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Dr. Constantine AnagnostopoulosAdjunct Full Professor |
Dr. Anagnostopoulos is Adjunct Full Professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department at the University of Rhode Island.
He advises PhD and MS students on their research projects in Biosensors or Lab-on-a-chip devices and participates in the development of the Dual Graduate Degree program between URI and the Technical University at Braunschweig in Germany.
Constantine worked as electrical engineer for over 30 years, contributing to early CCD development first with his PhD work and subsequently at the Eastman Kodak Company. He has a keen interest in engineering education, actively participating in discussions with industry and university leaders and students on how engineering students can best be prepared for the changing demands of the profession. A native of Greece, Constantine became a US citizen in 1975.
Specialities
- • Devices and Technology development
- • CCD Image Sensors
- • CMOS ASICS
- • Inkjet Printheads
- • Microfluidics
- • Lab-on-a-chip Biosensors
- • Moving ideas from the lab to product
- • R&D management
- • Engineering education
Experience
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Fellow, 1975-2007 (32 years)
As a Research Scientist, then Research Fellow and an Executive at Eastman Kodak Company, in Rochester, N.Y., worked on CCD Image Sensors and CMOS ASICs for Digital Cameras, MEMS inkjet printheads for high speed digital presses and drop-on-demand ink jet printheads for desktop printers.
Contributed to the commercialization efforts for Kodak's CCD Image Sensors and of the inkjet technology he co-invented. Leader of the research group responsible for the development of advanced MEMS and micro fluidic devices and page-wide inkjet printheads and for the integration of CMOS circuits with these MEMS devices.
Professional
Papers and patents
• Published over 40 reviewed technical papers
• More than 70 patents issued or pending
Speaking engagements
• Given numerous invited, tutorial and contributed presentations in the US, Europe and Asia
• Taught short courses at conferences, Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester
Editorial contributions
• Served as Guest Editor and Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits
• Served as Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Associations and conferences
• Founded the Rochester Chapter of the Electron Devices Society in 1977
• Served as Chairman of the IEEE Rochester Section in 1982-83
• Co-founded the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in 1978; serving in official capacities until 1991
• Served as chair or member of IEEE's Precollege Education Committee from 1997-2008; while chair in 1998, worked with the IEEE Spectrum editorial staff to publish a special issue on Technological Literacy in the K-12 grades, co-authoring one of the articles
• Helped organize the first Deans' Summit in 2001, bringing together Deans of Engineering and Deans of Education to find ways to produce more technologically literate teachers and to improve the teaching skills of future engineering professors
Awards
For his engineering and scientific work and his IEEE activities, Constantine has received a number of awards either individually or as a member of a team, some of which are included below.
• Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New" award for the DCS520 digital camera (1998)
• Business Week's "Top 100 Products" for the 1.4 million pixel true two phase CCD Image Sensor (1987)
• IEEE Fellow for contributions to CCD Imagers and Integrated Circuits for Digital Cameras (1999)
• IEEE Millennium metal (2000) and the IEEE Centennial metal (1984)
• IEEE Rochester Section "Electrical Engineer of the Year" (1987)
• Induction into Kodak's "Elite Inventors Gallery" (2005) and "Distinguished Inventors Gallery" (1997)
• "Team Achievement Award" from Kodak's Scientific Council for Color Video Chip Set design (1990)
Education
University of Rhode Island
PhD, Electrical Engineering, 1975
Brown University
ScM, Electrical Engineering, 1972
Merrimack College
BS, Electrical Engineering, 1967