About the CEO
Dr. Michael Bushnell > Business and Research Interests -- Computer Engineering Mike’s career is in Computer Aided Design (CAD) of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) Circuits. His group has developed
algorithms for functional and structural testing of huge circuits, systems-on-a-chip, & memories.
Professional Experience> Spectral Design & Test, Inc.: Co-Founder, CTO: 2013 – 2022, Somerville, NJ> Rutgers University, ECE. Dept.: Full Professor: 9/1986 – 6/2013, Piscataway, NJ> Applicon, Inc.: Member Tech, Staff: 10/1979 – 8/1981, Burlington, MA > Instron Corporation: Senior Systems Programmer: 6/1976 – 9/1979, Canton, MA
Education> PhD in Electrical Eng. at Carnegie Mellon University: 2/1983 – 8/1986> M.S. in Computer Eng. at Carnegie Mellon University: 9/1981 – 1/1983> S.B. in EECS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 9/1968 – 6/1970 & 2/1972 – 8/1974
Industrial Technology Transfer of Chip Layout and Chip Test ToolsRECIPIENTS > Intellectual Ventures > IBM > Boolean Dynamics of NY > Texas Instruments > CMU > U. of Tennessee > Lucent Technologies > Intel Corp. > Indian Telephone Industries > Compass Design Automation > Nippon Electric Company Publications> Textbook: Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory, and Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits, Springer, Boston, 2000, M. L. Bushnell and V. D. Agrawal.> Research Monographs (Books): 3 > Journal Articles and Electronic Pubs: 29> Conference Papers in Proceedings: 78 > Technical Reports: 29> Patents: • United States: 8 • European: 2 > Invited Presentations: 56
Educational and Research Grants (with Multiple Investigators)Agency # Grants Dollar TotalU.S. Government National Science Foundation 7 $ 2,394,989U.S. Government Dept. of Defense, DARPA 2 $ 1,374,769State of New Jersey 1 $ 1,500,000Corporations 23 $ 11,500,139Rutgers University 16 $ 682,475
Society Memberships> Lifetime Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)> Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Honors> Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers> Presidential Young Investigator of the National Science Foundation of the USA> Selected for the Top 100 Magazine in 2019> Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Who’s Who
Education> PhD in Electrical Eng. at Carnegie Mellon University: 2/1983 – 8/1986> M.S. in Computer Eng. at Carnegie Mellon University: 9/1981 – 1/1983> S.B. in EECS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 9/1968 – 6/1970 & 2/1972 – 8/1974
Industrial Technology Transfer of Chip Layout and Chip Test ToolsRECIPIENTS > Intellectual Ventures > IBM > Boolean Dynamics of NY > Texas Instruments > CMU > U. of Tennessee > Lucent Technologies > Intel Corp. > Indian Telephone Industries > Compass Design Automation > Nippon Electric Company Publications> Textbook: Essentials of Electronic Testing for Digital, Memory, and Mixed-Signal VLSI Circuits, Springer, Boston, 2000, M. L. Bushnell and V. D. Agrawal.> Research Monographs (Books): 3 > Journal Articles and Electronic Pubs: 29> Conference Papers in Proceedings: 78 > Technical Reports: 29> Patents: • United States: 8 • European: 2 > Invited Presentations: 56
Educational and Research Grants (with Multiple Investigators)Agency # Grants Dollar TotalU.S. Government National Science Foundation 7 $ 2,394,989U.S. Government Dept. of Defense, DARPA 2 $ 1,374,769State of New Jersey 1 $ 1,500,000Corporations 23 $ 11,500,139Rutgers University 16 $ 682,475
Society Memberships> Lifetime Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)> Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Honors> Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers> Presidential Young Investigator of the National Science Foundation of the USA> Selected for the Top 100 Magazine in 2019> Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Who’s Who