Issa Batarseh
Issa E. Batarseh is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida.
Education and career
Batarseh got his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of [Illinois at Chicago] in 1990 and prior to it, got his B.S. in computer engineering and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Following graduation, from 1989 to 1990, Batarseh served as a visiting assistant professor at Purdue University in Calumet City, Illinois. He was appointed to the University of Central Florida in 1991.Awards and recognitions
- 2008, elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science,
- 2014, became a fellow of the IEEE.
- 2015, elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
- 2017 inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in 2017.
- 2025 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies