Tim Dallas

Tim Dallas is an Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University's Whitacre College of Engineering. His roles include overseeing graduate fellowship programs and developing innovative MEMS-based educational tools. Dr. Dallas is renowned for co-creating the Solar-Powered Digital Classroom-in-a-Box, deployed in off-the-grid African regions using pico projectors.

• Co-founded Class on a Chip, Inc. (2008) for commercializing micro-experimental devices
• Established the Technology Start-up Lab (2014) in partnership with business classes
• Principal Investigator for NSF-REU, CCLI, and S-STEM grants

His research spans renewable energy systems, biometric authentication, and interdisciplinary learning. Dr. Dallas has secured funding from Keck and Welch Foundations for MEMS-based education technologies and served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Education. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and affiliated with ASEE and SPIE.