Eryilmaz, Reano win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

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Atilla Eryilmaz and Ronald M. Reano, two assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering, have both won prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER award recognizes junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

Prof. Atilla Eryilmaz was awarded $462,716 over five years for “Theoretical Foundations for Wireless Network Algorithm Design: Satisfying Short-Term and Long-Term Application Requirements.” Eryilmaz’s research will develop insights and mathematical tools that are expected to play an instrumental role in the design of efficient communication protocols for tomorrow's multi-hop wireless networks serving vital services with a range of delay sensitivities and throughput requirements, such as in health care, rescue operations, security, automated control, etc.

Eryilmaz joined the ECE faculty in 2007. His research interests lie in the general area of communication networks with emphasis on sensor and wireless networks; distributed and randomized algorithms; network coding; and the application of optimization theory to network design and analysis. He is particularly interested in the principled development of practical and high-performance network systems based on rigorous mathematical analysis.

Prof. Ronald M. Reano was awarded $400,000 over five years for “Creating a New Class of Organic-Inorganic Dispersion Engineered RF-Optical Modulators.” Reano’s research objective is to efficiently convert high-frequency electrical signals into the optical domain using planar lightwave circuits.

Reano joined the ECE faculty in 2005. His research interests include integrated optics, electro-optics, and hybrid RF/optical devices for innovation in sensors, communications systems, and computing. Integrated optics involves the manipulation of light at the micro/nano-scale. It is analogous to integrated electronics. Instead of electrons, photons are guided and controlled on the surface of an optical chip. The use of light implies greater speed and bandwidth.

Both Eryilmaz's and Reano’s research support the strong education component of the CAREER award. Their research will enable Ohio State students to participate in programs that explore the meaning of science and engineering within a global context, as well as participate in real-world research projects that further their training as future engineers and researchers.

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