Academic Genealogy
Trace the following academic genealogy links and discover my academic root at the Wikipedia page of Thomas Alva Edison!
Carl's advisor:
Stephen S. Yau
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Faculty: Northwestern University
Highlights: President, IEEE Computer Society (1974-75); President AFIPS (1985-86); Recipient of IEEE Centennial Medal; Recipient of IEEE Richard E. Merwin Medal
Stephen's advisor:
Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg
Ph.D. Stanford University
Dissertation Title: Polarization and Fading Studies of Meteoric Radio Echoes
Faculty: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Highlights: Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Recipient of the 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal
Mac's advisor:
Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr.
Ph. D. Stanford University
Dissertation Title: A New Technique for Studying Meteors and the Upper Atmosphere
Faculty: Stanford University
Highlights: Member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering
Oswald's advisor:
Frederick E. Terman
Sc.D. M.I.T.
Dissertation Title: Characteristics and Stability of Transmission Systems
Faculty: Stanford University
Highlights: Widely known (with William Shockley) as the father of Silicon Valley
Founding member of the National Academy of Engineering
Frederick's advisor:
Vannevar Bush
Ph.D. M.I.T. & Harvard
Dissertation Title: Oscillating-current Circuits: An Extension of the Theory of Generalized Angular Velocities, with Applications to the Coupled Circuit and the Artificial Transmission Line
Faculty: M.I.T.
Highlights: The first presidential science advisor (FDR); primary organizer of the Manhattan Project; proposed the Creation of the National Science Foundation
Vannevar's advisor:
Arthur E. Kennelly
Apprenticed in Thomas Edison's West Orange lab; served as president of both the AIEE and the IRE, predecessor of IEEE
Faculty: M.I.T. & Harvard
Credit
Credit is due to Mehdi Morakhorli of Rochester Institute of Technology, advised by Jane Cleland-Huang of University of Notre Dame who in turn was advised by Carl K. Chang. Mehdi constructed the first version of our common Academic Genealogy.