Real Time Summer 2001 Issue ()

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Spring / Summer 2001
Dr. Reza Adhami
CHAIR’ S
CORNER
Dr. Timothy Boykin
Selected to Receive
UAH Foundation
Research & Creative
Achievement Award
Three ECE Alumni were honored this year at the Order of the
Engineer ceremonies. You can read about them on page 3.
Dr. Timothy Boykin has been selected to receive the UAH Foundation Research
and Creative Achievement Award for Applied Research/Technology.
The University of Alabama in Huntsville has recently initiated a
proposal to offer a new program, Master of Science in Software
Engineering (MSSE), as a new degree program through the College
of Engineering (Engineering Track) and the College of Science
(Computer Science Track). For information regarding the computer
science track, contact the Department of Computer Science. This
program is expected to be offered in the Spring of 2002.
The purpose of this award is to recognize faculty and professional research staff
members who have received national and international recognition in their fields,
to stimulate research and creative achievement, and to emphasize that research
and creative activities are integral to the mission of UAH. These awards are open
to any faculty member, professional research staff member or professional
research team who has achieved international recognition as a result of their
scholarly contributions.
The Master of Science in Software Engineering in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department unconditional
admission requirements are:
A Bachelor’s degree from ABET or CSAB approved
programs with a minimum of 3.0 out of 4.0 scale, GRE Score
of 1700, and TOEFL score of 600 (for international students).
For conditional admission, contact the ECE Department.
Prerequisites:
Programming in C, C++ or Java
Data Structures, Discrete Structures
Algorithm Design and Analysis
Operating Systems
Computer Architecture
Program Structure: 33 credit hours
A Sample Program of Study for MSSE, Engineering Track, can be
found on page 5.
“UAH has afforded me the opportunity to contribute to the field of nano-structure
modeling over the past eight and one-half years. During that time I have been
fortunate to work with many talented colleagues, here at UAH and elsewhere, on
a wide range of problems in both research and pedagogy. I thank these
colleagues, too numerous to mention, for their collaborations and I would like to
express my gratitude to the UAH Foundation for this Award.”  Tim Boykin
Dr. Timothy Boykin has made many important contributions to research in the
field of nano-structure/nano-device modeling over the past decade. These
contributions include the first numerically-stable multi-band tight-binding
treatment of nano-devices with one-dimensional confinement; methods for
properly taking into account the incompleteness in any tight-binding model; and
numerically-stable boundary conditions for tight-binding models. Dr. Boykin is
well known for his research on full-bandstructure modeling of nanodevices such
as resonant-tunneling diodes and quantum wells.
Dr. Boykin’s Current Professional Activities:
• Tight-binding models for strained systems, including strained quantum dots.
• Properties of nano-structure models.
• Modeling optical interactions in nano-structures within the tight-binding
framework.
• Continuing collaborations in the above areas with colleagues at JPL and UCRiverside.
For a recent publications list turn to page 11.
Dr. Rhonda Gaede Honored by UAH College of
Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
Each year the College of Engineering recognizes the outstanding achievements of both junior and senior
faculty members in the areas of teaching, research and service. This year Dr. Rhonda Gaede was
honored at the Alabama Society of Professional Engineering Week Banquet for the College of
Engineering's Outstanding Junior Faculty Member.
Dr. Rhonda Kay Gaede was hired in September 1992 as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department. In 1994, she joined the tenure track as an Assistant Professor, earning tenure
and being promoted to Associate Professor as of Fall 2000.
She received her BSEE degree in 1981 from Southern Methodist University and her MSEE and PhD degrees in
1986 and 1988, respectively from The University of Texas at Austin. Her primary areas of interest are computer
architecture, hardware description languages, performance monitoring, and optical interconnects.
Commencement 2000-2001, ECE Graduates
Doctors of Philosophy
Masters of Science
Masters with Thesis
Maha Saad Elnaggar
Field: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Analysis and Simulation of an Integrated Optical Receiver
Advisor: Dr. Rhonda Kay Gaede
Matthew David Bender (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nagendra Singh
Barry Kent Daniel (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. John Stensby
Aimee R. Dorman (Electrical),
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Gregory Nordin
William D. Garrett (Computer)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Rhonda Kay Gaede
Shuaib Ahmed Hanief (Computer)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Krishna Kavi
Robert A. Hillman (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. B. Earl Wells
Offa Shivers McCollum III (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. John Stensby
Timothy G. Mester (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Laurie L. Joiner
Alireza Moshtaghi (Computer)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Krishna Kavi
Vijay Pandiarajan (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Laurie L. Joiner
Andrew Brian Phillips (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Fat Duen Ho
Saikat Saha (Electrical)
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nagendra Singh
Lisa Gamble Blackwell
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Characterization of the Optical Properties of Photonic
Crystals Using Frequency Resolved Optical Gating
Advisor: Dr. Richard Fork
John Wayne Brooks
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: The Detection of Buried Non-Metallic Anti-Personnel
Land Mines
Advisor: Dr. Reza Adhami
Tony Franklin Gatlin
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Modeling of the Nonlinear Response of Photorefractive
Crystals
Advisor: Dr. Nagendra Singh
Abdel Monem Ali Ahmed Saleh
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Multiscale Ridge Filter Fingerprint Identification System
Advisor: Dr. Reza Adhami
Mark Anthony Stedham
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: A Numerical Investigation of Pulse and Beam Propagation
in Nonlinear Optical Media Using the Full Adaptive Wavelet
Transform (FAWT)
Advisor: Dr. Partha Banerjee
Luis C. Trevino
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Theory and Application of a Micro-Clustering Tool for
Exploratory Data Analysis in Pattern Recognition Systems
Advisor: Dr. William A. Porter
Ming Hsiung Weng
Field: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Design and Optimization of Deep Sub-Micron BiCMOS
Circuits
Advisor: Dr. Fat Duen Ho
Non-Thesis Masters
Jason Ryan Amos (Electrical), Scott C. Bailey (Electrical),
Sathishkumar Balasubramanian (Electrical), Vidhyacharan Bhaskar
(Electrical), Cyril H. Bryan (Electrical), Bradley William Butler
(Electrical), Kim Wang Chan (Electrical),
Chia Chi Chiang
(Electrical), David Lee Cockrell (Computer),
Steven B. Conrad
(Computer), Raymond Edward Daniels III (Electrical), Quintin D.
