Since 1914 when ISU electrical engineering alumnus Paul Spencer Clapp served as an engineer on the first transcontinental telephone line, Iowa State electrical and computer engineering alumni across the world have spent their careers developing, implementing, and leading technological innovations that greatly impact industry and society. Our faculty and students also are leaders and innovators in their fields and electrical and computer engineering education.
The following are links to profiles of alumni, faculty, and student leaders and innovators, past and present, from the department.
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- Clifford E. Berry, co-inventor of the world’s first electronic digital computer
- Mike Boxleiter, founder of Intuition Games video game company
- David L. Carlson, inventor of infant respiratory augmentor
- David R. Ditzel, leader in RISC concept
- Tunc Doluca, president and CEO of Maxim Integrated Products
- Glynis (Fluhr) Hinschberger, first female MS degree graduate
- Donald Linder, developer of the world’s first portable phone
- Howard O. Lorenzen, the “father of electronic warfare”
- Edward R. McCracken, developer of 3-D graphics machines that helped launch the world of “virtual reality”
- David C. Nicholas, inventor of the encoding process essential to fax machines
- Gerald J. Posakony, pioneer of medical ultrasound technology
- Frankie Roohparvar, leader in NAND Flash memory technology
- Ali Safaeinili, engineer on NASA’s MARSIS instrument to explore Mars
- Sehat Sutardja, leader in semiconductor industry, co-founder of Marvell Technology Group, and “Inventor of the Year”
- Thomas M. Whitney, inventor of the world’s first handheld scientific calculator
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- Anna, junior in electrical engineering
- Koray, researcher in GPS-free navigation systems for unmanned aerial vehicles
- Mike, reseacher in new field of graphics architecture
- Ritika, researcher in deveopmental robotics
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