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David Vallancourt

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Circuits and Systems

David Vallancourt is Senior Lecturer in Circuits and Systems in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

He received the BS (1981), MS (1983), and PhD (1987) degrees from Columbia, and was an Assistant Professor at Columbia Engineering until joining Bell Labs in 1992. Dr. Vallancourt’s focus at Bell Labs and subsequent positions at Texas Instruments, Vitesse Semiconductor, and PMC-Sierra was analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design for communications applications, for which he was awarded a dozen patents. In 2005 Dr. Vallancourt returned to Columbia where he teaches introductory courses in electrical engineering for engineers and for non-engineers, electronics, and laboratory courses including the senior “capstone” project lab. He created and teaches The Art of Engineering (AoE) course, the Columbia Engineering-wide introduction to engineering for all first year students. Dr. Vallancourt has twice received the Engineering School Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award and Columbia University’s Presidential Teaching Award.

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Very large-scale integration (VLSI)

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer, Columbia University 2005-
    • Senior Member of Technical Staff, PMC-Sierra 2005
    • Senior Member of Technical Staff, Vitesse Semiconductor 2003-2005 
    • Senior Member of Technical Staff, Texas Instruments 2000-2003 
    • Senior Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories 1996-2000
    • Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Microelectronics 1992-1996 
    • Faculty Intern, Analog Devices (summer 1988)
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University 1987-1992 
    • Intern, Motorola (summer 1984) 
    • Member of Technical Staff, Hewlett-Packard 1981-1984
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
  • Honors & Awards
    • Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award (2013)
    • Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award (2007, 2013)
    • AT&T Bell Labs Outstanding Achievement Award 
    • Lucent Technologies Worldwide Team Award
       
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University