John Cohn, es uno de los 63 individuos de entre más de 450 mil empleados activos de IBM reconocidos como IBM Fellows, el más alto reconocimiento que se otorga a la élite de ingenieros de la compañía.

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Bio

John Cohn, IBM Fellow earned his PhD in Computer Engineering from CMU and his BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT. In addition to applying IBM Silicon in Smarter Planet solutions, John spends as much time as possible showing kids that nerds are people too. John is so passionate about promoting science and engineering that he spent 58 days living and inventing in an abandoned steel mill as part of Discovery Channel's survival show "The Colony".

John lives in a restored schoolhouse in Vermont with his family and is eager to share his love of science with anyone who will listen.

John Cohn is currently an IBM Fellow in IBM Microelectronics. John has been an innovator in the area of design automation for both analog and digital custom integrated circuits. John received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at MIT, and earned a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to the design automation for high performance custom circuits. John has authored more than 30 technical papers and has contributed to four books on design automation. He has more than 50 patents issued or pending in the field of design automation, methodology, and circuits

John is active in education issues at a local, state and national level. He has been an adjunct professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Vermont and has taught part time at both high school and elementary school levels.. He frequently takes his traveling "Jolts and Volts" electricity show to schools, community groups, universities and museums across the US . John is so passionate about promoting science and engineering that he spent 58 days living and inventing in an abandoned steel mill as part of Discovery Channel's new technical survival show "The Colony".

John lives in a restored schoolhouse in Northern Vermont with his family and is eager to share his love of science and engineering with anyone who will listen.

You can read more about John’s life by reading his daily blog at http://johncohn.org