Issa E. Batarseh is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the

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Education and career

Batarseh got his Ph.D. in

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from the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the Universi ...

in 1990 and prior to it, got his B.S. in

computer engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Following graduation, from 1989 to 1990, Batarseh served as a visiting assistant professor at

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. He was appointed to the University of Central Florida in 1991.

Awards and recognitions

* 2008, elected fellow of

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, * 2014, became a fellow of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

. * 2015,elected a fellow of the

National Academy of Inventors The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is a US non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging inventors in academia, following the model of the National Academies of the United States. It was founded at the University of South Florida in 201 ...

. * 2017 inducted into

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in 2017.

Books

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References

External links

* * Florida Power Electronics Center https://fpec.ucf.edu 20th-century births Living people American electrical engineers University of Illinois Chicago alumni University of Central Florida faculty Fellows of the IEEE Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-electrical-engineer-stub