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August 30, 2007 >>John Tsitsiklis and Charlie Sodini New LeBel Chair Holders
John Tsitsiklis and Charlie Sodini are the new holders of the LeBel Chair of Electrical Engineering. The LeBel chair was established by the estate of the late Clarence Joseph LeBel in 1965. The two previous holders of the chair are Amar Bose, who held the chair from 1965 to 1977, and Ken Stevens, who held the chair from 1977 until his retirement this past June. A recent decision has enabled MIT to split the chair into two new chairs, to which John and Charlie have been named.

June 8, 2007 >>Sodini Group Celebrates Recent Graduates
MIT Department of EECS and Sodini Research Group members John Fiorenza, Albert Jerng, Lunal Khuon, and Todd Sepke received their Ph.D. degrees after completing required coursework and submitting their theses. All four students currently work in the EE industry, at Linear Technologies, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and Marvell, respectively.

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Above: New Ph.D. graduates Todd Sepke (left) and John Fiorenza (right) pose with Prof. Sodini during the MTL Graduate Student Reception.

BIOGRAPHY

Charlie Charles G. Sodini received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Purdue University in 1974. After graduating from Purdue, Sodini went on to become a Technical Staff Member, and later Project Leader, at Hewlett Packard Labs. While at HP, Sodini continued his studies and was awarded his Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (1981) and Ph.D. (1982) from the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Sodini has acted as a consultant for many top technology companies in the U.S., and in 1999 he co-founded SMaL Camera Technologies, which develops digital imaging solutions for a variety of business and consumer markets, including ultra-slim digital still cameras, automotive vision systems, and camera-enabled mobile devices (such as cell phones). SMaL has received numerous technology and business awards, such as #1 Rising Star in North America on the prestigious Deloitte "Technology Fast 500" list.

An active member of IEEE, Sodini has served as President of the IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society, as well as General Chair of the IEEE VLSI Circuits Symposium and the International Electron Device meeting.

Sodini began teaching at MIT in 1983, and his courses include Integrated Microelectronic Devices, Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits, among others. He currently holds nine patents and is the co-author of the widely-used textbook, Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Sodini's principal fields of interest are electronics and integrated circuit design and technology. More specifically, his research concerns technology intensive integrated circuit and systems design, with application toward sensory interface electronics and wireless communication emphasizing analog signal processing and RF integrated circuits.

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Professor Charles G. Sodini
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Building 39, Room 527B
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617) 253-4938
Fax: (617) 253-8806
e-mail: sodini@mtl.mit.edu

Administrative Assistant:
Rhonda Maynard
Tel: (617) 253-6857
e-mail: rmaynard@mtl.mit.edu