Mary Jane Irwin is an Emerita Evan Pugh Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
Irwin was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003 for contributions to VLSI architecture and automated design.
Mary Jane Irwin joined the faculty of the Pennsylvania State University as an assistant professor in 1977.
With her student Robert M. Owens they developed a suite of architecture, logic and circuit design tools including ARTIST, PERFLEX, LOGICIAN, and DECOMPOSER.
On October 1, 2019 the IEEE CEDA and ESD Alliance announced that Mary Jane Irwin will receive the 2019 Phil Kaufman Award, the EDA Industry's highest honor.