Ana Elisa Goulart received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Federal School of Engineering of Itajuba (EFEI) in Brazil. She received a Master of Science degree in Information Systems Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in 1997. Goulart moved to the United States in 1997 where she earned a Master of Science in Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University followed by a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electronics Systems Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M. Her research interests include protocols for real-time voice and video communications and their performance, IP-based emergency communications, last-mile communication links for the SmartGrid, wireless network systems, and rural telecommunications.