Alumni

Dr. Swenson held faculty positions at Washington University, the University of Alaska, and Michigan State University before joining the University of Illinois in 1956. George served as Director of the Vermilion River Observatory and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering before retiring from the Illinois faculty in 1988. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute . . .

Being an engineering student in the 1980s, John learned computer programming in FORTRAN on key punch cards. "One evening, as I was leaving the computer lab in the EE Building, I walked outside on a windy and snowy night." remembered John. "Another person was walking towards me, and they dropped their entire box of punched cards, which blew all over the place. I helped them pick up as many as we could, though we were unable . . .

Lawrence Laurich earned the degrees Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1965 and 1966, respectively. As an undergraduate at Michigan Tech, Larry earned eight varsity letters and served as co-captain of the basketball and track teams in his senior year. After graduation he joined IBM and worked his way up through the Systems Development Division . . .

Barry Van Veen earned the degree Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1983, and the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1986. He has been with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 1987 and is currently the Lynn H. Matthias Professor.   Barry's research involves . . .