Kamran Eshraghian

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Kamran Eshraghian
Born	June 13, 1945 Iran
Residence	United States
Citizenship	Australian
Fields	Electronic engineer
Institutions	University of California, Merced Edith Cowan University University of Adelaide Philips Research Chungbuk National University
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Doctoral advisor	Peter Harold Cole
Other academic advisors	Robert Eugene Bogner
Doctoral students	Selam Ahderom Derek Abbott
Known for	CMOS VLSI design

Kamran Eshraghian (born 1945) is an electronic engineer notable for being a key early pioneer of VLSI in Australia. He is one of the fathers of CMOS VLSI design and his books have been influential on a par with the Mead & Conway revolution.

Personal life

Kamran Eshraghian was born in Tehran in 13 June 1945, in a Baha'i family. On his father side, he is related to the Afnan families through his grandmother. In 1957, his parents decided to leave Iran for Indonesia and Singapore as Baha'i pioneers. In 5 May 1959, he left Singapore to do his schooling in Adelaide, South Australia arriving in Perth on 6 May 1959 and Adelaide the next day 7 May 1959. He was one of the very first Iranians in Australia and one of the first of 3 Iranian boys in Adelaide, South Australia. He was married^[1] on 13 May 1967 to Deidre Lynett Eyers, who died due to prolonged illness on 2 January 1989. Kamran Eshraghian is a family man who enjoys his time with his family and friends. Kamran is known for his huge generosity and famous speeches.

Education

Eshraghian attended Adelaide High School followed by Gawler High School for years 9 and 10. In year 9, he entered his first Science competition with the project Magic Bell. In year 10, he entered science competition with: History of the Atom, in which he was highly commended and was featured on the television news of the time. Afterwards, he went to Port Pirie High School in 1962 for his Matriculation year which permitted entry to University and was compulsory for entrance to University. In Port Pirie High School, he was elected as the President of the Science Club.

In 1969, he obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University of Adelaide. In 1977, Eshraghian completed his M.Eng.Sci, at the university, under Robert Eugene Bogner, with a thesis entitled Vehicle Traffic Monitoring. In 1981, he completed his PhD, under Peter Harold Cole, with a thesis entitled Electromagnetic Traffic Sensing and Surveillance. In 2004, Eshraghian was awarded Doctor of Engineering e.h. (May 2004) by the University of Ulm, Germany for integration of microelectronics with photonics. He was the fourth person that received the award given by the University of Ulm and the very first to a non-German academic.

Career

In 1979, he joined the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide after spending some 10 years with Philips Research both in Europe and Australia.

He has been a professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.^[2]

From 2009, Eshraghian worked as the Distinguished Professor, Coordinator of Research program World Class University (WCU) Program at Chungbuk National University, Korea. South Korea's Science Foundation invited scholars, including 9 Nobel Prize laureates, 12 members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences or equivalent ranking to teach and lead advanced research at respective domestic campuses as part of government’s initiative to advance nation's higher education. Eshraghian task was to introduce a new program and formulate and implement the new concept of System-on-System integration utilizing the newly nano- engineered memristor as the core of program. Kamran Eshraghian has been looked up to as one of the most revolutionary electronic engineers to live in modern history. Kamran has revolutionized engineering through all of his Publication of journals and books along side the many inventions that he has either solely created or co-created.^[3]

Publications of journals and books

Eshraghian was the co-author of 6 influential books in his field such as Basic VLSI and Principles of CMOS VLSI Design: A Systems Perspective. He is the author and/or co-author of more than 200 articles in scientific journals, proceedings of international conferences and symposia.

Inventions

Professor Eshraghian has developed over 40 patents which have influenced many areas of Nano technology, Electronics Engineering, Mirror Neurons, The Medical Industry and general appliances e.g.(digital dashboard to the digital washing machine to the first electronic game 'PONG'). A vast majority of these inventions have revitalized many areas of electronic engineering, some call him the Great-Great Grandson of Sir Isaac Newton.

Achievements and awards

Eshraghian is the recipient of a number of awards and grants such as the architect and recipient of grant from Government of Western Australia in 2003 for establishment of Centre of Excellence for MicroPhotonics Systems. In 2001, He also received the Vice Chancellor's Entrepreneurial award for his entrepreneurial activities.

Eshraghian received the IEEE’s achievement award in 2011 for contributions to Circuits and Systems Education and Research as a pioneer of VLSI in Australia, one of the fathers of CMOS VLSI design, founder of Eshraghian Labs a virtual platform for research into nano-based and micro-based technologies.^[4]

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Authority control	VIAF: 108312228 ISNI: 0000 0001 1779 3543 SUDOC: 034357009

Persondata
Name	Eshraghian, Kamran
Alternative names
Short description	Australian electrical engineer
Date of birth	June 13th, 1945
Place of birth	Iran
Date of death
Place of death

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