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News From 2008
Academic
- Professor Massoud Amin (M.Sc. SSM, 1986, D.Sc. SSM, 1990; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin), receives the University of Minnesota's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education. More
- Professor Jonathan P. Caulkins (BS SSM, M.Sc. SSM, 1987), now with Carnegie Mellon University, co-authors a book on "Optimal Control of Nonlinear Processes."
- Professor Jonathan P. Caulkins (BS SSM, M.Sc. SSM, 1987) is one of eighty-two of the nation's brightest young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 14th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.
- Professor Daniel Fuhrmann (BSEE, 1979) becomes Chair of the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Tech.
Non-Academic
- Dr. Jeremy Ackerman (BS. SSM and BME, 1996) joins the medical advisory board of InnerOptic Technology Inc.
- Dr. Paul L. Chandeysson, M.D., (BSEE, 1958) receives an Alumni Achievement Award. More
- Anna Patterson (BSEE, BSCS, 1987) launches a company to develop the search engine Cuil and compete with Google. Read NYT Article.
- Mr. Charlie Simmons (BSEE, 1970) receives an Alumni Achievement Award. More
- Dr. John Sommerer (BS SSM, M.Sc. SSM, 1979) recently led a Naval Research Advisory Council study for the Secretary of the Navy and the Commander, US Pacific Fleet, on technical enablers to establish an Undersea Maritime Domain Awareness capability. The NRAC is the senior scientific advisory group to the Secretary, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Sommerer, the Director of Science and Technology for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, recently completed a two-year term as Vice Chair of the NRAC.
News From 2007
Academic
- Dr. Jeremy Ackerman (BS. SSM and BME, 1996) is appointed Assistant Professor at Emory University in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
- Professor Massoud Amin (M.Sc. SSM, 1986, D.Sc. SSM, 1990; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin), now with the University of Minnesota, is elected Fellow of the IIIA. More
- Professor Marija Ilic (M.Sc. SSM, 1978, D.Sc. SSM, 1980; advisor: Professor John Zaborsky), now with Carnegie Mellon University, gives the keynote address at a workshop held during the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007) in Montreal, Canada.
- Professor P. R. Kumar (M.Sc., 1975, D.Sc. SSM, 1977; advisor: Professor Jan H. van Schuppen), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receives the Fred W. Ellersick Prize of the IEEE Communications Society. More
- Professor P. R. Kumar (M.Sc., 1975, D.Sc. SSM, 1977; advisor: Professor Jan H. van Schuppen), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
- Professor Aaron D. Lanterman (M.Sc. EE 1995, D.Sc. EE. 1998; advisors: Professors Michael Miller and Donald L. Snyder), now with Georgia Institute of Technology, is promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure.
- Professor Timothy J. Schulz (D.Sc. EE, 1990; advisor: Professor Donald L. Snyder) is appointed Dean of Engineering of Michigan Tech. More
- Professor Timothy J. Schulz (D.Sc. EE, 1990; advisor: Professor Donald L. Snyder), now with Michigan Tech, is elected Fellow of SPIE. More
- Dr. Gang Shi (D.Sc. EE, 2006; advisor: Professor Arye Nehorai) becomes Research Instructor in the Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis.
- Professor Mark Spong (D.Sc. SSM, 1981; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receives the first IROS Fumio Harashima Award for Innovative Technologies, at the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. More
- Professor Turhan Tunali (D.Sc. SSM, 1985; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn) becomes Director of the International Computer Institute at Ege University in Izmir, Turkey.
- Professor Jonathan Turner (BSCS and BSEE, 1977), now with Washington University in Saint Louis, is elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
- Professor Xiaoping Yun (D.Sc. SSM, 1987; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), now with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), becomes Fellow of IEEE.
Non-Academic
- Dr. Abed Hammoud (D.Sc. EE, 1994; advisor: Professor Donald L. Snyder) becomes Chief Executive Officer of Schaerer-Mayfield Imaging.
- Dr. Daniel A. O'Connor (D.Sc. SSM, 1978; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), becomes Group Leader of System Architecture at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
- Dr. Katherine A. Rink (BS, SSE, 1993, MS SSM, 1996, DSc SSM, 1998; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin), promoted to Associate Group Leader of the Air Defense Techniques Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
- Dr. Katherine A. Rink (BS, SSE, 1993, MS SSM, 1996, DSc SSM, 1998; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin) Leads a team which is awarded an MIT Lincoln Laboratory Team Award.
News From 2006
Academic
- Professor Massoud Amin (M.Sc. SSM, 1986, D.Sc. SSM, 1990; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin), now with the University of Minnesota, is appointed to the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications (BMSA) of the United States National Academies.
- Professor Massoud Amin (M.Sc. SSM, 1986, D.Sc. SSM, 1990; advisor: Professor Ervin Y. Rodin), now with the University of Minnesota, is appointed to ONRL committee. More
- Professor Juan F. Arratia (D.Sc. EE 1985; advisor: Professor Raymond Kline), now with Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, receives the 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, at a ceremony held at The White House. More Photo
- Professor Jonathan P. Caulkins (BS SSM, M.Sc. SSM, 1987), now with Carnegie Mellon University, has been teaching at CMU's Qatar and Australia campuses, since 2005.
- Professor Daizhan Cheng (D.Sc. SSM, 1985; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), now with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, becomes Fellow of IEEE.
- Professor P. R. Kumar (M.Sc., 1975, D.Sc. SSM, 1977; advisor: Professor Jan H. van Schuppen), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receives the IEEE Field Award in Control Systems. More
- Professor J. Nicholas Laneman (BSEE and BSCS, 1995), now with the University of Notre Dame, receives the 2006 Presidential Early-Career Award. More
- Professor Aaron D. Lanterman (M.Sc. EE 1995, D.Sc. EE. 1998; advisors: Professors Michael Miller and Donald L. Snyder), now with Georgia Institute of Technology, receives the distinction Richard M. Bass/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award, and holds the Demetrius T. Paris Junior Professorship, a special chair for the development of young faculty.
- Professor Pierre Moulin (D.Sc. EE, 1990; advisors: Professor Donald L. Snyder and Professor Joseph A. O'Sullivan), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, becomes Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. of Information Forensic and Security. More
- Professor Prakash Narayan (M.Sc. SSM, 1978, D.Sc. EE, 1981; advisor: Professor Donald L. Snyder), receives two NSF grants. More
- Professor Peerayot Sanposh (D.Sc. SSM, 2001; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn) becomes Director of Industrial Cooperation at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Professor Mark W. Spong (D.Sc. SSM, 1981; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), now with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, serves as President of the IEEE Control Systems Society.
- Professor Renjeng Su (D.Sc. SSM, 1980; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn) is renewed as Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado in Denver.
- Professor Ning Xi (D.Sc. SSM, 1983; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn), now with Michigan State University, becomes Fellow of IEEE.
Non-Academic
- Dr. Yilong Chen (D.Sc. SSM, 1984; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn) becomes General Director of Asia Pacific Affairs and chief representative in China of the Automotive Industry Action Group.
- Mr. Greg Sullivan (BS SSM, 1981) becomes Chief Executive Officer of Global Velocity, Inc.
- Dr. Di Yan (D.Sc. SSM, 1990; advisor: Professor T.J. Tarn) becomes Director of Clinical Physics at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI.
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