Chairs, Professorships, and Faculty Scholars

Chairs

The endowed chair represents the highest honor the university can confer on faculty members. Endowed chairs help attract and retain brilliant scholars by providing them dedicated resources for innovative research and teaching opportunities.

Faculty	Named Chairs
Tamer Başar	Swanlund Endowed Chair
Bruce Hajek	Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Endowed Chair in Engineering
Wen-Mei W Hwu	AMD Jerry Sanders Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jianming Jin	Y. T. Lo Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
William H Sanders	Herman M. Dieckamp Endowed Chair in Engineering
Peter Sauer	Grainger Chair in Electrical Engineering

Professorships

Named professorships allow Illinois ECE to recruit and retain promising researchers and teachers and encourage them to expand their careers here. The income from named professorships may be used to supplement a professor’s salary or support his or her research needs.

Faculty	Professorship
Jennifer Truman Bernhard	Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering
Stephen Allen Boppart	Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Yoram Bresler	Founder Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andreas C Cangellaris	M. E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kent D Choquette	Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Brian T Cunningham	Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering
Ravishankar K Iyer	George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Douglas L Jones	William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Farzad Kamalabadi	Kung Chie and Margaret Yeh Endowed Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jean-Pierre Leburton	Gregory Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhi-Pei Liang	Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joseph W Lyding	Robert C. MacClinchie Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Malcolm Nicol	Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Elyse Rosenbaum	Melvin and Anne Louise Hassebrock Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Naresh R Shanbhag	Jack S. Kilby Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andrew Carl Singer	Fox Family Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rayadurgam Srikant	Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Venugopal Varadachari Veeravalli	Henry Magnuski Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pramod Viswanath	Gilmore Family Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yurii A Vlasov	Founder Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Martin D F Wong	Edward C. Jordan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty Fellows & Scholars

Illinois ECE faculty fellows and scholars appointments are given to signify a distinction beyond that implied by a normal professorship, notably to faculty members earlier in their careers. These faculty members exhibit exceptional commitment to both teaching and research and are among the highest priority for support and retention.

Faculty	Named Faculty Fellow and Scholars
Deming Chen	Donald Biggar Willett Scholar
Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia	William L. Everitt Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Songbin Gong	Intel Alumni Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu	Intel Alumni Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Negar Kiyavash	Donald Biggar Willett Scholar
Xiuling Li	Donald Biggar Willett Scholar
Olgica Milenkovic	Donald Biggar Willett Scholar
Pierre Moulin	Sony Faculty Scholar
Sanjay Jeram Patel	Sony Faculty Scholar
Maxim Raginsky	William L. Everitt Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Romit Roy Choudhury	W.J. "Jerry" Sanders III - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lara Waldrop	Y.T. Lo Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Emeritus Chairs & Professorships

Faculty	Named Chair or Professorship
Ilesanmi Adesida	Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Narendra Ahuja	Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Richard E Blahut	Henry Magnuski Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Weng Cho Chew	George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering
James J Coleman	Intel Alumni Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
James Gary Eden	Intel Alumni Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Milton Feng	Nick Holonyak, Jr., Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Karl Hess	Swanlund Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nick Holonyak, Jr	John Bardeen Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics
Thomas S Huang	Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Philip T Krein	Grainger Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
P R Kumar	Franklin W. Woeltge Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
William D O'Brien, Jr.	Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thomas J Overbye	Fox Family Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Janak H Patel	Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
N Narayana Rao	Edward C. Jordan Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark W Spong	Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Benjamin W Wah	Franklin W. Woeltge Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Give to Faculty

World-class faculty are critical to the success of Illinois ECE. Faculty support is crucial to maintaining the department’s stature as one of the best in the world.

Our top giving priority for faculty is the Faculty Catalyst Award Fund.

Illinois ECE seeks to attract more than 40 top faculty members in the next five years. As it does so, the department must compete with peer institutions and top corporations who not only offer competitive salaries, but also start-up funding.

These start-up packages act as catalytic agents, helping new faculty with the resources they need to create, equip, and initiate cutting-edge laboratories to launch their careers. The average start-up package is about $500,000. Therefore, our goal is to raise $20 million to hire the best and brightest faculty.

Gifts toward the Faculty Catalyst Award Fund will enable the next generation of Illinois ECE legendary faculty, who will shape the minds of students for decades to come.

You may choose to support the fund in one of three ways:

Add to the Faculty Catalyst Award Fund
Establish and name your own Faculty Catalyst Award (each $250,000 gift will be matched)
Combine both a Faculty Catalyst Award and an endowed faculty scholar, professorship, or chair

In addition, attracting and retaining top faculty salaries by endowing faculty scholars, professorships, or chairs is crucial for supporting salaries and honoring top faculty in the department. We currently have more than 25 endowed faculty positions, named for legends like Kilby, Bardeen, Holonyak, Van Valkenburg, Everitt, and Lo.

You may choose to establish an endowed faculty position at one of these levels:

Endowed faculty scholar ($250,000)
Endowed professorship ($500,000)
Endowed chair ($2 million)
Endowed department head ($4 million)

To establish your own fund or for more information, please contact us.

Contact Us

Nikki Slack

Heather Vazquez

Senior Director of Advancement
1060 ECE Building
(217) 333-2517
hfv@illinois.edu

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