Munson Named New Dean

David C. Munson, Jr., has been named the next Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, effective July 1, 2006, pending Regents' approval.

Dr. Munson has been chair and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan since 2003. During his time as chair, his department has increased its commitment to undergraduate and graduate programs, planned extensive renovation and expansion of research laboratories, improved its relationships with alumni and industry, and completed a comprehensive strategic-planning exercise.

Dr. Munson received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (with distinction) from the University of Delaware in 1975, and MS, MA and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University in 1977, 1977 and 1979, respectively. In 1979, he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, research professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory and a faculty member in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

His research interests are in the general area of signal and image processing with current work focused on radar imaging, passive millimeter-wave imaging, computed tomography, and interferometry. He is affiliated with the Infinity Project, for which he co-authored a textbook on the digital world, which approximately 200 high schools nationwide use to introduce students to engineering. He co-founded InstaRecon, Inc., a start-up company that provides fast solutions for image formation in medical and security imaging.

Dr. Munson is a fellow of the IEEE. He served as the Texas Instruments Distinguished Visiting Professor at Rice University in 1999. He was named an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer and he received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000. In 2001, he was named the Robert C. MacClinchie Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. He received the 2003 Society Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

Munson biography

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