Mac Van Valkenburg
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Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg (October 5, 1921 – March 19, 1997) was an electrical engineer ("EE").
. He graduated from the University of Utah
in 1943 with a Bachelors degree in "EE", received a Masters degree in "EE" from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1946, and a PhD
in "EE" from Stanford University
in 1952.
Van Valkenburg was a professor at the University of Illinois
from 1955-1966, then joined Princeton University
as professor and head of electrical engineering until 1974. He then returned to UIUC. Named to the W. W. Grainger Professorship endowed chair in 1982, and became Dean of the College of Engineering in 1984.
Van Valkenburg was author of seven textbooks and numerous scientific publications. He died Orem, Utah
at the age of 75.
offers an annual Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award. UIUC established the M. E. Van Valkenburg Graduate Research Award in 1990.
His Ph.D students include:
Biography
Van Valkenburg was born in UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. He graduated from the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
in 1943 with a Bachelors degree in "EE", received a Masters degree in "EE" from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in 1946, and a PhD
PHD
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in "EE" from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1952.
Van Valkenburg was a professor at the University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
from 1955-1966, then joined Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
as professor and head of electrical engineering until 1974. He then returned to UIUC. Named to the W. W. Grainger Professorship endowed chair in 1982, and became Dean of the College of Engineering in 1984.
Van Valkenburg was author of seven textbooks and numerous scientific publications. He died Orem, Utah
Orem, Utah
Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...
at the age of 75.
Honors
- Member of the National Academy of EngineeringNational Academy of EngineeringThe National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
- The Lamme Medal, the highest honor of the American Society for Engineering EducationAmerican Society for Engineering EducationThe American Society for Engineering Education is a non-profit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and engineering technology education....
- The ASEE George Westinghouse Award (1963)
- The IEEE Education Medal (1972)
- HalliburtonHalliburtonHalliburton is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people....
Engineering Education Leadership Award of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois.
Legacy
The IEEE Education SocietyIEEE Education Society
The IEEE Education Society is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , focused on the theory and practice of education and educational technology needed to deliver effectively domain knowledge in the fields of interest of IEEE.- History :The IEEE Education Society was...
offers an annual Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award. UIUC established the M. E. Van Valkenburg Graduate Research Award in 1990.
His Ph.D students include:
- Leon O. ChuaLeon O. ChuaLeon Ong Chua is an IEEE Fellow and a professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1971...
(IEEE Fellow and Professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, considered to be the father of nonlinear circuit theory and cellular neural networks) - Prof. VGK Murthi (Prof. and Dean at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
- Franklin Kuo ('58; Prof. at the University of HawaiiUniversity of HawaiiThe University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
), who was instrumental in the development of the Aloha protocol - Steven B. SampleSteven B. SampleSteven Browning Sample was the 10th president of the University of Southern California . He became president in 1991 and was succeeded by C.L. Max Nikias on August 3, 2010.-Background:Sample holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D...
('65; President of University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
).
External links
- Article: "In Memoriam-Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg (October 5, 1921-March 19, 1997)" by T.N. Trick, Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on [see also Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on] Volume 44, Issue 11, Nov. 1997 Page(s):1041 - 1044. (DOI: )