Honors and Awards

[Watch the lecture] Sylvester’s innovations in ultra-low-power computing led to the Michigan Micro Mote, the world’s smallest computer.

Winful is recognized for promoting the university’s goals around diversity, equity and inclusion.

The award recognizes Prof. Wenisch’s contributions to memory persistency and energy-efficient systems.

Winful is recognized for his decades of outstanding leadership and commitment to developing a culturally and ethnically diverse University of Michigan community.

KLA sponsored prizes for three outstanding projects focused on improving image processing for neurosurgery and satellite applications and MRI reconstruction techniques.

Cormier has served as CSE’s UA from the start and has helped to shape one of the most dynamic and influential units at the College of Engineering.

Dr. Herrera-Fierro goes out of her way to support student, faculty, and external users of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, and is considered a key component of its success

PhD Coordinator Kristen Thornton continues to go above and beyond for the ECE graduate student community by creating new events, new office hours, and helping to launch a new Master’s program all during the global pandemic.

As Unit Administrator for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Armstrong has been a driving force for many of the department’s biggest advancements, and she’s known for fostering a thriving, inclusive, collaborative, and fun environment.

Scarborough was recognized by the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation for developing a superior method to model and simulate traveling-wave modulation along two dimensions in metamaterials.

An interdisciplinary team of faculty created a new introductory course in robotics that is designed for inclusivity by focusing on linear algebra instead of AP calculus, opening it up to freshman students with a broad mathematical background.

Marina’s research in security closely investigates the boundary between software and hardware.

These students are recognized by the department for their outstanding scholarship, research, service, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Students throughout the College of Engineering are eligible for these awards; ten went to EECS students for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.

Through her work in augmented reality, Jaylin hopes to improve the accessibility of emerging technologies for people with disabilities and expand access to computing.

It was another outstanding year for the EECS honor society, that works hard to serve while having fun

Through his work in NLP and computational social science, Sky hopes to understand complex social interactions and contribute towards the democratization of technology.

Through his work, Tim hopes to dramatically accelerate genomic sequencing analysis, enabling the use of handheld genomic sequencers to produce actionable diagnostic data within minutes.

Zhizhuo is interested in computer vision and its ability to make breakthroughs in interdisciplinary fields such as ecology and climatology.

Jule is active in teaching and outreach activities to help broaden participation in the field of computer science and engineering.

Gruber’s research is expected to further the practicality of integrated circuits for high-speed, high-power applications.

Rao’s research in miniaturized antennas is applicable to VHF band and 5G applications

Zan’s research on high frequency power converters for wireless power transfer has a wide range of applications

Crockett’s dissertation will integrate two fields: image processing & machine learning and engineering education research

Borsch’s research in light-driven quantum electronics is expected to guide next-generation quantum devices

Four ECE doctoral students were selected for their outstanding research work in a variety of disciplines.

Sijia is working to ensure the safety, stability and cost effectiveness of future power systems that are dominated by renewable resources, through fundamental studies of system operation.

The award recognizes Nadakuditi’s outstanding contributions in the area of computational data science and machine learning

The fellowship will advance her work in inferring relational world knowledge in machines with explicit and implicit representations.

The fellowship will advance his research on exploiting hardware reconfigurability in an effort to bridge the gap between programmability and efficiency that affects modern computing systems.

The paper introduces new hardware and software design principles to improve the performance of several important large-scale irregular workloads.

The award is given for active participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.

His work is in the area of coordinating systems of autonomous agents that operate in uncertain, dynamic environments.

The EECS Department has honored five faculty for their sustained excellence in instruction and curricular development, distinguished participation in service activities, or for their significant achievements in scholarly research.

Herrick is Senior Fellow and Director of Advanced Enabling Technology at Raytheon Company and serves on the ECE advisory council.

Hanson is founder and CTO of Ambiq Micro, a startup semiconductor company that works to advance ultra-low power electronics for next generation Internet of Things.

Shenoy, who also serves as General Manager of the Data Platforms Group at Intel Corporation, is the recipient of the 2020 ECE Alumni Impact Award in recognition of his distinguished career.

Javidi is a professor of ECE at the University of California, San Diego, where she specializes in Communication & Information Processing Systems and Networks, and works to empower engineering students of all backgrounds.

Jin, a chair professor of ECE at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, describes his time at Michigan, and his career as an educator.

Prof. Mingyan Liu is a key member of a project to mitigate bias in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning systems for long-term equitable outcomes.

His work on reinforcement learning is aimed at accelerating the training of RL agents.

Komma, a PhD student, is working to develop robust low powered localization technology for Artificial Intelligence enabled Internet of Things in locations where GPS is limited or blocked.

The award celebrates those who have gone above and beyond to service and support social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Roberts works to improve remote sensing of soil moisture, which is important for environmental conservation, natural resource management, and agriculture.

PhD student Cody Scarborough was recognized for his work advancing the understanding and study of electromagnetic waves.

Chowdhury is an expert in network-informed data systems design for big data and AI applications.

Allemang focuses on amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film electronics, which can support the next generation of electronic skins, textiles, solar cells, and displays.

Prof. Finelli’s programs and scholarship have enriched the education of countless engineering students.

This distinction recognizes young researchers with exceptional promise who are having an impact on the world.

Gurevich is recognized for his distinguished contributions to logic, particularly finite model theory, and the development of abstract state machines.

PhD students Behnoush Rostami, Zhanni Wu, and Xueru Zhang will participate in the intensive workshop that brings together outstanding women interested in pursuing academic careers in EECS.

This honor recognizes outstanding researchers with eight or more papers at the International Symposium on Microarchitecture.

The award recognizes early career faculty who show great promise in developing future computing technologies.

Prof. Yogesh Gianchandani and Dr. Yutao Qin received an “Outstanding Paper Award” for their fully electronic micro gas chromatography system.

Research led by Prof. Zetian Mi to advance LEDs for high-efficiency, high-performance displays is recognized with the Distinguished Paper Award from the Society for Information Display.

Prof. Euisik Yoon and his team are recognized for their work designing low-noise, multisite/multicolor optoelectrodes that will help neurologists learn more about neural connectivity in the brain.

ECE postdoc Melissa Haskell works on improving functional magnetic resonance imaging so we can better measure and understand brain activity.

His work is in complexity theory of distributed computing.

The Rising Star Award is based on an individual’s whole body of work in the first five years after the PhD.

A new system called Leap earned a Best Paper award at USENIX ATC ‘20 for producing remote memory access speed on par with local machines over data center networks.

Flynn is one of five U-M professors honored with this award, which recognizes his excellence in mentoring doctoral students and commitment to fostering a supportive academic environment.

Prof. Mi will speak about the advances in ultraviolet optoelectronics for improved disinfection and water purification.

Prof. Kamal Sarabandi and ECE PhD student Navid Barani won a best paper award for their research on how biological cells may use electromagnetic signal transmission to communicate.

PhD student Ester Bentley designs smaller, better 3D mechanical resonators for use in high-performance gyroscopes to help unmanned systems navigate when GPS signal is jammed or lost.

PhD student Trevor Odelberg’s low power circuits help us make sense of our environment while reducing battery waste.

PhD student Matthew Belz will work to develop jamming-resistant radar systems for autonomous vehicles.

Andre was chosen for her outstanding research and commitment to outreach activities.

Weimer is well known as a passionate educator, and for going the extra mile to engage with and advocate for students.

Prof. Terry was teaching Introduction to Electronic Circuits when the classrooms went dark due to COVID-19.

Prof. David Wentzloff’s paper examining the trends and techniques to achieve ultra-low power receivers was honored by the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Six ECE graduate students were selected for their outstanding research work in a variety of disciplines.

