The University of Minnesota has honored Prof. Ned Mohan with the Regents Professorship. It is the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty and is in recognition of the recipient’s “exceptional contributions to the University through teaching, research, scholarship, or creative work, and contributions to the public good.” As a faculty member who specializes […]
Prof. Georgios Giannakis from ECE is ranked 17 worldwide (ranked 13 nationally) in the areas of computer science and electronics, and has an H-index of 140. The author of 450 journal articles and 750 refereed conference proceedings publications, he has over 70,000 citations. In addition, he has authored seven books and numerous book chapters. Prof. Giannakis has served […]
Prof. James Leger has been named the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of Optics Express, one of the Optical Society of America’s flagship journals. Jim started the position in January this year. It is a three year appointment that is renewable once. With this appointment, he takes leadership of one of the largest optics journals in circulation. As […]
ECE faculty, Prof. Chris Kim has been named an IEEE Fellow effective January 2019. He has been cited by the IEEE for his contributions to on-chip circuit reliability evaluation and characterization. Prof. Kim’s research focuses on developing circuit technologies that can enable smart and energy-efficient integrated systems. He leads the VLSI Research Laboratory, and under […]
ECE faculty, Prof. Murti Salapaka (Vincentine Hermes-Luh Chair in Electrical Engineering) has been named an IEEE Fellow effective January 2019. He has been cited by the IEEE for his application of control and systems technology in nano-science. Prof. Salapaka’s research focuses on systems and control, and spans control theory and its applications to nano-interrogation and […]
Doctoral candidate Mehran Elyasi has been recognized as a 2018 Facebook Fellow. The Facebook Fellowship Program awards its fellows with tuition and fees for the academic year (up to two years), a stipend, travel funds, and the opportunity to meet with and present their work to other researchers at Facebook’s annual summit. Established seven years […]
Alumnus Michael Roman has been selected to be the next CEO of Minnesota-based multinational 3M. He will replace Inge Thulin starting July 1. Thulin will move into the newly created position of executive chairman of the company’s board, and continue working closely with Roman on 3M’s long term strategy. At 58, Roman has worked with […]
Prof. Mehmet Akçakaya has been named McKnight Land-Grant Professor for his work on “Transforming Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences with Fast High-Precision Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” He is one of nine recipients of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Program for 2018-20. His research is inter-disciplinary in nature, and lies at the intersection of signal processing, computational imaging, machine […]
Prof. Anand Gopinath has been awarded the 2017 Microwave Application Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) for his contributions to the analysis of microstrip lines and their discontinuities. Microstrip lines are widely used in high frequency circuits and the generic form is a printed line on a dielectric substrate with a […]
Prof. Bethanie Stadler is a recipient of the 2017 Taylor Award for Distinguished Service. The award is in recognition of her services to the magnetics and materials research communities, and her service to the department, the University, and the surrounding community. The George W. Taylor Awards are endowed within the College of Science and Engineering […]
