Carol Yvonne Espy-Wilson
Personal Information
Born: 1957
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Stanford University BS Electrical Engineering 1979; MIT Electrical Engineerind degree 1984, MS Electrical Engineering 1981, PhD Electrical Engineering 1987
Professional Life
Field of Study: Electrical Engineering
Institution/Corporation: University of Maryland, College Park; Boston University
Degrees & Memberships: Member: National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders Advisory Council ( 2020-23), National Institute on Biomed Imaging & Bioengineering Advisory Council (2015-18), National Institute on Child Health & Human Development Advisory Board (2010-13), Fellow IEE; Fellow, International Speech Community Association (ISCA), Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Fellow Acoustical Society of America
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2020, University of Maryland Campus Woman of Influence; 2018, Jimmy Lin Award for Innovation in Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland; 2012-2013, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, University of Maryland; 2015-2017, Institute for Systems Research Senior Faculty Fellow Award; 2011-2012, Advance Professor; 1990-95, Clare Booth Luce Professor; 2010, Invention of the Year Award, University of Maryland; 2010, Maryland Innovator of the Year Award, Baltimore Daily Record; 2010, 1st place University of Maryland $75K Business Plan Competition, High Technology Category; 2010, 1st place University of Maryland $75K Business Plan Competition Social Impact Category; StartRight!Women s Business Plan Competiton Award; SAIC Award to a Venture Accelerator Company at UMD; 2003-2004, Honda Initiation Award; 1998-2003, NIH Career Development Award; 2001-2004, NIH Language & Communication Study Section; 1990-92, NSF Research Initiation Award; 1981-87, Xerox Doctoral Fellow
Achievements: Research in speech communication; 1st African American woman, & 1st African American, in ECE to achieve tenure & be promoted to full professor (University of Maryland First to ADVANCE Program 2019); founder & CEO of OmniSpeech LLC (OmniSpeech is the assignee for an additonal 14 patents not issued in Espy-Wilson s name)
Her older brother (by 7 years), Calvin, began teaching her the math he was learning when she was 5
1st African-American & 1st African-American female to achieve tenure & be promoted to full professor at the University of Maryland Dept of electrical & Computer Engineering
Founder of OmniSpeech, a startup that offers technology to improve sound quality over all phones & in hearing aids among other devices
Holds 6 patents