Dr. Joseph Perl Named ECE Distinguished Alumnus

In honor of his outstanding career achievements and contributions, Dr. Joseph Perl (’74, ’76) received the College of Engineering’s Distinguished Alumni Award for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Third Annual Dinner and Dance in April 2004.

Dr. Perl is currently the President and CEO of Mobilygen Corporation in Santa Clara, California. He previously served as the President and CEO of DSP Communications, the Chief Scientist for the Communications Division of Tadiran Electronics Co. in Israel, and as an adjunct professor for the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University in Israel. In addition, he has served as a visiting professor for the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University and as an assistant professor for the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and then earned both his Master of Science and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University. While a student here, Dr. Perl learned to ski and was active in the CSU Israeli Student Organization. He delivered the Commencement Address for the College of Engineering in 2002, and has been a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board since 2000. Dr. Perl and his wife, Judy, reside in Santa Clara, California. Throughout his career, Dr. Perl worked in the areas of wireless communications, digital signal processing, and semiconductors. He has been a Senior Member of IEEE since 1987 and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences since 1993. He received the Rothschild Innovation Award in 1997.