Four faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected Fellows of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation.The distinction of fellow recognizes extraordinary accomplishments of IEEE members in of any of the organization’s fields of interest.
The new IEEE Fellows from UCLA Engineering are:
Wentai Liu, professor of bioengineering and electrical engineering, elected for his contributions to electronically-aided neural prosthetic devices;
Rafail Ostrovsky, professor of computer science and mathematics, elected for his contributions to cryptography;
Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, elected for his contributions to biophotonics, computational imaging, and sensing for telemedicine and global health; and
Paulo Tabuada, professor of electrical engineering, elected for his contributions to cyber-physical systems.
Only one-tenth of one percent of IEEE’s voting membership may receive the honor in any year. The honors will become effective on Jan. 1, 2017.
