Marquette University

Academic Genealogy

The advisor lineage behind the lab, traced from Dr. Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed back through eight generations to Thomas Edison.

8 generations
  1. Portrait of Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed

    Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed

    Generation 8 Lab director

    Degree
    Ph.D., Arizona State University
    Dissertation
    An information dissemination service for ubiquitous computing applications
    Faculty
    Department of Computer Science, Marquette University
  2. Portrait of Stephen S. Yau

    Stephen S. Yau

    Generation 7 Iqbal's advisor

    Degree
    Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Faculty
    Northwestern University
    Highlights
    President, IEEE Computer Society (1974–75); President, AFIPS (1985–86); recipient of the IEEE Centennial Medal and the IEEE Richard E. Merwin Medal
  3. Portrait of Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg

    Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg

    Generation 6 Stephen's advisor

    Degree
    Ph.D., Stanford University
    Dissertation
    Polarization and Fading Studies of Meteoric Radio Echoes
    Faculty
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Highlights
    Member of the National Academy of Engineering; recipient of the 1984 IEEE Centennial Medal
  4. Portrait of Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr.

    Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr.

    Generation 5 Mac's advisor

    Degree
    Ph.D., Stanford University
    Dissertation
    A New Technique for Studying Meteors and the Upper Atmosphere
    Faculty
    Stanford University
    Highlights
    Member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering
  5. Portrait of Frederick E. Terman

    Frederick E. Terman

    Generation 4 Oswald's advisor

    Degree
    Sc.D., M.I.T.
    Dissertation
    Characteristics and Stability of Transmission Systems
    Faculty
    Stanford University
    Highlights
    Widely known (with William Shockley) as the father of Silicon Valley; founding member of the National Academy of Engineering
  6. Portrait of Vannevar Bush

    Vannevar Bush

    Generation 3 Frederick's advisor

    Degree
    Ph.D., M.I.T. & Harvard
    Dissertation
    Oscillating-current Circuits: An Extension of the Theory of Generalized Angular Velocities, with Applications to the Coupled Circuit and the Artificial Transmission Line
    Faculty
    M.I.T.
    Highlights
    The first presidential science advisor (FDR); primary organizer of the Manhattan Project; proposed the creation of the National Science Foundation
  7. Portrait of Arthur E. Kennelly

    Arthur E. Kennelly

    Generation 2 Vannevar's advisor

    Training
    Apprenticed in Thomas Edison's West Orange lab
    Faculty
    M.I.T. & Harvard
    Highlights
    Served as president of both the AIEE and the IRE, the predecessors of IEEE
  8. Portrait of Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison

    Generation 1 Arthur's advisor

    Training
    Self-taught
    Workshop
    West Orange laboratory, where Arthur E. Kennelly trained