Wanda Gass Explained

Wanda Gass
Birth Place:Dallas
Nationality:American
Field:Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Alma Mater:Duke University
Rice University

Wanda Gass is an American engineer and philanthropist who helped develop the first commercially viable digital signal processor at Texas Instruments. She is also an advocate for girls and young women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs.

Life

Gass was born in Dallas, Texas in 1956, the younger of two daughters.[1] [2] Citing her father as encouragement for her fledgling interest in engineering, Gass pursued membership in her high school's Explorer's Club.[1]

Education

Gass attended Rice University and earned her BS in electrical engineering in 1978.[3] She then earned a MS in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1980.[3]

Career

Gass began work at Texas Instruments in 1980 as an electrical engineer.[2] Gass was heavily involved in the development of Texas Instruments first commercially viable digital signal processor (DSP) and was eventually promoted to the position of technical fellow.[4] Gass was one of the first women promoted into this role, which was the equivalent of a Vice President at Texas Instruments.

Gass is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).[5] She is also the president of Design Connect Create, a non-profit group aimed at increasing young women's participation in STEM fields.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WITI - Women in Technology Hall of Fame - Wanda Gass, Texas Instruments. 2003. www.witi.com. 24 May 2016.
  2. Book: Hatch, Sybil . 1 Jan 2006 . Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers . ASCE Publications . 112 .
  3. Web site: Design Connect Create: An Outreach Program to High School Women : Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering. 2015. www.ece.rice.edu. 24 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Wanda Gass of Texas Instruments named Tech Titans Community Hero Award Winner - Dallas Business Journal. 2 September 2011. Dallas Business Journal. 24 May 2016. registration .
  5. Web site: Women in Engineering (WIE) - IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401002427/http://sscs.ieee.org/membership/women-in-engineering-wie. dead. April 1, 2016. 2016. IEEE. 24 May 2016.
  6. Web site: About Us - Design Connect Create. 2014. www.designconnectcreate.org. 24 May 2016.