PowerWise® Design University

Faculty

Dean Banerjee is a Senior Wireless Applications Engineer with National Semiconductor's Wireless Products division and is the author of "PLL Performance, Simulation, and Design". During this time, he has assisted in the development and support of various PLL synthesizer chips.

 
Emmy Denton is a staff engineer in National Semiconductor's Data Conversion Systems Group in Santa Clara CA working with temperature sensors and hardware monitors.
 

Wanda Garrett is the Technical Communications Manager in the Web Business Group at National Semiconductor Corp. in Santa Clara, California. With 20 years experience in the design and application of DC/DC converters and related power management products, as well as being a key trainer on this subject, she is now a primary developer of National's Knowledge Base, the Online Seminar series, and other online technical tools. Before joining National in 1983, she received a BSEE from Washington State University.

 
John Goldie is a graduate of San Francisco State University, holding a BS in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Design and Industry. John joined National in 1988 and has worked on LVDS, BLVDS, CML, ECL, GTL, BTL, RS-xxx and other interface technologies for data transmission and display applications. He has also authored over 30 articles and has chaired the TIA TR30.2.1 Electrical Standards committee, which authored LVDS and M-LVDS.
 

Nicholas "Nick" Gray is a Staff Applications Engineer with National Semiconductor's Data Conversion Products Group in Santa Clara, California, where he has been employed since 1991. He is currently working on the development of new products in the area of Analog-to-Digital Converters. A writer of many technical articles, Nick's career includes video circuit design and 19 years as an applications engineer for data conversion products. Nick holds a BSEE degree from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington (1965) and has done graduate work at California State University, San Jose.

 
Hooman Hashemi is a Principal Applications Engineer, Amplifiers Product Group, Santa Clara, who joined National Semiconductor Corp. in 1995. He received a BSEE at San Jose State University and a MSEE at Santa Clara University.
 

Kevin Hoskins has been a Staff Applications engineer since 1984. He wields his soldering iron at National Semiconductor Corporation's Audio Products Group in Santa Clara, California. He has also performed application duties with the Data Acquisition Products Group at National Semiconductor Corporation also in Santa Clara, California.

 
Albert Lee is a Senior Applications Manager for the Display Division's Flat Panel Display product line at National Semiconductor Corp. in Santa Clara, California. With over 10 plus years of related experience in the applications and design of Flat Panel display products, Albert Lee is contributing to Nationals emerging leadership in this rapidly expanding market segment. Before joining National in 1999, he received a BSEE from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts in 1987.
 

Bob Pease obtained a BSEE from MIT in 1961 and is Staff Scientist at National Semiconductor Corp., Santa Clara, California.

 
Paul Rako is a Senior Analog Applications Engineer working in the Amplifier Group at National Semiconductor. He started his career as an automotive engineer in Detroit, working for both GM and Ford. After moving to Silicon Valley in the early eighties he worked for a military contractor and then started his own business as a system-level design consultant. His clients included Hewlett Packard, Teledyne and Schlumberger as well as several startups. He attended both General Motors Institute (now the Kettering Institute) and the University of Michigan. His interests include politics, philosophy, motorcycles and making music and videos.
 

Craig Zajac is a Staff Applications Engineer for the Displays Division located in Chandler, AZ. After graduating with a Masters in Material Science from Stanford University in 1996, he has held various positions within the semiconductor industry, including three as a column driver applications engineer with Vivid Semiconductor and National Semiconductor.