News and Highlights
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Professor Esther Takeuchi Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
Professor Esther Takeuchi was one of eight faculty selected as a SUNY Distinguished Professor this month at a meeting of the SUNY Board of Trustees. This is the highest faculty rank that can be achieved within the SUNY system. Please join us once again in congratulating Dr. Takeuchi on this accomplishment.
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Professor Esther Takeuchi Selected for 2009 National Medal of Technology
Professor Esther Takeuchi was selected as a recipient of the 2009 National Medal of Technology, the highest honor given from the United States to recognize technological achievement. Professor Takeuchi is the only woman receiving this award in 2009, and is one of only four individuals in the country to be selected for the award this year. She will travel to the White House to accept her award from President Obama on October 7th. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Takeuchi on this momentous accomplishment.
For more information on this award, please see the following link: UB Reporter article, 9/18/2009.
To listen to an interview with Esther Takeuchi on her accomplishment, please see the following link:
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Join Us for Open House! Saturday, 10/17
The Department of Electrical Engineering will once again be participating in this year's Open House. The Department Chair, other faculty, and current EE students will provide prospective high school students with an inside look at all our department has to offer. Please see the department calendar for further details: EE Calendar.
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Professor Dimitris Pados Named Associate Chair of Electrical Engineering
Professor Pados was recently named the Associate Chair of Electrical Engineering. Professor Pados has been with EE since 1997, and continues to be an integral member of the Electrical Engineering faculty. His work in communications theory and systems has resulted in more than 100 journal and conference proceedings papers, best journal and conference paper awards, and nearly $3M in federal research funding. He was also a recent recipient of the 2009 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Pados has continually demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, and service, and this promotion into a leadership role is a well-deserved recognition of all his continued efforts within the department. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Pados on his new position.
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EE Welcomes Largest Incoming Graduate Class in History
Our department recently welcomed the largest incoming class of graduate students in the history of our department. Nearly 120 new graduate students entered our M.S. and Ph.D. programs this fall. The current overall graduate student body is also the largest it has ever been.
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Professor Stella Batalama Named Associate Dean for Research
Professor Batalama was named the Associate Dean for Research within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Professor Batalama's own success in the field of Communications, and her more than $2 million in research awards from the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, helped propel her into this important role within our School. In this new position Professor Batalama will work to expand current research efforts within all of the School's departments and to increase the success rate of our research proposals. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Batalama on her new appointment.
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Professor Alexander N. Cartwright Named Chair of Electrical Engineering
Professor Alexander Cartwright is the new chair of Electrical Engineering. Professor Cartwright is an accomplished teacher, researcher and administrator. He has numerous awards for excellence including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the NSF CAREER Award and the ONR Young Investigator Award. Professor Cartwright has served as the Director or Co-Director of several research centers and institutes at the University since joining the faculty in 1995. Most recently he has served as the Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives. In that role he was responsible for coordination and planning of the eight multidisciplinary strategic strengths established through the UB2020 planning process. Professor Cartwright has published over 100 peer reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, presented over 30 invited talks, and has had his intellectual property licensed by three different companies.
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Professor Jonathan Bird Publishes 2nd Edition of Transport in Nanostructures
Cambridge University Press has just published the 2nd
Edition of Transport in Nanostructures, co-authored by Professor Jonathan Bird and his two colleagues at Arizona State University, Stephen Goodnick and David Ferry. Further details of the book can be found on the Cambridge University Press website. >>
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Professor Adly Fam Awarded US Patent
US Patent No. 7,492,312 has been issued issued on 2/17/2009 to Dr.Adly T. Fam and Dr. Indranil Sarkar: "Multiplicative Mismatched Filters for Optimum Range Sidelobe Suppression in Barker Code Reception". Dr. Sarkar Obtained his Ph. D. on September 2007 with Professor Fam as his major advisor.
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Professor Y.K. Yoon Receives UB Exceptional Scholar Award: Young Investigator Award for 2009
This award was established in 2001 to recognize tenure-track junior faculty whose body of work over a number of years has garnered professional or public accolades beyond the norm for faculty at a similar career stage. The UB Exceptional Scholar and Teaching Innovation Awards reception was held on Monday, May 18th, 3-5pm, in the Kaveeshwar Gallery in 501 Capen Hall.
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The University at Buffalo IEEE Student Section Earned 3rd Place in the Micromouse competition
The University at Buffalo IEEE student section earned 3rd place in the Micromouse competition The competition was part of the 2009 IEEE Region 1 Student Conference held on April 25, 2009 in Trenton, NJ. The participants were: Richie Brosius, Matt Bowers, Thomas Smith, Jimmy Wu, Tom Piwtorak, David Berquist, Adriane Wotawa-Bergen, Matt Swasey, Eric Musuta and Rich Bell. The Micromouse contest is a technological competition dedicated to the creation of an automatic machine that could explore autonomously a labyrinth, reach its center, and eventually find the shortest path between the start and end. The team came away with a $500 reward for their excellence. -
Professor Jonathan Bird Receives UB Exceptional Scholar Award: Sustained Achievement Award for 2009
Professor Bird received this award in recognition of his continued research excellence in his field. Most significantly, he has made vast contributions to the field of nanoelectronics.
