Abstract

I came to Purdue as an undergraduate in September of 1971. Upon graduating I worked as a design engineer at Intel, but returned to Purdue to pursue a doctorate. After receiving my Ph.D., I joined the Central Research Laboratories at Texas Instruments as a member of the technical staff. I could not stay away and returned to Purdue as an Assistant Professor in August of 1984 and have been here ever since.

I will discuss my career progression from undergraduate, to design engineer, to Ph.D. student, to MTS, to faculty member.

Biography

Michael R. Melloch received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in 1975, 1976, and 1981 respectively. From June 1976 to August 1978 he was a design engineer at Intel Corporation where he worked on the 8275, a CRT controller chip; the 8748, the first single-chip microcomputer; and was co-designer of the 8051, a second-generation single-chip microcomputer. Intel produced the 8051 till March of 2007, but other vendors still offer the 8051. In February of 1982 he joined the Central Research Laboratories at Texas Instruments as a member of the Technical Staff. At Texas Instruments his research interests centered around GaAs surface acoustic wave devices. In August of 1984 he joined the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University as an Assistant Professor. He is presently a Full Professor and Associate Head of ECE, and former Assistant Dean of Engineering. He has co-authored 359 conference talks, 311 technical papers, 8 book chapters, and is holder of 6 US Patents.

Prof. Melloch is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Vacuum Society, and the Optical Society of America. He has received the 2008 and 2013 Motorola Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2009 and 2014 Wilfred Hesselberth Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2012 Tau Beta Pi's Dean Marion B. Scott Outstanding Professor Award, the 2012 Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, and the 2016 Dean A.A. Potter Best Teacher in Engineering Award. In 2012 he was inducted into the Purdue Teaching Academy and in 2013 he was Inducted into the Purdue Book of Great Teachers.

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