Donald Earl Thomas

Background

Thomas, Donald Earl was born on May 19, 1951 in Pittsburgh.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., 1973; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon U., 1977.

Career

Assistant professor electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1977-1982; associate professor Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1982-1986; professor Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1986; acting department head Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1991-1992. Visiting scientist International Business Machines Corporation T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1985-1986. Consultant Gateway Design Automation Corporation, since 1987, Trimeter Technologies Corporation, 1988, Cadence Design Systems, since 1992, Cascade Design Automation, since 1989.

Achievements

• Donald Earl Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Electrical and computer engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Best Paper award 1979, Meritorious Svc. certified 1983-1987, Design and Test of Computers magazine 1984-1986, Board of Governors computer society 1989-1990). Member Association for Computing Machinery (recognition of service award).