Eric Fossum earns the prestigious Draper Prize for pioneering the CMOS image sensor

Image: Draper Eric Fossum, the inventor of the modern CMOS image sensor and a longtime friend of DPReview, was recently awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering. The award, which is granted every two years by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), is one of the most prestigious honors for engineering achievement. Fossum, a John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies at Dartmouth, also serves as vice provost for entrepreneurship and technology transfer. The NAE...