Veena Misra was named the permanent head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at North Carolina State University in May 2024. Misra, who was selected after a nationally competitive search, has served as interim department head since July 1, 2023.
A three-time graduate of the department, Misra is an M.C. Dean Distinguished University Professor in ECE and is the founding director and lead principal investigator of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Advanced Self-powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) led by NC State. Founded in 2012, ASSIST is developing wearable, self-powered devices that provide continuous monitoring of the wearer’s health as well as the surrounding environment.\
Misra is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Her awards and honors include an NSF CAREER Award and NSF Award for Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education, a Department of Education GAANN Electronic Materials Fellowship and a NASA Team Excellence Award.
She will lead one of the largest and most accomplished departments of its kind in the country. NC State ECE is ranked as a top-15 department globally by the Shanghai Ranking and has led two NSF ERCs at once — ASSIST and the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center. In recent years, department faculty members have helped establish and lead an IBM Innovation Center in quantum computing and Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS).
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