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nationally recognized Attract, Inspire, Mentor, and Support
Students program, which enhances the graduation of underrepresented minorities in engineering and computer science.
He has served on the IEEE Board of Directors, Awards
Board, and Fellows Committee. As the 2016-2017 vice president of IEEE Educational Activities, he championed several
successful programs including the IEEE Learning Network
and the IEEE TryEngineering Summer Institute.
He expanded chapters globally to serve all 10 regions and
increased industry support as the 2016 president of IEEE's
honor society, IEEE-HKN.
Ramesh was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2015 for "contributions to entrepreneurship in engineering education."
He serves on the ABET Board of Directors, the global
accrediting organization for academic programs in applied
science, computing, engineering, and technology, and is an
experienced program evaluator.
Ramesh has served Region 6 at the section, chapter,
and area levels. His many recognitions include the 2004
Region 6 Community Service award, and the 2012 John
Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year award from
the Engineers Council.
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S.K. RAMESH

to algorithms, architectures, and implementations for signal
processing."
He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008 and of the
U.S. National Academy of Inventors last year.
He has received numerous IEEE honors and recognitions
including the 2009 IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award, the
2014 IEEE Signal Processing
Society Award, and the 2016
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award.
Ramesh is a professor of electrical and computer engineering
at California State University's
College of Engineering and
Computer Science in Northridge,
where he served as dean from
2006 to 2017. While dean, he
RAMESH
created an interdisciplinary master's degree program in assistive
technology engineering to meet emerging workforce needs.
Ramesh is the founding director of the university's

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