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Seminar Location
Jacobs Hall - Room 6504
Seminar Speaker
Prof. Ramachandra Achar
Abstract
Transitioning from a graduate lab to engineering leadership requires shifting from day-to-day technical tasks and refinements to long-term strategic goals. Sharing insights from my own journey, I will discuss how to turn learnings from graduate research into a meaningful career foundation. This talk offers practical advice on innovating within your labs, navigating the R&D landscape and collaborations. Insights on how to transition smoothly from student to professional, by engaging with organizations like IEEE to expand your network and build early academic/industry leadership, will also be shared. Ultimately, you will learn how to look beyond your defense and use your graduate training as a launchpad for your career ahead.
Seminar Speaker Bio
Prof. Achar currently is a professor in the department of electronics engineering at Carleton University, Canada (since 2000). He also served in various capacities in leading research labs, including T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, New York (1995), Larsen and Toubro Engineers Ltd., Mysore (1992), Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India (1992) and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1990). He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in international transactions/conferences, six multimedia books on signal integrity and five chapters in different books and has received numerous prestigious awards recognizing his research contributions. His research interests include signal/power integrity analysis, high-speed interconnects, circuit simulation, parallel and numerical algorithms and microwave/RF/EMC/EMI mixed domain analysis. Prof. Achar currently serves as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electronic Devices Society and IEEE Electronic Packaging Society, Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer of program of IEEE EMC Society. Dr. Achar is a practicing professional engineer of Ontario, a Fellow of Engineers Institute of Canada and IEEE.