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Born in the village Idvor near Pancevo, Banat, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia and Montenegro), Pupin emigrated to U.S. as a 16 year old and graduated with honors in 1883 at Columbia CollegeColumbia College is the name of several institutions of higher education. This article is about Columbia College of Chicago, Illinois. See Columbia College of Columbia University for the specific undergraduate division of Columbia University in New York C, New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col. Having obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin in 1889Events January-April January 8 Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown, Pupin returned to Columbia UniversityColumbia University officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York is a private institution of higher education. It is one of the world's foremost research universities and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1754 under a royal charter to become a teacher of mathematicalMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures physicsPhysics (from the Greek, physikos , "natural", and physis , "Nature") is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. Physicists study the behavior and properties of matter in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from the sub-microscopic particles from whi.
Pupin's research pioneered carrier waveIn telecommunication, the term carrier cxr or carrier wave has the following meanings: # A waveform suitable for modulation by an information-bearing signal. An unmodulated emission. Note The carrier is usually a sinusoidal wave or a uniform or predictabl detection and current analysis. His 1894 invention, now known as " Pupin coil ", extended the range of long-distance telephones. In 1896 he developed a method of rapid x-ray photography, requiring an exposure of only a fraction of a second, rather than that of an hour or more. In 1901, he became a professor and, in 1931, a professor emeritus of Columbia University.
In 1911 Pupin became a consul of Kingdom of Serbia in New York. In his speech to Congress on January 8, 1918, known as the Fourteen Points speech, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, inspired by his conversations with Pupin, insisted on the restoration of Serbia and Montenegro, as well as autonomy for the peoples of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
Michael Pupin's autobiography, "From Immigrant to Inventor", won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924. He also wrote "The New Reformation" ( 1927) and "Romance of the Machine" ( 1930), as well as many technical papers.
Pupin was also active with the Serb émigré socities in the USA, he was the first president and founder of the Serb National Shield Society .
Columbia University's Pupin Hall , the site of Pupin Physics Laboratory, is a building completed in 1927 and named after him in 1935.
There is a small crater on the Moon named in his honor.