Fuhrmann Named IEEE Fellow

Dan Fuhrmann
Dan Fuhrmann

Dan Fuhrmann, chair of Michigan Technological University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

Fellow is the IEEE's highest grade of membership and only one-tenth of 1 percent of the entire membership can be awarded the honor in a given year.

Fuhrmann is recognized for his longtime research contributions in statistical signal and array processing, particularly as it applies to radar. He has served as associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

With over 375,000 members in more than 80 countries, IEEE is the world's largest professional association advancing innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity.

Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.