Davenport (Electrical), Grant David Degenhardt (Electrical), Chun
Dong (Computer), Armaghan Ebrahimi (Computer), Toby Harlan
Flynn (Electrical), Brian Keith Jones (Electrical), Rodney Dale Lee
(Electrical), Ren Mao (Mechanical), Jeffrey H. McClure (Electrical),
Brandon Douglas McMahan (Electrical), Maziar P. Nezhad
(Electrical), Ha Hai Nguyen (Electrical)., Lawrence C. Pollard
(Electrical), Ramanan Rajagopalan (Electrical), Michael Durante
Sandifer (Electrical), Todd Hardwick Sims (Electrical), Choon Wah
Tan (Electrical), Tonya Renee Thorne (Computer), Antonios Valkanas
(Electrical), Jon Thomas Zakrzewski (Electrical)
Bachelors of Science
Fahd Abidi (Electrical)
Sparkle Le'Cole Ambrose (Electrical)
Steven John Anacker (Optical)
Uday Chandra Annambhoda (Computer)
Joseph Randall Ary (Electrical)
Scott Goodman Baker (Computer)
Majed Batais (Electrical)
Stephen Eric Beard (Electrical)
Bryan Carl Black (Electrical)
William Blake Burden (Computer)
Robert D. Burrough (Computer)
Adam Wayne Cabler (Computer)
Cheryl Beckman Campbell (Electrical)
Lori Alyn Campbell (Electrical)
Corey Dwayne Carter (Electrical)
Cindy Chen (Computer)
Howard Donald Steve Chin (Electrical)
Charles Michael Clackley (Electrical)
Samuel G. Clayton (Electrical)
Robert H. Collier III (Electrical)
Amir F. Contractor (Electrical)
Christopher Michael Cornelius (Electrical)
Jennifer R. Davis (Electrical)
Alexander M. Efimenko (Electrical)
Ashley Neal Elledge (Electrical)
Tommy Joseph Ferster (Electrical
James Ernest Gomez (Computer)
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Jason Scott Gurley (Computer)
Christopher Allan Heine (Optical)
Stanley David Hendrix (Electrical)
Lee Eric Hicklen (Electrical)
James Preston Hodge, Jr. (Electrical)
Steven Sean Hodges (Computer)
Tabitha Michelle Ivey (Electrical)
Dreamlyn Shana Johnson (Electrical)
Gregory Johnson (Electrical)
Scott Johnston (Electrical)
Karla Renae Key (Electrical)
Eric G. King (Electrical)
Neel K. Lakhani (Computer)
Tunothy Wayne Lindsey (Electrical)
Basel Ali Mahafzah (Computer)
Charles Albert Mandy III (Electrical)
John Graham McCord (Electrical)
William Michael Milling (Electrical/Optical)
Shrife M. Mohamed (Electrical)
Jayson Todd Morris (Electrical)
Mark Stanley Motowski (Computer)
Raymond Craig Myers (Electrical)
Gordon M. Neeley (Electrical)
Yeow Chye Ng (Computer)
Taeho Oh (Electrical)
Geoffrey David Oltmans (Electrical)
Luther Robert Palmer (Electrical)
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Raymond David Patterson (Electrical)
Stephen Michael Pitts (Electrical)
Brent Christopher Priddy (Electrical)
Chadwick Anthony Reaves (Electrical)
Crystal Renee Rhodes (Optical)
James Carlos Romine III (Electrical)
James E. Saare II (Electrical)
William Darmawan Santosa (Electrical)
Lisa Seabrook (Electrical)
Ronald William Seagrave (Electrical)
Ronald James Seal, Jr. (Computer)
Aravind Tiruvaiyar Seshagiri (Computer)
Minhaz Hayder Siddiqui (Computer)
David Patrick Smith (Computer)
Jackson Andrew Southard, Jr. (Electrical)
Mary Anne Stadtlander (Electrical)
Donald A. Sturgeon (Electrical)
Julian Dale Swann (Electrical)
Elizabeth Anne Tanner (Optical)
Edgar David Taylor, Jr. (Computer)
Larry Wayne Thomas (Electrical)
Thomas James Thrasher (Electrical)
Emi Siew Sieng Toh (Electrical)
Dane Robinson Walther (Computer)
Benjamin Skyler Wells (Computer)
Gehrig Louis Woods (Computer)
Jamie Michael Woods (Electrical)
Ri On Yi (Electrical)
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Order of the Engineer – Alumni Awards 2001
Kelly Grider
Dr. Kelly Grider received the Distinguished Engineer Award for his outstanding
contributions in Electrical Engineering.
Dr. Grider has a unique place in the history of UAH. He has the unique distinction of
being the first student to earn the Master of Science in Engineering degree in Electrical
Engineering from UAH and the first student to complete all of the requirements for the Doctor of
Philosophy degree in Electrical Engineering in Huntsville. Dr. Grider received the Master of
Science in Engineering from UAH in 1965, and the Doctor of Philosophy from The University of
Alabama in 1972.
Being first always establishes new levels of expectation. It opens new doors for the
individual and for those who follow.
Dr. Grider paved the way for graduate engineering at UAH. While working on his
graduate degrees at UAH, Dr. Grider maintained his full-time engineering position at the U. S.
Army Missile Command where he quickly advanced through the managerial ranks. In 1973, Dr.
Grider was promoted to the newly created position of Director of the Advanced Simulation
Center, a major new Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation Facility at the U.S. Army Missile
Command. He held this position for 13 years and in 1982 he was promoted into the Senior
Executive Service. In 1986, Dr. Grider became the Director of the Systems Simulation and
Development Directorate, where he supervised the efforts of approximately 300 engineers and
scientists.
This is Dr. Grider’s second UAH alumni award. In 1999 he received the UAH Alumni
Association Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Lewis N. Graham
Mr. Lewis N. Graham received the Distinguished Young Engineer Award for his outstanding
contributions in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Graham received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics
from the University of West Florida. Subsequently, he received his Master of Science in Engineering in
Electrical Engineering from UAH in 1994.
Mr. Graham was instrumental in the formation of Z/I Imaging. Z/I Imaging is a joint venture
owned by Intergraph Corporation and Carl Zeiss. Mr. Graham led all negotiations, managed the
formation agreements, and has served as Chief Executive Officer for Z/I Imaging since it’s formation in
October of 1998. Mr. Graham has led Z/I Imaging from start-up to earnings of $43M in the first fiscal
year and an operating profit of $10M with the top market share in the Earth Imaging business. Mr.
Graham is currently leading the development of the world’s first large format digital camera used in
mapping/engineering applications set to ship in early 2001.
Before the formation of Z/I Imaging, Mr. Graham worked for the Intergraph Corporation as
Manager of Federal Imaging Systems, Manager of Commercial Imaging Systems, and Executive Vice
President of Mapping and Civil Engineering. While serving in the United States Navy, he was a Physics
instructor at the United States Naval Nuclear Power School. Mr. Graham is a clear example of an
excellent engineer with great leadership.
Gurmej S. Sandhu
Dr. Gurmej S. Sandhu received the Distinguished Engineer Award for his outstanding
contributions in Electrical Engineering.
Dr. Sandhu received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Punjab
University in 1968, his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of
Technology in 1969, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from UAH in 1979.
Dr. Sandhu is highly respected in the Huntsville industrial community.
Dr. Sandhu is currently Chief Executive Officer of Sigmatech, Inc., which he founded in
1986, and President of the Sigma Interactive Division. Last year Sigmatech generated more than
$13M in annual sales and employs more than 150 people worldwide. Sigma Interactive Division
is a new venture led by Dr. Sandhu that produces high-end CBT and WBT products for
commercial distribution. Sigmatech, with headquarters in Huntsville, has eight offices in the
United States and India.
Prior to starting Sigmatech, Dr. Sandhu was Senior Vice President and Manager of the
System Division of Simulation Technologies, Inc. There he was responsible for the development
of models of the radar environment and reducing them to efficient real-time algorithms. Going
backward in time, Dr. Sandhu joined Boeing Aerospace Company in Huntsville in 1980 where he
was the principal engineer for the development of RF target modeling. Prior to that he worked
General Research as a program manager to develop six degrees of freedom simulation for the
AMRAAM missile system. His group developed and verified missile-borne radar signal
simulation models. Dr. Sandhu began his career at Teledyne Brown Engineering as a project
leader in the analysis of the missile defense program.
