Department of Electrical Engineering 2010 Annual Report



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Academic Programs

  1. Undergraduate Program (juniors and seniors)


  1. Enrollment
    Fall 2010: 449



  1. Enrollment trends

Note: Enrollment follows national trends. These numbers include juniors and seniors only.

  1. Bachelor’s Degrees Conferred 2010

Spring: 85
Summer: 13
Fall: 44

  1. Undergraduate Scholarships and Fellowships

Henry J. and Florence K. Anderson Memorial Scholarship in Engineering
Louis W. Wust

Fred and Kit Bigony Scholarship in Engineering

Chunyan Li

Mindy R. Sanchez

Boeing Helicopters Company Scholarship

Nicole V. Legenski

Keegan S. McCoy

Amanda C. Mills

Adriyel V. Nieves



Larry C. and Barbara A. Burton Student Award in Electrical Engineering
Matthew P. Chang

Cobham plc Trustee Matching Scholarship in the College of Engineering
Qian Ye

College of Engineering, Engineering General Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth N. Adams
Jarell T. Mason
Adriyel V. Nieves
Desire N. Williams

College of Engineering, Honors Scholarship
Matthew P. Chang
Rebecca H. Ripley

College of Engineering, Engineering Minority Scholarship Fund
Jarell T. Mason
Taylor L. Mitcham
Jason B. Morris
Christopher J. Payne
Mindy R. Sanchez
Desire N. Williams

Donald and Nancy Devorris Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Lars O. Henderson

Engineering General Scholarship
Athena M. Abate
Sarah E. Parks
Sarah M. Peck
Alan J. Rochkind

Russell and Geraldine Freyermuth Engineering Scholarship
Athena M. Abate

Frank Gabron Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Richard S. Teal

Robert M. Gocher Memorial Scholarship
Joshua M. Miller

Priscilla E. Guthrie Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Dominic Q. Nguyen

Donald W. Hamer Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Qiam Ye

Clifford B. Holt, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Nathan C. Rabenold
Elliot J. Riley

Janet and Jennifer Hemler Women in Engineering Scholarship
Qian Ye

James R. Kruest Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
Drew A. Schmitt

Hai-Sup Lee Memorial Scholarship in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Patrick K. Lee

Kwang Y. and Sangwol Lee Trustee Scholarship in the College of Engineering
Ziqiu Li
Jarek L. Reihner
Jinzhao Wu

William and Wyllis Leonhard Scholars Program Endowment
Alexander L. Hackett
Sarah M. Peck

Madden Memorial Honors Scholarship in Engineering
Jonathan R. Fry Brian T. McCormick Keegan S. McCoy
Amanda C. Mills Thomas C. Russell Eric J. Tim
Dominique S. Zwiebel

Madden Memorial Scholarship in Engineering
Chirag M. Amin Michael R. Amthor Andriana C. Bianco
Nathan R. Blinn Jonathan T. Bogash Andrew D. Gula
Lars O. Henderson Tyler R. Horwat William D. Kunsman
David W. Lambert Patrick K. Lee Bryan P. McLaughlin
Jerin P. Miller Jason B. Morris Benjamin D. Myers
Sarah E. Parks Alan J. Rochkind Michael J. Rogers
Eric C. Root Andrew R. Sharp

Madden Memorial Trustee Scholarship in Engineering
Athena M. Abate Moustafa K. Ahmed Glenn A. Becker
Andriy Bokalo Richard W. Campbell En D. Chen
Steven M. Devore Steven E. Drew Adam R. Falcsik
Jeffrey N. Fliegel Travis M. Inks Kory G. Knabenshue
Adam J. Kuhlman Francisco C. Matias Levi A. Matulevich
Dominic P. Misja Jonathan P. Ore Komal K. Patel
Nishith Patel Richard K. Pellicciaro Joseph B. Picarelli
Eric J. Rosenberger Peter T. Sabol Kyle C. Scherer
Paul J. Schuler Donald J. Seiwell Raymond R. Severns
Kyle T. Snoddy Michael J. Stachnik Vincent C. Touhey
Elorm K. Yador

