Markus Klausner (ENG 1998)

2009 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award 

Markus Klausner is a senior principal research engineer with Intel Corp.'s Microprocessor Technology Labs and is an expert in the field of high-performance digital circuit design. He has received many honors from Intel, including the company's highest achievement award in 2004 and 2008.

Krishnamurthy, also an adjunct professor at Purdue and Oregon State universities, is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and was named to MIT's Technology Review list of best young innovators under 35 in 2006. He serves on the Semiconductor Research Corporation's (SRC) Design Sciences Task Force and was named a SRC Outstanding Industry Mentor.

In addition, he advises projects supported by the Center for Circuit and System Solutions, a consortium of universities with headquarters in Carnegie Mellon's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.