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Dr. Zhi-Hong Mao has been awarded the Swanson School of Engineering Outstanding Educator Award for 2009. This is the only award given by the Swanson School that specifically recognizes teaching excellence. Presentation of the award will be made on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Senior Recognition Ceremony in David Lawrence Hall auditorium.

Congratulations to Dr. Marlin Mickle on receiving the Provost's Innovation Award for Remote Experiments for Wireless Computer Networks. Eleven teaching proposals were selected for this award. more

Dr. Gregory Reed offered his expertise for a recent article on Cyberspying and the impact on the U.S. power grid. Dr. Reed is the director of the Swanson School of Engineering's Power and Energy Initiative.

Congratulations to professors Alexander K. Jones and Jun Yang who were awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

COE students Brian Dicks, John Hill and Chris Sproull took second place overall in the Computer Science Day undergraduate poster competition.

Samuel Dickerson, a Ph.D. student  in the  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was a first place winner in the annual Big Idea Competition, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence.  He won Best New Product Idea for his idea of a low-cost, portable cytometer.  A cytometer is a device for counting the number of cells in a fluid sample, such as blood.  The mobile nature of the product would enable diagnostic tests, such as for AIDS, to occur more easily in rural medical clinics in developing countries.  This product idea stems from his current research and his co-advisors are Professors Steven P. Levitan from ECE and Donald M. Chiarulli from Computer Science.

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced February 18 that it will collaborate with the University of Pittsburgh’s (Pitt’s) Swanson School of Engineering to help train students in the burgeoning electric power engineering field and usher in the next generation of power-delivery technology. more

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering invites applications in anticipation of two positions for tenure stream professors at either the assistant or associate level. more

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes Dr. Gregory Reed to the faculty. Dr. Reed will serve as Director of the Power & Engery Initiative and as an Associate Professor in ECE.

Dr. Kevin Chen has received three grants from NSF and Electro-Optic Center totalling more than $700,000. These grants will fund research in fiber optics and nanotechnology.

Professor Allen Cheng, as sole PI, has been awarded a $75,000 NSF grant for his interdisciplinary forward-looking bio-implantable computing research on “Exploring Artificial Neural Networks to Develop Self-Adaptive Threat Detection Techniques for Bio-Implantable System-on-Chip.”

Professor Allen Cheng, as sole PI, has received the Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare Award from Microsoft Research for his interdisciplinary biomedical computing research proposal: “A Mobile Platform for Continuous Real-Time Monitoring and Automatic Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases.” This extremely competitive grant award consists of $100,000 unrestricted gift fund and a $50,000 hardware and software equipment donation. Prof. Cheng’s proposal was one of only 14 proposal worldwide (among 144 proposals received from 24 countries, or < 10% acceptance rate) to receive Microsoft Research’s Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare award.

Charles Jewart, PhD student under Prof. Kevin Peng Chen, received an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award. This is an interdisciplinary graduate program in sustainable engineering offering a six month research residence in Brazil from the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative.

Jun Yang has been awarded a 2008 NSF Career Award for her proposal CAREER-EHS: Thermal-Aware Scheduleing for Embedded Planar and 3D Chip Microprossesors.

Graduate student Di Xu's research work is highlighted as the cover story of the July 21, 2008 issue of Applied Physics letters. Di's paper is titled Holographic fabrication of diamondlike photonic crystal template using two-dimensional diffractive optical elements. Di works with Dr. Kevin Chen.

COE graduate Jeremy Herrman '07 and his start-up company Chogger were featured in the recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about AlphaLab in the South Side.

Prof. Kevin Peng Chen has been awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Our congratulations go to Prof. Chen who is an expert in fiber optic sensors, radio isotope based micro power systems, and ultra-fast laser processing.

EE senior Julie Kleinman was the recipient of the 2008 Swanson School of Engineering Alumni Student Leadership Award. Her award was presented by Dean Holder at the Distinguished Alumni Banquet March 20, 2008.

ECE graduate student Michael Buric has been awarded an SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering. This $2500 scholarship is awarded to promising optical science and engineering students who are recognized as future leaders in the photonics field in the United States. SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light.

A team of seniors (in alphabetical order: John Bennewitz (MEMS), José Bernardo (MEMS), Michael Chrin (ECE), and Adam Wick (MEMS)) have successfully competed in NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (RGSFOP). This represents the first time that University of Pittsburgh has been selected for this program. They will get to fly their experiment in the famous "vomit comet" this summer in order to test their hypotheses in a simulated zero gravity condition. The team did an extraordinary job of identifying a pertinent problem, researching relevant background information, designing the test rig, and conceiving the experimental design. Their efforts culminated with the creation of a 68-page proposal, which was reminiscent of a masters thesis. More information about their project can be found here.

