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

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Geir Dullerud

2008 For contributions to sampled-data systems and robust control 

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Nicola Elia

2019 For contributions to networked control systems

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Emad Ebbini

2011 For contributions to ultrasound temperature imaging and dual-mode ultrasound

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Rhonda Franklin

2026 For for leadership in microwave engineering education and workforce development

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Georgios Giannakis

1997 For contributions to system identification and statistical signal processing

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Ramesh Harjani

2006 For contributions to the design and computer aided design (CAD) of analog and radio frequency circuits

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Mingyi Hong

2025 For for contributions to optimization in signal processing, wireless communication and machine learning

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Chris Kim

2019 For contributions to on-chip circuit reliability evaluation and characterization

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James Leger

2003 For the development and application of diffractive and micro-optical components

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Mohammad Maddah-Ali

2023 For contributions to information theory for interference management, coded caching and computing.

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Keshab Parhi

1996 For contributions to the fields of VLSI digital signal processing architectures, design methodologies and tools

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Murti Salapaka

2019 For application of control and systems technology in nanoscience

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Sachin Sapatnekar

2003 For contributions to the optimization of timing and layout in VLSI circuits

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Randall Victora

2004 For contributions to the exploration of magnetic and optical properties of materials and devices

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Jian-Ping Wang

2015 For contributions to magnetic material and spintronic devices for magnetic recording, information processing and biomedical applications

ACM Fellows

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Keshab Parhi

2020 For contributions to architectures and design tools for signal processing and networking accelerators

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Sachin Sapatnekar

2016 For contributions to the enhancement of performance and reliability in integrated circuits

APS Fellows

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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

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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

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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

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Sang-Hyun Oh

2022 For outstanding contributions to the development of fabrication techniques for nanophotonics, of nanophotonic biosensors, and of ultrastrong light-matter interactions

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Joseph Talghader

2023 for advances in high optical power thin film physics and thermal infrared coating design

ASME Fellows

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Geir Dullerud

2011

NAI Fellows

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Georgios Giannakis

2019

Professor Parhi in a lilac shirt and dark tie

Keshab Parhi

2020

Professor Wang in a blue sweater and dark shirt

Jian-Ping Wang

2021

NAE Fellows

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Bruce Wollenberg

2005 For contributions to control centers for electric power grids and to power engineering education

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Ned Mohan

2014 For contributions to the integration of electronics into power systems and to innovations in power engineering education

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Marshall Nathan

1999 For contributions to semiconductor lasers

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Otto Schmitt

1979 For pioneering contributions in the development of bioengineering and biophysics and in the interdisciplinary science including vectorcardiography, bioelectricity, and electronic circuitry

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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

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Aldert van der Ziel

1978 For contributions to the study of noise in electron devices and contributions to graduate education