Background
Lightner, Michael R. was born on October 9, 1950 in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Lightner, Michael R. was born on October 9, 1950 in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, University Florida, 1972. Master of Electrical Engineering, University Florida, 1974. Doctor of Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979.
Assistant professor, University of Illinois, 1979-1981; research assistant professor coordinated science laboratory, University of Illinois, 1981; assistant professor, Colorado U., Boulder, 1981-1983; associate professor, Colorado U., Boulder, 1983-1989; professor, director graduate school, Colorado U., Boulder, since 1989. Member summer faculty International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown, New York, 1982.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (editor transactions on Computer-aided Design 1989-1991), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Circus and Systems Society (vice president technical activity since 1990), American Society Engineering Education, European Community Computer-aided Design.
Married Linda Lunbeck, September, 1991.