Steven Messori Memorial Scholarship
Luc C. Eleazar
James R. Zwiebel

Frank Blaise Modruson/Lynne C. Shigley Scholarship
Christopher J. Shotter

The Shuman H. & Elizabeth B. Moore Engineering Scholarship
Adam R. Falcsik
Jianpan Mai

Paul Morrow Endowed Scholarship
Athena M. Abate
Matthew P. Chang
Boni Li
Kacie M. Long
Joseph P. Tucker

Fred A. Pechter Scholarship
Chirag M. Amin
Jonathan R. Fry
Tyler R. Horwat
David W. Lambert

Harold I. Tarpley Memorial Scholarship Fund
Patrick K. Lee

Triangle Fraternity Academic Excellence Endowment
Christopher V. Bennett
Kiel P. McPartland
Charles L. Sie
Louis W. Wust

Paul E. White and Rachel W. White Trustee Scholarship
Ethan J. Cook

  1. Undergraduate Awards

Ametek Outstanding Student Leader Award
Christopher Shotter

James M. Barnak/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Senior Award
John Ross

Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Junior Award
Drew Schmitt

Electrical Engineering student marshal
Spring: Daniel M. Feuerbach

Lockheed Martin Award

Nicole Legenski

Christopher Curwen

Richard (Scott) Teal
NASA Student Ambassadors Program

Keegan McCoy

      



  1. Graduate Program





  1. Enrollment

Fall 2010 M.S.: 61

Fall 2010 Ph.D.: 151



  1. Enrollment trends




  1. Master’s Degrees Conferred - total 43



    1. Spring 2010
      Subhade Chakraborty, “Void Fraction Measurement in Two-phase Flow Processes via Symbolic Dynamic Filtering of Ultrasonic Signals,” supervised by Jeffrey Mayer

Suran Cui, “Learning Discriminative Features from Real Biology and Motion-captured Data Sets Using PSU-LPAC Computational Pipelines,” supervised by William Higgins

Pradyumna Desale, “Software Define Radio Based Angle of Arrival for First-Responder Scenarios,” supervised by Sven Bilén

Xue Dong, “Unsupervised Network Traffic Clustering and Multidimensional Mining,” supervised by David Miller               

Supratim Ghosh, “Equivalent Conditions for Uniform Asymptotic Consensus Among Distributed Agents,” supervised by Ji-Woong Lee    

Kai He, “A Review of Energy Harvesting system using AC Machines,” supervised by Heath Hofmann

Nathaniel Hobbs, “A Scalable Hybrid Power and Energy Architecture for Unmanned Ground Vehicles,” supervised by Heath Hofmann             

Zhenyan Hua, “Beam Delivery System for Laser Fired Contact,” supervised by Timothy Kane       

Yifan Huang, “Characterization of Metamaterial by Spectral Holography,” supervised by Zhiwen Liu

Somesh Kashyap, “A Computational Framework for Discriminative Analysis of High Dimensional Biomedical Image Data,” supervised by David Miller              

Jeong Kim, “Development of Field-Oriented Torque Regulator for Induction Machine Using Adaptive Rotor Resistance Estimator,” supervised by Heath Hofmann                       

Hemant Kumar, “Development of a Mathematical Human-Sensor Model Utilizing Multiagent Bayesian Learning for Team Collaboration in Extreme Emergency or Disaster Events,” supervised by Kenneth Jenkins

Lei Mei, “Development of Magneto-elastic Sensor Board for Detection of Micro Bubbles in Soft Drinks,” supervised by Craig Grimes                         

Ninad Mokhariwale, “Ultrasensitive METGLAS/PVDF Sensor Featuring Direct Integration of Magnetoelectric Sensor with Advanced Mircoelectronics,” supervised by Qiming Zhang

Dheepak Ramaswamy, “Development & Evaluation of a Wed 2.0 Application for Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention,” supervised by John Metzner

Vikram Sampath Kumar, “An FPGA Based Real-Time Tracking System for Indoor Environments,” supervised by Suman Datta     

Matthew Sunderland, “Software-Defined Radio Interoperability with Frequency Hopping Waveforms,” supervised by Sven Bilén          

