Faculty Search for ECE Department Chair
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UNM
Dr. Jane Lehr
Technical Analyst and Research Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 11:00-12:15 p.m.
ECE Bldg., Room 118
“Electrical and Computer Engineering Leadership”
Abstract
In this colloquium, Dr Jane Lehr will give a brief overview of her career to date, including her
present role at Sandia National Laboratories as a Technical Analyst using data driven strategic
studies to support decision making. She will highlight her teaching goals, extensive
administrative experience and her professional service in IEEE. Dr. Lehr will discuss in detail
what she sees as the strategic opportunities that presently exist and her vision for increasing the
national visibility of UNM’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Dr. Jane Lehr is a Technical Analyst and Research Engineer with Sandia National Laboratories.
She received the Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and the
Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University’s Polytechnic Institute in
1996. Dr. Lehr’s research interests are in high power component development; high power
electromagnetics and effects; compact pulsed power; exploding wires and shock wave formation;
and the physics and application of electrical breakdown in vacuum, gases and liquids.
Dr. Lehr is Past President of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. She has served as
an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Guest
Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science and three years on the IEEE Technical
Activities Board Publications Committee. Currently, she is the Chair of the IEEE NPSS Fellow
Evaluation Committee. In addition, she serves on numerous national committees. Dr. Lehr is an
IEEE Fellow and the recipient of the Air Force Basic Research Award and the IEEE Region 6
Award for Leadership of the Albuquerque Chapter. She was named an Outstanding Woman of
New Mexico and has been inducted into the New Mexico Hall of Fame.