ECE Pioneers
Professor Emerita of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on April 30th, 2025
"From Silicon to the Brain using Microelectronics as a Bridge"
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on October 23rd, 2024
"From Rural Northeastern China to American National Academy of Engineering: The Transformative Journey of a Young Boy Empowered by Interdisciplinary Electrophysics & Electrical Systems Education"
John Brooks Slaughter
University Professor, Dean's Professor of Education and Engineering, USC Rossier School of Education, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on May 5th, 2022
Paul Daniel Dapkus
William M. Keck Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on March 5th, 2018
"Enabling the Photonics Revolution with Novel Materials Technologies"
Alexander A. (Sandy) Sawchuk
Leonard M. Silverman Chair Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on Jan. 31st, 2018
“Signal and Image Processing: Analog, Digital, and Everything In-Between”
Andrew J. Viterbi
University of Southern California Trustee, Presidential Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on September 13th, 2017
George A. Bekey
Professor Emeritus, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on Octoner 3rd, 2016
Jerry M. Mendel
Professor Emeritus, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on May 5th, 2015
Robert W. Hellwarth
University Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on March 11th, 2015
Melvin A. Breuer
Professor Emeritus, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on October 15th. 2014
Solomon Golomb
University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mathematics, and Andrew and Erna Viterbi Chair in Communications, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on November 7th, 2014
Robert A Scholtz
Professor Emeritus, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on May 2rd, 2014
William Steier
William H. Hogue Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on April 18th, 2014
John Choma
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recognized as ECE Pioneer on November 21, 2014