Richard E. Harris IEEE Region: 4 (Central U.S.) Biography Richard E. Harris was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on 28 May 1941, and is a Senior Member of IEEE. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois. Harris worked at the United Technologies for United Aircraft Research Laboratories, where he did research in aviation transport mechanics as well as other electronic and conductive studies. Much of his career has been spent at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) where he researched superconductive technologies and introduced NIST to lithography and superconducting integrated circuits. He was also the Group Leader for the Cryoelectronic Metrology Group on superconducting electronics as well the Quantum Devices Group. Oral History ⧉ Position(s) & Affiliation(s) NIST (retired)
