Dr. Tina Hudson’s areas of expertise include analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits. She is a dedicated educator who has received the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr. Hudson also has worked as a visiting engineer for Texas Instruments and built relationships with other industrial partners that have led to internships for students, equipment for laboratories, great classroom examples, and funding for educational activities in the department. She has been involved in education research with the Microelectronic Systems Education Conference since 2002.
Academic Degrees
- PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
- MSEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995
- BEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992
- BS, Berry College, 1992
Awards & Honors
- Dean’s Outstanding Teacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2014
Research Interests
- Developing teaching methods to encourage critical thinking and a deep approach to learning
- Developing new curricula in test and product engineering
- Developing workshops to provide faculty members with tools and terminology to successfully develop publishable pedagogical research
- Guiding master’s students through the development of novel integrated circuit designs Integrated circuit designs emulating neural systems (neuromorphic engineering)
Select Publications & Presentations
- Hudson, T. A. and Sipes, S. M., “Developing Critical Thinking Skills in a Mixed-Signal Test and Product Engineering Course,” American Society of Engineering Education Conference, 2014
- Hudson, T. A. and Copeland, B., “Working with Industry to Create a Test and Product Engineering Course,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 130-133, 2009
- Wei, P. and Hudson, T. A., “Performance Improvement of an Asynchronous Sigma-Delta Modulator by Programmable Hysteresis,” Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, Vol 1, 2009
- Hudson, T. A., Goldman, M. and Sexton, S. M., “Using Behavioral Analyses to Improve Student Confidence with Analog Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Vol. 51 (3), 370-377, 2008
- Ohlmiller, S. and Hudson, T., “System of Interconnected Reconfigurable Linear Threshold Circuits,” Proceedings of the IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Vol. 2, 361-365, 2006
Teaching Interests
- Microelectronic Systems
- Analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuit design
- Test and product engineering (the automatic testing of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits with a focus on industrial testing techniques and optimization)