Prof. Hofmann was praised for his careful attention to staff and treating them as true partners in trying to improve life at Michigan for our students.

Zhang is working to improve data security and address important ethical issues related to AI and discriminatory data sets.

Her work uses machine learning to measure mood, emotion, and other aspects of human behavior for purposes of providing early or real-time interventions for people in managing their health.

Prof. Ahmadi will contribute to the science and technology of efficient, high-frequency, high-power transistors for 5G and beyond

Wu is working on advanced metasurfaces, which could help next-generation wireless communication, commercial and military radar systems, imaging, and antenna systems.

Hero was elected "for contributions to the mathematical foundations of signal processing and data science."

Subarno Banerjee uses program analysis to improve software systems’ safety and security.

Winful has made fundamental contributions to nonlinear optics and the physics of tunneling, while also championing an inclusive department.

We congratulate these students for achieving notable success in the areas of academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

The Duke University Professor delivered a virtual talk on enabling hybrid thin films for optoelectronics and shared her memories of Michigan.

The College of Engineering recognized Pierce with the Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award for his support and commitment to the U-M student chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

The College of Engineering honors ECE PhD candidate Tianlin Wang for his excellent research in remote sensing as well as his leadership and service to the community.

Mahdavifar is preparing for a future of billions of connected devices and an unprecedented increase in mobile traffic.

Prof. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz and PhD student Xin Zan were honored at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition for their work improving the efficiency and reliability of wireless power transfer.

ECE PhD student Brian Raeker was awarded a Towner Prize for Outstanding Engineering GSIs.

The researcher-entrepreneur who helped bring OLED displays to the masses envisions a future of efficient lighting and next-gen solar power.

Blaauw’s innovations in low-power computing led to development of the Michigan Micro Mote, the world’s smallest computer.

A professor of electrical engineering and computer science is awarded one of engineering’s top honors.

PhD student Hsiang-Wen Chen, who works to improve integrated circuits, was awarded the Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship.

Nees is honored for his excellence in research and scholarship, as well as his distinguished career as a key member of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.

Pradhan is honored for his dedication to students and commitment to improving education at all levels.

Prof. Balzano is honored for her all-around excellence in teaching, mentorship, and curriculum development.

Prof. Phillips is honored for his excellence in serving the campus community through development of extracurriculars, mentorship, and academic programs.

For “exemplifying the leadership and vision of Dr. King,” three members of ECE were honored as part of U-M’s annual MLK symposium.

Wurman and his cofounders were recognized for their invention of the Kiva system, a revolutionary warehouse order fulfillment system that uses mobile robots and control software to bring inventory shelves to workers.

Kim takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle challenges in heterogeneous classes of energy-efficient and versatile communication systems.

From rubbing elbows with royalty to finding yourself a casual seatmate to a member of U2, Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou, Prof. Donna Strickland, and their former U-M colleagues shared their experiences and reflections on the 2018 Nobel Prize ceremony.

Co-chaired by Dr. David Chesney, the team was formed to address how disabled students experience campus.

Seven staff and two faculty are recognized for taking extra steps to advance the College of Engineering's vision, mission and values within Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Sarabandi is an internationally-renowned researcher in the areas of applied electromagnetics and remote sensing.

U-M researchers have created a new means of enabling reliable wireless underwater communication, which could aid military, environmental, and conservation purposes.

Rick Bergman, EVP of Computing and Graphics at Advanced Micro Devices, came to campus to accept the 2019 ECE Alumni Impact Award and spoke about his career and the future of computing and human interface.

Prof Jagadish is an internationally recognized expert in the field of very large databases.

Yee gave advice to students on how to best prepare for a career helping produce the next generation of high-tech electronics.

Bertacco will advocate for and support university initiatives that create opportunities for action-based and engaged student learning.

McLaughlin spoke about how academic institutions can take better care of their students’ mental health while providing a fuller academic experience, as well as his love for U-M.

The intensive workshop brings together outstanding women who are graduate students or postdocs interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering and computer science.

Prof. Ahmadi will investigate promising new materials needed for an increasingly electrified world

For his work championing ECE from the classroom to the boardroom, Nicolaos Alexopoulos has received Michigan Engineering’s 2019 Alumni Award, the highest accolade given by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board.

For her outstanding dedication to electrical and computer engineering education at the University of Michigan, Karen Fireman is honored with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award.

Pioneering computer technology that is spurring innovation and disruption across industries has earned David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, professors of electrical engineering and computer science, this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award.

Cassie Blue, the bipedal robot, takes advantage of the 2019 polar vortex to set a record-breaking walk.

The team was awarded a Best New Application Paper Award by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society for their work developing reliable control systems for Lane Keeping and Adaptive Cruise Control.

Predicting future disasters is an important goal of those participating in the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

The goal of Lasecki’s proposal is to create methods for making AI systems more robust and flexible.

The research impacts development of high-efficiency, micro LEDs, used in a variety of applications.

Wiens is transitioning to Co-Director from a successful role as a Co-Lead for Precision Health’s Data Analytics & IT Workgroup, which expanded access to data and research tools across the university.

Baveja’s paper tackled the difficult problem of giving artificial intelligence a way to understand and represent knowledge collected over time.

The research generated a chatbot to help users sift through important details in privacy policies.

The research suggests that common blacklist-based prevention systems are ineffective.

The symposium brings together 82 young engineers from different technical areas from around the country.

Mostafa Zaky has built an award-winning model that helps estimate the amount of water stored in snowpacks, which could improve climate change and flood forecasting, as well as overall water resource management.

Hero’s research in signal processing has explored theoretical foundations and applications including personalized health imaging and information networks.

Mudge’s paper examined the power-saving needs of high-performance computing.

Stephen R. Forrest has been selected as U-M’s 2020 Henry Russel Lecturer, the university’s highest honor for senior faculty members.

Hanzhang Pei (ECE) and Darwin F. Cordovilla Leon (Applied Physics) were selected for their potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.

Huang won the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics for her work developing better electromagnetic models that calculate microwave interactions with tree and vegetation cover.

Estakhri is a PhD student studying quantum optics and its potential to impact communication and biomedical imaging.

The STARX suit helps first-responders bear greater weights and spend less energy.

Top Picks is an annual special edition of IEEE Micro magazine that acknowledges the 10-12 most significant research papers.

As an undergrad, Nooshabadi designed tiny transmitters with big potential and received fellowships from the Department of Defense and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.

The College of Engineering has chosen Prof. Phillips as the recipient of this year’s Staff-Faculty Partnership Award. The award is given to only one faculty member in the entire college.

Ann Stals is one of four College of Engineering staff members honored with the Staff Excellence Award. She was selected for her exemplary work as the Alumni Engagement and Events Manager for ECE.

Balzano will work with Portuguese researcher Mário Figueiredo to develop new machine learning methods impacting medical diagnosis and treatment.

Defibrillator security paper receives Test of Time Award from IEEE Security & Privacy

To honor the work and integral help of the top Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) and Instructional Aides (IAs) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the division held a special awards ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2019.

PhD student Glen Chou is focused on ensuring that autonomous systems, including cars and robots, never threaten human safety.

Danai Koutra earned the award for her proposal to innovate the way we use networks to understand the world and speed up our technology.

PhD candidate Elizabeth Hou was awarded an honorable mention for her presentation at the Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences on her research that could help monitor nuclear nonproliferation.

For his creative, ambitious, and impactful dissertation, PhD student Mehrdad Moharrami receives the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.