Graduate students Zsolt Poole and Di Xu's research work is highlighted as the cover story of the December 17, 2007 issue of Applied Physics letters. Zsolt and Di's paper titled "Holographic fabrication of three-dimensional orthorhombic and tetragonal photonic crystal templates using a diffractive optical element" demonstrates a novel method to construct three-dimensional nanostructrues using a single optical element. Both students work with Dr. Kevin Chen.

Interviews from Gayatri Mehta and Swapna Dontharaju were highlighted on the front page of the DACeZine (Vol. 3, No. 1) which is circulated to a wide audience of design automation academia and industry. full article

EDA can shine beyond IC borders, an article written by DAC Chairman and Professor Steve Levitan, was published in the EE Times May 28, 2007.

Professor Alex K. Jones has been awarded an NSF grant for research in the area of compilers for high performance computing. more

Professor Alex K. Jones has been awarded a TTC grant to develop a low-power reconfigurable computer and design automation tool. more

The 2007 School of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Banquet, scheduled for April 4, 2007, will honor John A. Jurenko (BSE-EE '56) as the School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus and Thomas D. Mino (BSE-EE '68) as the ECE Distinguished Alumnus. more more

The CAREER Award, the NSF's most prestigious award to junior faculty starting their independent research careers, has been awarded to ECE faculty member Kevin Chen. Dr. Chen will use the award to explore the design and fabrication flexibilities of microstructured optical fiber to develop novel fiber sensors with unprecedented functionality and performance.

Penguins in the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium are keeping cool, thanks partly to technology developed in Pitt's School of Engineering. more more

Pitt to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Voice Radio Transmission: "Father of Radio" Reginald Fessenden did pioneering work while chair of Pitt's EE Dept. more more

Pitt to Open $6.1 Million Nanofabrication Facility, Serving the University’s Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute for NanoScience and Engineering, Sept. 29, 2006. more more

Pitt Combines Tiny Science, Tiny Tech in Multidisciplinary NSF-Funded Course.
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Congratulations to spring 2006 EE graduates Leon Li and Robert Nickl on receiving National Science Foundation Fellowships for Graduate Study.

EE senior Joe Pasqualichio has been selected as the recipient of the 2006 Engineering Alumni Student Leadership Award. His award will be presented at the Distinguished Alumni Banquent on April 19, 2006.

Daliang Leon Li, EE senior, has recently been designated a Hertz Fellowship Finalist. ECE would like to congratulate Leon on this outstanding achievement. more

Congratulations to Bill McGahey on receiving the Chancellor's Award for Staff Excellence in service to the community and the University.

ECE would like to congratulate EE senior Joe Pasqualichio on winning the SGB Presidency.
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Congratulations to Michael Fuerch, University of Pittsburgh's Co-op Student of the Year. Mike's co-op was with FedEx Ground. His name has been submitted to the Co-op Division of the American Society of Engerring Education for the national competition. Mike, along with the other finalists, will be recognized at the annual co-op dinner in December.

Pitt Engineering successfully completed its review visit by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology November 6-8, 2005.
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ECE welcomes our new Chairman, William Stanchina and his family to Pitt on Monday, October 17, 2005.
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Summer Seminar: Bill Hohl from ARM, Inc will be presenting a seminar on ARM architecture on Monday, July 25, 2005 in 424 Benedum at 2:30pm.

Friday, October 1, 2004 Noon; Chevron Science Center, Room 12A. The Institute of NanoScience and Engineering Seminar presents Patterned Bilayers and Tethered Vesicles: Tools for Membrane Biology by Professor Steven G. Boxer, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University.

This summer, ECE student Erich Nowe participated in the Semester at Sea program. You can view pictures and stories of the Summer 2004 Voyage or visit the Semester at Sea Web page for more information about this program.

Red Bull Flügtag—Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, August 14, 2004: Spring 2004 EE Graduate Dave Pravilk and his team America, Oh Beautiful will compete against 28 other teams with their unique yet traditional aircraft material—aluminum beer cans. The event is free and gates open at 11 a.m.

Robot Rivals—Finals: Friday, June 25, 2004, 9 p.m. Union College and the University of Pittsburgh battle for the championship in this final episode of the season when they build Rescue Robot Locksmiths.

 

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