University of Wisconsin-Madison Honors USU Professor
Dr. Sanghamitra Roy, a faculty member in USU's College of Engineering, is being honored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its UW-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as one of its '125 People of Impact’ in recognition of her ongoing success in academia and research.
A Utah State University associate professor of electrical and computer engineering has been named among the most influential alumni to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sanghamitra Roy is being named among the UW-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Department’s ‘125 People of Impact’ in recognition of her ongoing success in academia and research. The school’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering made the announcement last month as part of its upcoming 125th anniversary celebration.
Roy and other alumni will be recognized for their contributions to the department, the university and industry. Roy is a leader in the field of computer engineering. She specializes in VLSI circuit design and optimization, and in cross-layer, circuit-architectural techniques for designing secure, energy efficient and reliable many-core hardware platforms.
She received a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her doctoral research was sponsored by Intel Strategic CAD labs and the National Science Foundation. She earned an master’s degree in computer engineering from Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University in India.
Roy is an accomplished engineer and researcher. She co-directs the USU Bridge Lab with Koushik Chakraborty. She has published more than 55 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals and holds six patents in the United States. Roy has received numerous research grants, including the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2013. She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers, the Association of Computing Machinery and is a senior member of the IEEE.
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USU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact: Sanghamitra Roy, 435-797-9156, sanghamitra.roy@usu.edu
Story and photo: Matt Jensen, 435-797-8170, matthew.jensen@usu.edu
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