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Dr. Fat Duen Ho
20-Year Service Award
Recipient
Dr. Dashen Shen
10-Year Service
Award Recipient
Professor Fat Duen Ho received a 20-year Service Award at the
Spring 2001 awards luncheon.
Professor Dashen Shen received a 10-year Service Award at the
Spring 2001 awards luncheon.
Fat Duen Ho received his Ph.D. degree from Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, in 1976. He joined the Department of Electrical
Sciences and Systems Engineering at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 1976. From 1977 to 1980 he
was at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Electrical Engineering. At present, he is a Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in
Huntsville.
After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in
1988, Professor Shen spent three years as a staff scientist in the R&D
group of a high technology company in Denver, Colorado. He joined the
ECE Department at UAH in 1991 where he has taught 9 different
courses in the department. He has extensive research experience in thin
film semi-conductor devices and materials, and flat panel displays. Dr.
Shen has been PI or key personnel in 11 funded research projects and
published more than 80 research papers. His work was cited in many
journals.
He has been doing research in the areas of microelectronic devices,
circuits, and materials. His present research interests focus on microelectronic
device modeling for integrated circuit design, nonvolatile semiconductor
memories, metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor field effect transistors, and RF
(radio frequency) MOSFET modeling for wireless communications. Dr. Ho
was awarded NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowships in 1985, 1986, and
1987.
His research experience includes: amorphous silicon and
polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors, integrated amorphous silicon
image sensors, high efficiency amorphous silicon single junction solar
cells, high efficiency a-Si/a-Si tandem solar cells, and high-depositionrate amorphous silicon solar cells. Some of his amorphous silicon solar
cells hold record high efficiencies in their categories in the USA.
Dr. Ho has introduced and taught the graduate and undergraduate
courses in Device Modeling for Integrated Circuit Design, Microelectronic
Devices and Integrated Circuits, VLSI Devices, VLSI Circuits, Laser
Electronics, CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits Design, and Solid State
Fundamentals.
His current research interests include thin film materials such as
amorphous silicon and polycrystalline silicon, SiN, SiO2 and a-C:H
(diamond-like coating); devices such as thin film transistors, imaging
sensors, solar cells and hybrid devices of amorphous silicon and
crystalline silicon. Dr. Shen is directing a research project on new
concepts on active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) fabrication
with DARPA support.
He enjoys teaching, research, and supervising good graduate students
to write their dissertations/theses. His hobbies are walking and reading.
Class of 2001 ADTRAN TDP Graduates
Pictured above at the ADTRAN graduation ceremony (left to right): Reza Adhami (UAH Chair of ECE), Frank Franz (UAH President), Jeff McClure
(ADTRAN TDP graduate), J.T. Zakrzewski (ADTRAN TDP graduate), Dale Lee (ADTRAN TDP graduate), Dr. Jerry Moore (ADTRAN Vice President
Emeritus), Howard Thraikill (ADTRAN President), and George Aunon (UAH Dean of Engineering).
We celebrated the graduation of the second Master's students from our new
ADTRAN Technical Development Program (TDP) in Electrical and
Computer Engineering on June 12, 2001. Three students graduated from
TDP in Spring/Summer 2001. This was not simply a worthy achievement
for these individual students, but it is a milestone for a unique partnership
between UAH and ADTRAN, and a tribute to a new kind of alliance
between academia and industry.
Jeff McClure received his undergraduate degree from the University of
Alabama Tuscaloosa in May 1998. Jeff began working for ADTRAN directly
after receiving his degree in May 1998. Jeff received his MSE degree in
Electrical Engineering in May 2001
J.T. Zakrzewski received his undergraduate degree from the University of
Missouri-Rolla in December 1998. J.T. began working for ADTRAN in
January 1999 when he became a full time TDP participant. J.T. received his
MSE degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2001.
The TDP is a two-year program that integrates engineering design work
experience with university graduate study. TDP participants are full time
employees at ADTRAN while active in the program. Participants receive
paid, 50% released time from work during academic terms when taking nine
semester hours. Both internal and external candidates may apply to the
program (e.g., current employees, new graduates, and experienced nonemployees). TDP participants are selected using the normal evaluation and
selection process utilized by ADTRAN.
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Dale Lee received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama
in Huntsville in August 1997. Dale began working for ADTRAN in
December 1996. Dale received his MSE degree in Electrical Engineering in
May 2001.
Congratulations ADTRAN Graduates!
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IEEE Huntsville Section
Honors Dr. Reza Adhami
Dr. Alex Poularikas
15-Year Service
Award Recipient
At the 50th Anniversary of Engineer's Week Banquet, held at
the Von Braun Center South Hall on Friday, February 23, 2001, the
banquet's master of ceremonies, and later IEEE Huntsville Section
Chairman, Eric Grigorian, presented awards to five honorees on behalf
of the Section.
Dr. Reza Adhami was honored as Outstanding Educator of the
Year. He has been Chairman of the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at UAH since 1998. His background includes
progressively more responsible teaching positions at UAH since 1985,
as well as 20 years of research experience in the areas of digital signal
processing, digital image processing, speech recognition, pattern
recognition, and data/image compression. Furthermore, Dr. Adhami
has been a prolific author with seven published technical articles or
equivalent during 2000 alone, mostly in the area of wavelet analysis.
Moreover, Dr. Adhami is a recipient of the Maurice Simpson Award
for excellence in technical publication from the Institute of
Environmental Science and Technology and numerous other awards.
Professor Alexander Poularikas received a 15-Year Service
Award at the 2001 UAH Service Award luncheon.
Dr. Poularikas joined the UAH ECE Department in the fall of 1985.
He served as ECE Chair in the first four years. He has been involved
for many years in research related to space applications. He was a
Faculty Fellow at NASA for two consecutive times, doing research on
wave propagation in random media, radio-wave scintillations due to
ionosphere, and the effect of ionosphere on the accuracy of satellite
orbit defamation. Dr. Poularikas has also been involved in image
science, image detection through random media; specifically, he was
involved in aero-optics research of hypervelocity vehicles. At present
he is involved in random digital signal processing, spectral estimation
and adaptive filtering for signal processing and system identification.
Dr. Poularikas has authored eight books listed below. The book Signals
and Systems has been adopted by more than 45 universities in the
United States and abroad.
Electromagnetics with S. Seely, 790 p., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New
York, 1979.
Electrical Engineering: Introduction and Concepts with S. Seely,
850 p., Matrix Publishers, Beverton, Oregon, 1982.
Workbook with S. Seely, 120 p., Matrix Publishers, Beverton, Oregon,
1982.
Signals and Systems, with S. Seely, 970 p., Brooks/Cole, Inc.,
Boston, MA, 1985, Four printings.
Elements of Signal Analysis, with S. Seely, 512 p., PWS-KENT,
Boston, A., 1987, 1988.
Signals and Systems with S. Seely, 1012 p., PWS-KENT, Boston,
MA, Second Edition, 1992.
Signals and Systems with S. Seely, 1012 p., corrected edition, Krieger
Publ. Co., Melbourne, FL, 1995.
Transforms and Applications Handbook, Editor, CRC Press, 1995.
The Handbook of Formulas and Tables for Signal Processing, CRC
Press, 1998.
