Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Founder of MIT's Microsystems Technology Labs. Penfield's academic career at MIT spanned 45 years. After joining MIT as a professor in 1960, he moved up the ranks and served as associate head of the electrical engineering and computer science department from 1974 to 1978. He also established MIT's master's degree in engineering.
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