Kathleen Kramer

Kathleen A. Kramer is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San
Diego in California. She worked to develop new engineering programs as a
founding member of the faculty and eventually became the chair of electrical
engineering, then serving as Director of Engineering (2004-2013), providing
academic leadership for all of the university’s engineering programs. Her teaching
interests are in the areas of signal processing, mechatronics and robotics, and
communication systems.
She has also been a member of technical staff at several companies, including
ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, and Bell Communications Research. She is a
Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
(AESS) and is a past vice president of the society. She is a Fellow of ABET, and a
leader in the development of criteria for cyber security, mechatronics, and
robotics.
Kathleen served on the IEEE Board of Directors as IEEE Secretary and chair of
Governance and IEEE Region 6 (Western USA) Director. She was also chair of the
2023 IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Innovating Funding Models.
She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering magna cum laude with a
second major in physics from Loyola Marymount University, and the M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.