Atheros Founder Named to the
National Academy of Engineering
Teresa Meng Recognized as a Pioneer
of WLAN Technology
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2007
— Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of
advanced wireless solutions, announced that its founder and board member, Dr.
Teresa H. Meng, has been given the honor and distinction of being named to the
National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Meng is one of 64 newly elected members
selected to join the prestigious group earlier this month.
Dr. Meng, the Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical
Engineering at Stanford University, was praised for her work in “pioneering the
development of distributed wireless network technology.” Her innovations in
radio and signal processing, and efforts that led to founding Atheros
Communications have contributed to the successful proliferation of wireless LANs
around the world. She pioneered the industry’s first 5GHz radio manufactured in
all-CMOS, a breakthrough in radio architecture, and laid the foundation for many
of the industry-leading innovations that Atheros has brought to the market.
Meng earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
from National Taiwan University in 1983 and a doctorate in electrical
engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988. She also joined
Stanford University’s Electrical Engineering Department in the same year. Meng
co-founded Atheros Communications in 1998 with Dr. John L. Hennessy, at the time
the dean of the School of Engineering at Stanford University who now holds the
position of President. Dr. Meng is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
Election to the NAE is considered to be one of the highest
professional distinctions that an engineer can receive. Academy membership
honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering, research,
practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions
to the engineering literature, and to the pioneering of new and developing
fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of
engineering, or developing or implementing innovative approaches to engineering
education.
“I’m honored to be elected to join the National
Academies,” said Meng. “I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work in the
field of wireless networking in the past 10 years and wish success to today’s
aspiring engineers who will continue the development of wireless innovations to
enhance worldwide communication.”
Other industry awards Meng has received include the DEMO@15
World-Class Innovator Award in 2005, MIT Sloan’s 2002 Innovator of the Year
eBusiness Award (eBA), CIO’s 2002 20/20 Vision Award, Red Herring’s Top Ten
Entrepreneurs for 2001 and EDN’s 2000 Innovator of the Year Finalist.
For more information about the NAE, please visit
http://national-academies.org.
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading developer of
semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros
combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF),
mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly
integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary
metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Atheros technology is being used by
a broad base of leading customers, including personal computer, networking
equipment and handset manufacturers. For more information, visit www.atheros.com or
send email to info@atheros.com.
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