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News/Events Archive
Summer Classes Begin May 12
Classes begin for Full and First Half Summer Sessions MSU Board of Trustees Honors Graduating Computer Engineering SeniorThe board of trustees has recognized computer engineering graduating senior, Paul J. Suchyta, for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Electrical Engineering Junior, Donald VanderLaan, Recognized by Goldwater Foundation Electrical Engineering Senior, Kristen Pace, Received Outstanding Senior AwardNing Xi, Recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Faculty Award Rama Mukkamala Recipient of the 2008 Teacher-Scholar Award College of Engineering Graduation Reception Sunday, May 4
Graduating students and their families are invited to enjoy light food and refreshments with College of Engineering faculty and staff.
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Kellogg Center - Big 10 A Spring 2008 CommencementsFriday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4
Tongtong Li Receives NSF CAREER AwardSelin Aviyente Receives NSF CAREER Award Gregory Wierzba, Recipient of the Withrow Teaching Excellence Award Robert McGough, Recipient of the Withrow Distinguished Scholar Junior Award College of Engineering Design Days are HERE! April 24 & 25
See the full Design Days magazine for all of the details. Check us out LIVE - TODAY! Friday, April 25
Video streaming ECE's 480 Designs from the Superior Room
8:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Check us out LIVE - TODAY! Friday, April 25
Video streaming ECE's 480 Designs from the TOWER Room
8:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Bat Echolocation: Neuromorphic VLSI Modeling and RoboticsApril 24
ECE Seminar Series
Dr. Timothy Horiuchi
Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering BuildingOne Dimensional Nanostructures and their ApplicationsApril 10
ECE Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan
NASA Ames Research Center
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering Building
Humanlike Robots as a Platform for Biomimetic TechnologiesApril 3
ECE Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
*Please note change of time and place*
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3540 Engineering Building (Seminar Room)Biomimetic Millirobots March 27
ECE Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
Dr. Ron Fearing
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering Building Engineering Electrospun Nanofibers for Spinal Cord RepairMarch 13
ECE Seminar Series
Dr. Sally Meiners
Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering BuildingFaculty Positions in Electrical & Computer EngineeringCandidates for tenure-track, academic year faculty positions in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University are sought in multiple areas. Applications should be received by February 15, 2008 for full consideration. For more information please visit the web site.Spring Break March 3 - 7
No classes scheduled, University is open. Bayesian Inference Approach to Learning Coordinated Traffic Behavior for Non-tracking Sensors February 28
ECE Seminar Series
Lawrence A. Bush
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering Building Lalita Udpa Named an IEEE FellowLalita Udpa, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) in recognition of her contributions to forward and inverse electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation methodologies. Middle of Semester February 27 Tracking fluorescent molecules in confocal and scanning probe microscopy February 21
ECE Seminar Series
Dr. Sean Andersson
Boston University, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering Building Engineering Career ExpoFebruary 21
Employed? Looking? Questions?
This expo is for you!