PhD student Xin Zan is helping to free the world from cords, which could advance implantable medical devices, autonomous electric vehicles, and consumer electronics.

An expert in discrete event systems, Lafortune is currently teaching a sophomore level class in Signals and Systems.

Jenkins has been appointed as one of seven new members on the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council, which is affiliated with the Computing Research Association (CRA). His term begins July 1.

Guzdial is a leading expert in the field of computing education, and was one of its earliest researchers.

Bertacco is a key leader in efforts to improve the representation of women in computer science and develop more extensive cross-cultural connections within the department.

The goal of the work was to identify seven things about who the subject was talking to just by analyzing text messages.

EECS-ECE PhD student Milad Zolfagharloo Koohi is working to make smartphones faster and smaller through his research in the field of RF devices.

Halderman will work to further educate lawmakers, future cybersecurity experts, and the public about how to ensure that election results can relied upon and verified

We congratulate these students for achieving notable success in the areas of academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

EECS-ECE PhD student Laura Andre is recognized by the College of Engineering with the Distinguished Leadership Award for her outstanding contributions to the college, university, and community.

EECS-ECE PhD student Md Salman Nazir is recognized by the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems for his outstanding reviews of recent papers. He works at the Michigan Power and Energy Lab.

Chowdhury connects all unused memory in a data cluster and treats it as a single unit.

EECS-ECE PhD student Navid Barani received the IEEE APS Doctoral Research Award for his work modeling how bacteria use electromagnetic waves to communicate, which could lead to medical breakthroughs.

Gehner’s academic career includes advancing power electronics and crafting new extraterrestrial vehicles for MRover. She received the IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship for her promising future in power and energy.

Gérard Mourou, Professor Emeritus of EECS, returned to campus to discuss winning the Nobel Prize and his work in high-intensity optics.

Lasers of tomorrow might neutralize nuclear waste, clean up space junk and advance proton therapy to treat cancer, says Gerard Mourou.

Her research deciphering messy data sets will first tackle applications in genetics and computer vision.

Zhang is recognized with the Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship for his work designing hardware solutions that could help support computer vision and machine learning.

Ten years ago, Prof. Westley Weimer set out to shave off time and expenditure sunk into patch fixes.

“Thanks to his tireless support and unparalleled patience, I am now equipped with a fundamental research skill set.”

To meet computing demand in a post Moore’s Law future, Das develops new architectures that improve performance by orders of magnitude.

PhD student Brandon Russell is awarded the Rackham International Student Fellowship for his research on magnetic fields in high-energy plasmas, which could help advance the development of clean energy and our understanding of energetic astrophysical phenomena.

Congratulations to these recipients of the EECS Outstanding Achievement Award

Published in 1999, Todd Austin’s paper turned out to be a major contribution to the field, cited over 870 times

Mathieu will develop optimization and control methods to leverage the flexibility available from distributed energy resources.

Mihalcea has dedicated substantial effort to developing programs aimed at introducing women to the world of computing

Prof. Zhang receives outstanding evaluations from students and opens their imagination to research in the field of VLSI circuits and systems.

Kevin Compton has been committed to service in his work that has enhanced the student experience

Bill Arthur was recognized for demonstrating sustained excellence in instruction and guidance.

Jagadish will help lead MIDAS into its next stage and further expand data science efforts across disciplines.

With $7.5M MURI grant, Professor Anthony Grbic is developing metamaterials for a new generation of integrated electromagnetic and photonic systems.

Laird has been an energetic contributor to AI and cognitive science for over 30 years

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to education, Dr. David Chesney has been named a 2018-2019 Toby Teorey Collegiate Lecturer.

The award recognizes Mathieu’s outstanding teaching, research, and service in the area of power and energy.

Applications include managing large networked systems, such as sensor networks, power grids, or computer networks.

Eight ECE faculty and staff have been recognized by the College of Engineering for their creativity, innovation, and daring approaches to their work.

Dreslinski is working with a $9.5million DARPA grant to overcome the limitations of Moore’s Law

Professor emerita and transgender advocate Lynn Conway delivered the 2018 Winter Commencement address to U-M graduates.

Bhattacharya honored for the development and commercialization of quantum dot lasers.

The Honorable Zachary Lemnios, recipient of the 2018 ECE Alumni Impact Award, believes we are entering the Golden Age of Engineering.

The new $2.5 million endowment to support a professorship is the second U-M sponsorship from Toyota

Lafortune's research in discrete event systems includes multiple problem domains, with applications to computer and software systems.

Nine technologies competed for $75k in the ECE Innovator Program, which emphasizes a team approach to entrepreneurial success.

Students’ projects encompassed a wide variety of fields: revolutionizing energy systems, advancing technologies, and improving cybersecurity.

“His course really opened my eyes to the difficulties that some people have when using a universally designed product.”

Lynn Conway is a leader in the microchip design revolution that made cell phones and laptops possible, and an internationally-recognized advocate for transgender rights.

Prof. Balzano uses statistical signal processing, matrix factorization, and optimization to unravel dynamic and messy data.

Prof. Mortazawi recognized as a distinguished educator in the field of microwave engineering and science.

Prof. Grbic is a world leader in the development of metamaterials and metasurfaces.

Austin is a recognized leader in the area of computer architecture research.

From blowing up microwaves to inspiring a new generation of microwave engineers, Professor Franklin shares her research, insights, and thoughts on the future of women in engineering.

The highest accolade from the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board goes to a thought leader with a track record of predicting the industry’s future.

VP of the world’s largest gaming and social company, Tong spoke to students about AI, pursuing a global maximum in your career, and what it’s like to work in China when you don’t speak Mandarin.

“We are trying to change the stereotypes.”

Prof. Kira was recognized for his pioneering contributions to the theory of semiconductor quantum optics.

At U-M, Gérard Mourou advanced ‘chirped pulse amplification,’ leading to more precise LASIK eye surgery and pushing the limits of optical science.

Jonathan Kummerfeld is recognized for his work in artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on language.

Eric Michielssen has discovered a new way to rapidly analyze electromagnetic phenomena, and it’s catching on.

Mihalcea and Wendlandt believe a key strategy to increasing the number of women in computing research is to introduce them to the research process early on.

To dial in on exact wind speeds, researchers needed to reverse engineering the signals from satellites.

Kim’s research is expected to impact the future design and wireless operation of the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices

Ozay is one of four U-M faculty members selected to receive a Henry Russel Award for 2019. The Award is one of the university’s highest honors for junior faculty members.

Cybersecurity entrepreneur and interdisciplinary researcher named 15th chair of ECE

New research into implanted medical devices and peer-to-peer charging.

An award-winning method will help us better understand how much snow is on the ground.

This award is given to the VLDB paper published ten years earlier that has had the most influence since its publication.

Mingyan Liu, recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Innovator of the Year award, gave a talk about her startup company and participated on a panel discussing data science commercialiation.

In recognition of demand response research.

Dissertation recognized as unusually creative, ambitious and impactful.

Das is passionate about promoting diversity and mentoring women in computer science.

Stander has given 33 years of exceptional service to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as a Hardware and Electronics Technician

Yin researched cyber-physical systems and discrete-event systems.

Students in EECS 556: Image Processing, explore methods to improve image processing in applications such as biomedical imaging and video and image compression

The Professor of the Year Award is voted on by all undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Kyle Min researches how computer vision can analyze law enforcement body cameras.

Profs. Jia Deng, Roya Ensafi, and Manos Kapritsos have been selected to receive Google Faculty Research Awards.

Porche discussed the changing definition of war and how information is playing a greater role than ever.

We congratulate these students for achieving notable success in the areas of academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

Lecture part of highest professorial honor bestowed on U-M faculty.

Course encourages students to come up with their own robot designs.

He has answered over 3800 questions on the Q&A site, with over 41 million views.

The Wise-Najafi Prize for Engineering Excellence in the Miniature World will recognize and incentivize outstanding research and scholarship related to engineering at the meso-scale, micron-scale, nano-scale and beyond.

Prof. Deng was selected for his work in computer vision and machine learning.

The award recognizes his significant and consequential contributions in service to the academy and his professional communities.

Congratulations to these recipients of the EECS Outstanding Achievement Award

The award honors faculty “with a demonstrated sustained excellence in curricular development, instruction, and guidance.”

The Stephen S. Attwood Award is the most prestigious award that the College of Engineering bestows.

Michael Benson reelected as student governor for HKN, the national honor society for electrical and computer engineers.

This professorship is awarded to junior faculty members in CSE in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and research.

The keynote was titled, “Biointerface Technologies: Where Engineering Meets Science and Medicine.”

Prof. Fu was named an IEEE Fellow, Class of 2018, “for contributions to embedded and medical device security.”

Prof. Lu is an internationally recognized leader in the development of memristors for memory and logic applications.

Professors H. V. Jagadish and Christopher Poulsen are honored for advancing socially impactful research.

Prof. Peikert and his co-author received the award at the Fifteenth Theory of Cryptography Conference for their paper on efficient collision-resistant hashing on cyclic lattices.

This honor recognizes outstanding researchers with eight or more papers at the International Symposium on Microarchitecture.

Kevin Fu has been recognized for informing policy makers and Congress about issues in computer security.

Prof. Ackerman recognized quite early how social context could harness computing technologies for the development of systems in expertise finding and sharing, as well as in collaborative information access.

The national magazine recognized Jenna Wiens as one of 2017’s 35 Innovators Under 35.

Jenkins hopes to cultivate new and leading-edge ideas in both robotics and the human-centered sciences.

Prof. Peterson has received a 2018 U-M Henry Russel Award, which is considered the University’s highest honor for faculty at the early to mid-career stages of their career.

Two electrical engineering students, Paul Giessner and Noah Mitchell-Ward, were awarded scholarships from the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) to support their education in wind and solar power.

The authors demonstrated that it is possible to synthesize provably-correct robust feedback controllers that can handle various types of imperfections in the models or measurements.

Alumnus Kukjin Chun receives the highest national honor for a Korean scientist and engineer.

Professor Senior has played key roles in URSI over the past 50 years

These students are learning to improve images in medical imaging, and improve facial recognition

Hofmann is great at introducing students to power electronics

The winning projects were designed for battery-operated mobile applications as well as instrumentation and measure applications.

Dr. Dorf has made notable contributions to instruction through her reimagining of EECS 183.

ECE students say Prof. Deotare is the best!

Dr. Dorf has transformed EECS 183 into an interactive and inclusive experience.

Dean England of U-M Dearborn has been particularly good in helping women faculty and students achieve success.

Awards covered academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

Peikert’s research is dedicated to developing new, stronger mathematical foundations for cryptography.

Sawicki was one of 4 students in the College of Engineering selected to receive a 2017 Towner Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors.

Award for outstanding doctoral candidates near the end of their study.

Award recognizes exceptional dissertations

Prof. Mozafari is passionate about building large-scale data-intensive systems that are more scalable, more robust, and more predictable.

Prof. Madhyastha seeks to enable the cloud provider to monitor traffic on behalf of all the web services hosted on its platform.

Prof. Bertacco is enthusiastic and passionate about teaching and has made it her mission to improve the undergraduate educational experience of all of her students.

SPIE chose Stock for her achievements in business development and science policy

Prof. Mi conducts research in the area of semiconductor optoelectronics, specifically in the areas of III-nitride semiconductors, low dimensional nanostructures, LEDs, lasers, Si photonics, artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels.

Prof. Liu helped implement a diversity incentive program that led to a record number of newly-admitted underrepresented PhD students in 2016 while overseeing the merger of two graduate programs.

Prof. Mao has led inquiries into issues of Internet routing, measurement and security, wide-area and enterprise network management, malware behavior analysis and host-based security in general.

Paoletti has transformed a 600+ student course into of the best-regarded classes in the EECS department.

Congratulations!

Prof. Hero and his research group build foundational theory and methodology for data science and engineering. His recent research interests are data science, bioinformatics and personalized health, statistical signal processing and imaging, and more.

Prof. Lu is an internationally recognized leader in the development of memristors for memory and logic applications. He has also developed nanowire transistors suitable for flexible electronics and opto-electronics.

In this project, Prof. Peterson will develop new alloys of amorphous oxide semiconductors with precisely tuned semiconductor energy band structures, in order to enable new categories of electronic and opto-electronic devices.

This $2000 scholarship recognizes outstanding students committed to exploring the power and energy field. Leonard wants to work in the energy industry towards a more sustainable and secure electric grid.

The Academy is the highest scientific institution in Russia. According to its Charter, “only the most prominent foreign scientists recognized by the international scientific community can be elected….”

Prof. Austin is a recognized leader in the area of computer architecture research.

His inventive approaches have led to new technologies that reduce the energy consumption of microprocessors while maintaining acceptable performance.

The AAAS seeks to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.

Prof. Flinn has been an active researcher in the field of mobile computing for a number of years.

Prof. Bertacco is a highly noted researcher in the area of computer architecture and is Director of the department’s Computer Engineering (CE) Lab.

Chang’s research interest is in complexity theory of distributed computing.

Forrest and colleagues received the award for “pioneering work on organic devices, leading to organic light-emitting diode displays.”

Liz Dreyer works with Prof. Steve Rand to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity.

Dr. Howes’ doctoral research focused on Internet directory services, and he co-invented LDAP, the Internet directory protocol, while a graduate student at U-M.

Prof. Madhyastha’s recent research has focused on enabling latency-sensitive web services to optimize user experience.

Prof. Deng and his collaborators received the award for their work on ImageNet.

Professor Wellman brings expertise on algorithmic trading and other computational techniques that are transforming financial markets and the financial system.

Prof. Flynn’s pioneering research and designs have improved the performance and energy efficiency of analog-digital interfaces and transformed the field.

She recently helped develop a modular load tester platform for data centers, which is designed to help measure and mitigate tail latency.

Prof. Blaauw was a key member of the team that developed the world’s first millimeter-scale computer, known as the Michigan Micro Mote (M3).

Prof. Finelli will discuss a more student-centered electrical engineering classroom through pre-class reading and in-class problem solving, integrating some elements of a “flipped” classroom.

Prof. Jessy Grizzle named inaugural director of Michigan Robotics

Four EECS students part of the Michigan Men’s Rowing team that won their 9th consecutive national championship

Prof. Kushner is an internationally renowned expert in the area of low-temperature plasma simulation.

Prof. Ozay’s award-winning work will be used in future space missions

Prof. Radev was elected a Fellow for “contributions to natural language processing and computational linguistics.”

DROWN allows attackers to break encryption used to protect HTTPS websites and read or steal sensitive communications.

The SIGMOD Test of Time Award recognizes the best paper from the SIGMOD proceedings 10 years prior.

Prof. Lafortune has been a leading researcher in the field of discrete event systems (DES) for the last 25 years. His fundamental work covers the gamut from modeling, analysis, diagnosis, control, and optimization.

The annual SIGKDD doctoral dissertation award recognizes excellent research by doctoral candidates in the field of data mining and knowledge discovery.

Armin’s research is focused on the development of a sub-millimeter-wave radar system for the next generation of navigation and imaging sensors.

