title: Shawn Blanton
text: # Shawn Blanton
  
  Shawn (Ronald) Blanton is an American computer engineer and electrical engineer, Associate Department Head for Research and Joseph F. and Nancy Keithley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include integrated system testing, testable design, and test methodology development.
  
  ## Education
  
  Blanton obtained a B.S. degree in Engineering feomy Calvin College in 1987. He obtained an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Arizona in 1989. In 1995, Blanton received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. John P. Hayes was his doctoral adviser.
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  Blanton received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 1997, and IBM Faculty Partnership Awards in 2005 and 2006. He is an IEEE Fellow.
  
  