Interview with Dr. Thomas Mensah by Priesk Outland Dr. Thomas Mensah is one of four original innovators and developers of fiber optics technology in this country. He holds 7 patents, all of which were awarded in the past six years. His work in fiber optics led to the much needed bandwidth which transformed the telecommunication and computer / internet platform that gave the US global leadership in this field. Prior to the advent of fiber optics, for example, internet communications were slow and pictures or large files took several hours to transmit because of bandwidth (information carrying capacity) limitations in copper cables. Today an entire encyclopedia can be transmitted in only a few seconds. Since the advent of fiber optics media, and its enormous bandwidth, data can now be transmitted at the speed of light. Currently, over one billion people are connected to the internet because of the bandwidth offered by fiber optics. Long distance cell phone communications and ATM machines worldwide function efficiently because of fiber optics media. One can check account information all over the country at any ATM. When fiber optics technology was invented in the laboratories at Corning Glass Works, it was challenging to transition into the manufacturing environment, mainly because the delicate glass fibers (125-150 microns thick) broke during any attempt to speed up production. Dr. Thomas Mensah, then a young chemical engineer at Corning Glass Works Sullivan Park Research ...
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