Tennessee Tech College of Engineering Names Kumar Yelamarthi as New Associate Dean
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Yelamarthi has an impressive track record of forging partnerships and creating programs to serve students,” said Joseph Slater, Ph.D., dean of Techs College of Engineering. “He has built relationships with K-12 schools, community colleges and employers, while also maintaining a scholarly research program. He is a senior member of IEEE, founding advisor for the IEEE Student Chapter at CMU, an elected member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society, and a senior member of IETI.Yelamarthi’s research interests focus primarily in the areas of Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks, edge computing, embedded systems and engineering education. Additionally, he successfully raised several externally funded grants of more than $1.5 million from the NSF, NASA and industry. The faculty and staff support each other and are passionate about keeping the focus on students to provide the best education experience.”Yelamarthi said he strives to bring out the best in his colleagues, whether that’s mentoring them through tenure and promotion, move through the rigor of research grants or supporting their teaching innovations.“In my research, teaching, service and scholarship, I enjoy helping others - that’s my motivation,” Yelamarthi said.
