Meet Cindy Furse
Dr. Cynthia Furse (PhD ’94) is the Associate Vice President for Research Links to an external site. at the University of Utah Links to an external site. and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Links to an external site.. She directs/has directed an NSF DLR project (Integrated System Level Design) which revamped the hands-on laboratorie Links to an external site.s in ECE and an NSF STEP program (Utah’s Engineers: A Statewide Initiative for Growth), which has helped gain a 53% increase in engineering enrollment at the UofU since 2007. Dr. Furse teaches / has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication Links to an external site., computational electromagnetics Links to an external site., microwave engineering Links to an external site., freshman electrical engineering (circuits) and antenna design. She began flipping her classes in 2007, and has seen a substantial increase in student satisfaction and academic success as a result. She is now regularly engaged helping other faculty flip their classes, and has helped create an NSF-sponsored online faculty training program: (www.Teach-Flip.utah.edu) Dr. Furse works to interest young students, including women and minorities, in engineering and routinely volunteers in Utah's K-12 schools. She helps organize the Society of Women Engineers Girl Scout Night Links to an external site., Tau Beta Pi Meet an Inventor Night Links to an external site., and College of Engineering High School Summer Camp. Dr. Furse has received numerous teaching and research awards including the 2009 IEEE Harriett B. Rigas Medal for Excellence in Teaching. She has an active electromagnetics research lab and has mentored and graduated over 60 graduate students, 100 undergraduate researchers and 11 high school students since she began her career in 1997. She is a Fellow of the IEEE with 12 patents, over 190 professional publications and presentations, has written two books and several book chapters. Dr. Furse is also actively engaged in research in implantable antennas and fault location for live electrical systems, and is a founder of LiveWire Innovation, a small company commercializing electrical fault location systems. She is also a wife, mom, and grandmother, and an active equestrian, horse packer, and hiker.