A day of opportunity to help you network, meet employers and more.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Floors of Engineering Building Investigation of Material Degradation Using the Measurement and Analysis of Multiple Physical PropertiesFebruary 7
ECE Seminar Series
Dr. Shamachary Sathish
Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
2245 Engineering BuildingThermoelectric Research Takes SpotlightSee the ECE newsletter, Networks, for the full story.The Spartan Podcast with Engineering Dean, Satish Udpa End of Tuition RefundFebruary 1MSU Dean's List Congratulations to all of our EE and CPE undergraduate students who have been named to the fall 2007 Dean's list. The Dean's List honors all full-time undergraduates in the university who earn a 3.50 or better grade point average for the given semester. End of Tuition RefundFebruary 1Middle of SemesterFebruary 27 Spring Break March 3 - 7
No classes scheduled. University is open. ECE Seminar Series - January 24 - CANCELLEDThe ECE Seminar for January 24 has been CANCELLED.Energy and Automotive ResearchFaculty from the ECE department collaborate with COE and MSU researchers in the area of energy and automotive research. The College of Engineering's Fall 2007 issue of Currents Research highlights their latest activities. "MSU's College of Engineering has set a new standard in engineering research facilities with the recent opening of its world-class Energy & Automotive Research Laboratories, a 29,000-square-foot complex that now houses the university's research on automobile engine efficiency, alternative energy, and emission reduction." See the pdf link for the full story.Senator Carl Levin Visits MSU's Energy & Automotive Research LaboratoriesSee the The State News article for the full story.Martin Luther King Day - Classes Cancelled - University Open Monday, January 21 Spring Semester 2008 - First Day of ClassesMonday, January 7Networks - ECE Newsletter - Fall 2007 Catch up on the latest developments in ECE... Holiday - University Closed Monday and Tuesday
12/31/2007 - 1/1/2008 Holiday - University Closed Monday and Tuesday
12/24 - 12/25 Final Exams Monday through Friday
12/10 - 12/14 College of Engineering Graduation Reception Saturday, December 8
The College of Engineering would like to invite graduating students and their families to enjoy conversation and light refreshments with the COE faculty, staff and fellow classmates before the commencement ceremony.
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Kellogg Center - Lincoln Room Si Technology Roadmap for Ubiquitous Computing December 6
Dr. Dennis Buss, Vice President
Texas Instruments
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Coming soon - College of Engineering Design Day! Friday, December 7
MSU Union
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Check out this semester's Design Day presentations - EGR 291 Robot Competitions Friday, December 7
EGR 291 Robot Competitions
10 a.m. - noon
Union building, 2nd floor concourse. Come HEAR the Audio Enthusiasts and Engineers Student OrganizationThursday and Friday, December 6 & 7
College of Engineering Design Days
MSU Union Building - MSU Room
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
AEE is a student-run organization in the College of Engineering, consisting of students with a broad range of interests and majors.
College of Engineering Design Day On-line See design day presentations Live via webcast
Huron Room Presentations
Superior Room Presentations
Thermoelectric Research in the College of EngineeringFaculty from the ECE department collaborate with COE and MSU researchers in the area of thermoelectrics. The College of Engineering's Fall 2007 issue of Currents Research highlights their latest activities. "On the Road to Success with Thermoelectric Research - In the hunt for alternative energy sources, a strong candidate is thermoelectrics, and Michigan State University is home to one of the most advanced thermoelectric power generation research groups in the world." See the pdf link for the full story. This Month's Research Paper from the Institute of Physics Electronic Journal"Electron transport in zinc-blende wurtzite biphasic gallium nitride nanowires and GaNFETs" by BW Jacobs, VM Ayres, AD Baczewski, et al 2007 Nanotechnology. See the following link for the abstract and full paper. Visit the new MSU Engineering Alumni Website"Alum-Net" is the new Michigan State University College of Engineering Alumni Directory. This online service allows alumni to create and edit their profile, as well as to search for other alumni profiles. We encourage you to participate and get involved in the MSU EGR alumni community.College of Engineering Design Day - Friday, December 7Check out our ECE 480 Senior Design team websites!
Thanksgiving Holiday - University ClosedThursday and Friday, November 22 & 23Programmable and Configurable Analog Signal Processing for Low-Power Sensor Systems November 15
ECE Seminar Series
Professor Paul Hasler
Georgia Tech
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building International Day in Engineering Thursday, November 15
Don't miss the International Day celebration in the Engineering Building lobby! There will be music, live group performances, and refreshments.
