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Lang, Robert J. (Robert James), 1961-

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Personal name headingLang, Robert J. (Robert James), 1961-
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Associated placeSan Jose (Calif.)
LocatedAtlanta (Ga.) Alamo (Calif.)
Birth date1961-05-04
Place of birthDayton (Ohio)
Field of activityOrigami Semiconductor lasers Optics Optoelectronics
AffiliationCalifornia Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Spectra Diode Labs JDS Uniphase
Profession or occupationAuthors Physicists Scientists Artists
Found inOrigami design sheets, 2003: CIP t.p. (Robert J. Lang) data sheet (b. May 4, 1961)
Advanced semiconductor lasers and their applications, c2000: t.p. (Robert J. Lang) p. ix (SDL, Inc., San Jose, Calif.)
Email response from author, 8/18/00 (Vice President, Technology Development, SDL, Inc.; middle name = James; author or co-auth. of 7 bks. on origami, incl. The complete book of origami; was employed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for several years)
His The complete bk. of origami, 1988: CIP t.p. (Robert J. Lang)
Wikipedia, May 15, 2019: 9Robert J. Lang (born May 4, 1961) is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world; born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Lang studied electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology; earned a master's degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 1983, and returned to Caltech for a Ph.D. in applied physics; began work for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1988. Lang also worked as a research scientist for Spectra Diode Labs of San Jose, California, and then at JDS Uniphase, also of San Jose; authored or co-authored over 80 publications on semiconductor lasers, optics, and integrated optoelectronics; currently resides in Alamo, California)
Associated languageeng