Ph.D. inElectrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1987 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977 B.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1975
Prof. Sechen was named an IEEE Fellow in 2002 for contributions to placement and routing of integrated circuits. Prof. Sechen received the Distinguished Teaching Award for the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, 2014. His research interests center primarily on the design and computer-aided design of digital and analog integrated circuits.