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united states american physics , electrical engineering university of maryland , college park edward ott photo of edward ott.jpg edward ott
 edward ott cooper union . polytechnic institute of brooklyn
edward ott

edward ott is an american physicist most noted for his contributions to the development of chaos theory .
among his honors is the j. edgar lilienfeld prize of the american physical society `` for pioneering contributions in nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory that have been uniquely influential for physicists and scientists working in many fields ... '' .
ott was born and grew up in new york city .
he attended stuyvesant high school , received his bachelor 's degree in electrical engineering from the cooper union , and his ph.d. in electrophysics from the polytechnic institute of brooklyn .
following receipt of his ph.d. he was an nsf postdoctoral fellow in the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics of cambridge university .
he then joined the faculty of the department of electrical engineering at cornell university .
since 1979 he has been a faculty member jointly in the department of physics and the department of electrical engineering at the university of maryland , with the current titles of distinguished university professor , and yuen sang and yuen kit so professor .