Prof. Chowdhury bridges the gap between application-level performance and network-level optimizations through the coflow abstraction.

The two papers from Michigan introduced the Sirius personal digital assistant and the MBus bus for modular microcomputing systems.

Prof. Markov is a frequent contributor to Quora, where his contributions cover subjects ranging from computer science to geopolitical affairs.

The award is to support his research in reinforcement learning.

Prof. Wellman’s research applies principles of computation and economics to engineer rational decision-making strategies and analyze complex systems of interacting agents.

Membership in the NAS is one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the United States.

To celebrate the contributions of our graduate and undergraduate instructors, the department selects the best of the best, based on student evaluations, and celebrates them at a special awards ceremony.

The course covers the theory and application of digital image processing, with applications in biomedical images, time-varying imagery, robotics, and optics.

Through his courses, students are able to learn the fundamentals of programming and software systems, while also seeing the social impact of computer science.

Prof. Fessler has revolutionized the theory and practice of medical imaging with his group’s groundbreaking mathematical models and algorithms.

Faculty praised Beth’s willingness to provide a high level of support to faculty , her ability to work well with other departments, and her unflappable calm in the face of changes in budgets.

Mann is the research administrator for the AI and IS Labs.

Her research interests include text mining, natural language processing, and bioinformatics.

Audrow's research focuses on using coordinated groups of UAVs to continuously and autonomously survey biogas emissions in landfills.

Darden teaches both large sections of EECS 281 and a more specialized EECS 398 course. He also serves as a faculty advisor for CS students.

Prof. Fessler was surprised (and happy) to learn of this unique honor at the end of his final class for the semester.

Vidal is currently the GSI for EECS 381: Object Oriented and Advanced Programming.

Clark proposed framing the issue of collecting data from a network of different sensors as an optimization problem, making a solution easier to formulate for different systems.

Genevieve will continue her research in the MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute joint program, pursuing a PhD in computer science with a focus in oceanography.

Adkins plans to continue his graduate studies in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California Berkeley.

Ryan works with Prof. Edwin Olson in the APRIL Lab, where his research is in the area of multi-agent search algorithms for both known and unexplored environments.

In addition to being a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Fessler is a professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology.

Yu-Wei is a third year PhD student whose research focuses on computer vision and machine learning.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

His research addresses the problem of diminishing reliability in future computer systems.

Xiang’s research focuses on developing new methods to synthesize different control and sensing strategies in a discrete-event system.

Amr is investigating both the unique advantages and the performance limitations of radar systems operating at 240 GHz in typical outdoor environments.

Avish conducts research on ultra-low power and battery-less integrated circuits.

He has built software systems for information extraction, database integration, and feature engineering and applied these to problems in the social sciences.

His work impacts computer vision, audio recognition, robotics, text modeling, and healthcare.

The award recognizes unwavering commitment to the betterment of women, and clear record of success and significant achievement in research and scholarship, distinguished leadership, and mentoring women.

Cyber-physical systems are smart, networked systems with embedded sensors, processors, and actuators that are designed to interact with the physical world.

Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare.

Hero was recognized as part of a program that sheds light on the University’s most distinguished faculty.

Karl’s career goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics, to conduct research in number theory and algebraic geometry, and to teach at the university level.

Prof. Mozafari is passionate about building large-scale data-intensive systems that are more scalable, more robust, and more predictable.

The EECS Outstanding Achievement Awards are presented annually to faculty members for their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service.

The award will enable Prof. Mars to understand how future cloud and mobile systems should be designed to support increasing demand from users of intelligent assistants.

The recipients are Prof. Valeria Bertacco and Dr. Mary Lou Dorf.

The Stephen S. Attwood award is the highest honor awarded to a faculty member by the College of Engineering. Prof. Sarabandi has shaped the field of radar remote sensing for more than twenty years.

The professorship is awarded to junior faculty members in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and research.

He is recognized for raising awareness regarding medical device cybersecurity issues by speaking out about critical concerns.

Prof. Grbic specializes in the broad fields of electromagnetics and optics, with interests ranging from fundamental electromagnetic theory to microwave circuits.

This award is given to the best paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control throughout the years 2013 and 2014.

His research takes place at the intersection of information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, bioinformatics, text and data mining, social networks, social media, collective behavior, text generation, information extraction, and artificial intelligence.

This is the highest award given by the Signal Processing Society, and honors outstanding technical contributions in the field.

The competition is the culmination of a process that narrows a field of entrants to four finalists, each of whom give a summary presentation on an area of their research.

Dahod has combined an understanding of technology with a knack for recognizing market opportunities and built a string of successful technology companies.

Prof. Finelli's research is in engineering education, and she currently studies student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, and institutional change.

Eric is an international leader in the field of computational electromagnetics and specializes in the development of fast-solution methods and optimization algorithms.

Halderman has met significant contributions in the areas of electronic voting security, internet security, and electronic censorship resistance.

The paper was published at the 2002 Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation.

Prof. Flinn joined the department in 2002 as an assistant professor.

Prof. Fessler has revolutionized medical imaging with groundbreaking mathematical models and algorithms that improve both safety and quality.

The research outcomes will be distributed through publications, talks, and tutorials.

Ambiq Micro, Crossbar, Inc., and PsiKick, are leading the way in ultra-low power chip design, pioneering computer memory, and ultra-low power wireless sensor platforms.

The purpose of the ECFHP is to help Intel connect with the best and brightest early career faculty members who show great promise.

The paper addresses the question of whether introducing an interactive textbook into introductory STEM courses can improve student grades.

The International Linguistics Olympiad been held annually since 2003, and Prof. Radev has coached teams each year.

This award is presented annually to a faculty member in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in acknowledgement of exceptional achievements in the education of our students.

Dr. Dreslinski conducts research in the area of energy efficient processor architectures

Duc is interested in using the computer’s modeling power to better understand the inner workings of the human mind, and using this understanding to create more intelligent software programs.

Brehob has been a lecturer in the department since 2000.

The two winning papers were selected from a field of 127 full paper submissions in the main technical track.

Prof. Forrest is internationally-renowned and easily one of the most prolific inventors in academia today.

It describes their work in measuring important network phenomena for debugging problems at the edge of a cellular network.

In an unusual turn of events, we've tied with ourselves for this one.

His three-year term will begin July 1.

The U-M Mobile Apps Challenge is held each year and is open to faculty, students, and staff from across the U-M Ann Arbor campus.

Wah’s research interests lie at the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence, specifically in applying computational methods to study automated trading in financial markets.

Karl’s career goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics, to conduct research in Number Theory and Random Matrix Theory, and to teach at the university level.

Cheng Zhang and Elizabeth Dreyer are both Ph.D. students in electrical engineering, and Lauren Bilbo is an undergraduate senior majoring in electrical engineering.

Cheng works with Prof. L. Jay Guo on research projects in the field of micro/nano-scale optical device physics and fabrication.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

The proposed work investigates computational methodologies to differentiate emotion perception patterns of healthy controls and individuals with Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder.

His 1992 paper describes problems associated with utilizing conventional compiler support for predicated execution, a technique for dealing with conditional branches in application programs, on superscaler processors. It introduces the hyperblock, a structure to overcome those shortcomings.

Prof. Kushner is an internationally renowned expert in the area of low-temperature plasma simulation.

Dave Neuhoff is an internationally recognized expert in information theory, source coding and image processing.

We thank these individuals for their commitment to excellence in teaching our students!

Mao’s goal was to create a diagnosis tool to achieve responsive and energy-efficient mobile apps that work well in diverse network conditions.

