Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, has elected College of Engineering Dean, Gary S. May, as a member of the Leidos Board of Directors, effective February 19, 2015.
May, a College of Engineering alumnus and professor, was appointed dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering effective July 1, 2011. May’s field of research is computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits. He holds a patent on the topic, has authored over 200 technical publications, and has contributed to 15 books. He has also participated in the acquisition of over $49 million in research funding, and he has graduated 19 Ph.D. students. In 1993, May was named Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Young Alumnus, and in 1999, he received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Service Award. May has won two international Best Paper Awards from IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing (1998 and 2000). In 2004, he received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, as well as the Outstanding Minority Engineer Award from the American Society of Engineering Education. In 2006, he received the Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2010, he was named the Outstanding Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley. May is a fellow of AAAS and the IEEE. He currently serves as the vice chair of the Engineering Deans Council Executive Board for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). May was a National Science Foundation and an AT&T Bell Laboratories graduate fellow, and has worked as a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is Executive Vice President of the National GEM Consortium and a member of the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers
"We conducted a thorough search for someone who would further strengthen our board's breadth of talent and background with technical expertise and an established reputation in academia. We are delighted to welcome Gary to our team — his world-class background in engineering and advanced technology are a logical fit for Leidos, and I'm confident he will make an important and positive impact on our company," said John Jumper, chairman of the Leidos Board of Directors.
May received the B.E.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and 1991 , respectively.
About Leidos
Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world's toughest challenges in national security, health and engineering. The Company's 20,000 employees support vital missions for our government and the commercial sector, develop innovative solutions to drive better outcomes and defend our Nation's digital and physical infrastructure from 'new world' threats. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $5.77 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 after giving effect to the spin-off of the company's technical services and information technology business. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.