Mark Lundstrom

John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, Chief Semiconductor Officer, Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Mark Lundstrom is the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Purdue’s chief semiconductor officer, reporting to Mitch Daniels, interim president of Purdue. He is also the Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a senior research fellow for the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy. He served as acting dean of Purdue’s College of Engineering in 2020 and interim dean of engineering from 2022–23. Lundstrom received his BEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Minnesota and his PhD from Purdue.

He began his career as an integrated circuit process development and manufacturing engineer. Since joining Purdue in 1980, his research and teaching have focused on the physics, modeling and simulation of semiconductor devices. He is best known for work on the scaling limits of MOSFETs, supporting the design and manufacturing of transistors with channel lengths at the 10-nanometer scale. In 1995, he founded nanoHUB, one of the earliest online platforms for open-content educational resources and simulation tools, now serving a global community of millions. Lundstrom has authored numerous research papers and six books, including Fundamentals of Carrier Transport (2nd Ed., Cambridge, 2000).

His honors include the Semiconductor Industry Association’s University Researcher Award, Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Aristotle Award, IEEE’s Cledo Brunetti Award and Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. He is a life fellow of IEEE; a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering “for leadership in microelectronics and nanoelectronics through research, innovative education and unique applications of cyberinfrastructure.”

In 2024, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb named Lundstrom a Sagamore of the Wabash, the governor’s highest recognition, for his contributions to semiconductors in Indiana.