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Women in Engineering
b y Lauren E. Kegley
The Power of Uniqueness:
A Fireside Chat With Duy-Loan Le
T
here's a certain magic that
happens when you sit down
at a table and have the
opportunity to genuinely l isten to
the stories, advice, and knowledge
that those around you have to offer.
As we begin to put 2020 behind us,
it felt like IEEE Power Electronics
Society (PELS) members could use
a bit more of this experience in the
coming years. A new event series
called 'Power at the Table', hosted
by the Women in Engineering (WIE)
committee, kicked-off in April (Figure
1). This series is designed to celebrate
the stories and voices of people
changing the face of technology.
PELS offers an abundance of
resources to help develop its members'
technical acumen, so this
series is focused on helping members
define success within their
careers, in whatever way it feels
authentically aligned with their own
personal goals.
To set the tone of this new event
series, the first esteemed speaker was
Duy-Loan Le (Figure 2). Duy-Loan has
a larger than life personality with a
sharp wit, infectious enthusiasm, and
a passion for both learning and service
that shines through in her stories. At
just 12 years old, Duy-Loan immigrated
to the United States as a refugee
from Vietnam, unable to speak English,
with only her family and the
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FIG 1 IEEE PELS WIE kicks off a new series called 'Power at the Table' to celebrate the
stories of people changing the face of technology.
FIG 2 Duy-Loan Le.
clothes on her back. Duy-Loan went
on to excel in her education with a
Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering
degree from the University of Texas in
Austin, Texas, and later pursued her
MBA from the University of Houston,
62 IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE z September 2021
Texas, while working at Texas Instruments
(TI). Duy-Loan started her
career at TI at 19 and two decades
later became the first Asian American
and only female to be elected to the
highest title of Senior Fellow. During
her 35-year career at TI, Duy-Loan led
the growth of TI's memory product
line across five countries and three
continents to generate multi-billion
dollar revenue, oversaw the development
of the world's fastest DSP
according to Guinness World Records,
and pioneered products enabling TI's
entry into the base station and VoIP
markets. Duy-Loan holds 24 patents
and currently serves on the board of
directors at National Instruments, Ballard
Power Systems, Atomera, various
start-up companies, and Cree Wolfspeed.
She is an active philanthropist
for the power of education, including
board memberships for both of her
Alma maters, the Sunflower Mission,
and the Mona Foundation. Duy-Loan
has two adult sons, who were raised

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