Degang Chen

Degang Chen received his BS degree in instrumentation and automation from Tsinghua University in 1984 and his PhD degree in control theory from UC Santa Barbara in 1992. He was the John R. Pierce Instructor at CalTech in 1992. After that, he joined Iowa State University where he is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and holds the Jerry Junkins Chair in the College Engineering. His industry experience includes Beijing Institute of Control Engineering in 1984-1986, the Boeing Company in 1999 summer, Maxim Integrated in 2001 summer, and Texas Instruments in 2011, 2012 and 2014 summers. His current research interests are in analog and mixed-signal IC design and testing, integrated sensor design, analog verification, and built-in self-test self-calibration for enhancing performance and lifetime reliability. Dr. Chen has authored and co-authored over 10 patents and over 300 refereed publications in leading journals and top international conferences. Of those, 15 received best paper awards and other honors, includng the pretigious IEEE Ned Kornfield Best Paper Award in 2012, 2013 and 2019. He has also received the Warren Boast Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the IEEE, and is an IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Distinguished Lecturer.