He earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Washington State University. Prior to joining California State University, Fullerton, Dr. Turi taught at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. His teaching and research interests are in low-power VLSI design, computer architecture/system design, embedded systems, and computer networks. Dr. Turi is a member of IEEE and Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society.