Gerald Ash

Gerald R. Ash (born August 1, 1942 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a retired electrical engineer who worked at Bell Labs. His research has focused on routing problems; he is known for the development of Dynamic Non-Hierarchical Routing (DNHR).

Gerald R. Ash
Born	August 1, 1942 Paterson, New Jersey
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology Rutgers University
Known for	Dynamic Non-Hierarchical Routing
Awards	IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1989)
Scientific career
Institutions	Bell Labs
Thesis	Optimal guidance of low-thrust interplanetary space vehicles (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Rangasami Sridhar

Biography

Ash received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1964 from Rutgers University. He attended graduate school at the California Institute of Technology, where he earned his M.S. in 1965 and Ph.D. in 1969, both in electrical engineering. He joined Bell Labs in 1972.

In 1989 Ash was awarded the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, together with Billy B. Oliver, for their work on DNHR.

In 2001 Ash was inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame for his unique contributions to the telecommunications industry by inventing three dynamic routing schemes, which were patented from 1982 to 1995.

Ash is the author of three books, "Dynamic Routing in Telecommunications Networks" (1997) "Traffic Engineering and QoS Optimization of Integrated Voice & Data Networks (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)" (2006) "Katy's Astonishing Adventures With Tortulus T.Turtle" by Gerald Ash and Katy Chew" (2009)

External links

• Ash's bio at IEEE History Center, written in 1989