ECE - Key Persons
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- Research Publication Award ( Naval Research Laboratory ) 1986
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- IBM Professor of Engineering
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- Admin
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Reeves has been on the faculty of Cornell University since 1982; previously, from 1976 to 1982, he was an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. He has held visiting faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; McGill University, Montreal, P.Q., Canada; and Pavia University, Italy. From 1987 to 1988 he was a member of the faculty of the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2000 he has also held a faculty position in the Department of Radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
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- Communications Coordinator / College of Engineering
Professor Wharton was a staff member at the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Livermore and Berkeley, California from 1950-1962. While in this position, he spent a year as Engineer-Scientist at the Max-Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, and also as a lecturer at the International Summer Course in Plasma Physics at Riso, Denmark. For the next five years he was a staff member of the Experimental Physics Group at General Atomics in San Diego, California. He joined the EE faculty as a full professor in 1967. Wharton retired in 1992.
In 1973, Wharton received the Humboldt Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. In 1976, he was elected a fellow of IEEE "in recognition of contributions to the understanding of plasmas and to the development of plasma diagnostic techniques." In 1979, he was given the award, Socio Onorario, by the International School of Plasma Physics (Milan, Italy).
Wharton taught undergraduate courses in electromagnetic theory, plasma physics, and electrical sciences laboratory. His research was primarily in the area of plasma-physics diagnostics, in which he is a recognized world authority, and in plasma interactions and heating with waves and beams with applications to controlled thermonuclear fusion.
Education
B.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1950
M.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1952
Cong Chen and Zeki Hayran are the winners of this year's ECE Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research Award. The annual award is given to graduating Ph.D. students from the School of Electrical and Computer... Read more about Cong Chen and Zeki Hayran receive 2024 ECE Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Research Award
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- Assistant Director of Graduate Studies
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- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ripley Professor of Engineering
Farhan Rana is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. He received the B.S., M.S. (1997), and Ph.D. (2003) degrees all in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before starting the Ph.D., he worked at IBM's T. J.Watson Research Center on nanocrystal and quantum dot memory devices. He joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 2003. He received the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award in 2008, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2004, the ILX Lightwave faculty award in 2005, Cornell's Michael A. Tien Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006 and also in 2010, and the Gold Medal for Academic Performance by the Government of Pakistan. He has also received several best paper awards including the "Most Downloaded Paper" title in 2008 by the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. He previously served as Associate Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University.
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- Accounts Representative V
Dr. Hsiao-Dong Chiang received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. Chiang was awarded a Chang-Jiang Chair professorship from 2006-2009 and was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 1997 before becoming a full professor in 1998. Chiang is also the founder of Bigwood Systems, Inc. (BSI) and Global Optimal Technology, Inc..
BSI was established to provide the utility industry with high-quality software solutions growing out of cutting-edge research and development work. BSI has served over 50 customers worldwide and over 35 major utility companies. In the United States, On-line EMS products developed by Chiang and his team members at BSI have served utility customers in 45 states that cover over 70% of the US population. In Japan, the BCU method, invented by Chiang, is documented and displayed in the Electric Museum of TEPCO Research Center facility located in Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan.
Chiang's current research, development interests, and activities include nonlinear system theory, nonlinear computation methods and theory, nonlinear optimization, and their practical applications to power grids with IBRs, power grids analysis, assessment, optimization, and enhancement. Chiang holds 28 U.S. and overseas patents. He and his research team have published more than 480 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, receiving more than 17,500 citations with a H factor of 65. Chiang is an inventor of 28 patented technologies and has successfully managed over 100 projects.
Research Interests
Professor Chiang's research effort is focused on both theoretical developments and practical applications. Particular areas include nonlinear system theory, nonlinear computations and their practical applications to electric circuits, systems, signals and images. He and his co-workers have developed a comprehensive theory of stability regions for general nonlinear dynamical systems (including continuous, discrete, interconnected, hyperbolic and non-hyperbolic nonlinear systems) and their practical applications. He and his co-workers have developed the BCU method and the Group-based BCU method for fast direct stability assessments for electric power systems. He and his group also work on the development of computational methods for the nonlinear analysis and control of large-scale systems.
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- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor Ballantyne joined the Cornell faculty in 1964 following an appointment as a staff member in an MIT Lab. At Cornell, his research focused mostly on optoelectronic devices and materials. Ballantyne was instrumental in establishing the National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures (NRRFSS) at Cornell and served as acting director during the first year of operation in 1977.
Ballantyne was director of the School of Electrical Engineering from 1980 to 1984, and served Cornell University as Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies from 1984 through 1989. Ballantyne retired in 2004.
He has served on national committees for the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, the American Vacuum Society, and IEEE, of which he is a fellow. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
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- Professor of Engineering and Associate Director
Farhan Rana is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. He received the B.S., M.S. (1997), and Ph.D. (2003) degrees all in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Before starting the Ph.D., he worked at IBM's T. J.Watson Research Center on nanocrystal and quantum dot memory devices. He joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 2003. He received the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award in 2008, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2004, the ILX Lightwave faculty award in 2005, Cornell's Michael A. Tien Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006 and also in 2010, and the Gold Medal for Academic Performance by the Government of Pakistan. He has also received several best paper awards including the "Most Downloaded Paper" title in 2008 by the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. He previously served as Associate Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University.
