Ed Godshalk, Ph.D.
Consultant and Engineer in Residence, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon
Ed has been an Electrical Engineer for over 40 years and worked at several startups, Tektronix and Maxim Integrated. While at Cascade Microtech (1989-94), he invented the world’s first waveguide input wafer probe and later the Air Coplanar Probe (ACP), which has been widely imitated. During his 22 years at Maxim, from which he retired in 2019, he created the Electromagnetics Group. He is presently working with FJ Scaler on Coherent Optical Subassembly (COSA) development for high-speed optical communications. He has over a dozen issued patents.
In 2020, he was elevated to the grade of Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) “For the development of microwave on-wafer probing and measurement techniques” which helped to enable microwave integrated circuits for commercial use.
Ed finds great pleasure in mentoring students and helping them achieve success in engineering and life. Helping students understand the origin of technical ideas is important to him, since this helps them to have a deeper understanding of engineering.
He also restores vintage sports cars and enjoys backcountry skiing and being in the mountains. In his younger days, he organized an expedition that successfully climbed Denali, the tallest peak in North America (20,310′). He also climbed Kilimanjaro (19,341′) in Africa, and numerous other peaks in North America.
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