Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Endowed Professorships and Chairs

To assist the department in retaining and recruiting top faculty throughout the years, alumni and industry generously have created endowments for chairs and professorships in the ECpE department. These endowed positions are awarded to top tier faculty to support their teaching, research, and other scholarly activities that benefit the Iowa State University community.

Endowed Professorships

• David C. Nicholas Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• John Ryder Professorship in Engineering
  
• Litton Industries Professorship
• Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professorship in Electrical Engineering
• Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professorship in Computer Engineering
• Thomas M. Whitney Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Willard and Leitha Richardson Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  

Endowed Chairs

• Jerry R. Junkins Chair
• Kirby Gray Chair in Engineering
• Palmer Chair in Electrical Engineering

Other Endowments

• Harpole-Pentair Developing Faculty Award
  

To learn more about how chairs and professorship benefit the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Iowa State University, visit our chairs and professorships information Web page.

To establish a chair or professorship in the Department of Electrical or Computer Engineering, contact Ben Barnhart, Director of Development at 515-294-0934 or barnhartiastate.edu.