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- Director of Graduate Studies
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- Admin
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Associate Professor
- Fellow
Mark Wilde , Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow , recognized for contributions to the relative-entropy framework and theorems... Read more about Mark Wilde named IEEE Fellow
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- Director of Administration
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- Emeritus
- Computer Scientist and Engineering Professor
- Professor
Electrical Engineer, Computer Scientist and Engineering Professor Michael G. Spencer was born in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in Washington, D.C. and traveled to Ithaca, New York to study at Cornell University. He earned his B.S. degree in 1974 and his M.S. degree in 1975. Spencer worked at Bell Laboratories from 1974 to 1977 before returning to Cornell to receive his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1981.
He joined the faculty of Howard University as an assistant professor in 1984. Spencer also founded the Materials Science Center for Excellence in 1984 and served as its director for the entirety of his career at Howard. He spent the next eighteen years working and researching at Howard, becoming a full professor in 1990 and the David and Lucile Packard Chaired Professor of Materials Science in 1999. During this time, Spencer also worked as a visiting scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s JET Propulsion Laboratory. In 1999, he returned to his alma mater, Cornell University as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He served as Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering from 2002 to 2008. Spencer is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University.
Spencer directed the Wide Bandgap Laboratory where he continued his research on semiconductor materials like Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN), as well as developing research on two dimensional semiconductors like graphene. He co-founded Widetronix, a company that builds low power long life betavoltaic batteries. Spencer has written over 130 publications concerning semiconductors and has also co-authored eleven United States patents.
In 1985, he received the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. Spencer also received the QEM (Quality Education for Minorities) Giants of Science Award and the Allen Berman Research Publication Award from the Naval Research Laboratory. He served as one of the directors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Nano-Fabrication Network. Spencer was a member of the program committee of the American Vacuum Society and the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials. Spencer has severed on the review of manufacturing-related programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the panel on sensors and electron Devices for the National Research Council (National Academies) and the committee on assessment of solid state lighting for the National Research Council (a part of the National Academies of Science and Engineering) March 2011-present. He also held memberships in the Electronic Materials Conference Organizing Committee and the Compound Semiconductor Symposium Organizing Committee.
Nick Comly, a senior double-majoring in ECE and CS, has been named a Merrill Presidential Scholar - one of the highest honors for undergraduates at Cornell. Nominated by their department, recipients... Read more about Comly selected as Merrill Presidential Scholar
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- Member at the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor of Practice
- Professor of Practice and Director of the Masters of Engineering Program
- Professor of Practice, Director of Masters of Engineering Program
Dr. Jessel is currently a Professor of Practice and Director of the Masters of Engineering Program in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. His primary interest are corporate information systems and technical management. From 1995-2002 Peter was a Managing Director and Chief Information Officer at Towers Perrin responsible for the development, implementation and management of the Firm's technology worldwide. Prior to joining Towers Perrin, he was Senior Vice President of Information Technology at EMI Music. Before that, he was at McKinsey & Co. as one of the leaders of their IT/S practice. From 1977 to 1986, he held a number of executive positions at Data General and Digital Equipment Corp. in planning, operations and development.
Dr. Jessel has been a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and BEE and M.S. degrees from Cornell University.
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- Members of a New Cornell Research Group
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- Undergraduate Coordinator / Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Associate Dean for Cross - Campus Engineering Research / Cornell Engineering
- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Silvia Ferrari is John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. Prior to that, she was Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University, and Founder and Director of the NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) and Fellowship program on Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks (WISeNet). Currently, she is the Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls (LISC) at Cornell University and the co-Director of the Cornell-Unibo Věho Institute on Vehicle Intelligence at Cornell Tech. Her principal research interests include active perception, robust adaptive control, learning, and approximate dynamic programming, and control of multiscale dynamical systems. She is the author of the book "Information-driven Path Planning and Control," MIT Press (2020), and of the TED talk "Do robots dreams of electric sheep?". She received the B.S. degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University. She is a Fellow of ASME, a Senior Member of the IEEE and AIAA, and a Member of SPIE and SIAM. She is the recipient of the ONR young investigator award (2004), the NSF CAREER award (2005), and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award (2006).
Research Interests
Professor Ferrari's research focuses on design and analysis of methods and algorithms for computational intelligence and sensorimotor learning and control. Her contributions include the development of new theories and algorithms on the learning and approximation properties of graphical models, such as neural and probabilistic networks, as well their applications in many areas of science and engineering, such as reconfigurable aircraft control and robotics. Professor Ferrari developed new methods for adaptive dynamic programming, reinforcement learning, optimal control, and information-driven planning and control for distributed systems and mobile sensor networks. Recent contributions also include the development of new mathematical models of learning and plasticity uncovered from biological brains, as well as cognitive models of complex decision making derived from data.
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- Accounts Representative V
Professor Fuchs was appointed Cornell's provost in 2009. He served as Cornell's Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering from 2002-2008. He was formerly the head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Michael J. and Katherine R. Birck Distinguished Professor at Purdue University, 1996-2002. Prior to that appointment, he was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, 1985-1996. He was named the 12th President of the University of Florida, and began this position January 1, 2015.
Fuchs research interests focus on computer engineering, particularly, dependable computing and failure diagnosis. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has over 185 publications and has served as the thesis advisor for 22 Ph.D. students and 35 M.S. students. He has received awards for both teaching and research.
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- Emeritus Professor in Cornell
Zygmunt Haas, emeritus professor in Cornell ECE, has been ranked 315 out of the top 1000 computer scientists in the United States (496th in the world) by Guide2Research. Four other ECE faculty members... Read more about Haas and four other ECE faculty ranked among top scientists in the world