IEEE Huntsville Section Chairman, Eric Grigorian, presents the
"Outstanding Educator" award to Dr. Reza Adhami.
___________________________________________
The "Outstanding Educator" award is given annually by the
IEEE Huntsville Section to a member who, in the opinion of the
Section Executive Committee, has made outstanding contributions to
the field of education. While the award could be made to an educator
at any level (K-University) in fact, it has always gone to ECE faculty
connected with UAH or A&M Universities as they usually are
members of their professional society, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Membership is a requirement for the
recipient of the IEEE Outstanding Educator Award. Dr. Adhami’s
nomination was unanimous, and was based on a combination of his
many years of teaching at the University level leading to his current
position of Department Chair and his distinguished research and
publication record.
Furthermore, there were many professional societies and UAH
engineering organizations, which participated in the E-Week awards
banquet, including pillars of the community. Republican Senator Jeff
Sessions gave an introductory speech. Also, Huntsville Mayor Loretta
Spencer was in attendance for the entire ceremony, following her brief
remarks.
The UAH IEEE Student Branch and their Faculty Advisor, Dr.
Laurie Joiner attended to participate in the banquet ceremony and to
congratulate Dr. Adhami. Interestingly enough, the IEEE Huntsville
Section Chairman, Eric Grigorian, shown in the above photo presenting
the award to Dr. Adhami, is a UAH alumnus and was the Student
Branch Chairman in 1983-84. Eric was also the President of the
Engineering Student Council at the time, a group that is currently in the
initial stages of being re-established by the College of Engineering.
ECE Chair’s Corner (continued)
Sample Program of Study for MSSE
Engineering Track
Software Engineering Core:
CS 650, the Software Engineering Process
+ 3 courses approved by an ECE Faculty
in Computer Engineering Program.
Computer Engineering Core Courses, 4 courses, 12 credit hours.
ECE Department Capstone Courses ( three one-hour courses)
CM 601, Communication for Engineers
EE 691, Graduate Seminars I
EE 692, Graduate Seminars II
CPE or CS Software Studio (2 Courses)
For More Information Please Contact ECE Department:
Phone: (256) 824-6224
Fax:
(256) 824-6803
Email: eceinfo@ece.uah.edu
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IEEE CAR PROJECT
In the Spring 2001 semester, an ECE student team
designed and build a mobile robot for the annual Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Southeast Conference
Student Hardware Competition, also know at UAH as the IEEE
Car Project. Last year's robot, Phoenix, won first place at the
competition in Nashville. This year's robot, WHIZard traveled to
Clemson but experience programming problems and didn't do
nearly as well. Students prepared for the contest by enrolling in
a specal section of EE 412 - Senior Design Project, which is
being offered again in the Fall 2001 semester.
The playing field for the Spring 2001 competition was
four by ten feet, and two teams competed to pickup 15 steel
balls with a five minute period.
This was a challenging
assignment with lots of room for intricate strategy (complete
rules and playing filed description are available at
www.ece.clemson.edu/secon/rules.htm). Next year's contest is
a departure from the last few years, and teams will compete in a
robotic version of the game of pong. Rules and playing field
description are online at http://www.ee.sc.edu/orgs/Secon2002/
The AUVSI Pathfinder Branch is shown presenting a certificate and funding
grant to sponsor a UAH entry in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition.
From left to right are Dr. Reza Adhami, professor and chair of the ECE
department, Dr. John Piccirillo, ECE faculty advisor for the project, Ms. Mary
Lou Cole, President of the AUVSI Pathfinder Chapter, and Ms. Tracy Edmonds,
AUSVI Pathfinder Chapter secretary.
MARVIN Enters the Intelligent
Ground Vehicle Competition
A group of students from Electrical and Computer Engineering have
pooled their efforts to design and build a robotic vehicle (MARVIN) to enter the
Intelligent Ground Competition (IGVC). This competition is an annual event
sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
(AUVSI) and co-sponsored by the US Department of Transportation, FORD
Motor Co., the Society for Automotive Engineers, the Tank-Automotive and
Armaments Command, United Defense, General Dynamics, Oakland University,
and
Fanuc
Robotics
(the
competition
rules
are
posted
at:
www.secs.oakland.edu/SECS_prof_orgs/PROF_AUVSI/rules01.html ).
SoutheastCon 2001 Student Hardware Competition Playing Field.
The IGVC consists of four separate events, the autonomous challenge
competition, the vehicle design competition, the navigation challenge, and the
follow-the-leader competition. The Autonomous challenge is the premier event
and the one the UAH team is working towards. The team is very fortunate to be
sponsored by Huntsville’s Pathfinder branch of the AUVSI. The photo shows
the presentation of a participation certificate and a check to sponsor the project,
which has been deposited in an UAH Foundation account.
Building an entry for the contest would not be possible
without the generous support of outside donors, and, as in past
years, this year’s entry benefited from the support of the IEEE
Huntsville Section. A grant was presented to the department for
development of the UAH entry.
The objective of the autonomous challenge is to build an autonomous
unmanned ground robotic vehicle to negotiate around an outdoor obstacle course
defined by white lane markers painted on a grassy field, under a prescribed time
limit while staying within the 5 mph speed limit, and avoiding obstacles on the
track. The track has different obstacles and backgrounds along the sinuous
course of travel, which is between 300 and 600 feet long. Vehicles are normally
between three and nine feet in length.
The UAH IGVC team has spent considerable time planning a vehicle
and has purchased the majority of the components for the initial research
platform. This includes a mobile base, a surveillance camera for a vision system,
Polaroid ultrasonic sensors for obstacle avoidance, an on-board computer
system, and a remote control for emergency stops. The team has been given a
state-of-the-art electronic compass by PNI Corporation. Yet to be procured are a
laser scanner for path planning, and auxiliary lane detectors.
The team has named their entry MARVIN for Mobile Autonomous
Robotic Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation, and formed an UAH student
organization, MARS – Mobile Autonomous Robotic Society.
The plan is to proceed in three stages. The first year has been devoted to
designing and building a research platform to test the sensor systems and the
course navigation strategy. The team plans to enter the next competition to be
held in Orlando, Florida, in July 2002. In early June of this year the team will be
traveling to Oakland University in Rochester, MI to observe the competition
(and the competitors).
Representatives of the IEEE Huntsville Section present a grant for the
support of a UAH entry in the IEEE Student Hardware Competition.
Shown from left to right are Dr. Eric Grigorian, President of the IEEE
Huntsville Section; Dr. Laurie Joiner, ECE Assistant Professor and
IEEE UAH Student Branch advisor; Keith Jadus, ECE student and
IEEE Huntsville Section Treasurer; Dr. John Piccirillo, EE 412
Instructor; and Dr. Reza Adhami, Professor and Chair of ECE.
Now that the design and major components are in hand, expect to see
this robotic vehicle roaming over an outdoor test track at UAH this summer.
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Laboratory News…
Integrated Biometrics Lab
Dennis Hite,
ECE Lab
Manager
Biometrics are measured human physical and behavioral characteristics that
can be used for the purpose of personal identification (associating an identity
with a person). Using biometrics, positive personal identification can be
provided without reliance on items that can be lost, forged, forgotten, or stolen.
Common biometrics includes fingerprints, hand geometry, facial features,
speech pattern, iris characteristics, retinal features, etc.