Ryan Weichel, “Active Stabilization of a DC-DC Step-Down Converter with Input LC Filter via Current-Mode Control and Input Voltage Feedback,” supervised by Heath Hofmann

Jimmy Yao, “Investigation of Optical Properties for Nonlinear Bragg Reflector,” supervised by Shizhuo Yin                     

Junyu Yao, “Analysis of the Single-Phase Diode-Bridge Rectifier with Commutating Inductance and Finite DC-Side Inductance,” supervised by Jeffrey Mayer


    1. Summer 2010

Mikhail Breslav, “3D Reconstruction of 2D Endobronchial Ultrasound,” supervised by William Higgins
Erik Davidson, “The Development and Use of a Trade Space Visulaization Model for Softward-Defined Radio Receiver Design,” supervised by Sven Bilén
Sebastian De Larquier, “Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Infrasound Propagation in a Realistic Atmosphere,” supervised by Victor Pasko
Rohan Gosain, “Piezoelectric Pump using Cymbal Transducer,” supervised by Kenji Uchino
Elijah Hibit, “The Role of Atmospheric Parameters and Turbulence on Meteor Trail Evolution: Analysis and Simulations,” supervised by Julio Urbina
Wei-Chieh Kao, “Impact of Interface States on Sub-Threshold Response of III-V MOSFETs, MOS HEMTs and Tunnel FETs,” supervised by Suman Datta
Mohit Khadaria, “Multiple Hot-Target identification and Tracking Algorithm for Night Vision Goggles,” supervised by Timothy Kane
Jue Li, “Graphical User Interface System for 3D Medical Image Processing,” supervised by William Higgins
Tingting Lu, “Polytopic Linear Parameter-Varying Model of Epileptiform Activity,” supervised by Ji-Woong Lee
Nikhil Mehta, “Numerical Analysis of Frequency Selective Surfaces,” supervised by Raj Mittra
Kaustubh Misra, “A Cyber Infrastructure for Hard and Soft Data Fusion,” supervised by John Doherty
Kaustubha Raut, “Trust Model for Incentive Based Revocation System,” supervised by Mohsen Kavehrad
Eric Schmidt, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Optimization with Neural Network Approximation Methods,” supervised by Kenneth Jenkins
Xiaonan Zang, “Botnet Survey and Detection,” supervised by George Kesidis
Siming Zhao, “Radar Meteor Trail Detection and Classification,” supervised by Julio Urbina


  1. Fall 2010

Ravikant Gupta, “Power Analysis of Cryptographic Module for Wireless Sensor Node,” supervised by Sven Bilén

Aditya Hariharan, “Optimization of Conformal Low Profile Dipole Antennas,” supervised by James Breakall

Aditya Jain, “Implementation of Keystroke Dynamics Based Authentication Method on Smartphones,” supervised by Kenneth Jenkins

Wai Kei Ri Kot, “Distributed Wireless Sensor Network for Aerospace Platforms,” supervised by Sven Bilén

Saurabh U Pawar, “Distributed Wireless Sensor Network for Aerospace Platforms,” supervised by John Doherty

Urmila P Pujare, “Techniques for Determining the Range and Motion of UHF RFID Tags,” supervised by Raj Mittra

Erik D Weir, “Design and Application of Zigbee-Enabled Wireless Sensor Systems for a Spacee Relevant Environment,” supervised by Sven Bilén

Jing Zhou, “Receding Horizon Control of Type I Diabetes Based on a Data-Driven Lionear Time-Varying State-Space Model,” supervised by Constantino Lagoa



  1. Doctoral Degrees Conferred – total 28



  1. Spring 2010

Jonathan Bringuier, “Multi-Scale Techniques in Computational Electromagnetics,” supervised by Raj MittraTsung-Ta Ho, “Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Devices,” supervised by Theresa Mayer

Jaekyun Kim, “Deterministic Assembly of Functional Nanodevices onto Silicon Circuits,” supervised by Theresa Mayer

Ramakrishnan Krishnan, “Analysis of Failures in Nanoscale Devices,” supervised by Suman Datta

