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Jelena Kovačević became the Dean at NYU Tandon School of Engineering in August 2018 and stepped down on August 31, 2024. As a woman head of school for a historically significant institution, she has garnered numerous accolades including being recognized on City & State's “Higher Education Power 50” and Crain’s “Notable Women in Tech” list. Kovačević is a recipient of the IEEE 2022 Engineering Medicine & Biology Society Career Achievement Award and served as a member of the Executive Board of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Deans Council. She founded the Northeast Regional Deans (NeRDs) council and prioritized the recruitment of women in technology during her tenure, doubling the national average of women in Tandon's freshman classes. She has established seven interdisciplinary areas of excellence in research and education, with Tandon recording its highest single-year research expenditures totaling $59M. Kovačević has previous experience at Bell Labs and Carnegie Mellon University, where she served as a professor and head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering • Brooklyn, NY
Led the school to strengthen its mission and increase diversity in technology.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Served as head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
xWaveforms • New York, NY
Co-founded the company focusing on signal processing and wavelet technology.
Bell Labs • Murray Hill, NJ
Conducted research in signal processing and communications.
Method for object segmentation in light field data.
Patent for innovative methods in medical diagnosis.
Patent related to communication technology.
Patent for filtering methods.
Patent addressing error reduction in audio processing.
Administered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.