Dr. James E. West
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Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of James Edward West, an African-American inventor born in 1931 in Prince Edwards County, VA. If you’ve ever talked on the telephone, you’ve probably used his invention. West started at Bell labs as an intern and joined them full-time in 1957 after graduating from Temple University. As the inventor of the microphone, James West has received numerous awards and honors including a Fellow of IEEE, Industrial Research Institute's 1998 Achievement Award, 1995 Inventor of the Year from the State of New Jersey and induction in the Inventors Hall of Fame in 1999. James E. West holds 47 US patents and more than 200 foreign patents from his 40-year career with Bell Laboratories. During his career, West also involved himself with programs designed to encourage minorities to take more of a role in the sciences. In the 1970's, he was a member of the Association of Black Laboratories Employees (ABLE) at Bell Labs that influenced management to fund the Summer Research Program (SRP) and Cooperate Research Fellowship Program (CRFP) – programs that helped more than 500 non-white students graduate with degrees in science, engineering and mathematics.
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Dr. James West Interview Part I
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Dr. James E. West, formerly of Bell Laboratories, now research professor at the Johns Hopkins University, interviewed on June 10th, 2009 for the occasion of ...
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Dr. James E. West Discusses Mentorship
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Dr. James E. West, Professor at John's Hopkins University Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of James Edward West, an Africa...
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Black Scientist in Telecommunications
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Dr. James E. West, Professor at John's Hopkins University speaks to students from Tiz Media Foundation's MindRap program. Ninety percent of microphones used ...
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Dr. James West Interview Part III
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Dr. James E. West, formerly of Bell Laboratories, now research professor at the Johns Hopkins University, interviewed on June 10th, 2009 for the occasion of ...
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Spaceship Earth
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Dr. James E. West, Professor at John's Hopkins University Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of James Edward West, an Africa...
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A Celebrations Of Black History
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Dr. James E. West.
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Re : where is your Galileo,Where is your Da Vinci ?
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the black scholar you're looking for white supremacist : Al Jahiz,Antarah ibn Shaddad,Ahmed Baba,Zera Yacob,Anthony William Amo,Chevalier de ST George,Alexan...
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Committed To Excellence - The Intellectual Brothers Strike Back
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In this poetry over music piece, Morpheus Prime allows his emotions to pour out on to the screen as he pleads with black men of all ages to commit to a life ...
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