University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering

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
Stephen Allen Boppart Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering
Brian T Cunningham Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bruce Hajek Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Endowed Chair in Engineering
Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran Grainger Endowed Director’s Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics
Jianming Jin Y. T. Lo Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nam Sung Kim AMD Jerry Sanders Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Malcolm Nicol Herman M. Dieckamp Endowed Chair in Engineering
Rayadurgam Srikant Grainger Distinguished Chair of Engineering
Yurii A Vlasov John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, sponsored by the Sony Corporation 

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
Andreas C Cangellaris M. E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Deming Chen Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Kent D Choquette Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Minh N Do Thomas and Margaret Huang Endowed Professor in Signal Processing and Data Science
Lynford L Goddard Edward C. Jordan Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu Seendripu Family Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ravishankar K Iyer George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor of 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
Daniel M Liberzon Richard T.  Cheng Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joseph W Lyding Robert C. MacClinchie Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jonathan Makela Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Olgica Milenkovic 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
Venugopal Varadachari Veeravalli Henry Magnuski Professor in 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 an exceptional commitment to both teaching and research and are among the highest priority for support and retention.

Faculty Named Faculty Fellow and Scholars
Haitham Al-Hassanieh Yi-Min Wang and Pi-Yu Chung Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Arijit Banerjee M. Stanley Helm Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Subhonmesh Bose M. Stanley Helm Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia William L. Everitt Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Katherine Rose Driggs-Campbell Bruning Family Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kejie Fang Y.T. Lo Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Songbin Gong Kung Chie and Margaret Yeh Faculty Scholar
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu Intel Alumni Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark Allan Hasegawa-Johnson William L. Everitt Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Raluca Ilie M.E. van Valkenburg Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rakesh Kumar John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, sponsored by the Sony Corporation
Andrew Edmund Miller William L. Everitt Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sayan Mitra John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, sponsored by the Sony Corporation
Pierre Moulin John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, sponsored by the Sony Corporation
Michael L Oelze Frederick G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sanjay Jeram Patel John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, sponsored by the Sony Corporation
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
Alexander Gerhard Schwing W.J. “Jerry” Sanders III- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lara Waldrop Y.T. Lo Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhizhen Zhao William L. Everitt 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
Tamer Başar Swanlund Endowed Chair Emeritus
Richard E Blahut Henry Magnuski Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yoram Bresler William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 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, sponsored by the Sony Corporation 
Wen-mei Hwu AMD Jerry Sanders Chair Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Douglas L Jones William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Philip T Krein Grainger Endowed Chair Emeritus in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Panganamala R Kumar Franklin W. Woeltge Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiuling Li Donald Biggar Willet Professor Emerita of 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
William H Sanders Herman M. Dieckamp Endowed Chair Emeritus in Engineering
Peter Sauer Grainger Chair Emeritus in Electrical Engineering
Mark W Spong Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pramod Viswanath Gilmore Family Endowed Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Benjamin W Wah Franklin W. Woeltge Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Martin D F Wong Edward C. Jordan Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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