Saturday, March 12, 2016

Dr. Shirley Jackson invention of Telecommunications Technology

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Telecommunications Technology by Shirley Jackson

The telecommunications field has seen huge development in the past few decades. It is quite hard to imagine life without the technological inventions and developments. The contributions and inventions made by Shirley Ann Jackson to the telecommunication space have been phenomenal. Shirley made some of the best and game-changing inventions in the world of technology. She came out with some of the best inventions which include portable fax, solar cells, caller waiting and caller ID technology, touch tone telephone and also fiber optic cables that has enabled overseas phone calls to become clear and perfect. She is one of the well-known scientists and physicists who contributed vastly to technological growth. 

Shirley Ann Jackson

Shirley Jackson was born in August 5, 1946 to Beatrice Jackson and George Jackson in Washington D.C. She showed keen interest in the field of science and mathematics at a much early age and her parents encouraged her skills and talents. She received a bachelor degree in theoretical Physics in the year 1968 in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the year 1973, she completed her Ph.D., in elementary particle theory. It can be said that she was the second African American woman to receive a doctorate in Physics in United States which is quite a great achievement. Jackson conducted several researches at many of the prestigious institutions across the Europe and the United States in the 1970s.

Jackson also explored the interacting elementary particles theory while she was a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Technology revolution

All of Shirley’s inventions were highly useful and paved way for further growth and development of the technological space. Her caller ID and Call Waiting technology inventions were regarded to change the telecommunication space for the better. She carried out several researches and experiments in theoretical physics while she worked at Bell Laboratories. She examined the fundamental properties of different materials and got to know its nature. Jackson is now the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which is considered as the age old technology research and development university in the United States. It also recently received the recognition as one among the top 50 universities in the United States.

Her technological inventions have helped better life to a great extent. She has won several honors, credits and recognition as a scientist and she continues to contribute to the technological world by being the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

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