George E. Smith

George E. Smith
Born	George Elwood Smith (1930-05-10) May 10, 1930 (age 94) White Plains, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago (PhD 1959) University of Pennsylvania (BSc 1955)
Known for	Charge-coupled device
Awards	Stuart Ballantine Medal (1973) IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1974) Draper Prize (2006) Nobel Prize in Physics (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Applied physics
Institutions	Bell Labs

George Elwood Smith (born May 10, 1930) is an American scientist and applied physicist. He is known for being the co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD).

He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willard Boyle for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".^[1]

1. ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009, Nobel Foundation, 2009-10-06, retrieved 2009-10-06.