Belle W. Y. Wei is an American electrical engineer and educator. she is Carolyn Guidry Chair in Engineering Education and Innovative Learning at

San José State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...

. Her other positions include Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering’s Don Beall Dean of Engineering at

and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at

California State University, Chico California State University, Chico, or commonly, Chico State, is a public university in Chico, California. Founded in 1887, it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system. As of the fall 2020 semester, the university had ...

. Belle Wei received her B.S. in Biophysics from

U.C. Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

, her M.S. in Engineering from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from U.C. Berkeley.

Awards and recognition

*2012:

Marie Pistilli Award The Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award is issued annually since 2000 by the Design Automation Conference (DAC) to honor the outstanding achievements of women in Electronic Design Automation. It is named after the co-founder of ...

. for her leadership in the promotion of engineering education. A

Design Automation Conference The Design Automation Conference, or DAC, is an annual event, a combination of a technical conference and a trade show, both specializing in electronic design automation (EDA). DAC is the oldest and largest conference in EDA, started in 1964. ...

press-release quotes Karen Bartleson, senior director of community marketing for

Synopsys Synopsys is an American electronic design automation (EDA) company that focuses on silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property and software security and quality. Products include tools for logic synthesis and physical design ...

and chair of Women in Electronic Design saying during the award presentation: "Belle Wei, the first endowed dean at the SJSU College of Engineering, has spearheaded a long term transformation of the college to educate students to become engineers and immediate contributors in a global workplace".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Belle Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American electrical engineers San Jose State University faculty Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Electronic engineering award winners UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni