Jeffrey S. Walling awarded faculty fellowship

Jeffrey S. Walling, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been appointed the Boebel Engineering Faculty Fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

The Boebel Engineering Fellowship in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was established with a generous gift from Bill and Beth Boebel. The creation of this fellowship enables the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to acknowledge and encourage excellence among outstanding junior faculty members.

A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than four years, Walling's research focuses on radio frequency, analog, and mixed-signal systems, with particular emphasis on next-generation communications and sensor architectures. His pioneering work on switched-capacitor power amplifiers and digital-friendly radio frequency circuits has led to more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in top Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals and conferences.

Walling’s research impact includes a $2 million award from the CHIPS Trust for equipment, a $500,000 National Science Foundation Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication grant for real-time transceiver optimization, and an $850,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Sea-Based Efficient Advancement of Signal Timing contract with Virginia Tech’s share for chip-scale atomic clocks.

Walling has excelled at integrating cutting-edge research topics into the curriculum, and he earns consistently high student evaluations of his teaching. He is mentoring nine doctoral students and several master’s candidates, and his students have earned multiple fellowships and best-paper awards.

Walling received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.