Prof. Dr. Supriyo Bandyopadhyay is Commonwealth Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received a B. Tech degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois; and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He spent one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (1986–1987) and then nine years on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. In 1996, he joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a Professor of Electrical Engineering. Then, in 2001, he moved to Virginia Commonwealth University as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a courtesy appointment as a Professor of Physics. Prof. Bandyopadhyay is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2018, he received the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award. In 2020, Dr. Bandyopadhyay was named the sixteenth winner of the IEEE Pioneer in Nanotechnology Award. In 2021, he was given the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who.
Virginia's Outstanding Scientist
Governor of Virginia
Named in 2016 by Governor Terence R. McAuliffe. One of two chosen from among researchers from all disciplines of physical sciences, life sciences, medicine and mathematics in government and private colleges and universities, industry and government labs in the State of Virginia.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
The highest honor for teaching, scholarship and service given to a faculty member in any private or public college or university in the State of Virginia
University Award of Excellence
Virginia Commonwealth University
Highest honor the University can bestow on a faculty member. One given annually to a faculty member across all disciplines in the University.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Lifetime Achievement Award
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
One of two given in the department's history.
College of Engineering Research Award
University of Nebraska Lincoln
College of Engineering Service Award
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Interdisciplinary Research Award
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Given jointly by the College of Engineering, College of Science and Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fellow of IEEE
IEEE
Fellow of APS
American Physical Society
Fellow of IoP
Institute of Physics (UK)
Fellow of ECS
The Electrochemical Society
Fellow of AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science