The National Academy of Inventors named Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, head of the Â鶹AV’s Electrical and Computer Engineering program, to its 2025 Class of Fellows.
"This is an outstanding and well-deserved recognition of Dr. Bayoumi's creativity, impact and leadership," said Dr. Kumer Das, interim vice president for Research & Innovation. "We're incredibly proud of his accomplishments and the inspiration he brings to our students, other researchers and the wider community."
Bayoumi’s expertise includes sensing technologies and sensor nodes, data processing and the management of energy applications to military and security fields. His research also encompasses work on an artificial intelligence system that can predict epileptic seizures. He has published over 300 papers in related journals and conferences, and edited, co-edited and co-authored five books in his research interests. Dozens of graduate students have been involved in his research to date.
He was named Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the then-Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development in 2020-2021. His accomplishments in his field have been recognized with several awards, including the 2009 IEEE Circuits and Systems Meritorious Service Award and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society 2003 Education Award. The University previously awarded him with the 1988 Researcher of the Year Award and the 1993 Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty.
NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. This year’s cohort includes 169 distinguished U.S. academic and institutional inventors and 16 international fellows. Together, the 2025 class holds more than 5,300 U.S. patents and includes recipients of the Nobel Prize, the National Medal of Science and Technology & Innovation and members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, among others. The U.S. fellows represent 127 universities, government agencies and research institutions across 40 U.S. states.
The NAI Fellows program was founded in 2012 and has grown to include 2,253 distinguished researchers and innovators, who hold over 86,000 U.S. patents and 20,000 licensed technologies. Their innovations have generated an estimated $3.8 trillion in revenue and 1.4 million jobs.
The 2025 Class of Fellows will be honored and presented their medals by a senior official of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at the NAI 15th Annual Conference on June 4 in Los Angeles. See the .