Chairs, Professorships, and Scholars

Chairs

Faculty Named Chairs
Professor M. Tamer Basar Swanlund Endowed Chair
Professor Weng Cho Chew Y. T. Lo Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor James J. Coleman Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Milton Feng Nick Holonyak, Jr. Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Bruce Hajek Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Chair in Engineering
Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics
(funded by the Sony Corporation)
Professor Wen-Mei Hwu AMD Jerry Sanders Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Philip T. Krein Grainger Endowed Director's Chair in Electric Machinery and Electromechanics
(funded by the Grainger Foundation)
Professor Peter W. Sauer Grainger Chair in Electrical Engineering
(funded by The Grainger Foundation Inc.)

Professorships

Faculty Professorship
Dean Ilesanmi Adesida Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
Professor Narendra Ahuja Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
Professor Rashid Bashir Bliss Professor of Engineering
Professor Richard E. Blahut, Department Head Henry Magnuski Endowed Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Andreas C. Cangellaris M. E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor S. L. Chuang Robert C. MacClinchie Distinguished Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Gary Eden Gilmore Family Endowed Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Thomas S. Huang William L. Everitt Distinguished Endowed Professor in Electrical Engineering
Professor Ravi Iyer George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Endowed Professor of Engineering
Professor Panganamala R. Kumar Franklin W. Woeltge Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Jean-Pierre Leburton Gregory Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor William D. O'Brien Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
Professor Thomas J. Overbye Fox Family Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Janak Patel Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
To Be Named Edward C. Jordan Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor N. Narayana Rao Edward C. Jordan Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor William H. Sanders Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
Professor Mark W. Spong Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
Professor Benjamin Wah Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
To Be Named Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty Scholars

The University Scholars program was designed to attract and keep outstanding faculty members at the University of Illinois. Faculty Scholars are awarded to senior assistant professors, associate professors, and junior full professors who are exhibiting exceptional achievement and who are the highest priority for support and retention.

Faculty Named Faculty Scholars Year
Associate Professor Jennifer T. Bernhard Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2002-08
Professor Kent Choquette Sony Faculty Scholar Award 2004-07
Associate Professor Christoforos Hadjicostis Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2005-08
Professor Jianming Jin Sony Faculty Scholar Award 2005-09
Associate Professor Chang Liu Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2005-08
Professor Sean P Meyn Sony Faculty Scholar 2007 – 2010
Professor Pierre Moulin Sony Faculty Scholar Award 2005-08
Associate Professor Sanjay Patel Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2002, 2005-08
Professor Elyse Rosenbaum Bliss Scholar 2004-07
Associate Professor Andrew Singer Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2002, 2005-08
Professor Rayadurgam Srikant Gilmore Family Faculty Scholar 2005-08

Support ECE’s Faculty

If you would like to help ECE support and maintain its outstanding faculty, please consider making a financial contribution. Donations can be made using the online giving tool or printable form located in our Donating to ECE section. Or, if you prefer, you may contact:

Jonathan Hill
Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Hill
Director of Development
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
53 William L. Everitt Laboratory
1406 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 265–6285
jonahill@uiuc.edu