The foundation honors researchers it deems “rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders,” according to a statement. The fellows, who were nominated by their peers and chosen by a panel of senior scholars, each receives $50,000 to further their research.

Prof. Halderman’s research interests span software security, network security, data privacy, anonymity, electronic voting, censorship resistance, digital rights management, computer forensics, ethics, and cybercrime, as well as the interaction of technology with law, governmental regulation, and international affairs.

Schoenebeck's research is in theoretical computer science, linear and semidefinite programs, the intersection of computer science and social networks, the intersection of computer science and economics, NP-complete optimization problems, and computational complexity theory.

Abernethy's research is in machine learning, with additional interests in game theory, decision theory, optimization, market mechanism design, and other financial applications.

Prof. Corso believes that this research could make it easier to search for certain types of videos on the web.

Prof. Deng’s primary research interest is in the area of computer vision, with a focus on image and video understanding, human computation, and large-scale machine learning.

Helen has an interest in the efficient design of the hardware and software components of embedded systems to be deployed in ecofriendly applications.

Winners are chosen for their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service.

Congratulations to Profs Guo, Lafortune, Liu, and Lu!

Congratulations to the following CSE Faculty recipients of 2014-15 College of Engineering Awards.

Forrest started 5 companies, holds more than 260 U.S. patents, and directs the Optoelectronic Components and Materials Laboratory

Mahlke's research has been focused on the design of customized multicore processors, accelerators, and systems consisting of both that are higher performance, lower power, and more reliable.

Prof. Flynn has achieved important breakthroughs in the performance and energy efficiency of analog-digital interfaces.

Bertacco's research is focused on creating novel solutions to enable the sustainable development of silicon systems, by making them more powerful, more reliable and significantly cheaper to design and manufacture.

Prof. Mihalcea's research interests are in computational linguistics, with a focus on lexical semantics, graph-based algorithms for natural language processing, and multilingual natural language processing.

His paper detailed his use of big data analysis to solve a major problem of cyber security.

Hayes was recognized “for his pioneering contributions to logic design, fault tolerant computing, and testing.”

He was recognized as an “outstanding educator and researcher whose work has advanced the field of low-power computer architecture and its interaction with technology.”

His research focus is on addressing concurrency issues in mobile and cloud systems, which increasingly rely upon event-driven programming and customized processor accelerators.

The goal of the research is to revolutionize how Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is managed to provide a transformative means of extracting utility-scale energy from waste.

Bertacco's research is in the area of computer design, with emphasis on reliability, design correctness, and hardware-security assurance.

Mars' current research interests include cross-layer systems in software and hardware, datacenter and warehouse-scale computer architecture, and hardware/software co-design.

The IEEE Daniel E. Noble award is a Technical Field Award, which is among the highest awards given.

Cheng is a 4th year PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering working in field of micro/nano-scale optical device physics and fabrication.

Dutta designs hardware and software for smart dust and larger sensors that don't need batteries because they can harvest energy from the world around them.

Prof. Norris is an internationally recognized expert in the field of ultrafast optics.

Iverson developed an experimental facility to simulate key characteristics of the space environment.

Gok’s developed antenna system promises a large bandwidth of operation and a wide angle of coverage.

Prof. Grizzle is an internationally renowned researcher in the area of control systems.

The Mikio Takagi Student Prize is given to the top three Student Prize Paper Awards granted at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

Lasers emitting in the 600nm wavelength range have applications in medicine, optical information processing, optical storage, and more.

This award is in recognition of being an outstanding educator, mentor and role model for the next generation of faculty members.

The paper reports on the design, fabrication, and results of a directly heated phase change RF switch using germanium telluride.

Chia-Hsiang’s research focuses on designing low-power and error-resilient circuit techniques for digital signal processing applications.

Parinaz’s research is in combining communications with economics to assess the security of a network and then apply that to cyber-insurance contracts.

The two winning projects and teams were determined by an expert panel at Analog Devices. Congratulations!

Prof. Scott’s research is in the field of machine learning, and his paper builds upon “supervised pattern classification.”

Hao’s research is focused on improving the quality of images from magnetic resonance imaging pulse design.

Conway will be named a fellow at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

He is a founding member of Own It, and is dedicated to cultivating an engineering community that feels an inherent responsibility to live ethically.

Jason’s current research focuses on developing systems to wirelessly charge or power electronic devices.

Rais-Zadeh’s devices are expected to enable sensors for use in harsh environment, high-speed wireless communications, and more.

Isabel envisions a future working in the aerospace industry.

His research is contributing to the overall project goal of enabling navigation in GPS denied zones through the use of specialized sensors.

Chris develops and tests control systems for MEMS inertial sensors, which are used to detect acceleration, tilt, and other attributes related to motion sensing.

Mai has served as Community Service Co-chair of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers since arriving at Michigan in 2011.

Nick has an impressive record of service to the community throughout his years at Michigan.

Hong intends to apply machine learning and signal processing techniques to the massive data sets now available to researchers.

These students received the award based on their participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.

His final goal is to build novel RF circuits including frequency-selective switched oscillators based on his models.

The idea behind Keravnos Energy is for there to be an energy transfer between three entities: the building, a large stationary battery, and the car.

Movellus Circuits’ product is a patent-pending clock generator technology that is smaller, cheaper, and faster than existing solutions.

Students praise the personal attention he gives them, and his obvious concern for their personal and professional development.

Wang’s research studies the glow-like atmospheric pressure microdischarges created under specialized conditions in laser printers.

These faculty are recognized for their unique contributions during the past year.

Nataraj is using big data techniques to transform the field of medical imaging

Nataraj’s research aims to generate higher-quality and faster MRI images, resulting in improved diagnostics of neurological disorders and autoimmune diseases.

The course, Monolithic Amplifier Circuits, has a tradition of offering prizes for the top final projects designed by the students.

This work will provide a way to efficiently reveal relationships between even distant entities in a network.

Jason considers diversity and inclusiveness in all activities that he undertakes.

Prof. Hero is an internationally recognized expert in the field of signal and image processing.

Avish is currently conducting research on ultra-low power radio technology and designing a low-power RF power amplifier.

The Fellowship will help Song to continue his studies in the area of optoelectronics.

Chen’s work can be used in community detection in social networks, network vulnerability assessment in communication systems, and more.

Mishra has strengthened his understanding of wireless communications through coursework and independent research.

Dr. Maksimchuk is a world leader in the field of high intensity laser plasma interactions.

Prof. Liu’s research interests are vast, and she is also active in the professional community.

Prof. Najafi is a world-recognized leader in the field of integrated sensors, MEMS, and microsystems.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of medical imaging science.

“IEEE opens up many doors for students – professionally and socially.”

Mr. Kim was the first to demonstrate that both light and vibration could be used simultaneously in sensing.

The method they developed compares favorably with the best of current techniques, while being faster and easier.

The goal of the study seeks to enhance the accuracy of determining ocean surface windspeed.

Zhang is working on building structural color filters and is also designing ultrahigh Q optical microring resonators.

SHM systems are critical for monitoring aging structures and infrastructure in a cost-effective manner.

Sarabandi’s lectures and presentations are known for being extremely clear and reflecting the highest research standards.

Bharan’s research focusses on developing circuit techniques for adaptive and reliable high-performance computing.

“We present a novel strategy to scale up the number of electrodes with minimized risk.”

“The paper introduces a new management paradigm: ensure the desired lead time while maximizing the throughput.”

This research is targeted at developing a precision master clock for a chip-scale Timing and Inertial Measurement Unit.

Zhang’s research is in the area of low-power and high-performance VLSI circuits and systems.

