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Stats for
Spring 2006

Undergraduate

518 in major, 4.2% minority, 5.4% female, 65 B.S.E.C.E. degrees specializing in electrical engineering awarded, 20 B.S. E.C.E. degrees specializing in computer engineering awarded; 26 students graduated with honors

Graduate

19 M.S. degrees awarded

12 Ph.D. degrees awarded

Dissertations:

H. Chun, " Auditory Sensory Feedback Tool to Supplement Visual Data Perception in Radiologic Imaging - A Demonstration Using MR Mammography," Advisors: B. Clymer/M. Knopp

J. Fisher, "Application of Model Driven Architecture Design Methodologies to Mixed Signal System Design Projects," Advisor: S. Bibyk

B. He, "Compatible Discretizations for Maxwell’s Equations," Advisor: F. Teixeira

Y-K Hue, "Analysis of Electromagnetic Well-Logging Tools," Advisor: F. Teixeira

S. Lee, "Distributed Effect in Power Transistors and the Optimization of the Layouts of ALGAN/GAN HFETs," Advisor: P. Roblin

Q. Marashdeh, "Advances in Electrical Capacitance Tomography," Advisor: F. Teixeira

J. Mukherjee, "General Non Linear Perturbation Model of Phase Noise in LC Oscillators," Advisor: P. Roblin

A. Palanivelu, "Tree Search Algorithms for Joint Detection and Decoding," Advisor: H. El-Gamal

S-B Park, "Compact High Performance Analog CMOS Baseband Design Solutions for Multistandard Wireless Transceivers," Advisor: M. El-Naggar

S-M Seo, "A Fast IE-FFT Algorithm for Solving Electromagnetic Radiation," Advisor: J. Lee

N. Surittikul, "Pattern Reconfigurable Printed Antennas and Time Domain Method of Characteristic Modes for Antenna Analysis and Design," Advisor: R. Rojas-Teran

H. Yu, "The Adaptive Seeking Control Strategy and Applications in Automotive Control Technology," Advisor: U. Özgüner

Recent Talks

Computer Vision Activities at Sabanci University (abstract) Aytaul Ercil, Ph.D.
VPALAB - Computer Vision and Pattern Analysis Laboratory Sabanci University, Istanbul - TURKEY

News

bullet New Alumni Society for OSU EE/ECE Department: This summer, Electrical & Computer Engineering Associate Prof. Bradley Clymer (OSU degrees BSEE 1981, MS 1982) began organizing an OSU Alumni Society specifically for graduates of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (formerly Department of Electrical Engineering). We are particularly looking for 12-16 Department alums who can form the Board of Directors and chair working committees for the Alumni Society. Those who are interested should send an email to ece_alumnicoord@ece.osu.edu or can phone Prof. Clymer at 614.292.3477. Especially during the formation period (first two years) members of the Board of Directors will need to be able to hold regular meetings in the Greater Columbus area to develop a constitution and bylaws.

Through the formation of the OSU EE/ECE Alumni Society we hope to build a better relationship between alums and the current activities in the department. We plan to organize regional events on a rotating basis in areas around the country where we have concentrations of alums. For example, there are 1775 OSU EE/ECE alums in Franklin County, but we also have 90 alums in the Los Angeles area, 149 in the Chicago area, 136 in the Baltimore-Washington area, 148 in New Jersey, 323 in Florida, over 300 in Texas (160 in Dallas/Ft Worth, 95 in Austin, 77 in Houston).   Expected activities for the OSU EE/ECE Alumni Society include the establishment of a legacy scholarship fund for ECE majors to help defray out-of-state tuition for children of Department alums who belong to the Society. Another expected activity is the organization of regional OSU EE/ECE Alumni Society Speakers Bureaus to help with Departmental Outreach to middle schools and secondary schools. OSU EE/ECE alums would visit schools in early science and mathematics classes to introduce all aspects of Electrical & Computer Engineering students at an early age, helping to establish motivation for increased interest in mathematics, sciences and ECE during this very formative period. The Department is currently developing presentation tools to help facilitate Speakers Bureau.

If you have suggestions for Society activities, or would like to participate as a Board member or Committee chair, please contact Prof. Clymer.

ECE Sp/Su 2006 grads
Shown above: Some members from ECE's Spring and Summer 2006
graduating classes pose outside for a group picture.

bullet ECE Participates in new Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization, "Comprehensive Engineering & Science of Biomedical Images:" In Spring 2006 the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization for Comprehensive Engineering & Science of Biomedical Images (CESBMI) was established to formalize many existing interactions between programs in 4 Colleges involving biomedical imaging at Ohio State and to encourage new interactions. CESBMI is a unique program and involves 10 departments and graduate programs at Ohio State that encompass a wide range of biomedical images, their acquisition, management and use for diagnosis and basic science research. Prof. Bradley Clymer (ECE and BME Depts) is the program director and graduate studies chair for this new graduate specialization.   The participating departments and programs include:  

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Biophysics Graduate Program
  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program
  • Department of Radiology
  • Department of Pathology
  • Department of Statistics
  • Vision Science Graduate Program