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Chakrabartty and Radha Receive NSF AwardChakrabartty and Radha receive an NSF award for their publication, "Investigation into Non-conventional Analog Decoders for Low-density Parity Check Codes." The NSF grant focuses on developing novel analog VLSI decoders by exploiting information theoretic principles inherent in conventional and un-conventional CMOS devices. See the NSF abstract link for more.Wireless and Video CommunicationsFeaturing Hayder Radha's Wireless and Video Communications...Adaptive Integrated Microsystems LaboratoryFeaturing Shantanu Chakrabartty's Adaptive Integrated Microsystems Laboratory...High Density 802.11 Mesh Networks November 8
ECE Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
Professor Sumit Roy
University of Washington
Department of Electrical Engineering
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Feedback Limitations: Linear and Nonlinear November 1
ECE Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series
Professor Petar K. Kokotovic
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Aviyente Received NSF Grant Selin Aviyente received an NSF grant for her publication entitled, "Signal Processing for Quantifying the Functional Integration in the Brain." Smaller, simpler, faster, lighter: Can smart materials drive the development of next-generation vehicle systems? October 25
ECE Seminar Series
Professor Marcelo Dapino
Ohio State University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Spartan Future Engineers Open HouseTomorrow, Saturday, October 20
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Meet with professors, tour laboratories and see scientific interactive demonstrations, learn about majors and careers, talk with current MSU students, view undergraduate research posters and projects, and much more!EE Alum Jerome Crocker Wins GEM AwardJerome Crocker (MS Elec Egr '01), a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Engineering Consultant, received the 2007 GEM Student Leadership Award. See the College of Engineering publications page for the full story.On Algebraic Time-derivative Estimation and Deadbeat State Reconstruction October 11
ECE Seminar Series
Dr. Johann Reger
University of Michigan
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Chakrabartty, Alocilja's, and Liu Research Featured Chakrabartty, Alocilja and Liu's latest research paper from MSU/ECE's Adaptive Integrated Microsystems Laboratory was featured in East Lansing news Topix last week. The paper, which previously appeared in the Institute of Physics nanotechnology electronic journal, discusses modeling of basic building blocks of forward error-correcting biosensors. See the following URL for the complete article. Adaptive Integrated Microsystems LaboratoryFeaturing Shantanu Chakrabartty's Adaptive Integrated Microsystems Laboratory...Chakrabartty and Radha Receive NSF AwardChakrabartty and Radha receive an NSF award for their publication, "Investigation into Non-conventional Analog Decoders for Low-density Parity Check Codes." The NSF grant focuses on developing novel analog VLSI decoders by exploiting information theoretic principles inherent in conventional and un-conventional CMOS devices. See the NSF abstract link for Wireless and Video CommunicationsFeaturing Hayder Radha's Wireless and Video Communications laboratory...Chakrabartty's Research also Featured in NanowerkShantanu Chakrabartty's nanotechnology research also recently featured in Nanowerk. "Reliably detecting foodborne pathogens with nanotechnology and encoding/decoding techniques."Engineering Professors Showcase Research to Area Businesses Representatives from 15 to 20 Lansing-area companies heard five engineering professors talk about their research. See the Lansing State Journal article for Career Gallery October 4
Career Gallery 2007 continues!
Breslin Center, 3 - 7 p.m.
Michigan State University's largest career event of the year! Over 5,000 students and 270 companies attend this two-day event. Career Week!Wednesday, October 3
Dean's Breakfast
Engineering Lobby, 8 - 10 a.m.
Gallery Recruiters and Engineering Alumni will gather to "mix-n-mingle" with Engineering Leadership (both faculty and students). The Center and the 'new' Computer lab will be highlighted and tours of the Engineering Building will available at 9 and 9:30 a.m.Career Week! Tuesday, October 2
Pre-Gallery Information Sessions
Engineering Building Lobby, 6 - 9 p.m.
Over 16 Companies will host information sessions throughout the Engineering Building. Student groups from all majors will be co-sponsoring the participants with a "snack break" from 7 - 8 pm in the Engineering Lobby (food provided by General Mills and Nestle). Tonight - Tau Beta Pi Student Group MeetingWednesday, September 26
7:30 p.m.
Room: 1225 Engineering Building
Middle of SemesterTuesday, October 16 Tonight - Eta Kappa Nu Student Group Meeting Wednesday, September 26
5:10 p.m.
Room: 1225 Engineering Building College of Engineering Employment Opportunity On the behalf of the College of Engineering, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is accepting applications for the position of Academic Specialist - College Design Day Coordinator.
See the PDF link for Summer Semester 2007 Dean's List Congratulations to Electrical Engineering students Brian Michael Holt and Long Yi Wong for making the Summer Semester 2007 Dean's List! AFCEA Scholarship WinnerCongratulations to Matthew Borton! Borton, a computer engineering junior, is the recipient of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) General Emmett Paige Scholarship.The Evolutionary Origin of Complex Features Electrical & Computer Engineering Seminar Series
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Dr. Charles A. Ofria
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
3:00 -- 4:00 p.m.
1234 Engineering Building Last Day of the International SymposiumToday, Wednesday, September 12th, is the last day of the International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM). See the ISEM2007 program forLast Day of the International SymposiumToday, Wednesday, September 12th, is the last day of the International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM). See the ISEM2007 program for Lalita Udpa Receives ASNT Fellow Award, Class of 2007The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) has notified Dr. Lalita Udpa that she has been selected as an ASNT Fellow, Class of 2007. Her award will be presented durng the 2007 ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12-16, 2007. Congratulations, Lalita, on receiving this prestigious award!!Li Group's Creativity Leads to Nomination for Worldwide Award Tongtong Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the faculty facilitator for an international group that developed a medical device to detect symptoms of common health problems at no cost to patients. They are finalists for the Mondialogo Award. Tongtong Li's Innovative Design Team - Finalists for the Mondialogo AwardFrom the MSU Newsroom...Xiao, Mutka, and Xi Receive NSF Award Li Xiao, Matt Mutka, and Ning Xi have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project entitled "LEAPNet: Self-adaptable All Terrain Sensor Networks." This project addresses the design, prototyping, and evaluation of hopping sensors and efficient algorithms for sensor deployment in difficult areas and rugged terrain.ECE Seminar - On An Optical Inertial Navigation SystemECE Seminar
Tuesday, September 11
Dr. Ram Iyer - Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics - Texas Tech University
Room 173 Communication Arts Building
(Please note this is a special date and location for this ECE Seminar. Fall semester 2007 seminars will be regularly scheduled on Thursdays in room 1234 EB.)
For Dr. Iyer's seminar abstract & bio click here...Audio Enthusiasts and Engineers - First Annual Meeting - Today TODAY
Tuesday, September 4
The Audio Enthusiasts and Engineers student group is having their first semester meeting today, with demos and free pizza.
3400 Engineering Building
5:00 p.m.
Come check them out! On An Optical Inertial Navigation System ECE Seminar Series
Tuesday, September 11
Dr. Ram Iyer - Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics - Texas Tech University
Room 173 Communication Arts Building
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(Please note this is a special date and location for this ECE Seminar. Fall semester 2007 seminars will be regularly scheduled on Thursdays in room 1234 EB.)
For Dr. Iyer's seminar abstract & bio click here... Holiday (Labor Day Observed) - University ClosedMonday, September 3Fall Welcome 2007Welcome Everyone!
This Fall Welcome website will provide you with numerous events to promote a better understanding of Michigan State University and the opportunities that are available throughout the academic year to get engaged academically and socially in the college experience. Welcome to MSU and Go Green!Fall Semester Begins Monday, 8/27 Summer '07 Kaiserslautern Study Abroad students visit the European sites This summer, between their studies in electrical and computer engineering courses, our Kaiserslautern study abroad group visited Berlin and Neuschwanstein Castles in the Munich area. Summer Semester Ends - Full and 2nd Session Thursday, 8/16 Xiaobo Tan's Smart Microsystems Research Featured Xiaobo Tan's Smart Microsystems research was featured as part of the MSU College of Engineering Summer Magnet & Related Training Institute. Tan's students, Kiyoung Kwon and Stephen Shatara, showed educators projects that Middle School students could easily work on. Shatara showed how electroactive polymers were used to create a robotic fish. Kwon demonstrated a robot model showing human emotion through voice-activation. See the full State News article for Xiaobo Tan's Smart Microsystems Laboratory Check out all of the interesting research projects going on in Xiaobo Tan's Smart Microsystems Laboratory! Click here for MSU Formula SAE Team in Burbank CA with Jay LenoCheck out the latest blog posting and pictures from the MSU Formula Racing Team, and their exciting tour and interview with Jay Leno!Computer Engineering for future degree and research programs in DubaiFrom the State News, MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the pursuit of degree and research programs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The College of Engineering could offer a computer engineering undergraduate program, said Satish Udpa, dean of the college. "We want to start with computer engineering," he said. "Down the road we may increase the number of offerings." Read the full article for Holiday (Independence Day Observed) - University Closed Wednesday, 7/4 MSU Summer Robotics Camp 2007 It's not too late to sign up for MSU's Robotics and Nanotechnology Summer Camp! There are a few sessions still open. See Dr. Dean Aslam's website link for dates, times and registration form. End of First Half Summer Session Thur., 6/28 MSU Summer Robotics Camp 2007 - OPEN HOUSE Thursday, June 14
6:00 p.m.