Molzhan’s primary concern is responding to society’s need for constant and reliable electrical energy.

Berry’s paper addresses important limitations such as low output power and poor power efficiency.

The course covers the theory and application of digital image processing.

Congratulations to the award-winning faculty members and to the DAC for 50 years!

Starting this year, an award will be presented to a faculty member from each division – both CS and ECE.

Congratulations to these Professors on the next step of their careers!

Beth’s positive influence has been felt by the students she has supported, the faculty and staff of EECS, and the entire Engineering community.

The Henry Russel Lectureship is considered the University’s highest honor for a senior faculty member.

The Croes Medal is awarded to the authors of an ASCE paper that was particularly notable for its contributions to engineering science.

The research provides a way to efficiently reveal relationships between even distant entities in a network.

Ethan is investigating visible light emitters using GaN microstructures for quantum dot and nanowire-based LEDs and lasers.

With the support of the Grainger Foundation, Jarrahi will explore genetic therapy methods to treat diseases.

He is a pioneer in the field of ultra-low power processor design, especially for the smallest computing devices in existence.

A big thank you to these students for all their hard work and dedication!

“We designed an ultra-low power optical wake-up receiver with a novel front-end circuit and communication scheme suitable for miniature wireless sensor node applications.”

Giridhar’s research has an emphasis on developing circuit techniques for adaptive and reliable, high-performance computing.

Both research papers discuss ultra low-power chip design and millimeter-scale computing.

The issue features Prof. Conway’s 24-page memoir about the VLSI revolution and related articles by Conway’s colleagues.

His research addresses critical needs in the area of wireless communication for the growing field of ubiquitous, energy-autonomous sensing devices.

The use of graphene-based hot carrier optoelectronics is the key novelty of Prof. Zhong’s research.

This award recognized Metzger’s outstanding contributions to student understanding and appreciation of applied signal processing.

PPPL is a U.S. Department of Energy funded research center established for collaborative work in fusion energy research.

The specifications for the projects were close to the state of the art. Congratulations to the winning groups!

Congratulations to the following recipients of 2012-13 College of Engineering Awards!

In the tradition of our best faculty at Michigan, Ted is a phenomenal teacher and mentor as well as researcher. Congratulations!

Lee believes that graphene will play a pivotal role in realizing high speed, mechanically compliant, and transparent electronic systems in the future.

The award will support Berry’s doctoral research in the area of plasmonic photoconductive antennas for high power terahertz generation.

David is interested in controlling the energy that flows through the nation’s grid system, particularly in optimizing the flow by minimizing distance and costs.

Roberts is helping to develop low-power sensor nodes that will be worn on the body to detect certain medical conditions.

The research addressed voltage scaling of processors at the point where, at very low voltages, voltage leakage begins to dominate the computational power consumption.

Congratulations to the two student teams!

Prof. Rais-Zadeh intends to develop a chip-scale timing unit that offers an order of magnitude higher performance compared to existing solutions.

The UVIG works with the U.S. Department of Energy to provide a forum for the critical analysis of wind and solar technology.

The interdisciplinary team went into the competition with a new electrical and vision system, and an advanced control system.

Yang’s research is focused on designing plasmonic nano-structures to enhance efficiency of conventional photoconductive terahertz emitters.

Hand likes the idea of being able to improve the efficiency of existing systems by implementing advanced or specialized control algorithms.

Congratulations to out outstanding students for their much-appreciated work!

The goal is to be able to monitor the soil moisture with as few measurements as possible and with a high degree of accuracy.

Dr. Brehob was chosen for the award because of his deep engagement with and commitment to his students and their success.

He is currently working on semiconductor lasers as part of the research group of Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya.

An expected outcome of Prof. Jarrahi’s research will be increased physical perspective for utilizing unique functionalities of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices.

The proposed emitter incorporates plasmonic photoconductors to more efficiently convert power from incident laser light into terahertz radiation.

Prof. Fessler’s students have praised the collegial and collaborative environment of his lab, his careful balancing of freedom and guidance, and his attention to each student.

Max will be employed by KPCB portfolio company One Kings Lane, where he will develop his technical skills and be mentored by an engineering executive.

The Microwave Career Award is very prestigious, and recognizes “a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contribution.”

Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members!

The two winning teams designed an energy harvesting circuit for implantable devices and sensor networks, and a high efficiency audio amplifier for mobile applications.

Prof. Nadakuditi plans to provide an analytical characterization of the fundamental limits of multi-modal sensing of weak signals.

Congratulations to these amazing faculty members!

Nadakuditi’s research has applications in biomedical signal processing, wireless communications, geophysical signal processing, array processing, and finance.

The bulk of Chen’s current research centers on the detection and mitigation of radio frequency interference with microwave radiometers.

Srinath’s research focuses on using computer vision techniques such as markerless camera tracking for creating augmented reality AR environments.

Bao’s research is in Semantic Structure from Motion, a new framework for jointly recognizing objects as well as reconstructing their underlying 3D geometry.

The researchers succeeded in drastically suppressing the thermal emission rate in GaSb/GaAs quantum dots — resulting in more efficient solar cells.

Dr. Grimard is Managing Director of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility, a position he’s held since 1998. Congratulations!

Birdsall’s work was in sensory psychology, psychometrics, and underwater acoustics, and he often helped other researchers apply signal processing theory to their own research.

Itsuno has already pursued an in-depth theoretical and experimental investigation on the unipolar HgCdTe nBn detector, which has the potential to replace or supplement the current technology.

“Mina’s research is anticipated to bring about significant scientific discoveries in the area of resonant MEMS and is expected to significantly impact telecommunication.”

Heather is studying Optical Sciences here at the University and will continue her research in this field – congratulations!

The applications Dagefu’s research include wireless channel characterization, radar through-wall imaging, and distributed sensor networks.

Lee is currently working closely with his colleagues to build an ultra-low power wireless sensor platform.

Duan’s research has important applications in global climate change studies and weather forecasting.

Congratulations, Russell!

Sung Ho plans to design photoconductive antenna arrays with optimal radiation efficiency and broadband operation.

Morteza introduces a new voltage-controlled-oscillator design technique that offers significant advantages in terms of size, DC power consumption and frequency tunability.

Congratulations to the winning students!

Congratulations to the winning students!

Prof. Stark’s research relates to wireless networks and understanding their fundamental limits in terms of energy efficiency and bandwidth efficiency.

Bell is investigating how to use an electrodynamic, propellantless propulsion concept to push against the Earth’s magnetic field in order to maneuver satellites and counteract drag.

MEMStim is committed to improving the standard of patient care in neurostimulation. Congratulations, Angelique!

Tanya said she believes engineers have a unique perspective on the world because of their training, making it natural to draw analogies between humans and science.

Berry is designing an emitter to operate as a light-weight, local oscillator for a terahertz spectroscopy system suitable for use in space.

Prof. Gbric’s research program spans basic science and advanced technology development, with applications in antenna design and metamaterials.

Nadakuditi’s proposal aims to bring into focus fundamental statistical limits of quiet signal detection, estimation in the context of undersea signal processing, and more.

Hero is an internationally recognized expert in the field of signal and image processing, an established leader in the professional community, and distinguished educator.

This award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated significant achievements in scholarly research; excellence as a teacher, advisor and mentor; and distinguished participation in service activities.

This award recognizes faculty in the early stages of their career for their outstanding ability in teaching undergraduate students.

His research program spans topics such as metamaterials and near-field plates to advanced technology development like antenna research and design.

Norris was praised by students and faculty alike for his abilities as a mentor, researcher, and educator.

