Per K. Enge

{{Short description|Norwegian-American engineer (1953–2018)}}

Per Kristian Enge (29 October 1953 – 22 April 2018) was a Norwegian-American engineer.

He earned a master's degree and doctorate in engineering from the University of Illinois.{{cite news|title=Per K. Enge|url=https://ece.illinois.edu/alumni/awards/awardee/06-enge|accessdate=27 April 2018|publisher=University of Illinois|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428100844/https://ece.illinois.edu/alumni/awards/awardee/06-enge|archive-date=28 April 2018|url-status=dead}} Enge then began teaching at Worcester Polytechnic Institute before joining the Stanford GPS Lab. He taught at Stanford as the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital Professor of Engineering, and later assumed the Vance D. and Arlene C. Coffman Professorship.{{cite news|title=Stanford aero/astro professor Per Enge, expert in GPS, dies at 64|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2018/04/26/aero-astro-professor-per-enge-expert-in-gps-dies-at-64/|accessdate=27 April 2018|publisher=Stanford University|date=26 April 2018}} Enge was named a fellow of the IEEE. The National Academy of Engineering granted Enge membership in 2005 "for leadership in the development of augmentations to marine and aviation global positioning systems that have become worldwide standards."{{cite news|title=Dr. Per Kristian Enge|url=https://www.nae.edu/30916.aspx|accessdate=April 27, 2018|publisher=National Academy of Engineering}} He resided in Mountain View, California, where he died on 22 April 2018, aged 64.