1345 Engineering Building (Auditorium)
MSU Summer Robotics Camp (K-Ph.D.)
OPEN HOUSE!
Join us for a fun evening open house and see what the summer robotics camp is all about!
Tim Grotjohn Named ECE Chairperson!Tim Grotjohn has been named the next chairperson of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. See the College of Engineering Publications link for Design Day News Coverage From the Lansing State Journal "Final designs: MSU engineering students craft projects for disasters, ball games." See the following link for Engineering Professors Featured in the "2007 Tech Tour"The "2007 Tech Tour" includes visits to Red Cedar Technology, founded by electrical and computer engineering faculty Erik Goodman and mechanical engineering faculty Ron Averill, and KTM Industries, founded on research by chemical and biochemical engineering faculty, Ramani Narayan,...see the Great Lakes IT Report for Holiday (Memorial Day Observed) - University Closed Monday, 5/28 Lalita Udpa Selected as an ASNT Fellow Congratulations to Lalita Udpa! She has been selected to receive the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Fellow Award! Elvin and Chakrabartty receive NSF Grant Niell Elvin and Shantanu Chakrabartty have received an NSF grant to develop sub-microwatt fatigure sensors for structural health monitoring. With power budget less than 1 microwatt, these sensors can significantly advance the state-of-art for self-powered infrastructure monitoring and for predicting fatigue in biomechanical implants. Summer Classes BeginMonday, 5/14Hassan Khalil Named IFAC Fellow The International Federation of Automatic Control has named Hassan Khalil, an IFAC Fellow, for his contributions to singular perturbation theory, nonlinear feedback control and control education. "IFAC Fellow Awards are given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC, in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator." ECE Visiting Research Assistants at the Tokyo Institute of Technology PhD candidate, Ben Jacobs, and Senior, Andrew Baczewski are currently Visiting Research Assistants at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech) in Japan as a part of an NSF International Research and Education in Engineering initiative. Ben and Andrew are exploring tribological performance and radiation resilience of nanoscale carbon onions. See the attached pdf for Commencements Friday, 5/4-Sun, 5/6 ECE Graduation Day Reception! Sunday, 5/6
The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department is inviting graduates and their families to stop by and enjoy conversation and refreshments with the ECE faculty and staff. There will be European Pastry Delicacies and Specialty Coffees.
DATE: Sunday, May 6th
TIME: 10:30 AM - NOON
WHERE: Kellogg Center –Lincoln Room
No RSVP (just come)
Academic Achievement - 4.0 GPA Daniel J. Baker has been recognized for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average at the close of his last semester in attendance. Baker, of St. Paul, Minn., is an electrical engineering major in the College of Engineering. He is a 2003 graduate of Woodbury High School and a member of the Honors College. Coming this Friday - The College of Engineering Design Day! Come join the fun!
April 27
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
at the MSU Union
See the attached PDF brochure for all of the project details, time and locations of presentations. College of Engineering Design Day - This Friday!The MSU Newsroom highlights this semester's College of Engineering Design Day. See the following link for | | | |
