Timothy N. Trick

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois

Dr. Trick received the degree of Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, and the MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University. In 1965 he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his is currently Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 1998-2004 he was Director of the Lois and Harlan Anderson Laboratory for Global Education in Engineering. In the Spring of 2001 he served as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, and from 1995-98 he was Director of the Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments. He served as Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1985 to 1995 and as Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory from 1984 to 1986.

Professor Trick taught, conducted research and published widely in the areas of computational methods for integrated circuit analysis and design, analog and digital signal processing, and computer-based education. He has published two books, contributed chapters to six other books, published 140 papers, and supervised 40 MS degree and 21 PhD degree theses students.

In the profession Dr. Trick has been elected to a number of boards and offices, including Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society Board of Directors 2002-2005, President of the National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association 1994, International Engineering Consortium (IEC) Board of Directors 1989-2005, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors 1986-89, IEEE Vice-President for Publications 1988-89, President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 1979. He has also served on numerous technical committees and editorial boards.

In 1976 he received the Guillemin-Cauer Award for best paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems; in 1984 he was awarded the IEEE Centennial Medal; in 1987 he received the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Meritorious Service Award. He is the recipient of the 1994 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society VanValkenburg Award for outstanding technical contributions and leadership in the field. In 1996 he received the University of Illinois Dads Association Outstanding Faculty Award. In the year 2000 Dr. Trick was awarded the IEEE Millennium Medal for outstanding achievement, the IEEE Circuit and System Society Golden Jubilee Medal for extraordinary contributions to the Society, and the Alumni Achievement Award from the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton. In 2001 he received the Outstanding Electrical Engineer Alumni Award from Purdue University, and in 2002 the Semiconductor Industry Association University Research Award, 2002.

Dr. Trick is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the International Engineering Consortium (IEC). He is a member of the Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies.