Venkatesh Saligrama is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1997. He was a Research Engineer at United Technologies Research Center from 1997-2001 and a Visiting Scientist at MIT between 2000-2001. He is the 2003 nominee for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He received the ONR Young Investigator Award in 2002 and he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from UTC in 1997.