. Barbe’s achievements have been recognized with many top national awards: White House Champion of Change in 2011, Daily Record Innovator of the Year, 2011, Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award in 2008; American Society of Engineering Education Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator Award in 2003; and Stanford’s Price Foundation Innovative Educators Award in 2001.