I hope everyone is having a good semester. Just as a
reminder, if there are any equipment or software problems in
the Electronics, Digital Signal Processing, Rapid Prototyping,
Real-Time Systems, Communications, Microcomputer, ADTRAN
or Multimedia labs please report them as soon as possible to
your instructor or me. The sooner we know about problems the
quicker we can correct them. The department has ordered
several new Oscilloscopes and Digital Multimeters. By the
summer 2001 term, the equipment upgrades to the Electronics
Laboratories, EB225/EB227, will be completed. Each station will
be equipped with a Pentium II workstation, Digital/Analog
trainer, Instek 8135 Digital Multimeter, and a BK Precision
2125B 30 MHz oscilloscope. Several of the retired Tektronix
60Mhz oscilloscopes will be placed in the Rapid Prototyping and
Microcomputer laboratories.
At the beginning of the spring 2001 semester 10 Pentium
III workstations were purchased for the Real Time Systems
Laboratory (EB247 shown below).
Researchers in the new Integrated Biometrics Lab (right to left): Peter Meenen,
Paul Cox, and Mark Horton.
Items associated with personal identification that can be lost, forged, forgotten,
or stolen include keys, ATM cards, credit cards, debit cards, drivers licenses,
PINs, safe combinations, passwords, signatures, etc. An identification system
which uses biometrics offers accurate personal identification and the added
luxury of not having to keep up with cards and tokens or relying on
recollection of PINs, passwords, or combinations.
Of all the biometrics, fingerprint based personal identification (PI) is the most
mature, proven, and accepted technology. It’s not surprising then that
fingerprint based PI is the most active area of biometric research and
development. This is due (at least in part) to several factors: (a) fingerprints
are the primary means of identification used by Governments and law
enforcement agencies the world over, and (b) finger-scan technology has
matured becoming relatively inexpensive, easy to integrate, manage, and use.
Moreover, finger-scan (often called live-scan) technology’s replacement of the
messy ink-and-roll fingerprint acquisition procedure has reduced the criminal
stigma associated with fingerprints.
A fingerprint is the pattern of ridges and valleys on the surface of the finger.
The two primary template matching technologies used in fingerprint based PI
are minutia matching (minutia are local ridge discontinuities) and global
matching (correlation of global ridge patterns). In addition to these, there are
some promising techniques purported to incorporate the best discriminative
features of both.
The computers were purchased with specific hardware
and 19” monitors making them suitable for running the newest
version of the Linux and Windows 2000 operating systems. This
should be good news for the students enrolled in the Operating
Systems and Real Time and Embedded Systems courses, as
there are more stations available to complete lab assignments.
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Fingerprints have traditionally been classified according to their global
ridge patterns using the Henry System. Well over one hundred years old,
the primary Henry System ridge pattern classifications include: the left
loop, the right loop, the arch, the tented arch, and the whorl.
If a fingerprint based PI system is operating in “identification mode” (as
with most law enforcement and forensics applications), the template
database can be sub-divided into ridge pattern classifications to help reduce
the identification time. For example, if a live-scan fingerprint is classified
as an arch, it would reduce the identification time if only the arch portion of
the template database were searched. This is especially important when
dealing with huge databases (like the FBI’s) containing millions of
fingerprints.
Users of Engineering computer systems should know about the
support web site at http://support.eng.uah.edu. Among the
resources available are:
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an online help request
the online account request
online documentation for several software packages
the Frequently Asked Questions page ("the FAQ")
lab hours
support news
The Integrated Biometrics Laboratory at UAH is established to develop
modern fingerprint identification systems to replace the current
identification systems such as passwords, credit cards, budges, keys, etc.
In addition, the lab is involved in other types of biometrics including facial
features and speech recognition.
http://support.eng.uah.edu
ECE Dept., UAH
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FALL 2001 ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING COURSE LIST
Course
Credit
Hrs.
Short Title
Course
Credit
Hrs.
Electrical Engineering
Short Title
Electrical Engineering
EE100
3
Concepts in Digital Signals and Sys
EE506
3
Communication Theory
EE201
1
Digital Logic Design Lab
EE510
3
ST: Communication Engineering Lab
EE202
3
Intro to Digital Logic Design
EE516
3
Digital Electronics
EE300
3
Electrical Circuit Analysis I
EE521
3
Microcomputers
EE301
1
Electronic Measurement Lab
EE522
3
Advanced Logic Design
EE305
1
Electronic Devices and Design Lab I
EE527
3
Electromagnetic Waves
EE307
3
Electricity and Magnetism
EE528
3
Analy & Comp Methods Elec Engr I
EE310
3
Solid State Fundamentals
EE532
3
Optical Systems Design
EE313
3
Electrical Circuit Analysis II
EE534
3
Optical Fiber Communications
EE315
3
Intro Electronic Analysis & Design
EE541
3
Optics I
EE321
3
Computer Organization
EE542
3
Physical Optics
EE382
3
Analytical Methods for Continuous-Time Systems
EE548
3
Intro to Computer Networks
EE383
3
Analyt Meth for Multivariable & Discrete-Time Sys
EE607
3
Robotic Systems Control
EE384
1
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
EE609
3
Electromagnetic Field Theory
EE410
3
ST: Communication Engineering Lab
EE610
3
Selected Topics: ECE
EE411
3
Electric Power System
EE612
3
Graduate Design Project
EE412
3
Sr. Design Project: IEEE Car Project
EE616
3
Microelectronic Devices/Integrated Circuits
EE414
3
Analog & Digital Filter Design
EE619
3
Intro Radar Systems
EE420
3
Random Signals & Noise
EE648
3
Digital Signal Processing
EE421
3
Microcomputers
EE654
3
Optical Testing
EE422
3
Advanced Logic Design
EE691
1
Graduate Seminar I
EE424
3
Intro Data Communications Networks
EE697
3
Master’s Project for Plan II
EE425
3
Intro to Control and Robotic Systems
EE699
3
Master’s Thesis
EE426
3
Communication Theory
EE701
3
Advanced Linear Control Theory
EE427
3
VLSI Design I
EE704
3
Nonlinear Control Systems
EE436
3
Digital Electronics
EE706
3
Kalman Filter Tech Con & Signal Processing
EE447
3
Electromagnetic Waves
EE710
3
Selected Topics in ECE
EE448
3
Analytical and Computational Methods Elec Engr I
EE744
3
Coding Theory & Spread Spectrum
EE451
3
Optoelectronics
EE799
3
Doctoral Dissertation
EE452
3
Optical Systems Design
EE453
3
Laser Systems
EE454
3
Optical Fiber Communications
EE461
3
Optical System Design
CPE112
3
Intro Comp Prog for Engineers
EE468
3
Intro to Computer Networks I
CPE212
3
Fundamentals of Software Engr
EE494
3
EE Design Projects
CPE321
3
Computer Organization
EE500
3
Random Signals & Noise
CPE412
3
Intro to Parallel Programming
EE504
3
Intro Data Communication Networks
CPE421
3
Microcomputers
EE505
3
Intro to Control and Robotic Systems
CPE422
3
Advanced Logic Design
CPE427
3
VLSI Design I
CPE431
3
Intro Computer Architecture
CPE438
3
Real Time & Embedded Systems
CPE448
3
Intro to Computer Networks
CPE495
3
Computer Engineering Design
Computer Engineering
Optical Engineering
OPE441
3
Optical System Design
CPE512
3
Intro to Parallel Programming
OPE451
3
Optoelectronics
CPE513
3
Adv Tech in Computer Design
OPE453
3
Laser Systems
CPE521
3
Microcomputers
OPE454
3
Optical Fiber Communications
CPE522
3
Advanced Logic Design
OPE459
3
Optical Engineering Design
CPE527
3
VLSI Design I
CPE531
3
Intro to Computer Architecture
CPE538
3
Real Time & Embedded Systems
CPE548
3
Intro to Computer Networks
Please see an academic advisor before
CPE621
3
Advanced Microcomputer Techniques
you register for ECE classes.
CPE631
3
Adv Comp Systems Architecture
CPE690
3
ST: Computer Security
For information call: (256) 824-6316
CPE699
3
Master’s Thesis
Or inquire via email: eceinfo@ece.uah.edu
CPE799
3
Doctoral Dissertation
ECE Dept., UAH
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Publications, Presentations and Awards
ELECTROMAGNETICS
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Nagendra Singh, Professor
Krishna Kavi, Professor and
Eminent Scholar of Computer Engineering
Journal Articles
Singh, N., Electron holes as a common feature of plasma waves driven by
a double layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 927, 2000.
Journal Articles
K.M. Kavi, J. Arul and R. Giorgi. "Performance evaluation of
scheduled dataflow: A decoupled multithreaded architecture,"
Accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Computers.
Singh, N., W. C. Leung, and G. M. Singh, Enhanced current collection by
a spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20,935, 2000.
K.M. Kavi, J. Arul and R. Giorgi. "Execution and cache performance
of the Scheduled Dataflow Architecture," Accepted for publication in
the Journal of Universal Computer Science, Special Issue on
Multithreaded and Chip Multiprocessors. Oct. 2000, pp 948-967, Vol.
6, No. 10.
Singh, N., S. M. Loo, B. Earl Wells, and C. Deverapalli, Threedimensional structure of electron holes driven by an electron beam,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2469, 2000.
Singh, N., Cross-current instability generated by pick-up ions in the environment
of a large spacecraft in low Earth orbit, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, 28 (Special
Issue on Space Weather), 2085, Dec. 2000.
P.Y. Chang, D.J. Chen and K.M. Kavi. "Multimedia file allocation
under virtual circuit using multipath routing," IEEE Transactions on
Computers, Sept. 2000, pp 971-977, Vol. 49, No. 9.
Singh, N., S. M. Loo, and B. Earl Wells, Electron hole as an antenna
radiating plasma waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, l371, 2001a.
Conference Papers
M. Aborizka and K.M. Kavi. "Learning technologies with flight data
recorders," Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Algorithms
and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP2000), Hong Kong,
Dec. 11-14, 2000.
Singh, N., S. M. Loo, B. Earl Wells, and G. S. Lahkina, Evolution of
electron beam generated waves resulting into transverse ion heating and
filamentation of the plasma, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2001b.
Singh, N., S. M. Loo, and B. Earl Wells, Electron hole structure depending on
plasma magnetization, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2001c.
K.M. Kavi, M. Rezaei and R. Cytron. "An efficient memory
management technique that improves localities," Proc. International
Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM
2000), Cochin, India, Dec. 14-16, 2000, pp 87-94.
Singh, N. W. C. Leung, T. E. Moore, and P. D. Craven, Numerical model of the
plasma sheath generated by the Plasma Source Instrument aboard the Polar
satellite, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2001.
K.M. Kavi, J. Arul and S. Hanief. "Cache Performance of Scheduled
Dataflow Architecture," Proc. of the 4th International Conference on
Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing (ICA3PP2000),
Hong Kong, Dec. 11-14, 2000, pp 110-123.
Conference Papers
Cross-scale Couplings in the Auroral Return Current Region, Nagendra Singh,
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2000.
Presentations
Architecture and Systems Research at UAH, Department of Computer
Science, The University of North Texas, Feb. 15, 2001.
Effects of Electron Magnetization on the Structure of Stability of Electron Holes,
N. Singh, Loo, Wells, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2000.
Effects of Electron Magnetization on the Structure of Stability of Electron Holes,
S. M. Loo, N. Singh, and B. E. Wells, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec.
2000.
Evaluation of Scheduled Dataflow Architecture, School of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida,
Florida, February 8, 2001.
Fat Duen Ho, Professor
Agent based software systems: Systems level issues (Instructors: K.M.
Kavi and David Levine), Half Day tutorial at the 4th International
Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing
(ICA3PP2000), Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2000.
Journal Articles
Mark A. Bailey and Fat Duen Ho, “An Empirical Ferroelectric Capacitor
Model Utilizing a Dual Curve-fit Technique,” Integrated Ferroelectrics,
Vol. 29, pp. 273-282, 2000.
Agent based software systems: Systems level issues (Instructors: K.M.
Kavi and David Levine), Half Day tutorial at the International
Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM
2000), Cochin, India, Dec. 14, 2000.
Mark A. Bailey and Fat Duen Ho, “An Drain Current Data Capture
System for Metal-Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors,”
Integrated Ferroelectrics, Vol. 32, pp. 21-32, 2001.
Grant
ELECTRON DEVICES
NSF-ITR (Small Scale). Intelligent software systems for objectoriented programs PI: Krishna Kavi (Jointly with Ron Cytron of
Washington University), Period: Nov. 1, 2000 - Oct. 31, 2003.
T. C MacLeod and Fat Duen Ho, “I-V Characteristics of a Ferroelectric
Field Effect Transistor,” Integrated Ferroelectrics, Vol. 34, pp.21-16.
2001.
Thomas Martin, Assistant Professor
Conference Papers
E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, T. Martin, P. Gelabert, “Issues in DSP Based
ECG Monitoring Device,” 19th Annual Houston Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research HSEMB 2001, Houston, Texas,
February 8-9, 2001, pp. 128.
Conference Papers
T. C MacLeod and Fat Duen Ho, presented “Electronic model of a
Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor,” at the 13th International
Symposium for Integrated Ferroelectrics, Colorado Springs, March 2001.
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E. Jovanov, J. Price, D. Raskovic, K. Kavi, T. Martin, R. Adhami,
“Wireless Personal Area Networks in Telemedical Environment,”
Third IEEE EMBS Information Technology Applications in
Biomedicine – Workshop of the International Telemedical Information
Society ITAB-ITIS 2000, Arlington, Virginia, November 2000, pp. 2227.
Visit our web site.
http://www.ece.uah.edu/
ECE Dept., UAH
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T. Martin, E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, “Issues in Wearable Computing
for Medical Monitoring Applications: A Case Study of a Wearable ECG
Monitoring Device,” Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium
on Wearable Computers, Atlanta, October 2000.
Dr. Laurie Joiner, Assistant Professor
E. Jovanov, T. Martin, D. Raskovic, S. Hanief, “Environment for Energy
Profiling of DSP Applications”, International Conference on Signal Processing
Applications and Technology ICSPAT 2000, Dallas, October 16-19, 2000.
Conference Papers
McClure, J. H., and L. L. Joiner “Soft Decision Decoding of ReedSolomon Codes Using the Fano Sequential Algorithm,” Proc. IEEE
Southeastcon ’01, March 2001, pp. 131-135.
OPTICS
Pandiarajan, V., T. L. Martin, and L. L. Joiner. “Recommendations on a
New Cellular Encryption Standard Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography,”
Proc. IEEE Southeastcon ’01, March 2001, pp. 136-142.
Gregory Nordin, Associate Professor
Joiner L. L., and J. J. Komo. “Soft Decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon
Codes Using the Extended Erasure Magnitude Matrix,” Proc. MILCOM
2000, October, 2000.
Journal Article
J. Jiang and G. P. Nordin, "A Rigorous Unidirectional Method for
Designing Finite Aperture Diffractive Optical Elements", Optics
Express 7(6), pp. 737-742 (2000),
http://www.opticsexpress.org/oearchive/source/23164.htm.
Mester, T. and L. Joiner. “Quick Simulation of Concatenated Coding
Systems,” Proc. ISITA 2000, November, 2000.
M. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, "Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers",
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17(12), pp. 2191-2198 (2000).
Joiner, L.L. and J.J. Komo. “Nonbinary Shortened Cyclic Codes,” Proc.
ISITA 2000, November, 2000.
H. Shah, D. Smith, Jr., J. Ballato, S. Foulger, P. Deguzman, and G.
Nordin, "Direct Generation of Optical Diffractive Elements in
Perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB) Polymers by Soft Lithography," IEEE
Photonics Tech. Let. 12(12), 1650 (2000).
Emil Jovanov, Assistant Professor
Conference Papers
E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, J. Price, A. Moore, J. Chapman, A.
Krishnamurthy, "Patient Monitoring Using Personal Area Networks of
Wireless Intelligent Sensors," 38th Annual Rocky Mountain
Bioengineering Symposium, April 2001, Copper Mountain, Colorado.
Conference Papers
G. P. Nordin, P. Deguzman, J. Jiang, and J. T. Meier, "Polarization
sensitive diffractive optics for integration with infrared photodetector
arrays," in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest
(Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 88-90 (Invited
Paper).
E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, R. Hormigo, "Thermistor-Based Breathing
Sesor for Circadian Rhythm Evaluation," 38th Annual Rocky Mountain
Bioengineering Symposium, April 2001, Copper Mountain, Colorado.
J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "A rigorous unidirectional method for
designing finite aperture diffractive optical elements," in Diffractive
Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of
America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 13-15.
E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, K. Kavi, “Hierarchical Signal Processing,”
19th Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research
HSEMB 2001, Houston, Texas, February 8-9, 2001, pp. 109.
D. Chambers, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, "Fabrication and evaluation of
two-layer stratified volume diffractive optical elements," Diffractive
Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of
America, Washington DC, 2000), postdeadline paper.
E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, T. Martin, P. Gelabert, “Issues in DSP Based
ECG Monitoring Device,” 19th Annual Houston Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research HSEMB 2001, Houston, Texas,
February 8-9, 2001, pp. 128.
J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "A rigorous design algorithm for finite
aperture diffractive optical elements," in OSA Annual Meeting and
Exhibit 2000 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2000), p.
113.
E. Jovanov, J. Price, D. Raskovic, K. Kavi, T. Martin, R. Adhami,
“Wireless Personal Area Networks in Telemedical Environment”, Third
IEEE EMBS Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine –
Workshop of the International Telemedical Information Society ITABITIS 2000, Arlington, Virginia, November 2000, pp. 22-27.
D. Chambers, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, "Fabrication and evaluation of
stratified volume diffractive optical elements with three grating layers,"
in OSA Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2000 (Optical Society of America,
Washington, D.C., 2000), p. 113.
Z. Obrenovic, D. Starcevic, E. Jovanov, V. Radivojevic, “An
Implementation of Real-time Monitoring and Analysis in
Telemedicine”, Third IEEE EMBS Information Technology Applications
in Biomedicine – Workshop of the International Telemedical
Information Society ITAB-IT IS 2000, Arlington, Virginia, November
2000, pp. 74-78.
Yi Sun, S. T. Kowel, and G. P. Nordin, "Circular Geometry Liquid
Crystal Adaptive Lens With Fresnel Lens Phase Profile," in Liquid
Crystal Materials, Devices, and Flat Panel Displays, Ranganathan
Shashidhar, Bruce Gnade, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3955, pp.
120-131 (2000).
T. Martin, E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, “Issues in Wearable Computing for
Medical Monitoring Applications: A Case Study of a Wearable ECG
Monitoring Device,” Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium
on Wearable Computers, Atlanta, October 2000.
SIGNAL PROCESSING / COMMUNICATIONS
Conference Papers
E. Jovanov, P. Gelabert, B. Wheelock, R. Adhami, P. Smith, “Real
Time Portable Heart Monitoring Using Low Power DSP”, International
Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology ICSPAT
2000, Dallas, October 16-19, 2000.
E. Jovanov, J. Price, D. Raskovic, K. Kavi, T. Martin, R. Adhami,
“Wireless Personal Area Networks in Telemedical Environment”, Third
IEEE EMBS Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine –
Workshop of the International Telemedical Information Society ITABITIS 2000, Arlington, Virginia, November 2000, pp. 22-27.
E. Jovanov, T. Martin, D. Raskovic, S. Hanief, “Environment for
Energy Profiling of DSP Applications”, International Conference on
Signal Processing Applications and Technology ICSPAT 2000, Dallas,
October 16-19, 2000.
Reza Adhami, Professor and Chair
ECE Dept., UAH
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Publications, Presentations and Awards
Dr. Emil Jovanov
Timothy B. Boykin, Lisa J. Gamble, Gerhard Klimeck, and R. Chris
Bowen, “Valence-band warping in tight-binding models,” Physical
Review B 59, 7301 (1999).
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Research Grants
University of Alabama in Huntsville (2001); Principal Investigator:
Emil Jovanov; Title: Distributed Processing in a Wireless Network of
Intelligent Sensors
Timothy B. Boykin, “A more physical formulation of the self-inductance
for spatially distributed circuits,” American Journal of Physics 67, 320
(1999).
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University of Alabama in Huntsville (2000); Principal Investigator:
Emil Jovanov; Title: Development of Microcontroller-based Testbed
Environment for Microcomputer Laboratory (CPE429, EE 429/509)
Amateur Radio Club
Reorganizing at UAH
Invited Talks
“Portable Telemedical Monitoring Using Wireless Sensors on the Edge
of the Internet (WISE),” The City College of the City University of New
York, New York, March 2001.
An effort to reorganize the Amateur Radio Club is being undertaken by
Dr. John Stensby, Joel Booth, and Janice Rock (pictured below).
“Hierarchical Digital Signal Processing using Wireless Intelligent
Sensors,” Computer Information Technology at Computer Science,
University of Alabama in Huntsville, February 2001.
SOLID STATE
Timothy Boykin, Associate Professor
Journal Articles
Timothy B. Boykin, R. Chris Bowen, and Gerhard Klimeck,
“Electromagnetic coupling and gauge invariance in the empirical tightbinding method,” Physical Review B (in press).
Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, and Timothy B. Boykin, “Off zonecenter or indirect bandgap-like hole transport in heterostructures,”
Physical Review B (in press).
According to the group, for over 25 years, there has been an Amateur
Radio Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. For the past few
years, the club has been inactive. We want to remedy this situation. If
you are interested in talking to people all over the world via Ham Radio,
understanding many of the concepts of Electrical Engineering through
"hands on" activities, becoming a Storm Spotter for the National Weather
Service, or just having fun, join us as we create a new, active, amateur
radio club at the university. Contact Joel Booth (AF4LW@aol.com) or
Janice Rock (Rockjanice@aol.com) for more information.
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Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, and Timothy B. Boykin, “Strong
wavevector dependence of hole transport in heterostructures,”
Superlattices and Microstructures 29, 187 (2001).
Timothy B. Boykin, “Tight-binding-like expressions for the continuousspace electromagnetic coupling Hamiltonian,” American Journal of
Physics (in press).
Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, and Thomas A.
Cwik, “sp3s* tight-binding parameters for transport simulations in
compound semiconductors,” Superlattices and Microstructures 27, 519
(2000).
News for Eta Kappa Nu
ECE Department is looking for some good men and women!
Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, Carlos SalazarLazaro, Thomas A. Cwik, and Adrian Stoica, “Tight-binding models for
Si quantum devices and parameter fitting using genetic algorithms,”
Superlattices and Microstructures 27, 77 (2000).
Dr. Gaede, the faculty advisor for Eta Kappa Nu, the Electrical and
Computer Engineering honor society, has membership certificates for the
following individuals in her office.
Timothy B. Boykin, “An alternative view of the continuity equation in
quantum mechanics,” American Journal of Physics 68, 665 (2000).
Craig Anderson Adkins, Thomas P. Beck, Susan C. Beddingfield, Marcy
L. Bunn, Chung Lai Edwin Chan, Julie Li-Lin Chen, Steve Conklin,
Cretia J. Dailey, Brent E. Deason, Jason Elmore, William Benjamin,
Gilmore, James H. Gullett, Jerri Susan Homan, Suzanne B. Haraway,
Kelly Helser, Po Cheng Heng, Jeffrey A. Hensley, Ardith Huey, Donald
Hutto, Elizabeth Hvizda, Robert E. Jennings, Tacoma Scott Kapustka,
Sheila Jo Lane, Paul Shannon Lovvorn, Susan Machnica, Vanessa
McElveen, Regina Moore, Patrick Hill Oduor, Bobby Joe Patterson,
William S. Pearce, Jennifer L. Pearson, Daniel C. Pitts, Kimberly D.
Pratt, Joan Barnett Presson, Jeremy Richard, Marcia J. Richmond,
Tommy H. Shelton, Sheree E. Smith, Robert Stroud, Cory Teague,
Steven W. Vest, Joel Glen Vinson, Kerri Wales, Patrick B. Waye, Jr.,
John Chris Wesley, James Douglas Wilson, Bobby Gene Woodruff, Jr.,
Jacob Yarbrough
Timothy B. Boykin, “Exact representation of exp(iqr) in the empirical
tight-binding method and its application to electromagnetic
interactions,” Physical Review B 60, 15 810 (1999).
Timothy B. Boykin, R. Chris Bowen, Gerhard Klimeck, and Kevin L.
Lear, “Resonant-tunneling diodes with emitter prewells,” Applied
Physics Letters 75, 1302 (1999).
J.G. Menchero and Timothy B. Boykin, “Impurity states in
semiconductors calculated via tight-binding: a parameter sensitivity
study,” Physical Review B 59, 8137 (1999).
Timothy B. Boykin, Roger K. Lake, Gerhard Klimeck, and Mukund
Swaminathan, “Interface effects in tunneling models with identical real
and complex dispersions,” Physical Review B 59, 7316 (1999).
ECE Dept., UAH
Please contact Dr. Gaede if you can help her get the certificates to these
deserving students. She can be reached by phone (256) 824-6573 or
email gaede@ece.uah.edu
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UAH IEEE Student-Chapter News
The UAH-IEEE Student Branch with Dr. Reza
Adhami at the 50th Anniversary of Engineers’ Week
Awards Banquet on Feb 23, 2001. Dr. Adhami
received the Outstanding Educator Award by
unanimous vote of the IEEE Huntsville Section
Executive Committee. First row: Tina Ellson, UAHIEEE Student Branch Chairperson; Dr. Reza
Adhami, Professor and ECE Chairman; Dr. Laurie
Joiner, Assistant Professor and Student Branch
Faculty Advisor. Second row: David Corredor,
PR/Correspondence Secretary for Faculty; Jhen
Krishnamurthy, Staff Correspondence Secretary;
and Ande Boyer, Executive Secretary.
The Student Branch participated in the 50th Anniversary of Engineers’
Week Banquet in which they witnessed their own Department Chairman
receive the Outstanding Educator Award by the IEEE Huntsville Section
Executive Committee. This event is one of the UAH IEEE Student Branch’s
various activities which offer student members opportunities to interact with
peers, industry leaders, and other professionals including faculty from both
UAH and A&M universities.
The EE 412 class is an elective senior design class taught by Dr. John
Piccirillo. For more information about the class, please contact Dr. Piccirillo.
The students of EE 412 are not required to become IEEE members. IEEE
Student Branch has supported and sponsored the annual IEEE Car Project
Competition at SouthEastCon since 1981. For more information about the
IEEE SouthEastCon, please go to
www.carol.net/ieee/secon2001/general_info.htm
National Engineer’s Week (better known as E-Week) is
commemorated annually during the week of February 18 - 24. The IEEE
Student Branch at UAH commemorated the event on February 20th of this year.
In conjunction with this event, the student organization also participated in the
50th Anniversary of E-Week’s debut of the legacy program, “Introduce a Girl
to Engineering Day” with guest speaker, Lisa Williams, the President and
Founder of 3D Research. All UAH students and area home-schooled students
were invited to attend.
You may contact President and Programs Committee Chairperson, Tina
Ellson at hootina@yahoo.com or the Faculty Advisor, Dr. Laurie Joiner at
ljoiner@ebs330.eb.uah.edu. If interested in joining IEEE Student Branch,
students may visit www.ieee.org/join.
At the recent elections of officers for the academic year 2001-02,
Ande Boyer was elected as Chairman, David Corredor as Vice-Chairman,
Jhen Krishnamurthy as Treasurer, and Jeremy Nuckols (not pictured) as
Executive Secretary. Tina Ellson and Misty Pearson (not pictured) will
remain active in the IEEE Student Branch Committees and activities, as well
as lending support to the new officers. The Student Branch would like to
extend to all engineering and computer science students an invitation to
participate in their events. Moreover, there is a call for ECE and CS students
to participate in the IEEE sponsored Paper and Software competitions, the
two areas in which UAH has yet to compete. For more information about the
competition and the cash prizes, please visit the above website of the IEEE
SouthEastCon. Once again, the Student Branch is inviting all engineering
and computer science students to attend upcoming activities.
In a related article pertaining to Dr. Adhami’s honorary award, the
Section Chairman, Eric Grigorian, shown in the photo (on page 5) presenting
the award, is a UAH alumnus and was the Student Branch Chairman in 198384. Moreover, during Eric’s term in 1983-84, the Student Branch made the
IEEE Car Project into a class project. In the same year, the IEEE
SouthEastCon changed the rules of the competition to require a robot with a
spinning wheel that must shoot at a target to obtain the maximum score. In
1981, prior to the rule change, the UAH IEEE Student Branch won first place,
submitting a car powered by solar panels. Last spring of 2000, the EE 412
class won first place in the annual competition, a first for this class.
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