Nagle and Misra named Distinguised Professors

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Troy Nagle and Dr. Veena Misra have been named Distinguished Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This is the culmination of a process that included recommendations by a committee of peers, and approval …

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Troy Nagle and Dr. Veena Misra have been named Distinguished Professors of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This is the culmination of a process that included recommendations by a committee of peers, and approval by the Dean, Provost, and Chancellor.

Misra has made significant contributions to the University, not the least of which has been leading the proposal effort for the ASSIST Center and subsequently leading it successfully through its last critical review and renewal. Misra’s awards and recognitions include the 2001 NSF Presidential Early CAREER Award (PECASE), the 2002 ALCOA Research Achievement Award, the 2007 NCSU Alumni Research Award, and the 2011 ALCOA Distinguished Research Award. She was elected IEEE Fellow in 2012.

Among Nagle’s many contributions to the University was being founding Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department. He was a recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984,  the IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award in 1998, the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000, and the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence from NC State in 2008. He was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1983, was elected to the IEEE Computer Society’s Golden Core in 1996, and named Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 1998, He served as President of the IEEE in 1994, and was President of the IEEE Sensors Council in 2014-15.