ECE Faculty/Staff/Students Awards 2005
College of Engineering's 15th Annual Awards Luncheon
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Selin Aviyente, assistant professor – Withrow Teaching Excellence Award
Joyce Foley, administrative assistant – Gloria Stragier Award for Dedicated and Creative Service
Timothy Grotjohn, professor – Withrow Exceptional Service Award
Fang Z. Peng, associate professor – Junior Distinguished Scholar Award
Dr's Rothwell and Peng Named Fellows of IEEE
Dr. Fang Z. Peng, associate professor, and Dr. Edward J. Rothwell, professor, have been named fellows of
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Dr. Peng is recognized for his contributions to multilevel power converter topology, control, and applications. Dr. Rothwell
is recognized for his contributions to the development of radar target identification, discrimination,
and detection schemes. Of the IEEE's 400,000 members worldwide, only 0.1 percent receive the
prestigious designation of fellow, in honor of extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
An MSU faculty member since 2000,
Dr. Peng conducts research in MSU’s Power Electronics and
Motor Drives Laboratory. His interests include hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy
interface systems. Prior to joining the MSU faculty, he was on staff at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory.
Dr. Rothwell, who earned his PhD in electrical engineering at MSU, has been a faculty member since
1985. Prior to that he was on staff at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He attributes much of his
success in research to collaborative work with excellent graduate students and with close
colleagues K.M. Chen and Dennis Nyquist, who are also IEEE fellows and now retired. Dr. Rothwell
also received the IEEE Southeast Michigan Section Outstanding Professional Award in April
2005.
Dr. Khalil Receives Best Paper Award
Dr. Hassan Khalil, University Distinguished Professor, received the 2005 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper
Award at the June American Control Conference. Dr. Khalil had presented his paper, “Output
Feedback Sampled-Data Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems,” at the 2004 conference.
Dr. Eric Goodman Receives Two Honors
Professor Erik D. Goodman was chosen to head the new ACM (Association for Computing
Machinery) Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO) at its
founding on January 1, 2005. He was chair of the predecessor organization, the International
Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation for three years. He has been developing and
using genetic algorithms since 1970 and was the first to try to use them in a large-scale problem in
a yearlong computer run from 1970 to 1971. For more information, visit the SIGEVO Web site at
http://www.sigevo.org/.
Dr. Goodman also received the Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award from the MSU Resource Center
for Persons with Disabilities at their 21st Annual Awards and Appreciation Reception in April
2005. Students with disabilities generally nominate the winner of this award, which is given to
people who maximize their opportunities for academic or extracurricular achievement.
College and University Student Awards
Shirish S. Karande Honored at University Awards Convocation
Shirish S. Karande, graduate teaching assistant, was honored at the university-wide 2005 Awards
Convocation, held this sesquicentennial year in conjunction with a Founders’ Day Celebration.
The February 11 ceremony at the Wharton Center’s Great Hall included the installation of Lou
Anna K. Simon as the 20th president of Michigan State University.
Karande received an Excellence-in-Teaching Citation for the care and skill he has demonstrated in
meeting his classroom responsibilities. He consistently brings novel approaches to teaching while
maintaining an extraordinary level of performance. He has introduced new computer-based tools
and novel experiments that motivate students to learn the material beyond all expectations. In
seven of his courses, students have given him virtually perfect overall ratings. Among his graduate
student colleagues, he has authored the most articles in peer-reviewed international publications.
His work is being recognized worldwide in some of the most competitive publications venues.
Jacob Kuiper Receives Board of Trustees GPA Scholarship
Jacob Kuiper, a computer engineering major, received the Board of Trustees GPA Scholarship for
the highest GPA in the spring 2005 graduating class. As a freshman, Jacob was selected for the
prestigious professorial assistantship program and worked with Dr. Rama Mukkamala for over
two years. As a direct result of his work, he was published in the Proceedings of the 26th Annual
Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in 2004.
While at Michigan State, he also earned the Distinguished Freshman Scholar award in 2002, and
was vice president of the MSU Men's Club Tennis from 2003 to 2005. He maintained this high
level of activity while earning a perfect 4.0 GPA. Jacob was recently accepted into our electrical
engineering graduate program.
