Shira Broschat

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Shira Lynn Broschat is an American computer scientist whose research topics have included ultrasound imaging [1] and the use of machine learning to model antimicrobial agents. [2] She is a professor and DEI Chair in the Washington State University School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, with affiliate professorships in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology Pathology and Paul G. Allen School for Global Health. [3]

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Education and career

Broschat is the daughter of Asako Maida Tokuno and Shiro Tokuno, Japanese-Americans who were both interned in the Topaz War Relocation Center during World War II. [4] [5] Their story was recounted in the 2007 television documentary The War . [4] As Shira Tokuno, she graduated from Norte Del Rio High School in Sacramento, California. [6] She became a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, [7] supported by a scholarship from the Japanese American Citizens League, [6] , as well as other scholarships.

Returning to school in the 1980s, Broschat studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982, a master's degree in 1985, and a Ph.D. in 1988. [3] Her master's research concerned microwave-induced hyperthermia therapy for cancer, but by the time of her doctoral research, she had shifted to wave scattering from randomly rough surfaces. [1]

She joined the Washington State University faculty in 1989. [1]

Recognition

Broschat was a 1992 recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award. [8] She was named as a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, in the 2000 class of fellows, "for contributions to scattering and biomedical acoustics". [9] She is a 2004 Fellow of the Institute of Physics, [3] and in 2010 was named as an IEEE Fellow, "for contributions to modeling of rough surface electromagnetic scattering". [10]

Personal life

Broschat is married to John Brand Schneider, an electrical engineer at Washington State University; they have two children. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shira L. Broschat", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, December 10, 2002, retrieved 2024-08-27
  2. ↑ Chapman, Peggy (January 29, 2015), "Making a difference — Honoring women in male-dominated careers", Northwest Asian Weekly, retrieved 2024-08-27
  3. 1 2 3 "Shira Broschat", Directory, Washington State University School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, retrieved 2024-08-27
  4. 1 2 "Asako Tokuno", The War, Public Broadcasting System, retrieved 2024-08-27
  5. ↑ Meriko Maida, East Bay Times, October 2016, retrieved 2024-08-27
  6. 1 2 "Sac'to names seven scholars" (PDF), Pacific Citizen, July 26, 1968, retrieved 2024-08-27
  7. ↑ "Wind Ensemble Concert At UCSC", Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 6, 1969
  8. ↑ Moran, Elaine (September 1992), "ASA member receives Presidential Fellow Award", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 92 (3), Acoustical Society of America (ASA): 1771, doi:10.1121/1.403918
  9. ↑ Fellows of the society, Acoustical Society of America, retrieved 2024-08-27
  10. ↑ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2024-08-27
  11. ↑ The personal Shira, Washington State University, retrieved 2024-08-27
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