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Yannis P. Tsividis Edit Profile

Electrical engineering educator

Yannis P. Tsividis, Greek, American electrical engineering educator. Recipient best paper award European Solid State Circus Conference, 1986, Great Teacher award Columbia University, 1991, Distinguished Faculty Teaching award Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association, 1998, 2010, Presidential award for outstanding teaching Columbia University, 2003.

Background

Tsividis, Yannis P. was born on December 22, 1946 in Piraeus, Greece. Son of Pelopidas I. and Maria (Filippa) Tsividis. came to the United States, 1970.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1972; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1976.

Career

Assistant professor electrical engineering Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1981, associate professor, 1981-1984, professor, since 1984, National Technology University, Athens, Greece, 1992-1995. Charles Batchelor chair professor Columbia University, New York City, since 1998. Consultant American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1977-1988.

Achievements

  • Yannis P. Tsividis has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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Membership

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Baker best paper award 1984, Darlington award 1987, Guillemin-Cauer award 1998, Circuits. and Systems Golden Jubilee 2000, co-recipient ISSCC L. Winner Outstanding Paper award 2003, Undergraduate Teaching award 2005, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff award 2007, Guillemin-Cauer award 2008, Circuit and Systems Society Education award 2010).

Connections

Father:
Pelopidas I. Tsividis

Mother:
Maria (Filippa) Tsividis