Education
- B.E.E., Auburn University, 1984
- M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986
- Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991
Research Interests
- Special Purpose Hardware Implementations
Dr. Linda DeBrunner was born in Huntsville, AL, on April 28, 1962. She received the bachelors in electrical engineering degree from Auburn University in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1986 and 1991, respectively.
She joined the faculty at Florida State University in August 2006, where she serves as an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. She was a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma from 1990-2006, where she left as a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Her research interests include digital signal processing implementations, fault tolerant computing and special-purpose digital systems.
DeBrunner has received over $6 million in external funding since 1990. Funding sources include the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Federal Highway Administration, as well as state–based funding sources and private companies. She has published more than 50 refereed papers.
DeBrunner received the University of Oklahoma Junior Faculty Award, and was twice named Favorite Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers and has served on the technical committee for the International Midwest Conference on Circuits and Systems. She is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