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Professor Dimitris Pados Receives SUNY Chancellor's Award
Professor Dimitris A. Pados received the 2009 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. ``The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are System-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition of and tribute to these individuals' expertise, dedication, and commitment. Award recipients personify professional excellence and serve as role models for the State University of New York community - `To Learn, to Search, to Serve.' '' [Chancellor's Awards for Excellence Memorandum, Policies and Procedures] -
Professor Pao-Lo Liu Selected by Students of Tau Beta Pi as 2009 Professor of the Year
Tau Beta Pi, The Engineering Honor Society, UB SEAS Chapter, has selected Professor Liu as the 2009 Professor of the Year. Professor Liu's outstanding efforts in the classroom earned him this important recognition by our students. Among other things, Professor Liu developed demonstrations and incorporated remote labs in his lectures to enhance the learning experience of his students.
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EE Congratulates Student Edwin De Roux Fuentes for Award at RadarCon '09
Fuentes' article with Professor Adly Fam was selected as the one of the best papers of those considered in our Travel Grant Competition. These travel grants, courtesy of NASA, are provided to students of US institutions. The article, entitled "Mismatched Filters for Frank Polyphase Codes Via Sidelobe Inversion," has been awarded a grant of up to $1,500.
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Junior Christopher Llop Wins Esteemed Morris K. Udall Scholarship
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Sophomore Claire Lochner Awarded Prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Claire Lochner, class of 2011, has received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. She is the only recipient this year from the University at Buffalo. The award is based on academic excellence and is awarded to students that "have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering." Claire has been actively involved in the electrical engineering department. She served as a student assistant with Professor Zirnheld and as a research assistant with Professor Cartwright. As a student assistant with Professor Zirnheld, she enlightened freshmen engineers with her knowledge to help them solve interdisciplinary case studies as part of EAS 140, an introductory course for the school of engineering and applied sciences. During her research experience with Professor Cartwright, she investigated the development of flexible solar cells made from plastics using an inexpensive fabrication process. In addition, she has been actively involved in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Chapter, Engineers for a Sustainable World, the Society of Women Engineers, the Engineering Impact on Society Group, and the UB Engineering Ambassador program. Her vast contributions to our University illustrate her commitment to advancing the engineering profession.
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Don MacFarland, Current EE Student, Receives UB Presidential Fellowship
Don MacFarland, current EE Student, has received UB Presidential Fellowship. For more information about The UB Presidential Fellowship Award Click here. -
Assistant Professor Search: Multiscale Modeling
The University at Buffalo (SUNY) seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of multiscale modeling of the production, assembly, and properties of engineered nanoscale materials, structures, or devices. Appointment at higher rank is possible in exceptional cases. Example research areas of interest include, but are not limited to: modeling energy transport in materials and devices for thermoelectric, photovoltaic, and photocatalytic applications; modeling of nanoscale devices in the regime of strong quantum effects; coarse-graining or multi-scale modeling strategies that link quantum chemistry and atomistic molecular simulations to the nano, micro, and macro scales; and simulation of the transport of natural and human-made nanostructures in biological environments. This position is associated with the UB2020 Strategic Strength in Integrated Nanostructured Systems (www.nano.buffalo.edu), one of eight areas of scholarly activity identified for strategic investment at UB. The home department of the successful candidate will be determined by mutual agreement at the time of hiring, and could be Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, or Electrical Engineering. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, statements of teaching and research plans, and names of three references via the UBJobs system, at www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu, referencing posting number 0900080. The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Recruiter
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Dan Muffoletto, Senior in EE, Awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students who have received recognition for student excellence. This award is given to the students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include arts, athletics, career achievement, community service, and leadership.
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Professor Alexander N. Cartwright Receives the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Faculty Excellence Award for 2008
Professor Cartwright received a Faculty Excellence Award, given to select faculty members who showed exceptional diligence and effort towards being both productive (quantity) and excellent (quality) in all their activities. Professor Cartwright was one of only two School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty members to receive this award.
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Interview with Professor Esther Takeuchi Published in C&E News Magazine
An interview with Prof. Esther S. Takeuchi has been published in C&E News magazine of American Chemical Society. Prof. Takeuchi is Co-Director of NYSTAR Center for Advanced Technology in Bioniformatics and Biomedicine. She is also a recent recipient of Astellas Foundation Award (2008) administered by American Chemical Society. For a full profile of Prof. Takeuchi, see her personal Web page.
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Professor James Whalen and Professor Y.K. Yoon to Lead Newly-established Bird Technologies Group Fellowship Program
Dr. Whalen and Dr. Yoon will lead a newly-established Bird Technologies Group Fellowship Program. Bird Technologies Group, Solon, OH, has given $200,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to advance research and education in UB's RF/microwave systems program. In honor of the corporation's gift, space in the new engineering building to be constructed on UB's North (Amherst) Campus will be called the Bird Technologies Group Microwave Laboratory. The gift also establishes the Bird Technologies Group Fellowship Program. UB electrical engineering faculty Yong-Kyu Yoon, Assistant Professor, and James J. Whalen, Professor, will lead the newly established Bird Technologies Fellowship Program, which will provide scholarship support for three students in electrical engineering. For more information Click Here.