Faculty honors
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has a long tradition of excellence in teaching and research. Our success in our dual missions of education and discovery is the result of our faculty who have their eyes set on the future. Their spirit of innovation, dedication to teaching, and contributions to their fields of expertise through research and service have been recognized by leading technical and professional organizations in science and technology. Here we have a list of our faculty who have been honored as members and fellows of these organizations and institutions for their valuable contributions.
IEEE Fellows
Geir Dullerud
2008 For contributions to sampled-data systems and robust control
Nicola Elia
2019 For contributions to networked control systems
Emad Ebbini
2011 For contributions to ultrasound temperature imaging and dual-mode ultrasound
Rhonda Franklin
2026 For for leadership in microwave engineering education and workforce development
Georgios Giannakis
1997 For contributions to system identification and statistical signal processing
Ramesh Harjani
2006 For contributions to the design and computer aided design (CAD) of analog and radio frequency circuits
Mingyi Hong
2025 For for contributions to optimization in signal processing, wireless communication and machine learning
Chris Kim
2019 For contributions to on-chip circuit reliability evaluation and characterization
James Leger
2003 For the development and application of diffractive and micro-optical components
Mohammad Maddah-Ali
2023 For contributions to information theory for interference management, coded caching and computing.
Keshab Parhi
1996 For contributions to the fields of VLSI digital signal processing architectures, design methodologies and tools
Murti Salapaka
2019 For application of control and systems technology in nanoscience
Sachin Sapatnekar
2003 For contributions to the optimization of timing and layout in VLSI circuits
Randall Victora
2004 For contributions to the exploration of magnetic and optical properties of materials and devices
Jian-Ping Wang
2015 For contributions to magnetic material and spintronic devices for magnetic recording, information processing and biomedical applications
ACM Fellows
Keshab Parhi
2020 For contributions to architectures and design tools for signal processing and networking accelerators
Sachin Sapatnekar
2016 For contributions to the enhancement of performance and reliability in integrated circuits
APS Fellows
Randall Victora
1997 For quantitatively accurate predictions of magnetic hysteresis, innovative calculations of the magnetic and electronic structure for heterogeneous systems, and the extension of these results to the development of practical materials
Jian-Ping Wang
2020 For outstanding contributions to the synthesis and fundamental understanding of magnetic and spintronic materials, and to the fabrication of devices for applications in computing
MRS Fellows
Bethanie Stadler
2018 For distinguished service to materials research and for pioneering work in magneto-photonics integration and magnetic nanowire devices that enable far-reaching applications of fundamental science to improve the quality of life
Optica Fellows
Sang-Hyun Oh
2022 For outstanding contributions to the development of fabrication techniques for nanophotonics, of nanophotonic biosensors, and of ultrastrong light-matter interactions
Joseph Talghader
2023 for advances in high optical power thin film physics and thermal infrared coating design
ASME Fellows
Geir Dullerud
2011
NAI Fellows
Georgios Giannakis
2019
Keshab Parhi
2020
Jian-Ping Wang
2021
NAE Fellows
Bruce Wollenberg
2005 For contributions to control centers for electric power grids and to power engineering education
Ned Mohan
2014 For contributions to the integration of electronics into power systems and to innovations in power engineering education
Marshall Nathan
1999 For contributions to semiconductor lasers
Otto Schmitt
1979 For pioneering contributions in the development of bioengineering and biophysics and in the interdisciplinary science including vectorcardiography, bioelectricity, and electronic circuitry
William Shepherd
1969 Noted for his development of velocity modulated tubes of the reflex type, the Shepherd tube was the principle device used in the receivers of microwave radars developed during World War II
Aldert van der Ziel
1978 For contributions to the study of noise in electron devices and contributions to graduate education