Janelle Shane Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Janelle Shane, an electrical engineering student, is the recipient of the prestigious Goldwater
Scholarship. While at Michigan State, Janelle has been involved in research activities both here
on campus as well as abroad, completing a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) last
summer in France. She has also maintained involvement in the Society of Women Engineers over
the past two years as communications chair and as secretary, and earned the outstanding executive
board member award in both 2004 and 2005. She has earned the Distinguished Service Award in
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Alumni Distinguished
Scholarship Award. In her spare time, Janelle has been involved with Habitat for Humanity and as
an English tutor for foreign teaching assistants, while maintaining her hobbies in classical piano,
French language, and photography. Upon graduation, she aspires to move on to graduate school
with an emphasis on research in optics.
David Skalny Receives Board of Trustees GPA Scholarship
David Skalny, a dual degree major in both electrical engineering and computer engineering,
received the Board of Trustees GPA Scholarship for the highest GPA in the spring 2005
graduating class. In a three-year time frame, along with his Engineering degrees, he has also
fulfilled the requirements for four years of college-level Japanese language. Additionally, David
has completed two terms of cooperative education experience with the U.S. Army TACOM in
Warren, Michigan, where he was instrumental in rebuilding a World War II vintage electric tank.
David has received a scholarship from the Boeing Company, as well as Yates Memorial and
Walker Memorial scholarships. His academic achievements also earned him the honor of carrying
the College of Engineering banner during this year's spring convocation. Following his spring
graduation, David will pursue a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
ECE Design Day - Spring Semester 2005
PRISM VENTURE PARTNERS PRIZE WINNERS
The Prism Venture Partners Prizes ($1,500, $1,000, and $500, respectively) are awarded each semester to the most outstanding teams in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Capstone Design Course, as judged by a panel of engineers from industry.
You can see videos of all teams' final oral presentations at
ECE Senior Design Videos
First Place - (Team #4) “Radio Frequency Comb Generator”
sponsored by Robert Bosch Corp.
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Steve Erskine, Marie
Piasecki, Jenifer Johnson, Elissa Carey, and Matt Castel, with Professor Erik Goodman.
Second Place - (Team #10) “Low-Power Wireless Automotive Sensor Network”
sponsored by MSU Sensors Laboratory
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Christopher Boylan, Adam Borchert, Matt Mets, Kevin Boice, and Ryan Gorski.
Third Place - (Team #6) “Chordic Keyboard”
sponsored by DaimlerChrysler and the MSU Artificial Language Laboratory
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Jacob Maes, Freddie Kirkland, Abdulhadi Al-Hajiri, Thomas Brogan, and Ashley Hall, with Professor Goodman.
Third Place - (Team #3) “Obstacle Avoidance on Simulated Lunar Terrain Using Depth Images”
sponsored by NASA – Goddard SFC
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Eric Rader, Matt Julien, Mark Belz, and Justin McCoy, with Professor Goodman.
EGR 291 - Spring Semester 2005
First Place - Group TC
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Christina Palm and Thomas May
ECE Design Day - Fall Semester 2005
First Place - (Team #4) “Electronic Triggering System for Firework Shows”
sponsored by Ace Pryo LLC.
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J. Ross Hamilton, Ryan Fitch, Luke Niewiadomski, Steve Rukstelo, Robert Flotkoetter, with Professor Erik Goodman.
Second Place - (Team #11) “Safe-Warn System”
sponsored by Lear Corporation.
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Ian Liskiewicz, Amit Patel, Steven Gregor, Jonathon Ratliff, Paul Karatsinides, with Professor Erik Goodman.
Third Place - (Team #10) “ Equine Wireless Endoscopic Video System”
sponsored by MSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Brian Pecsek, Robert Lyons, Nathan Crawford, Timothy Soedarjatno, Edward Bradford, with Professor Erik Goodman.
Third Place - (Team #8) “New Exhibit for Simple Machines Gallery”
sponsored by Impression 5 Museum
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Eric Down, Erica Wiegmann, Bushiri Abdallah, Bruk Tekie, Ashwin Desouza, with Professor Erik Goodman.
Professor’s Choice Award Winners - (Team #6) “Electronic Accessible Exercise Machine Data Receiver”
sponsored by Daimler Chrysler
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H. Ahmad, J. Schraffenberger, M. Cannon, J. Touroo, R. Mrozek, with Professor Erik Goodman.
EGR 291 - Fall Semester 2005
First Place - Liquid Fusion
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Jonathen Brier and Dan West
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