Rate My Professor Heath Leblanc

Heath LeBlanc serves as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He holds a BS from Louisiana State University, an MS from Vanderbilt University in 2010, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2012. Following his doctoral studies, LeBlanc joined Ohio Northern University as an assistant professor, progressing through the ranks to his current positions as full professor and department chair. His teaching portfolio encompasses a wide array of courses, including Control & Automation, Advanced Controls, Electric Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems, Electromagnetics, Foundations of Design 1 and 2, and Engineering Orientation. LeBlanc's research focuses on resilient cooperative control of networked multiagent systems and the integration of an entrepreneurial mindset into engineering education. He has been recognized for his contributions to engineering education, earning designation as a KEEN Rising Star in 2021. Additionally, he serves as a member-at-large on the Board of Directors for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA).

LeBlanc's scholarly impact is evidenced by his 24 publications and over 1,400 citations as profiled on ResearchGate. Key publications include collaborations such as B. Hylton, D.R. Mikesell, J.D. Yoder, and H. LeBlanc's 'Working to Instill the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the Curriculum' published in Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 86-106, 2020), which details efforts to embed entrepreneurial thinking throughout the mechanical engineering curriculum at Ohio Northern University. In control systems, he co-authored 'Resilient First-Order Consensus and Weakly Stable, Higher Order Synchronization of Continuous-Time Networked Multi-Agent Systems' in IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems (Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 1219-1231, 2018) with X. Koutsoukos, and 'Resilient Asymptotic Consensus in Robust Networks' in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (Volume 31, Number 4, pp. 766-781, 2013) with H. Zhang, X. Koutsoukos, and Shreyas Sundaram. These works address robustness in networked systems, contributing to advancements in multiagent synchronization and consensus under adversarial conditions. LeBlanc also supports student research and departmental initiatives, including the introduction of a new computer science degree program at the university.