Senior Past President
Gerald R. Kane
University of Tulsa

Gerald R. Kane received his BSEE degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri in 1968 and the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University, Houston, Texas in 1971 and 1972, respectively. Upon receiving his PhD, he joined the faculty of the University of Tulsa. He subsequently taught at Auburn University and Southern Methodist University. In 1986, he returned to the University of Tulsa as Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering, a position which he has held since that time. He currently holds the Hans P. Norberg Chair in Electrical Engineering.

He has been involved for over fifteen years in F.I.R.S.T. Robotics, mentoring two local high schools as well as an interdisciplinary TU senior and graduate student group in the competition. He is proud to note that his teams have received the Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism (Sportsmanship) Award at two regional competitions. He received the Tex Richardson Award for Guidance Activities from the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation in 2001 for his outreach activities to pre-college students.

He has an honorary doctorate from the Moscow Institute for Electrical Engineering and Technical University (MIET) in Zelenograd, Russia. During the mid 1990's he established and coordinated a study abroad program and continues to work with MIET on accreditation matters.

Dr. Kane is an engineering educator. He has taught every required course in the undergraduate curriculum except electromagnetics as well as electives and graduate courses in computer architecture, robotics, digital systems, VLSI design, microprocessors, and operating systems. Dr. Kane's primary research interest is embedded computer systems, His other research interests include computer architecture, robotics, microprocessor applications, VLSI design, computer assisted engineering, and computer networks.

Dr. Kane has been a Registered Professional Engineer for over 30 years, a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi.