Tim Dallas, Ph.D.

About

Tim Dallas, PhD is an Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. As an Associate Dean, he oversees internal and external graduate fellowship programs. Dr. Dallas' research includes developing MEMS-based education and research tools. Currently, he is working with colleagues in the College of Education and the Office of International Affairs on the development of the Solar Powered Digital Classroom in a Box. This technology has been deployed to off-the-grid locations in Africa to provide much needed educational content to entire classrooms using pico projectors. In 2008, he established Class on a Chip, Inc. to commercialize an array of micro-experimental devices for use in engineering, physics, and MEMS classes. In 2014, he established a new class in the Whitacre College of Engineering, Technology Start-up Lab, which takes students through a process to develop their own technology projects for commercialization. The Tech Start-up Class partners with a class in business to form student development teams that jointly work on innovative product ideas.

Dr. Dallas has served as the principal investigator for a National Science Foundation sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates Site, a Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) project, and a Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program. He has also been funded by the Keck and Welch Foundations for MEMS-based education technologies. He served for three years as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Education. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, as well as being a member of ASEE and SPIE.

Research Interests

• Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
• Nanocoatings
• Wireless Medical Devices

Education

• PhD, Applied Physics, Texas Tech University, (1996)
• MS, Physics, Texas Tech University, (1993)
• BA, Physics, The University of Chicago, (1991)