EECE
Dr. Russell J. Deaton
Executive Director of the Polytechnic@UofM
Chair, Department of Engineering Technology
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Herff College of Engineering
Phone: 901.678.3258
Email: rjdeaton@memphis.edu
Fax Office: 205 Engineering Science
Dr. Russell J. Deaton
Professor Deaton served on the EECE faculty from 1992 - 2000. He returned as Department Chair in 2012. He teaches Electronics, Programming, Nanotechnology, and Projects courses. Professor Deaton has won numerous awards for his teaching, research, and service. His research is focused on the algorithmic self-assembly of nanomaterials.
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BA in English from University of North Carolina
BSEE from Memphis State University
MSEE from Duke University
PhD from Duke University
Executive Director of the Polytechnic@UofM, Chair of Engineering Technology, Professor of EECE, 07/25-
Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Administration, Herff College
of Engineering, The University of Memphis
Professor, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, The University of Arkansas,
9/03-8/12.
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, The University of Arkansas,
9/00-8/03.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Memphis, 9/98-8/00.
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, The University of Memphis, 8/92-8/98.
Member of the Technical Sta, IPSD, General Electric Corp., Research Triangle Park,
NC, 8/87-9/88
Process Engineer, CICD, General Electric Corp., RTP, NC, 9/85-8/87.Process Engineer, Fab 5, UTC-Mostek, Dallas, TX, 6/84-8/85.