Eric R. Fossum ’79, Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, delivered a presentation Wednesday, March 6, entitled, “Inside Your Camera: The Science and Technology of Digital Image Sensors.” Fossum invented, developed and commercialized the CMOS image sensor now used in billions of camera phones, webcams, DSLRs, video cameras, swallowable pill cameras, and dental x-ray sensors. He holds more than 180 patents worldwide and has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the Space Technology Hall of Fame. At Trinity, he majored in physics and engineering before earning his Ph.D. at Yale University.
Click here to listen to Fossum’s talk at Trinity:  Eric Fossum.