The contest is highly competitive and features the best student projects from the largest and most prestigious conferences in their respective fields.

In her research Jarrahi will investigate, for the first time, the use of Ge as a promising candidate to tackle the thermal breakdown problem of photomixers.

Oh’s research focuses on designing highly miniaturized planar antennas with vertical polarization and high radiation efficiency.

Liao’s research contributes theoretical developments on the control of Petri nets, and has potential to be extended to a broader class of resource allocation systems.

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

Verma’s work aims to marry low-power sensing with the mobile phone’s computation, communications, and display technologies.

The authors analyzed performance and accuracy for a variety of dynamic thermal analysis techniques and used their findings to develop a new analysis technique. Congratulations!

Rais-Zadeh’s work will ideally yield new opportunities for acoustic devices and instrumentation.

The pair is being honored for their role developing technologies in microelectromechanical systems and working to apply these innovations when making new products.

The Mobile Apps Challenge was open to university students, faculty and staff and encourages the development of iOS, Android, Windows 7, and web applications.

The proposed research addresses the frontiers of error-correction coding and very-large-scale integration by advancing algorithms and circuit techniques.

There is potential for Savarese’s work to be transformative in applications such as autonomous navigation, robotics, and 3D automatic modeling.

“We were all impressed by the fact that most students chose highly-relevant and innovating projects,” stated Dr. Naraghi.

Congratulations to these winning companies. Go Blue!

Congratulations to Keith Porter and Patrick Theisen!

Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members!

According to IEEE, “the grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments.”

The CADathlon challenges students’ CAD knowledge and associated problem solving, programming, and teamwork skills.

Their paper introduces new techniques that improve speed, solution quality, simplicity, and integration with other optimizations for global placement technology.

Kushner was recognized “for contributions to modeling and understanding of plasmas, especially those used in thin film etching, deposition and surface modification.”

The aim of Dattoli’s research is to improve and broaden the understanding of nanowire gas sensing behavior.

The Welker Award is given to people who have achieved exceptional progress in the field of opto-semiconductors.

Grizzle is well-known in the robotic community for his work with the bipedal robot MABEL, and has worked in the automotive industry for over two decades.

Sarabandi’s research encompasses a range of topics in the area of applied electromagnetics, and has been principal investigator on NASA projects related to remote sensing.

With D4AR models, you can monitor progress, productivity, safety, quality, constructability and even site logistics remotely.

The resulting 65nm CMOS test chip achieved an energy efficiency of 21 pJ/bit making it a promising candidate for low-power, high-performance applications.

The WIMS has impacted health care, environmental monitoring, the national infrastructure while CUOS specializes in ultrafast lasers.

SMAP is a satellite mission for mapping surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw states for the purpose of scientific advances and societal benefits.

Congratulations to Jeong, Park, and Yoon!

Tkaczyk plans to put his degrees to work in Estonia, where he hopes to develop a portable and affordable cataract assessment technology.

Professor Grbic is a world-class researcher in the field of electromagnetics and microwave circuits, and has won numerous awards for his work. Congratulations!

Xu is interested in identifying patterns in data that is collected over time where the underlying processes generating the data may be non-stationary.

The Fellowship will support Patel’s research on the theory and development of textured electromagnetic surfaces.

“I am confident we can do better than the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse paradigm, and I intend to find out how,” said O’Keefe.

The Award engages rising research stars and provides high-impact funding to develop their ideas in the context of Department of Defense needs.

The award acknowledges Prof. Jarrahi’s efforts to develop a new generation of compact high power terahertz sources.

Buss’ research focusses on using control theory in order to control glucose levels in ICU patients.

The work, published in 2006, will be acknowledged at the EUSIPCO Conference in Denmark.

The award acknowledges Domitilla’s contributions to the theory and practice of hybrid dynamical systems and systems biology.

The Michigan team produced circuits that were four times more power-efficient than those of the team that took second place. Congratulations!

The Barbour Scholarship, established in 1914, recognizes women at the University of Michigan of the highest academic and professional caliber.

The competition was established by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan to encourage entrepreneurship and the development of clean-energy technologies.

Lu was awarded an NSF CAREER grant for his research project, which intends to develop unconventional, high-performance memory and logic systems.

The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is given to those with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any IEEE field.

The award is presented to outstanding individuals whose main contribution to the computer field was made at least fifteen years earlier.

The Awards recognize some of the finest scientists and engineers who, while early in their research careers, show exceptional potential for leadership.

The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.

The paper addresses the importance of knowing where networks of sensors are located once they’ve been deployed.

The award was given at the IEEE Conference on Automation and Engineering. Congratulations, Lindsay!

The award will support Professor Carmon in three years of basic research on continuous on-chip extreme UV emitters.

Long’s work describes a new algorithm for performing model-based methods in a way that requires less computation yet provides improved image quality.

Steel was chosen for contributions to nonlinear optical spectroscopy and coherent control of semiconductor heterostructures.

Kushner’s research area is low temperature plasmas, and their fundamental properties and technological applications.

Prof. Wentzloff is working to develop a wireless 3D interconnection fabric that can provide communication channels and crossbar routing.

“The paper studies the key enabling technologies of Cognitive Radio and makes contributions in two key areas: sensing and learning.”

The paper explores logic and memory circuit topologies for a new type of transistor in development at IBM.

Nazari’s research is focused on an information theoretic approach to the problem of multi-terminal communications systems.

The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.

Senior has made contributions to electromagnetic and acoustic scattering and to the development of analytic and numerical techniques.

The fellowship will support Fojtik’s work on a processor that can recover from timing errors and run without margining for worst case operating conditions.

Schweiger is sought after by students, faculty, and administrators for his expertise, which is always offered in a friendly and comfortable manner.

Without exception, those who work with Ms. Rice appreciate her knowledge, cheerfulness, helpfulness, and attention to detail.

The award recognizes the significant contributions of a single CoE staff member with at least 10 years of service. Congratulations, Karen!

The building itself was recognized at the Annual Masonry Awards Program for its exterior, which “emulates an abstract composition of integrated circuits”.

Gomez is investigating a new technique that is receiving widespread attention for treating depression, Alzheimer’s, and other brain conditions.

Not only is Brehob an excellent educator, he is also a fantastic Undergrad Chief Program Advisor for CE, where he advises students on program needs.

The competition sought solutions for a better way for the deaf and hearing-impaired population to appreciate music.

The program recognizes graduate students who show promise in pursuing a degree in microwave engineering — only six fellowships are awarded worldwide.

Dongjin’s research is a blend of computer science with computer and electrical engineering, and can have a huge impact on upcoming integrated circuits.

The Samsung HTP, established in 1994, is one of the most prestige thesis awards in Korea.

The scholarship is designed to encourage future leaders and key technical contributors.

This professorship recognizes Prof. Hiskens’ excellent teaching, service, and research in the area of nonlinear (hybrid) systems.

This professorship recognizes all the excellent work Prof. Sarabandi does on applied electromagnetics, in the classroom, and for the department.

This professorship recognizes Hero for his impressive teaching, research, and service. Congratulations!

The award for which Galchev was nominated honors young scientists for their achievement in the field of computer engineering and information technology.

The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments.

The research has applications in health care, environmental monitoring, security, energy conservation and exploration, and more.

This work investigates the fundamental effects of illumination on amorphous InGaZnO thin-film transistors.

The award recognized research that is “at least five years old and has had significant industrial impact.”

Election to the National Academy is among the highest professional distinctions conferred on an engineer. Congratulations!

Meerkov has helped establish annual faculty evaluations of administrators, gather funding for need-based scholarships, and more.

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federal research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to national security.