Hendrik Wade Bode
| Hendrik Wade Bode | |
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Hendrik Wade Bode
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| Born |
December 24, 1905 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Died | June 21, 1982 (aged 76) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Control Systems, Physics, Mathematics, Telecommunications |
| Institutions |
Ohio State University Bell Laboratories Harvard University |
| Alma mater |
Ohio State University Columbia University |
| Known for | Bode plot, Control theory, Telecommunications |
| Notable awards |
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1979) Rufus Oldenburger Medal (1975) President's Certificate of Merit Edison Medal (1969) Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1960) |
Hendrik Wade Bode (/ˈboʊdi/ boh-dee; Dutch: [ˈbodə]) (December 24, 1905 – June 21, 1982) was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist, of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research.
He made important contributions to the design, guidance and control of anti-aircraft systems during World War II and, continuing post-World War II during the Cold War, to the design and control of missiles and anti-ballistic missiles.
He also made important contributions to control system theory and mathematical tools for the analysis of stability of linear systems, inventing Bode plots, gain margin and phase margin.
Bode was one of the great engineering philosophers of his era. Long respected in academic circles worldwide, he is also widely known to modern engineering students mainly for developing the asymptotic magnitude and phase plot that bears his name, the Bode plot.
His research contributions in particular were not only multidimensional but far reaching as well, extending as far as the U.S. space program.
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