10-22-15
Steven Low, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and alumnus Javad Lavaei (PhD ’11 CDS) have received a Power System Analysis Computing and Economics (PSACE) Technical Committee Prize Paper Award for their paper “Zero Duality Gap in Optimal Power Flow Problem.” PSACE is a Technical Committee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society. [Read the paper]
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10-02-15
Dr. Jakob J. van Zyl (PhD ’86 EE), Caltech Senior Faculty Associate in Electrical Engineering and Aerospace, as well as the Associate Director of Project Formulation and Strategy at JPL, will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering (DIng) degree from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Dr. van Zyl was born in Outjo, Namibia and received his first degree in electrical engineering from the University of Stellenbosch . He then came to Caltech where he obtained his Masters and PhD in electrical engineering.
09-11-15
The Thomson Reuters compilation of the most highly cited researchers— those in the top 1%—include EAS professors Harry Atwater, William Goddard, Babak Hassibi, Joel Tropp, Kerry Vahala, and Paul Wennberg. This compilation aims to identify researchers with exceptional impact on their respective fields. [Detailed information on the methodology]
Tags: APhMS EE honors Harry Atwater CMS ESE Paul Wennberg William Goddard Joel Tropp Kerry Vahala Babak Hassibi
09-10-15
Hyuck Choo, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Azita Emami, Professor of Electrical Engineering, have been selected as two of the nine inaugural Heritage Research Institute for the Advancement of Medicine and Science at Caltech researchers. They will hold the title of Heritage Principal Investigators (HPI) and will have more opportunities to collaborate with other HPIs and with practicing physicians in the local community. [Caltech story]
Tags: EE honors MedE Hyuck Choo Azita Emami
07-02-15
Electrical Engineering postdoctoral scholar Dr. Haowen Ruan and graduate student Mooseok Jang, who work with Professor Changhuei Yang, have won first place for Best Student Poster Presentation at the Engineering Conferences International (ECI) series entitled “Advances in Optics in Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XIV.” Their winning poster demonstrated research in biomedical optics, specifically a novel technique that focuses light inside biological tissue by time-reversing the light encoded through popping of a microbubble. The technique has the potential to enable one to “see” through biological bodies with light.
Tags: EE honors research highlights Changhuei Yang MedE Haowen Ruan Mooseok Jang postdocs
06-24-15
P. P. Vaidyanathan, Professor of Electrical Engineering, been chosen to receive the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award for his “fundamental contributions to digital signal processing.” This Technical Field Award, is one of IEEE's most prestigious honors, and recognizes professionals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.
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06-11-15
Samet Oymak, advised by Babak Hassibi is a winner of this year’s Charles Wilts Prize, for his doctoral thesis “ Convex Relaxation for Low-Dimensional Representation: Phase Transitions and Limitations.” The Charles Wilts Prize is awarded every year to a graduate student in Electrical Engineering for outstanding independent research.
06-11-15
Carlos Roberto Gonzalez, advised by Professors Abu-Mostafa and Perona is the winner of this year’s Charles Wilts Prize, for his doctoral thesis "Optimal Data Distributions in Machine Learning." The Charles Wilts Prize is awarded every year to a graduate student in Electrical Engineering for outstanding independent research.
Tags: EE honors Pietro Perona Wilts Prize Yaser Abu-Mostafa Carlos Palacios
06-09-15
The student winners of the 2015 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were announced at a special luncheon with the Demetriades - Tsafka – Kokkalis family. Alborz Mahdavi received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with David Tirrell developed a set of important new tools for analyzing protein synthesis in complex biological systems. Srivatsan Hulikal was the recipient of the prize in Seismo-Engineering, Prediction, and Protection for his work with Nadia Lapusta on linking macroscopic frictional properties of interfaces to their micromechanics. Lingwen Gan working with Steven Low received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for his work on sustainable power systems and specifically the control and optimization of distributed energy resources in future smart grids. The winner of the prize in Nanotechnology was Niranjan Srinivas for designing and building a system of DNA machines that, in bulk, implement an oscillator. Niranjan's advisor was Erik Winfree.
Tags: EE honors MCE CMS Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes Erik Winfree Nadia Lapusta Steven Low Alborz Mahdavi David Tirrell Srivatsan Hulikal Lingwen Gan Niranjan Srinivas
05-14-15
Electrical Engineering student Kuan-Chang Chen, working with Professor Azita Emami, is a recipient of the 2015 Henry Ford II Scholar Award. Kuan-Chang is a member of the Caltech Mixed-mode Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab (MICS) and is researching analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems. The Henry Ford II Scholar Award is funded under an endowment provided by the Ford Motor Company Fund. The award is made annually to the engineering student with the best academic record at the end of the third year of undergraduate study.
Tags: EE honors Henry Ford II Scholar Award Kuan-Chang Chen Azita Emami
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Many of you joined the Electrical Engineering faculty, alumni, students, and staff as we celebrated 100 years of EE at the California Institute of Technology on November 5th & 6th, 2010.
