January 1, 2003

Trew Named Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University

Dr. Trew

Dr. Robert J. Trew has been named head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, effective January 1, 2003. He replaces Dr. John R. Hauser, professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State, who has served as interim head of the department since August 16, 2001.

Trew previously served as head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. From 1997 to 2001 he was director of research for the U.S. Department of Defense, with management responsibility for $1.3 billion yearly in basic research programs. He was on the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State from 1977 to 1993.

He is a member and fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and serves on the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Administration Committee (ADCOM), where he is vice-president-elect for 2003. He was editor of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques from 1995 to 1997 and is currently inaugural co-editor of the IEEE Microwave Magazine. He is also a member of the editorial board of IEEE Proceedings.

Trew is a member of the Materials Research Society, the Electromagnetics Academy, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi. He received the 2001 IEEE-USA Harry Diamond Memorial Award and the 1998 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society Distinguished Educator Award. He has produced more than 140 publications, 14 book chapters and six patents.

Trew received his bachelor’s from Kettering University in 1968, his master’s from the University of Michigan in 1969 and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1975, all in electrical engineering.

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