The infrastructure provided by the CESBMI program allows better identification of how to expand and strengthen the general acquisition, use and development of biomedical images at Ohio State, helping to establish the University as a national and world leader in graduate programs that tie together the various aspects of biomedical imaging.   Prior to the establishment of the CESBMI program, doctoral students and their faculty advisors have relied on ad hoc knowledge of coursework and research at OSU relevant to the students' training. A primary benefit to students enrolled in the CESBMI program is the formalization of the connections between the different aspects of medical and biological images, their acquisition and their uses. A further benefit is the exposure of students to training techniques and research practices and philosophies outside of the students' primary areas of training. The broadening of this exposure facilitates innovative approaches to research and training that better prepare students for careers in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and education.   Formal recognition of the training in by Comprehensive Engineering & Science of Biomedical Images Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in student transcripts establishes the credibility of the students' preparation for future employers. More information is available on the web at http://www.ece.osu.edu/~clymer/CESBMI/cesbmihome.html

bullet Request to change graduate program and degree name approved: Based on a recommendation from the Council on Research and Graduate Studies, ECE's request to change the name of its graduate program and graduate degree from 'Electrical Engineering' to 'Electrical and Computer Engineering' was approved unanimously by the Council on Academic Affairs. This request was made so that the program and degree align with the recent department name change.

bullet Prof. Paul Berger was named "Faculty Advisor of the Year" at the IEEE Columbus Chapter's Spring Banquet. He says he was blessed with two outstanding Co-Presidents, Vishal Mistry and Michael Haig, who both also won service awards for their work within the Ohio State IEEE Student Chapter.

bullet Could humans learn from honey bees? Findings cited in a recent paper co-authored by Prof. Kevin Passino was recently discussed in the May 2, 2006 edition of the New York Times. The article is an editorial view of the possibility of humans learning the art of group decision making from honey bee swarms. See: Seeley T.D., Visscher P.K., Passino K.M., "Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms," American Scientist, Vol. 94, Issue 3, pp. 220-229, May/June, 2006.

bullet The combined Annual Report for years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 is now available in .pdf format on the ECE department's web site under 'About Us.'

bullet Introducing the OSU ACT: First there was TerraMax '04 and then the ION'05 autonomous vehicles. The newest vehicle, the OSU ACT (Autonomous City Transport), offers lane tracking, car following, intersections/traffic circles, passing, obstacle avoidance, parking, and dynamic route planning.

OSU ACT
Shown above: Students from ECE and ME, and faculty/staff from
ECE and CEEGS with OSU ACT

bullet The three major Ohio electric utility companies (AEP, cinergy, and FirstEnergy) have pledged a total support of $400K over a five-year period to the ECE Department. These funds will be used to support the hiring of a new facutly member who will be responsible for continuing the teaching and research in the high voltage and power electronics areas.

Honors and Awards

bullet Leonard Brillson, professor and internationally known expert in electronic materials at the OSU Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics, will receive the 2006 Gaede-Langmuir Award for Scientific and Technological Achievement from the American Vacuum Science and Technology Society (AVS) during this fall’s annual AVS meeting in San Francisco. Prof. Leonard Brillson

AVS is the world’s leading professional organization representing scientists and engineers at the center of the science and technology of semiconductor microelectronics. The award recognizes Brillson for more than 30 years of work leading to an understanding of the fundamental importance of atomic scale chemical bonding, metallurgical reactions, and diffusion at interfaces, and their effects on the electrical properties of solid state materials and devices.

Notably, Brillson's pioneering research working showed that semiconductors, the workhorse of modern electronics, chemically react at their atomic-scale interface with other materials to alter how electricity moves across. By controlling how these interfaces form, he showed how devices from transistors to solar cells can be improved. Brillson is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, a professor of Physics in the College of Mathematics and Physics Sciences, as well as a Center for Materials Research Scholar.

bullet The Fred I. Diamond Award goes to Prof. Yuan Zheng and his Ph.D. student, Eric J. Balster, for receiving the Best Technical Paper by the Air Force Rome Laboratory. The award is conferred annually for the paper that best represents work performed in house which contributes to technology for eventual improvement of U. S. Air Force operational capability. Paper: E. Balster, Y.F. Zheng and R. Ewing, "Feature-based wavelet shrinkage algorithm for image denoising," IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, Vol. 14, No. 12, December 2005, pp. 2024-2039.

bullet Best Poster Award for ESL students: Congratulations to F. Gundes and K. Zhao (advisor Prof. JinFa Lee) for being awarded one of the three best poster awards at the 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006) for their paper "Higher Order ABCs for FEM Applications."

bullet ECE Honored for Minority Program: We are happy to announce that ECE won the best Minority Engineering Program Award this year. Many faculty and staff contributed to the success of our program by mentoring, recruiting and helping with retention of minority students and promoting diversity at all levels. Special thanks go to Prof. Jose Cruz for leading the minority program activities in the department.

bullet Five ECE Faculty Honored: Prof. Joel Johnson has been selected for the 2006 COE Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education while Profs. Paul Berger, Len Brillson, Jin-Fa Lee and Wu Lu are the recipients of the 2006 Lumley Research award. Congratulations to all of them!

Publications

Please use the links to view: Journal Articles, Books, Book Chapters

We welcome your comments, questions and contributions. If you have information about alumni that you think would be of interest to our readers, please forward them to newsletter-feedback@ece.osu.edu. Look for our next issue later this quarter.

ECE Electronic Newsletter editorial staff: Umit Ozguner, Carol Duhigg, Paul Berger, Bradley Clymer