Signals - the ECE newsletter
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Signals - spring 2022
Dear alumni and friends,
The last few months have seen Regents Professor Ned Mohan honored for his influential contribution to power education, and other faculty recognized for their significant and critical innovations and inventions. We share with you the impact of their work.
Our students and alumni, needless to say, have also been attracting attention for their research and teaching excellence, and we bring to you their achievements. We also share with you the story of Steven Bell’s unusual journey to ECE. Take a wander through the spring issue of Signals and acquaint yourself with the brilliant work being carried out by your ECE family.
TOP STORY
Regents Professor Ned Mohan awarded IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education medal
FACULTY NEWS
Professor Jian-Ping Wang to be inducted fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Professor Steven Koester named Optica Fellow
Professor Sang-Hyun Oh named Optica Fellow
Professor Doug Ernie receives 2021 Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award
Regents Professor Ned Mohan named INAE Fellow
STUDENT NEWS
Lines to Electrical Engineering
Duarte de Sousa awarded IEEE EDS Ph.D. Student Fellowship
Best paper award for Sapatnekar research group at IEEE/ACM International Conference
ECE students win at 2021 IEM Annual Conference poster session
Peter Christenson receives Mistletoe Research Fellowship
Konstantinos Polyzos awarded Onassis scholarship
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumnus Ted Brekken recognized for teaching excellence
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Signals - fall 2021
Dear alumni and friends,
It has been a while since our last newsletter went out in January of this year. COVID-19 has altered the landscape of how we operate and go about our personal and professional lives. At the University of Minnesota, with widespread availability of vaccines and testing, we have been able to gather back on campus. However, the pandemic is not over, and we are following all the protocols and recommendations of experts so we can safely continue our research and academic missions.
In June, we moved to a new website that allows us to celebrate student and alumni accomplishments more visibly. While we continue to improve the website, we hope you browse through and enjoy the stories that we bring to you.
TOP STORY
Alumnus Damodar Pai: Scientist and inventor
FACULTY NEWS
Professor Keshab Parhi honored with IEEE CAS Society John Choma Education Award
Professors Stadler, Franklin, and Low are recipients of collegiate awards
Associate Professor Tony Low on Clarivate Analytics 2020 global list of highly cited researchers
Professors Oh, Koester, and Low are part of team that authored Nature Communications review article
STUDENT NEWS
Minki Kim wins best presentation at APEC 2021
Peter Christenson awarded interdisciplinary fellowship
Marie Wulff wins prestigious Brooke Owens fellowship
Yali Zhang wins ARFTG Pollard award
Doctoral dissertation fellowships awarded to three Ph.D. students
Madhusudan, Manasi, and Zhou receive Cadence scholarships
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumnus Yingjie Lao wins NSF CAREER Award for AI research
Alumnus Tianyi Chen receives IEEE SPS best dissertation award
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Signals - fall 2022
Dear alumni and friends,
A lot has happened in the ECE community since our spring 2022 issue of Signals. The UMN Solar Vehicle Project team brought home the ASC trophy, our faculty have made critical advancements that have implications at the fundamental and applicable levels, and our students continue to embody the spirit of curiosity, and discovery. They also come from a diverse background and manifest determination and grit even as the odds are stacked against them. Darnell Otterson is one such student. Wander through the fall 2022 edition of Signals to learn more about what we have all been up to over the last few months.
TOP STORY
Solar Vehicle Project wins American Solar Challenge
FACULTY NEWS
Professor Keshab Parhi elected AIMBE fellow
Professor Rhonda Franklin is McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor
In memoriam: Professor James (Jim) Holte
Professor David Orser receives Horace T. Morse Alumni Award for undergraduate education
Professor Martina Cardone awarded McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Professor Chris Kim recognized as Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Smartphone-driven microfluidics for at-home diagnostics
ECE scientists demonstrate quantum computing using silicon technology
Researchers observe chirality and slow plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
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Signals - spring 2023
Dear alumni and friends,
In recent months, University of Minnesota Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty have received many awards and other recognition for scientific advancements that have real world impacts. Simultaneously, our students and alumni were also recognized for their academic and professional contributions. We bring you this and other news in our spring 2023 edition of Signals.
TOP STORY
ECE Ph.D. student leads team to Space Challenge win
FACULTY NEWS
Professor Chris Kim leads $8M of federally funded quantum-inspired computing projects
Professor Mohammad Maddah-Ali elevated to IEEE Fellow
Professor Joseph Talghader named Optica Fellow
Professor Tony Low on list of 2022 highly cited researchers
Company based on Professor Jian-Ping Wang's research awarded $17.5M DOE grant
Professor Hye Yoon Park’s research on memory formation published in Current Biology
STUDENT NEWS
Driven by curiosity: Bryan Chantigian shares his NASA internship experience
Sai Sanjay Balaji awarded UMII-MnDRIVE graduate assistantship
ECE students receive doctoral dissertation fellowships
Lulu Ge places first at IEM Annual Conference poster competition
MnDrive Graduate Fellowship supports Renata Saha’s work in neuromodulation
ALUMNI NEWS
ECE alumnus Thomas Coughlin is 2023 IEEE President-Elect