Duy-Loan Le
| Duy-Loan T. Le | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 Nha Trang, South Vietnam |
| Residence | Texas |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Education | BSEE, magna cum laude, University of Texas at Austin (1982) MBA, University of Houston (May 1989) |
| Alma mater | The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Houston |
| Occupation | Engineer & Engineering Manager |
| Employer | Texas Instruments |
| Known for | Engineering and the being the first woman and Asian elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow. Charity work and philanthropy (including the Sunflower Mission and Mona Foundation) |
| Notable work | 24 patents and co-designing the fastest Digital signal processor (DSP) chip (2004 Guinness World Records) |
| Board member of | Mona Foundation; Science National Honor Society; Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF); National Instruments Corporation |
| Spouse(s) | Tuan N. Dao |
| Children | two sons, Dan Dao and Don Dao |
| Awards | Top 20 Houston Women in Technology in 2000; Women in Technology Hall of Fame in 2001; Asian American Engineer of the year; 2007 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Leadership; Congressional Special Recognition for Civil Leadership |
Duy-Loan T. Le (born 1962, Vietnam) is an engineer and the first woman and Asian elected as a Texas Instruments Senior Fellow.
Born in Nha Trang, South Vietnam, in 1962 to a labor-class family, Duy-Loan Le fled to the U.S. without her father and a family of nine in 1975, eventually settling in Houston. Her family joined her in the U.S. few years later.
Although Loan knew no English when she arrived, she mastered the language fast enough to graduate from Alief Hastings High School at 16 as Valedictorian of her class of 335 students.
In 1976, she received her first recognition in the US as 'Citizen of the Month' from Kiwanis International Club.
In 1981, The Houston Chronicle featured her as 'Scholastic Wonder'; she also received commendation from The Office of The Ambassador of The Royal Netherlands for her scholastic achievement and her humanitarian effort in fund raising to aid the Vietnamese refugees.
In 1982, at the age of 19, Duy-Loan received her undergraduate BSEE degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin and subsequently obtained her MBA in May 1989 from the University of Houston while working full-time. She began her career at Texas Instruments as a memory design engineer.
Duy-Loan's technical contributions at Texas Instruments were recognized when she was elected a Member of Technical Staff in 1990, Senior Member of Technical Staff in 1993, the first woman at TI to be elected Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in 1997, and the first woman elected TI-Fellow in 1999.
Currently she manages development projects for wireless communications as TI program manager for Laplace (a Digital signal processor (DSP) chip for 3G base stations) and also serves as manager of DSP Advanced Ramp. In 2002, Duy-Loan became the first Asian-American, and the first woman, to be elected TI Senior Fellow in Texas Instruments' 75-year history. She joins four men who hold this title at TI worldwide. Today she remains the only woman with this title.
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