Martha Sloan

The first woman to lead the IEEE Institute, Sloan served as IEEE president in 1993. She received a BSEE with great distinction, an MSEE, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. After two years of working at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Palo Alto, California, she joined Michigan Technological University, where she has served as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Sloan is a Fellow of the ACM, the IEEE, and SWE and has received numerous awards, including the SWE Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, an IEEE Centennial Medal, the Richard E. Merwin Award, and the ASEE Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Educator Award.

She is the author of three textbooks and more than 60 papers. Her books include "Introduction to Minicomputers and Microcomputers" and "Computer Hardware and Organization: An Introduction."