Background
Rohrer, Ronald Alan was born on August 19, 1939 in Oakland, California, United States.
consultant engineering educator
Rohrer, Ronald Alan was born on August 19, 1939 in Oakland, California, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1961; PhDEE, University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
Assistant professor electrical engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1965;
assistant professor applied analysis, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1965-1966;
assistant professor electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1968;
associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1972;
professor electrical engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1974-1975;
visiting lecturer, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1976-1977;
professor, department chairman electrical engineering, U. Maine, Orono, 1977-1979;
professor, department chairman electrical engineering, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1979-1980;
professor, department chairman electrical engring and computer science, U. Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1980-1981;
professor electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1985-1989;
Wilkoff University professor, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1989. Member technical staff, section manager Fairchild Research and Development, Palo Alto, California, 1968-1970. Manager electrical engineering analysis programs SofTech Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1971-1972.
Staff scientist General Electric, 1981, program manager Integrated Circuit Design Automation, 1982, director electrical products marketing Calma Division, 1982-1983. General manager MEDS division Science Calculations, Inc., 1983-1985. Consultant Synopsys, Mountain View, California, 1987-1989, Mentor Graphics, Beaverton, Oregon, 19887-91.
Board directors Genesis Microchip, Markham, Ontario, Canada, ISS, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Chairman Performance Signal Integrity, Inc., Pittsburgh.
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Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (brosder J. Thompson award 1967)l member Circus and Systems Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president 1987, Guillemin-Cauer award 1970, founding editor Transactions on Computer Aided Design 1980-1984, Chemical Abstracts Service Society award, 1990, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Education medal 1993), National Academy of Engineering, American Society Engineering Education (Frederick Emmons Terman award electrical engineering division 1978).
Married Catherine (Casey) Jones.