Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Spring 2008

New Faculty Member

Dr. John Williams, Assistant Professor and Associate Director, NMDC

Dr. John Dalton Williams joined the ECE faculty in January 2008 as an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Nano and Microfabrication Devices Center. Dr. Williams received his Ph.D. degree in 2004 and his MS degree in 2001 from Louisiana State University in the field of Engineering Science. He also earned his 1996 B.SC. degree from LSU, majoring in Physics. Prior to joining the ECE faculty, Dr. Williams was employed as the LIGA Science and Technology Lead at Sandia National Laboratories from 2004 –2007. Dr. Williams’ research is focused primarily in Electromechanical Engineering, Optics, and Materials Science. He uses lithographic and electrochemical techniques to pattern polymers, metals and glasses for the development of mechanical, optical, or fluidic devices. This fabrication process, commonly known as LIGA, uses any number of different lithographic light sources and electrochemical baths, requiring a solid understanding of materials science to accurately design, model and test the performance of these devices.

Some of Dr. Williams’ previously funded projects were: Co-Pi for Navigation Grade Integrated Micro-Gyroscope (NGIMG) Program in collaboration with Northrop Grumman Corporation. DARPA contract no. 017050601, 2005 – 2007.

Team member: Microresonators for Advanced RF Systems, Laboratory Research and Development Grant, Sandia National Laboratories, 2007.

Team member: Miniature 3-D magnetic Phasors fed by Micro Coax, Laboratory Research and Development Grant, Sandia National Laboratories, 2007.

Team member: Micro-NMR and Nanoparticle Amplification for Botulinum Toxin Diagnostics, NIH/NIAID, CFDA no. 93.855: U54 AI057156, 2006 –2007.

Team member: Nano Air Vehicle Project, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin Corporation. DARPA Program contract no. 017060427, 2006-2007.

BalloonSat Projects in EE 494 Senior Design Class

Beginning with the Fall 2002 semester, the ECE Department at UAH has enjoyed grants from the Alabama Space Grant Consortium to fund student, high-altitude ballooning projects. These BalloonSat projects, as they are called, are carried out by student teams in the EE 494 - Design Projects class. Basically, the project involves designing an instrumented payload that is launched on a latex, weather balloon filled with helium. There are usually two or three payloads per balloon flight, which are launched in compliance with FAA regulations for free, unmanned balloons. The payloads are tracked by means of a communications package that is part of the balloon train (balloon, parachute, and student payloads). The communication package contains a GPS antenna/receiver, position encoder board, and a hand-held amateur, 2-m band transceiver. GPS coordinates are transmitted on a special amateur frequency, 144.39 MHz, and received, decoded, and overlaid on a map displayed on a laptop computer. Vehicles with students, instructors, and radio amateur volunteers track and chase the balloon on its journey. Recovery can be as simple as finding the payload lying in an empty field adjacent to a road, or taking a rigorous overland hike to the balloon perched high in a tree. Twenty-nine BalloonSats have been successfully launched and recovered in this program so far.

Students from Dr. John Piccirillo’s EE 494 Design Projects class (EE Senior Design) ready the balloon train for launch at the NSSTC building across the street from the UAH Engineering Building.

Commencement 2007-2008, ECE Graduates

Doctors of Philosophy Alaeddin Subhi Abu-Abed ……………….. Huntsville Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: "Capacitive Transduction for Liquid Crystal Based Sensors in Ordered and Partially Disordered Systems" Advisor: Dr. Robert Lindquist Shadi Abidalmajeed Alboon ………………. Jordan Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: ''Tunable Optoelectronic Flat-Top Filters Using Coupled Liquid Crystal Cavities" Advisor: Dr. Robert Lindquist Hussein Rashid AI-Zoubi …………………. Jordan Field: Computer Engineering Dissertation: "Computationally Efficient Motion Estimation Algorithms for Video Coding" Advisor: Dr. David Pan Damien Galzi ……………………………… France Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: "Tight Air Vehicle Formation Control Using Higher Order Sliding Modes" Advisor: Dr. Yuri Shtessel Swathi Tanjore Gurumani …………………. India Field: Computer Engineering Dissertation: "Energy-Efficient Dynamic Task Scheduling Algorithms for Reconfigurable Systems-On-Chip Architectures" Advisor: Dr. B. Earl Wells Parisa Kaveh ………………………………. Iran Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: "Blood Glucose Level Regulation Using Higher Order Sliding Mode Techniques" Advisor: Dr. Yuri Shtessel Igor G. Khazanov …………………………. Madison Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: "The Propagation and Dissipation of Shear Alfven Waves” Advisor: Dr. Nagendra Singh Edward Leighton Masters, Jr. ..…………… Madison Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: "A Novel Low Data Rate Speech Communications System" Advisor: Dr. John Stensby ________________________________________________________________

Masters of Science in Software Engineering Courtney Lee Detwiler …………………… Madison Computer Engineering Jonathan Christopher Hillman…………….. Meridianville Computer Engineering Caleb Jordan Holder ………………………. Nashville, TN Computer Engineering Carolina Huamani …………………………. Huntsville Computer Engineering George Asgill Huffman……………………. Decatur Computer Engineering Daniel Christopher Kolenich ……………… Madison Computer Engineering Stephen George Robertson ……………….. Hurricane, WV Computer Engineering

Masters of Science in Software Engineering (continued) Theresa Lynn Sanderfer …………………… Madison Computer Engineering Lee William Todd ………………………… Albertville Computer Engineering Scott Tompkins ……………………………. Wake Forest, NC Computer Engineering Adam Nathaniel Williams ………………… Guntersville Computer Engineering Craig Michael Wilson …………………….. Kansas City, MO Computer Engineering

Masters of Science in Engineering Ronen Adato ………………………………. Weston, CT

Electrical Thesis: "Surface Plasmon-Polariton Propagation Along Layered Metal-Dielectric Structures" Advisor: Dr. Junpeng Guo Gladstone Michael Adderley II …………… Bahamas Computer Thesis: "Instrumentation and Real-Time Analysis for Improving Impulsec Designs of Hardware-Software Systems" Advisor: Dr. Rhonda K. Gaede Sharhabeel Hassan Abdel Latif Al Nabelsi …Jordan Computer Anuja Anuja ……………………………….. India Computer Bradley Richmond Arnold II ……………… St. Louis, MO Electrical Pavan Kumar Avinigadda …………………. Huntsville Electrical Simon Baev ……………………………….. Russia Computer Brett Boren ………………………………… Scottsboro Computer Thesis: "Hardware-Assisted Path Profiling in Microprocessor Systems Implemented on Top of an FPGA" Advisor: Dr. John Kulick Srikanth Reddy Chegireddy ……………….. India Electrical Xiaofang May Chen ……………………….. China Computer David Corrector …………………………… Mexico Computer Hassan Faiz ………………………………. Pakistan Electrical Mahzad Farzan ……………………………. Huntsville Electrical Thesis: "Real-Time Signal Processing Using a Personal Computer" Advisor: Dr. J. Stensby Rebecca J. Goins………………………….. Fremont, MI Electrical Sivaranjini Govindan………………………. Huntsville Electrical Thesis: "Thermal Analysis of Buried Insulator for Patterned SOI LDMOS" Advisor: Dr. D. Shen Zachary Strub Jordan ……………………… Huntsville Computer Surya Prakash Kakani……………………… India Electrical Farshad Kheiri …………………………….. Iran Electrical Hemanth Kumar Chowdary Kommi ………. Huntsville Electrical

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Masters of Science in Engineering (cont.) Peter Joseph Landers ……………………… Madison Electrical Daniel Steven Levis……………………….. Hoover Electrical Thesis: "Resonant Frequency Analysis for an Inhomogeneous, Anisotropic Cavity" Advisor:Dr. John Jarem Todd C. Macleod ………………………… Huntsville Electrical Thesis: "A Study of the Characteristics of Ferroelectric Devices for Use as Memory Circuits" Advisor: Dr. Fat Ho Jun Narnkung …………………………….. Korea Electrical Chandra Palanichamy …………………….. Huntsville Electrical Thesis: "CMOS Logic Gate Simulation Using a Physically-Derived Large-Signal Nonquasi- Static Mosfet Model" Advisor: Dr. Fat Ho Poorna Chand Paritala …………………….. India Electrical Mark David Patrizi ………………………... Grosse Ile, Ml Electrical Joe Patterson ………………………………. Hartselle Electrical Thesis: "Sliding Mode Tracking Control of Output Voltage in Multiple Modular CD-TO-DC Boost Power Converters" Advisor: Dr. Yuri Shtessel Scott James Podgomy …………………….. Madison Computer Quan Qu …………………………………… Huntsville Electrical Anthony P. Rainoldi ………………………. Owens Cross Roads Electrical Laura Peete Rainoldi ……………………… Decatur Electrical Austin James Rogers ……………………… Huntsville Computer Thesis: "Low Overhead Hardware Techniques for Software and Data Integrity and Confidentiality in Embedded Systems" Advisor: Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic James J. Schaeffel …………………………. Cullman Electrical Thesis: "Design of a Wireless Chemical Sensor Using a Flexural Plate Wave Resonator" Advisor: Dr. David Coe Santosh Kumar Solleti …………………….. India Electrical Michael Anthony Thomas ………………… Mansfield, OH Electrical Thesis: "Derivation of Guidance in a Radar-Guided Semi-Active Seeker" Advisor: Dr. John Stensby Richard E. Tuggle ………………………… DePere, WI Computer Thesis: "Multiple Path Management Protocol for the Real-Time Distributed Control of Sensors and Effectors" Advisor: Dr. Aleksandar Milcnkovlc Vladimir Uzelac …………………………… Serbia Computer Thesis:"Microbenchmarks and Mechanisms for Reverse Engineering of Modern Branch Predictor Units" Advisor: Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic Sai Kiran Valuru …………………………... Huntsville Electrical Brandon Lee Williams …………………….. Harvest Electrical Jason Zhang ……………………………….. St. Louis, MO Electrical

Bachelors of Science in Engineering Charles Neil Acker………………………… Madison Computer Matthew Alan Anderson …………………... Madison Electrical James Michael Anderson II ……………….. Baltimore, MD Electrical Evan Ray Ashby …………………………... Decatur Electrical Sherman Blair Ashmore …………………... Owens Cross Roads Electrical David Phillip Baker ……………………….. Excel Electrical MacNeal Stewart Bennett …………………. Gardendale Electrical Jonathan Ryan Bishop …………………….. Athens Electrical Richard Boehme …………………………… Huntsville Electrical Christopher A. Bryan ……………………… Hartselle Electrical Andrew Jay Burgess……………………….. Gurley Electrical Cassidy Nichcole Campbell ……………….. Moulton Electrical Benjamin Lee Cantrell ……………………. Tucson, AZ Electrical Denise Estelle Chavers ……………………. Priceville Electrical Joseph Michael Chumley ………………….. Hartselle Electrical Charles Robert Cobbs, Jr. …………………. Owens Cross Roads Electrical James Braxton Colagross, Jr. ……………… Killen Computer Galen Bryant Collins ……………………… Birmingham Computer Derrick Edward Cook …………………….. Aroney Electrical Michael Loehrlein Davenport …………….. Huntsville Optical Andrew J. DeLongchamp ………………… Huntsville Electrical Matthew E. Dominioni ……………………. Collierville, TN Computer Gregory J. Farnsworth …………………….. Huntsville Electrical Kyle James Fraser …………………………. Farmington, NM Electrical Donald Forrest Gardner …………………… Birmingham Electrical Sean Christopher Goss ……………………. Decatur Electrical Christopher Gray ………………………….. Huntsville Electrical Christopher M. Green ……………………... Huntsville Electrical Elise Robichaud Haley ……………………. Vestavia Hills Computer Hassan Hameed …………………………… Huntsville Computer Jonathan Andrew Hanba ………………….. Huntsville Electrical Jennifer Jan Harvey ……………………….. Chattanooga, TN Electrical Brianna Michelle Haynes …………………. Section Electrical Astoshia LeeAnn Henson …………………. Grant Electrical Daniel W. Hinton …………………………. Savannah, TN Electrical Amanda Glen Hofer………………………. Madison Electrical Joshua Shane Hogue………………………. Brownsboro Computer

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National Defense Industrial Association Engineering Scholarships

NDIA Electrical Engineering Scholarship Recipient William Kinsey Moore

William Kinsey Moore received an NDIA, Tennessee Valley Chapter, Electrical Engineering Scholarship in February 2008. William Moore plans to graduate May 2009 with a BSE in Electrical Engineering and a secondary major in Computer Engineering. He is on the College of Engineering Dean's List and is currently the financial officer and secretary for the SNAPL Club and is the Vice President of Internal Affairs for UAH's IEEE Student Branch. He received the UAH Presidential scholarship, which covers all of his tuition costs and lab fees. William worked at BAE Systems in Analytical Solutions for two years on simulation and modeling software under government contract and is currently employed at Digium, The Asterisk Company, testing prototype telephony hardware in the Design Verification Test (DVT) Department.

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NDIA Software Engineering Scholarship Recipient Anthony Luchner

Anthony Luchner received an NDIA, Tennessee Valley Chapter, Software Engineering Scholarship in February 2008. Tony plans to graduate May 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree, majoring in Computer Engineering. He is on the College of Engineering Dean's List and has been a member of Alpha Lambda Delta- National Freshman Honor Society, The National Scholars’ Honor Society, National Dean’s List, and Delta Iota Kappa. Tony has been active with the IEEE student branch for 3 years, holding an officer position each year. He also contributed to many of the branch’s robotics projects, including the Trinity Firefighting Robot, the IEEE SoutheastCon hardware competitions, and Charger Trainer, our freshman tutoring program for robotics and software. He also attended the NASA Robotics Academy in 2006, where he spent a summer at the University of Maryland’s Space Systems Lab, working with a team of four students to build a fully operational remote controlled space crane, designed to fit on the edge of a cargo bay pallet. Tony works as an Engineering Intern at Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, maintaining software documentation and managing a web page for the software development team. Some of his other experiences include a five-year tour in the USMC, where he worked as an avionics technician on Huey and Cobra helicopters. His ultimate goal is to work in the robotic prosthetics field, helping to integrate prosthetics with the nervous system.

Bachelors of Science in Engineering (cont. from page 3) Artur de Medeiros Jackson………………… Huntsville Computer Jennifer Marie Jones……………………….. Huntsville Computer Sreca Jovanov ……………………………... Huntsville Computer John Darwin Killian, Jr. ………………….. Huntsville Electrical Michael Steven King …………………….. Madison Computer Ariadna Olha Krawchuk…………………… Madison Computer Crystal Dianna Laws …………………….. Scottsboro Electrical Anthony Robert Lee………………………. Trinity Electrical Daniel Ryals Lowery……………………… Prattville Computer Christopher J. Madsen…………………….. Huntsville Electrical Jordan C. Miller…………………………… Troy Electrical Michael Cody Mitchell…………………….. Elkmont Electrial & Computer Thesis: “Design and Assembly of Digital Electronic Test Boards” Advisor: Dr. Jennifer English Richard S. Nash…………………………… Scottsboro Electrical Chris Neve…………………………………. Huntsville Electrical Derrick Nderi Njaga ………………………..Huntsville Electrical Daniel A. Owens…………………………… Pisgah Electrical Michael Ray Pakruda………………………. Prattville Electrical Allison Parrish…………………………… Huntsville Electrical Steven Peeples…………………………….. Echo Electrical Roland Ploge………………………………. Hazelgreen Electrical Patrick Andrew Price………………………. Madison Computer Douglas M. Ramey III………………Chattanooga, TN Optical and Electrical Samuel D. Rodgers………………………… Decatur Electrical Gian Luca Rosati……………………………Italy Electrical Jason Lemuel Rose………………………… Birmingham Electrical Kimberly Saenz……………………………..Huntsville Electrical Ricky Sandusky……………………………. Phil Campbell Electrical Robert E. Schaeffel………………………… Cullman Electrical Weyman J. Scott…………………………… Lanett Computer Tifany Lanisha Spence…………………….. Lanett Computer Scott Anthony Stevens…………………….. Madison Electrical Will Taylor…………………………………. Athens Electrical

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College of Engineering 2007-2008 Outstanding ECE Student Awards

Outstanding Student in College of Engineering Mike Davenport

Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering Robert Schaeffel

Michael Davenport was named 2007-2008 Outstanding Student in the College of Engineering at the UAH Honors Convocation in April 2008. Mike graduated from UAH in May 2007 with a BSE degree, majoring in Optical Engineering. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Societies. In the summer of 2006, Mike participated in the University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, assisting Dr. Junpeng Guo in his research into surface-plasmon waveguides and continued to work for Dr. Guo as a research assistant until the end of the fall semester. In the summer of 2007, he participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, again with Dr. Guo. In August 2007, he went to Kenya with the UAH chapter of Engineers without Borders to help construct a well to provide clean water for a medical clinic there. He has been a member of the UAH Budo Taijutstu Club (a martial arts group) since 2003. He has served as a secretary, vice president and president of the club and was awarded his black belt. He is also a member of SPIE, the optical engineering club. He has been awarded the Leroy Simms Memorial Scholarship, the UAH Presidential Scholarship, the Marshall C. Keith Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Creative Writing, and the National Consortium for MASINT Research Scholarship twice. Mike plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Optical Engineering.

Robert Schaeffel was named 2007-2008 Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering at the UAH Honors Convocation in April 2008. Robert graduated in May 2008 with a BSE degree, majoring in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Order of the Engineer and Alpha Lambda Delta. Robert entered UAH as a freshman in Mechanical Engineering in 2002. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2006, he continued his undergraduate education in Electrical Engineering. Robert was awarded an academic excellence scholarship and has been on the Honor Scholar list. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Order of the Engineer and Alpha Lambda Delta. In 2006, he passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and is listed as an Engineer in Training. Robert has accepted an assistantship from the ECE Department to work on his Masters in Electrical Engineering starting Summer of 2008.

Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering Patrick Price

Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering Douglas M. Ramey III

Patrick Price was named 2007-2008 Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering at the UAH Honors Convocation in April 2008. Patrick graduated in December 2007 with a BSE degree, majoring in Computer Engineering. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Societies. Patrick entered the CPE program in the Fall of 2002 and received an Academic Excellence Scholarship and the UAH Alumni Scholarship. He has been employed with Mentor Graphics as a Co-op student for several semesters. During the first week of the Fall 2007 semester, he represented UAH and the College of Engineering at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference in Lyon, France as the co-author of a paper. He is employed by ADTRAN and plans on attending graduate school here at UAH.

Douglas Ramey was named 2007-2008 Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering at the UAH Honors Convocation in April 2008. Douglas graduated in May 2008 with a BSE degree, double majoring in Optical and Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Delta Epsilon Iota Honor Societies. Douglas entered the ECE program in the Fall of 2003 and received an UAH Presidential Scholarship and the UAH Alumni Association Scholarship. He was employed by Siemens as a coop student for 4 semesters. In his senior year, he was involved with ultrafast laser pulse research with Dr. Fork, representing UAH through a senior design project for the Huntsville Depot. He is now employed by DRS, and plans to attend graduate school here at UAH.

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College of Engineering E-Week 2007-2008 Outstanding Student Awards

Engineers Week Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering Elise Haley

Engineers Week Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering Crystal Laws

Elise Haley was named Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering at the Engineers’ Week awards dinner in February 2008. Elise Haley graduated from UAH in December 2007 with a BSE degree, majoring in computer engineering and minoring in mathematics. During her time at UAH, she was awarded the Alabama Space Grant Consortium undergraduate scholarship as well as the National Defense Industrial Association Software Engineering Scholarship. In addition, she is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Delta Epsilon Iota, and has co-authored a paper on a low-cost collaboration platform in the March 2008 issue of the IEEE Potentials magazine. Elise joined Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems business unit in Huntsville as a software engineer. Her particular department hosts a wide range of projects so she is looking forward to a great variety of work experiences. She plans to return to UAH for a Master’s degree in computer engineering. Outside of school and work, Elise enjoys reading lots of Star Wars books and other science fiction. She is also active in UAH’s Animation Appreciation Association, the school’s anime club. Recently, she contracted to have her first house built and is looking forward to becoming a homeowner.

Crystal Laws was named Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering at the Engineers’ Week awards dinner in February 2008. Crystal Laws graduated from UAH in May 2008 with a BSE degree, majoring in electrical engineering. Before coming to UAH she attended NACC where she attained the Presidents list for the spring 2003 through the summer 2005 semesters, James B. Allen award, Who’s Who Among Students, and a transfer scholarship to UAH. Crystal is a member of several honor societies including Eta kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, and Tau Beta Pi – where she served as vice-president. In the fall of 2006 she was invited to be a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department advisory board. Crystal works as an Engineering Aide with the Aviation & Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) on Redstone Arsenal, testing and evaluating various laser-guided missiles including the Hellfire and Hellfire II. She also supports the development of other projects related to laser-guided missiles. Crystal enjoys bowling and golfing. After graduation she plans to enter the Master’s program in Electrical Engineering at UAH.

Engineers Week Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering Douglas M. Ramey

Engineers Week Outstanding ECE Graduate Student Ronen Adato

Douglas Ramey was named Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering at the at the Engineers’ Week awards dinner in February 2008. Douglas graduated in May 2008 with a BSE degree, double majoring in Optical and Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Delta Epsilon Iota Honor Societies. Douglas entered the ECE program in the Fall of 2003 and received an UAH Presidential Scholarship and the UAH Alumni Association Scholarship. He was employed by Siemens as a coop student for 4 semesters. In his senior year, he was involved with ultrafast laser pulse research with Dr. Fork, representing UAH through a senior design project for the Huntsville Depot. He is now employed by DRS, and plans to attend graduate school here at UAH.

Ronen Adato was named Outstanding ECE Graduate Student at the Engineers’ Week awards dinner in February 2008. Ronen Adato received B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and in Economics from Duke University in 2005 and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in 2007. He is currently a doctoral student in Dr. Junpeng Guo’s research group at UAH studying the use of plasmonics in conjunction with structured media to as an avenue towards the localization and manipulation of optical radiation on nanometer scales. Prior work has involved the development of a fabrication process for nanofluidic devices and investigations of multiple aperture imaging systems. Outside of research activities, he is the president of the UAH Student Chapter of the SPIE – the International Society for Optical Engineering. He is one of last year’s National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Space and Missile Defense graduate fellowship awardees.

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College of Engineering 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award

Dr. Michael Hale

Dr. Michael Hale was awarded the College of Engineering 2008 Distinguished Engineer Alumni Award for his outstanding contributions in Electrical Engineering in May 2008.

Dr. Hale earned his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from UAH in 1998 and 1992, respectively. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University in 1983. Dr. Hale started with the US Army Missile Command’s Dynamic Test Branch at Redstone, AL in 1983 in the Test and Evaluation Directorate as an Electronics Engineer in instrumentation engineering. In 1989 he moved into the Dynamic Test Branch, Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC), as a Senior Electronics Engineer working as Instrumentation and Vibration Control Room Lead Engineer and the Signal Analysis and Vibration Specification Development Lead Engineer until 1999. Since 1999, Dr. Hale has been a Researcher and Experimental Developer for the Dynamic Test Branch, Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC), US Army Developmental Test Command (DTC), Redstone Arsenal, AL. He is responsible for the integration of modeling and simulation technologies into the Dynamic Test paradigm and to advance the state-of-the-art in Dynamic Test Methodologies, Instrumentation, and Non-Stationary Signal Analysis Techniques.

He is Principal Researcher in the development of a broadband multiple source vibration test facility consisting of multiple acoustic modulators and 6-DOF hydraulic exciters, and Principal Researcher in the design of a large-scale 6-DOF servo-hydraulic excitation system. Dr. Hale is also the DTC Representative to NATO Working Group AC/327, SG/C, Task Group on Environmental Conditions and Procedures for STANAG 4370 and 4570, and the DTC Representative to Mil-Std-810G Tri-Service Technical Committee. He also serves as a Dynamic Test and Signal Analysis Subject Matter Expert and Technical Agent for RTTC, DTC and Government Project Office Customer Base. Dr. Hale has authored and coauthored more than 15 articles in the areas of vibration analysis and structural dynamics. In 1999 he received the “Maurice Simpson Award for Excellence in Technical Writing” from the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology. Dr. Hale’s professional memberships include: Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center (SAVIAC) Technical Advisory Group (TAG), Member and Program Committee Member since 1993; Senior Member of The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST), Member since 1999; and the International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA).

New 2007/08 National Defense Industrial Association Award for Freshman-Level Design

NDIA, Tennessee Valley Chapter, President Bob Darnall (center) presents the new 2007/2008 NDIA-TVC Award for Freshman Level Engineering Design to Jon Meadows (left) and Brian Jasper (right) for their design, “Variable Frequency Backup Sensors.” The awards were presented during the NDIA-TVC’s annual awards dinner at the Huntsville Marriott Hotel in April 2008. Instructor Dennis Hite encouraged students in his EE 100 class to enter the design contest.

2007/2008 ECE Department Outstanding Students

Patrick Price, Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering

Robert Schaeffel, Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering

Mike Davenport, Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering

Ronen Adato, Outstanding Graduate Student in ECE

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ECE Faculty Publications, Presentations and Awards

Dr. Timothy Boykin Professor

Dr. David Coe Assistant Professor

Journal Articles Timothy B. Boykin, Neerav Kharche, and Gerhard Klimeck, “Brillouin zone unfolding of perfect supercells having non-equivalent primitive cells illustrated with a Si/Ge tight-binding parameterization,” Physical Review B 76, 035310 (2007). Gerhard Klimeck, Shaikh Ahmed, Neerav Kharche, Marek Korkusinski, Muhammad Usman, Marta Prada, and Timothy B. Boykin, “Atomistic simulation of realistically sized nanodevices using NEMO 3-D: II-Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 54, 2090 (2007). Gerhard Klimeck, Shaikh Ahmed, Neerav Kharche, Marek Korkusinski, Muhammad Usman, Marta Prada, and Timothy B. Boykin, “Atomistic simulation of realistically sized nanodevices using NEMO 3-D: I-Models and Benchmarks,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 54, 2079 (2007). Timothy B. Boykin, Neerav Kharche, and Gerhard Klimeck, “Evolution time and energy uncertainty,” European Journal of Physics 28, 673 (2007). Conference Papers Timothy B. Boykin, Neerav Kharche, Mathieu Luisier, Gerhard Klimeck, “Zone Unfolding and Approximate Bandstructure Calculations in Tight-Binding,” American Physical Society, March Meeting 2008. Neerav Kharche, Seongmin Kim, Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, “Substrate orientation dependence of valley-splitting in Silicon nanostructures,” American Physical Society, March Meeting 2008.

Journal Articles D.J. Coe, “A Review of Boundary Value Analysis Techniques,” Crosstalk, Vol. 21, No. 4, April 2008, pp. 19-22. E. R. Haley, G.B. Collins, and D.J. Coe, “The Wonderful World of Wiki Benefits Students and Instructors,” IEEE Potentials, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 21-26. D.J. Coe, “Improving Consistency in Use Case Points Estimates,” Crosstalk, Vol. 21, No. 3, March 2008, pp. 8-12. J.M. English, J. Kulick, D.J. Coe, and R.K. Gaede, “MEMS-Assisted Cryptography for CPI Protection,” IEEE Security and Privacy, Vol. 5, Issue 4, July/August 2007, pp.14-21. Conference Papers

David J. Coe, “MEMS Reliability at UAH,” MEMS Reliability Workshop, sponsored by U.S. Army AMCOM, Redstone Arsenal September 26-27, 2007.

Dr. Richard Fork Professor

Dr. Fat Duen Ho Professor

Conference Papers Richard L. Fork, Patrick J. Reardon, Mike L. Davenport, Spencer T. Cole, Luke A. Burgess, and S. Gordon Aiken, “Multi-Confocal Paraboloidal Resonator,” Directed Energy Symposium in Huntsville, AL November 7, 2007. Richard L. Fork, Patrick J. Reardon, Spencer T. Cole, Luke A. Burgess, and S. Gordon Aiken, “Compact Monolithic Terawatt Laser,” Directed Energy Symposium in Huntsville, AL November 7, 2007. Richard L. Fork, Spencer T. Cole, Mike L. Davenport, Luke A. Burgess, Douglas M. Ramey III, and Stephen G. Aiken “Employment of Ultrashort Pulses for Directed Energy,” Third Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference, 3-7 March 2008, Monterey, California. Richard L. Fork, Luke A. Burgess, Mike L. Davenport, Douglas M. Ramey, Patrick J. Reardon, David B. Pollock, Robert G. Lindquist, and Donna M. Fork, “Cohering of multiple polariton lasers for sensing applications,” SPIE Defense and Security Conference, Orlando, FL 17-20 March 2008.

Journal Articles Todd C. MacLeod, Thomas A. Philips, and Fat Duen Ho, “Performance Measurement of a Multi-Level/Analog Ferroelectric Memory Device Design,” Integrated Ferroelectrics Int. Jour, Vol. 93, Issue 1, p.29 2007. Thomas A. Phillips, Todd C. MaCleod and Fat Duen Ho, “Modeling of a Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistor Static or Random Access Memory Cell,” Integrated Ferroelectric, June 2008. Conference Papers

d Todd C. MacLeod, Thomas A. Philips, and Fat Duen Ho, “Characterizing an Analog Amplifier Utilizing a Ferroelectric Transistor (#446),” Presented at the 20th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics in Singapore, June 9-12, 2008. Todd C. MacLeod, Thomas A. Philips, and Fat Duen Ho, “Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistor Differential Amplifier Circuit Analysis (#535),” Presentated at the 20th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics in Singapore, June 9-12, 2008.

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Dr. Junpeng Guo Associate Professor

Dr. Emil Jovanov Associate Professor

Journal Article J. Guo and R. Adato "Control of 2D plasmon-polariton mode with dielectric nanolayers," Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 1232-1237, January 2008. Conference Papers R. Adato and J. Guo, "Novel metal-dielectric structures for guiding ultra-long-range surface plasmon-polaritons at optical frequencies," Proc. SPIE, vol. 6641, 2007. R. Adato and J. Guo, “Surface plasmon polariton propagation in hetero-dielectric layered structures,” Huntsville Electro-Optical Society Chandra S. Vikram Memorial Conference, February 28, 2008. J. Guo and R. Adato, “Ultra-long Range Surface Plasmon-Polaritons at the Optical Frequency,” Optical Society of America Nanophotonics Topical Meeting, Hangzhou, China, June 18-21, 2007. J. Guo and R. Adato, “Ultra-long range surface plasmon-polaritons at optical frequencies,” Frontiers in Optics 2007, 91th Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, San Jose, California, Sept. 16-20, 2007.

Book Chapter

Dejan Rašković, Aleksandar Milenković, Dr. Piet C. De Groen, Emil Jovanov, “From Telemedicine To Ubiquitous M-Health: The Evolution Of E Health Systems,” in Biomedical Information Technology, Edited by David Dagan Feng, Elsevier, 2008.

Journal Paper A.G. Volkov, T. Adesina, V.S. Markin, E. Jovanov, “Kinetics and mechanism of Dionaea muscipula Ellis trap closing,” Plant Physiology, Vol. 146, February 2008, pp. 694-702. Conference Paper J. L. Wilder, V. Uzelac, A. Milenković, E. Jovanov, “Runtime Hardware Reconfiguration in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of the 40th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST'08), New Orleans, LA, March 2008, pp. 154-158. J. L. Wilder, Aleksandar Milenković, Emil Jovanov, “Smart Wireless Vehicle Detection System,” Proc. of the 40th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST'08), New Orleans, LA, March 2008, pp. 159-163. P. Cox, E. Jovanov, W. Cooke, S. Cardin, G. Gilbert, “Decision Support Algorithm for Remote Triage,” Proc. 13th Annual International Meeting of American Telemedicine Association, Seattle, Washington, April 6-8, 2008.

Dr. C. D. Johnson Distinguished Professor

Dr. Robert Lindquist Professor

Conference Papers Johnson, C.D. “A MIMO Transfer-Function Approach to the Design of “Bumpless” Type and “Smooth-Bumpless” Type Discrete/Continuous (D/C) Controllers,” Proc. 40th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, March 2008.

Johnson, C.D. “Real-Time Disturbance-Observers; Origin and Evolution of the Idea; Part 1: The Early Years,” Proc. 40th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, March 2008. Dr. C. D. Johnson received a College of Engineering

Lifetime Achievement Award at the Engineers’ Week dinner ceremony on February 22, 2008.

Publications “Relative Humidity Measurement Using Capacitive Sensors,” Alireza Hassanzadeh, Robert G. Lindquist and Abdollah Borghei, Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2008, Huntsville, AL, .April. “Neuro-Fuzzy System to Monitor Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystal Profile,”Alaeddin S. Abu-Abed and Robert G.Lindquist, Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2008, Huntsville, AL, April. “Flat-Top / Distortionless Tunable Filters Based On Liquid Crystal Multi Cavities For DWDM Applications,” Shadi A. Alboon and Robert G. Lindquist, Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon 2008, Huntsville, AL, April.. “Flat top liquid crystal tunable filter using coupled Fabry-Perot Cavities,” Shadi A. Alboon and Robert G. Lindquist ,Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 231-236 (2008).

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Dr. Laurie Joiner Associate Professor

Conference Paper Farshad Kheiri., B. Dewberry, L. Joiner, and D. Wu. “Capacity Analysis of an Ultrawideband Active RFID System,” Proc. IEEE SoutheastCon 2008, Huntsville, AL, April. Dr. Joiner was Co-Chair of the Student Program Committee

for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2008.

Dr. Alex Milenkovic Associate Professor

Book Chapter Dejan Rašković, Aleksandar Milenković, Dr. Piet C. De Groen, Emil Jovanov, ”From Telemedicine To Ubiquitous M-Health: The Evolution Of E Health Systems,” in Biomedical Information Technology, Edited by David Dagan Feng, Elsevier, 2008. Journal Article Jovan Djordjevic, Bosko Nikolic, Tanja Borozan, Aleksandar Milenković, “CAL2: Computer Aided Learning in Computer Architecture Laboratory,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp 1-17.

Conference Papers Joel L. Wilder, Vladimir Uzelac, Aleksandar Milenković, Emil Jovanov, “Runtime Hardware Reconfiguration in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST'08), New Orleans, LA, March 2008, pp. 154-158. Joel L. Wilder, Aleksandar Milenković, Emil Jovanov, “Smart Wireless Vehicle Detection System,” Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST'08), New Orleans, LA, March 2008, pp. 159-163. Ashkan Ashrafi, Aleksandar Milenković, Reza Adhami, “A 1GHz Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Based on the Quasi-Linear Interpolation Method,” The 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2766-2769.

Dr. David Pan Assistant Professor

Journal Articles H. Alzoubi, and W. D. Pan, “Reducing the complexity of MPEG-4 global motion estimation using pixel subsampling,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 20 – 22, January 2008. W. D. Pan, S.-M. Yoo, C.-H. Park, “Complexity Accuracy Tradeoffs of Lie Operators in Motion Estimation,” Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 778-787, May 2007. R. A. AL-Na'mneh, W. D. Pan, and S.-M. Yoo, “Parallel Implementation of 1-D Fast Fourier Transform without Inter-Processor Communication,” International Journal of Computers and Applications, vol. 29, no. 2, 2007.

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Dr. Pan received the 2007/2008 College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty award at the

Engineers’ Week dinner ceremony in February 2008.

Conference Papers H. Alzoubi, and W. D. Pan, “Fast and Accurate Global Motion Estimation by Combining Pixel Subsampling and Outlier Rejection,” Proc. of Picture Coding Symposium (PCS’07), Lisbon, Portugal, November 2007. J. Cai, and W. D. Pan, “Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm For Block Based Motion Estimation,” Proc. of Huntsville Simulation Conference (HSC’07), Huntsville, Alabama, October 2007. H. Alzoubi and W. D. Pan, “Efficient Global Motion Estimation Using Fixed and Random Subsampling Patterns,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, San Antonio, TX, September 2007.

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Journal Articles P. Kaveh and Y. Shtessel, “Blood Glucose Regulation Using Higher Order Sliding Mode Control,” International Journal of Robust and

Dr. Yuri Shtessel Professor

Nonlinear Control, Special Issue on Advances in Higher Order Sliding Mode Control, Vol. 18, Issue 4-5, March 2008, pp. 557-569. S. Baev, Y. Shtessel, and I. Shkolnikov, “Nonminimum-phase output tracking in causal systems using higher order sliding modes,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Special Issue on Advances in Higher Order Sliding Mode Control, Vol. 18, Issue 4-5, March 2008, pp. 454-467. L. Fridman, Y. Shtessel, C. Edwards, and X. G. Yan, “Higher Order Sliding Mode Observer for State Estimation and Input Reconstruction in Nonlinear Systems,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Special Issue on Advances in Higher Order Sliding Mode Control, Vol. 18, Issue 4-5, March 2008, pp. 399-412. Y. Shtessel, L. Fridman, and A. Zinober, “Higher Order Sliding Modes: Editorial,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Special Issue on Advances in Higher Order Sliding Mode Control, Vol. 18, Issue 4-5, March 2008, pp. 381-384. Conference Papers S. Baev, Y. Shtessel, and I. Shkolnikov, “HOSM driven output tracking in the nonminimum-phase nonlinear systems,” Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, December 2007. S. Baev, Y. Shtessel, H. Biglari, and R. Adhami, “Sliding Mode Control of a Unity Power Factor AC-to-DC boost Converter,” Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, December 2007.

Yuri Shtessel, and Simon Baev: “Active Compensation of Low Frequency Flexible Modes of Crew Launch Vehicle Using Sliding Mode Observers,” Proceedings of the Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 18-21, 2008. Christian Tournes and Yuri Shtessel, “Integrated guidance and autopilot for dual controlled missiles using higher order sliding mode controllers and observers,” Proceedings of the Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, August 2008. Jab Orr and Yuri Shtessel, “Robust Control of Lunar Spacecraft Powered Descent Using a Second Order Sliding Mode Technique,” Proceedings of the Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, August 2008. Damien Galzi and Yuri Shtessel, “Unmanned Rotorcraft Tight Formation Flight Control Using Sliding Mode Control Driven by Sliding Mode Disturbance Observers,” Proceedings of the Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, August 2008. Boris Mirkin, Per-Olof Gutman and Yuri Shtessel, “Sliding Mode Adaptive Following of Nonlinear Plants with unknown State Delay,” Proceedings of 10th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, Antalya, Turkey, June 8-10, 2008. Simon Baev and Yuri Shtessel, “Output feedback tracking in causal nonminimum-phase nonlinear systems using HOSM techniques,” Proceedings of 10th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, Antalya, Turkey, June 8-10, 2008.

J. Stensby, “A Simplified Algorithm for Computing the Half-Plane Pull-In Range of a PLL,” 40th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, New Orleans, March 2008. J. Stensby, “Computing the VCO Sweep Rate Limit For a Second-Order PLL,” Southeastcon 2008, Huntsville, AL, April 2008.

Dr. John Stensby Professor

Dr. John Williams Assistant Professor

Dr. Sam Yoo Associate Professor

Publications Xomalin G. Peralta, C.L. Arrington, J.D. Williams, A. Strikwerda, R.D. Averitt, W.J. Padilla J.F. O’Hara and I. Brener, “Terahertz Metamaterials on Thin Silicon Nitride Membranes,” MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA., 2008.

J. D. Williams, W. C. Sweatt, “LIGA Fabricated Photonic Crystals,” HEOS 2008, Huntsville, AL.

Publications M. Al-Shurman, S.M. Yoo, and B. Kim, “Distributed Key Management for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” 2nd Int’l Conf. on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2008), Busan, Korea, April 2008 R. Al Namneh’, W.D. Pan, and S.M. Yoo, “Parallel Implementations of 1-D Fast Fourier Transform without Inter-Processor Communication,” International Journal of Computers and Applications (ACTA Press), Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 180-186, June 2007.

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2008 Paul Salmon Engineering Design Awards

2008 Paul Michael Salmon Outstanding Engineering Design Award presentation. Back row: Ryan Tonini, Nancy Salmon (Paul’s Mom), Kelly Ann Salmon (Paul’s sister), Joshua Eliser, Michael Salmon (Paul’s Dad), Senior Design Instructor Dr. Emil Jovanov, Matt Dominioni, and Dr. Reza Adhami, ECE Chairman. Front row: Jennifer Jones, Whitney Knight, and Rana Sayyah.

The Paul Michael Salmon Outstanding Engineering Design Award was created in Spring 2007 to honor Paul Michael Salmon and his extraordinary determination and spirit. The 2008 Paul Michael Salmon Outstanding Engineering Design Award was presented to Joshua Eliser and John Grimm (not in photo) for their design of the “Excel Glove.” The 2008 Paul Michael Salmon Outstanding Engineering Design Award 1st Runner-Up Design Award was presented to Whitney Knight and Ryan Tonini for their design, “A Wearable Dead Reckoning System.”

The 2008 Paul Michael Salmon Outstanding Engineering Design Award 2nd Runner-Up Design Award was presented to Matt Dominioni, Jennifer Jones, and Rana Sayyah for their design, “Improving Accuracy Using Physiological Biofeedback.” This engineering design award competition will be held each Spring as a lasting tribute to Paul Michael Salmon. If you would like to contribute, please send your donation to the UAH Office of Development, Shelbie King Hall, Suite 300, Huntsville, AL 35899, Attn: Paul Salmon Scholarship.

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