A prolific inventor and pioneer of interdisciplinary research, he was a noted educator who devoted his life to developing technologies that have helped transform medical diagnoses.
The professor emeritus of electrical engineering developed methods of studying planets with radio waves and oversaw experiments between the Stanford Dish and Pioneer space probes.
Research in many areas, including renewable energy, batteries, carbon capture and storage, the electric grid and natural gas, are helping the move toward a more sustainable future.
Students in Design for Extreme Affordability, a course at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school), have created more than 130 projects in 14 years.
A solar car named Sundae developed by Stanford undergraduates is about to race more than 1,800 miles across the Outback, testing the limits of technology and ingenuity.
