Looking for News or Events? Among her priorities are increasing the number of women students and faculty members, investing in socially important research areas like cybersecurity and sustainability, and helping the school continue its historic rise in the college rankings. She was the first woman to head the school since its founding in as the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute. At Tandon, she committed to getting more women interested in technology.
While she served as Dean, Tandon's freshman class grew to more than double the national average of women in engineering, while a quarter of its faculty positions grew to be held by women. Her efforts helping the school continue its historic rise in the college rankings over 40 spots in a decade. During the pandemic, she maintained hybrid learning, creating in-person environments in Shanghai so students who couldn't fly to the U. Jelena received the Dipl. She was also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University.
Her paper on multidimensional filter banks and wavelets with Martin Vetterli was selected as one of the Fundamental Papers in Wavelet Theory. She received the Belgrade October Prize in , the E.
Listen to Jelena on the podcast Positively Gotham Gal discuss the future of education and the ways in which she is changing Tandon to make STEM fields more attractive, approachable, and inclusive.
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