Dr. Dan van der Weide
Electrical Engineer
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Dr. Dan van der Weide is an electrical engineer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, an entrepreneur, and an innovator.
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Episode # 24 • 28 Apr 2022
Trials and Tribulations: Part II of the Neuwave Story
We talk with electrical engineering professor Dr. Dan van der Weide and interventional radiologist Dr. Fred Lee about the lessons they learned in the early stages of founding their microwave ablation device company, including challenges with early teams and equity.
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Daniel van der Weide received a BSEE from the University of Iowa in 1987, and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He held positions with Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Watkins-Johnson Company and as a post-doctoral researcher with the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany, after which he joined the University of Delaware. In 1999 he moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is a full professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering. He is a co-founder of Neuwave Medical Inc, Optametra LLC (acquired by Tektronix in July 2011) and Tera-X LLC.
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