ECE Alumni Leonard, Tassiulas, Named IEEE Fellows

ECE alumna Naomi Leonard has been named an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to control of underwater vehicles." Leonard, Ph.D. electrical engineering '94, is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. Leonard won a MacArthur Fellow "genius grant" in 2004 for her underwater robotics research. Her advisor was Professor P.S. Krishnaprasad (ECE/ISR).

Leandros Tassiulas, Ph.D. electrical engineering '92, was also named an IEEE fellow for his contributions to algorithms, protocols and architectures of wireless communication networks. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Thessala, Volos, Greece. His advisor was Professor Anthony Ephremides (ECE/ISR).

Published March 26, 2007