Sheffield Lecturer will talk on 'The Golden Age of Electronics'

Joseph B. Costello, vice chair of Knowledge Universe Inc. and a leading developer of electronic design automation software, will present the next Faculty of Engineering Sheffield Fellowship Lecture at Yale. Titled "The Golden Age of Electronics," his talk will be held Monday, Jan. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the Presidents' Room of Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and College streets. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a reception at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.

Costello, who holds a M.S. in physics from Yale, joined the education software company Knowledge Universe Inc. in 1997. He was president and chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. dating back to the company's inception in 1988. Under his guidance, Cadence grew to be the world's leading supplier of electronic design automation software and services. In May of 1997, Costello was recognized as the top performing CEO in North America by Chief Executive magazine.

The Sheffield Fellowship was established in 1996 to honor the former Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, which offered engineering programs from 1852 until it became part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the mid-1940s.