Kongkuo Lu, “Multidimensional Image Segmentation and Pulmonary Lymph-Node Analysis,” supervised by William Higgins

Cheng Luo, “Active Energy Harvesting for Piezoelectric Systems,” supervised by Heath Hofmann

Xiaoqiang Xiao, “Parametric Model Based Speech Enhancement,” supervised by Kenneth Jenkins               

Danhong Zhao, “Finite Element Analysis of Synchronous Machines,” supervised by Heath Hofmann


  1. Summer 2010
    Yaman Aksu, “Feature Selection Methods for Support Vector Machines for Two or More Classes, with Applications to the Analysis of Alzhemier's Disease and Its Onset with MRI Brain Image Processign,” supervised by David Miller and George Kesidis

Andrea Brown (Wyant), “Multiwavelength, Multistatic Optical Scattering for Aerosol Characterization,” supervised by Charles Philbrick

Wei-Jen Chen, “Detection and Estimation in Ultrawideband MIMO Noise Radar,” supervised by Ram Narayanan

Richard Geiger, “Energy Harvesting Using AC Machines with High Effective Pole Count,” supervised by Heath Hofmann

Kristina Haines, “Applications of High Dielectric Materials in High Field Magnetic Resonance,” supervised by Jeffrey Schiano

Xiang He, “Cooperation and Information Theoretic Security in Wireless Networks,” supervised by Aylin Yener

Sheng Liu, “High Electromechanical Response Electroactive Polymers and their Applications for Solid State Actuators,” supervised by Qiming Zhang

Jeremy Riousset, “Numerical Modeling of Lighting, Blue Jets, and Gigantic Jets,” supervised by Victor Pasko

Michael Stinger, “Passive Optical Limiting in Long Timescales,” supervised by Iam-Choon Khoo



  1. Fall 2010
    Meng-Ku Chen, “Terahertz Generation and Its Applications,” supervised by Shizhuo Yin

Pin-Heng Chen, “Design and performance Analysis of a Portable Real-Time Through-Wall Noise Radar,” supervised by Ram Narayanan

Jarir M Fadlullah, “A Generalized Approach to Model and Optimize Multi-Input Multi-Output Communication and Imaging Systems,” supervised by Mohsen Kavehrad

Wenchong Hu, “Nanowire Devices for Electronic and Optical Applications: Solution-Gated Sillicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistors and One-Dimensional Gold Nanoparticle Arrays,” supervised by Theresa Mayer

Prasoon Joshi, “Effect of Environment on the Transport Properties of Graphene Devices,” supervised by Srinivas Tadigadapa

Ping Kao, “Micromachined Quartz Crystal Resonator Arrays for Bioanalytical Applications,” supervised by Srinivas Tadigadapa

Hyun Soo Kim, “High Frequency Low Voltage Piezoelectric MEMS Devices with Close Coupled Electronics,” supervised by Thomas Jackson

Saurabh A Mookerjea, “Band-to-Band Tunneling Field Effect Transistor for Low Power Logic and Memory Applications: Design, Fabrication and Characterization,” supervised by Suman Datta

Shabnam Sodagari, “Mechanisms for Increasing Efficiency and Security of Cognitive Radio using Incentive Alleviation and Design of Experiments,” supervised by Sven Bilén

Chia-En Yang, “High-Speed Light-Activated Magneto-Optical Rotator and Applications,” supervised by Shizhuo Yin

Kyungho Yoo, “Modeling and Simulation of Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures and Metamaterials,” supervised by Raj Mittra

Dalong Zhao, “Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition Zinc Oxide Flexible Thin Film Electronics,” supervised by Thomas Jackson


  1. Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships

Fred C. and M. Joan Thompson Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering
Jose Israel Ramirez
Sonny Smith

Society of Penn State Electrical Engineers Graduate Fellowship
Jennifer Sha
Peter Sieber

Bess L. and Mylan R. Watkins Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering
Robert Sorbello

  1. Graduate Awards

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
Zikri Bayraktar
Ziang He
Sheng Liu

The A. J. Ferraro Graduate Research Award
Zikri Bayraktar
Sebastien De Larquier



  1. Courses



First Year Seminars:

EE007 EE008

Adventures in Electrical Engineering Digital Music



EE009 EE009

Intro to Ham Radio This is Rocket Science



EE009 EE009

Loudspeaker Design MicroWorld



EE210

Circuits and Devices



EE211

Electrical Circuits and Power Distribution (non majors)



EE212

Introduction to Electronic Measuring Systems (non majors)



EE310

Electronic Circuit Design I



EE311

Electronic Circuit Design II



EE316

Introduction to Embedded Microcontrollers

EE320

Introduction to Electro-Optical Engineering

EE330

Engineering Electromagnetics

EE350

Continuous-Time Linear Systems

EE351

Discrete-Time Linear Systems

EE353

Signals and Systems (non majors)



EE360

Communications Systems I

EE362

Communication Networks



EE380

Linear Control Systems



EE387

Energy Conversion

EE397

Introduction to Nano Electronics

EE403W

Senior Project Design



EE410

Linear Electronic Design



EE413

Power Electronics



EE416

Digital Integrated Circuits



EE417

Digital Design Using Field Programmable Devices



EE420

Electro-optics: Principles and Devices



EE421

Optical Fiber Communications



EE422

Optical Engineering Laboratory



EE424

Principles and Applications of Lasers



EE430

Principles of Electromagnetic Fields



EE432

UHF and Microwave Engineering



EE438

Antenna Engineering



EE439

Radiowave Propagation in Communications



EE441

Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Technology

EE442

Solid State Devices



EE453

Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing

EE454

Fundamentals of Computer Vision

EE455

An Introduction to Digital Image Processing



EE456

Introduction to Neural Networks



EE460

Communication Systems II



EE471

Introduction to Plasmas



EE472

Space Astronomy and Introduction to Space Science



EE474

Satellite Communications Systems



EE477

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing Systems



EE482

Introduction to Digital Control Systems



EE487

Electric Machinery and Drives



EE488

Power Systems Analysis I



EE497

Software Defined Radio



EE 497

Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineers



EE497

Space Systems Engineering Seminar



EE500

Graduate Colloquium



EE510

Linear Integrated Circuits



EE520

Electro Optics--Systems and Computing



EE521

Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics



EE522

Electro-Optics Laboratory



EE524

Lasers and Optical Electronics



EE526

Nonlinear Optical Materials



EE531

Engineering Electromagnetics



EE534

Conformal Antennas



EE535

Boundary Value Methods of Electromagnetics



EE537

Numerical and Asymptotic Methods of Electromagnetics



EE538

Antenna Engineering



EE541

Manufacturing Methods in Microelectronics



EE542

Semiconductor Devices



EE543

Ferroelectric Devices



EE544

Micromechatronics



EE545

Semiconductor Device Reliability



EE546

Field-Effect Devices



EE547

Dielectric Devices



EE549

Acoustic Wave Devices



EE551
Wavelets, Filter Banks And Multi-Resolution Analysis

EE552

Pattern Recognition--Principles and Applications



EE553

Topics in Digital Signal Processing



EE554

Topics in Computer Vision



EE555

Digital Image Processing II



EE556

Graphs, Algorithms and Neural Networks



EE557

Multidimensional Signal Processing



EE560

Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes



EE561

Information Theory



EE562

Detection and Estimation Theory



EE564

Error Correcting Codes for Computers and Communication



EE565

Reliable Data Communications



EE567

Wireless and Mobile Communications



EE568

Digital Communications I



EE569

Digital Communications II



EE574

Propagation Through Random Media



EE576

Inversion Techniques in Remote Sensing



EE579

Microwave Radar Remote Sensing



EE580

Linear Control Systems



EE581

Optimal Control



EE582

Adaptive and Learning Systems



EE584

Robust Control Theory



EE587

Nonlinear Control and Stability



EE588

Power Systems Control and Operation



EE597 Special Topics Courses

Convex Optimization Remote Sensing of the Earth

Semiconductor Materials Nanoscale Transport

Solar Energy Conversion Material Processing



Spectroscopic Ellipsometry



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