In 2000, he was also named a Professor of Physics, in 2001 he was appointed Associate Dean for Research of the Vanderbilt School of Engineering, and from June 2003 through June 2020 he was Chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. He is associated with The Radiation Effects and Reliability Group at Vanderbilt which is the largest of its type at any US university. and Institute for Space and Defense Electronics. His research interests are Effects of ionizing radiation on microelectronic devices and materials, Flicker noise in semiconductors, radiation hardness assurance test methods for mission-critical equipments, radiation effects modeling and simulation and novel microelectronic materials. Fleetwood is the author of more than 600 publications on radiation effects in microelectronics, defects in semiconductor devices, and low-frequency noise. These papers have been cited more than 26000 times (citation h factor = 89, per Google Scholar). He was named an Honorary Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. He currently serves as Senior Editor, Radiation Effects, of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science and Distinguished Lectures Chair of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. Awards and honors Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science Merit Award, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, 2009 Distinguished Science Alumnus, Purdue University, 2007 Discover magazine (1998), R&D Magazine R&D 100 (1997) and IndustryWeek magazine Technology of Year (1997) Awards More than 20 Outstanding/Meritorious Conference Paper Awards for IEEE Conferences Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, 1990–1999 Lark-Horovitz Award, Purdue University, 1984 Other achievements Fleetwood became the eighth US Correspondence Chess Grandmaster in 2008, beating Poland's SM Maciej Jedrzejowski. His chess talent was recognized when he captured the ACUI Midwest regional Collegiate Chess Championship in 1981 and then the United States Chess Federation's premier correspondence tournament, the 1993 Absolute Championship. He is currently competing in the 33rd World Championship of the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). Personal life Daniel is married to Betsy Fleetwood and together they have three sons: Aaron，Zach and Nathan. The family lives in Brentwood, Tennessee. References External links 1958 births Living people American chess players Correspondence chess grandmasters Vanderbilt University faculty Sandia National Laboratories people Fellow Members of the IEEE Purdue University alumni Computer engineers 21st-century American engineers 21st-century American physicists 20th-century American inventors 21st-century American inventors People