{"190511":{"#nid":"190511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ayanna Howard Explains How Robots Can Become Smarter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere are three major rules that we want our robots to follow: do not harm a human, obey us, and protect us. The prerequisite for these rules? We need to make robots smarter. Ayanna Howard, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, explains how robots can become smarter in this \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WejeIgo5cRc\u0026amp;list=PLJicmE8fK0Ehrg3meytY7DT8LJiwuU3Th\u0026amp;index=2\u0022\u003ETED-Ed talk\u003C\/a\u003E. (Hint: it is related to how smart we humans are).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Ayanna Howard explains how robots can become smarter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Ayanna Howard explains how robots can become smarter."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-02-07 17:03:14","changed_gmt":"2020-07-28 11:56:38","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?index=2\u0026list=PLJicmE8fK0Ehrg3meytY7DT8LJiwuU3Th\u0026v=WejeIgo5cRc","title":"TED Ed Talk: How Robots Become Smarter"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=135","title":"Profile"},{"url":"http:\/\/humanslab.ece.gatech.edu","title":"Human-Automation Systems Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"236501":{"#nid":"236501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Maintains Rankings in 2014 U.S. News Best Colleges Issue","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published, and the results for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech are very good.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering placed fifth and computer engineering ranked sixth, the same positions as last year, and both disciplines ranked third in their fields among public universities. The College of Engineering ranked fifth, and Georgia Tech retained its seventh place standing among public universities. Three other Georgia Tech initiatives \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;internships, senior capstone design, and undergraduate research \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;are also cited in \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Academic Programs to Look For\u0026quot; section.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our success in ECE can be attributed to our innovative and internationally renowned academic and research programs, but none of these things would be possible without the hard work and commitment of our faculty, staff, and students,\u0026rdquo; said Steven W. McLaughlin, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;d like to thank our entire community for their efforts, and I look forward to building on our long track record of continued excellence.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published, and the results for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech are very good.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The U.S. News \u0026 World Report Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published, and the results for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech are very good."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-09-11 14:30:24","changed_gmt":"2020-06-23 20:26:27","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"219611":{"id":"219611","type":"image","title":"ECE Buzz","body":null,"created":"1449180151","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:02:31","changed":"1475894888","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:08","alt":"ECE Buzz","file":{"fid":"197227","name":"ece_buzz.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ece_buzz_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ece_buzz_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102783,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ece_buzz_0.jpg?itok=oWYc978A"}}},"media_ids":["219611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-colleges\/georgia-institute-of-technology-1569","title":"Georgia Tech profile (U.S. News \u0026 World Report)"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=235681","title":"Georgia Tech 2014 rankings news release"},{"url":"http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/content\/college-engineering-maintains-fifth-place-ranking-among-nations-undergraduate-programs","title":"College of Engineering 2014 rankings story"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"223521":{"#nid":"223521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fred Juang Chosen for Top IEEE Technical Field Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiing Hwang (Fred) Juang has been named as the recipient of the 2014 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award. He is being recognized for his pioneering contributions to automatic speech recognition and speech coding and will receive this award at the\u0026nbsp;2014 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), scheduled to take place May 4-9 in Florence, Italy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Juang has held the titles of Motorola Foundation Chair Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar since his arrival at Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002. Previously, he was the director of Avaya Labs and held many technical leadership roles during his 20-year career at AT\u0026amp;T Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies. He has published close to 300 papers and holds over 20 patents in the areas of speech analysis, coding, recognition, and enhancements; speaker authentication; machine learning; and stochastic processes. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis IEEE technical award is the latest of many distinctions for Dr. Juang, who is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an academician with Academia Sinica in Taiwan, and a Fellow of both IEEE and Bell Labs. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Biing Hwang (Fred) Juang has been named as the recipient of the 2014 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Biing Hwang (Fred) Juang has been named as the recipient of the 2014 IEEE James L. 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Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.icassp2014.org\/","title":"2014 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"69921","name":"Biing Hwang"},{"id":"1464","name":"Georgia Research Alliance"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"214261":{"#nid":"214261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Russell Dupuis Receives Distinguished von Humboldt Research Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERussell D. Dupuis has been named the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, an honor that is given to interationally renowned researchers and educators to come to Germany and work with German colleagues on mutually agreed upon research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Dupuis will be working with Michael Kneissl and Dieter Bimberg at the Technical University of Berlin on growth of compound semiconductor nano structures in the III-N system. Dr. Dupuis holds the Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair in Electro-Optics and is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. He has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech since 2003 and leads the Center for Compound Semiconductors. The Center is a focal point for research and educational collaborations in the Georgia Tech community related to compound semiconductors, including conventional and nanotechnology materials and devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Russell D. Dupuis has been named the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Russell D. 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Pettit Professor in Electronics, effective March 1.\u0026nbsp;He has been a member of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty since 2000.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Adibi leads the Photonics Research Group and advises two postdoctoral scholars and 16 Ph.D. students. One of the most highly ranked instructors in ECE, Dr. Adibi has won multiple awards at Georgia Tech for advising students and for his outstanding classroom teaching. He is also a two-time recipient of the Richard M. Bass\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award, an honor determined by a majority vote of the ECE senior class, and he will receive the 2013 Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award on April 10 at the Georgia Tech Faculty Staff Honors Luncheon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the leader of several multi-investigator research programs, Dr. Adibi has extensive experience in the design, optimization, simulation, and fabrication of integrated photonic structures for optical sensing, optical communications, and optical signal processing. His group has demonstrated multiple photonic structures, especially resonators and spectrometers, with world-record performance. He has published more than 120 journal papers and more than 350 conference papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Adibi and his Ph.D. students have also started two companies\u0026ndash;Prospect Photonics and Sinoora\u0026ndash;that are part of Georgia Tech VentureLab. Prospect Photonics is developing a spectrometer for lab, in-line diagnostic, and portable sensor applications, and Sinoora is building a spectroscopy platform that will have applications in a broad range of areas including biochemistry, medicine, pharmaceuticals, industrial quality assurance, homeland security, mineralogy, and environmental sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin the last two years, Dr. Adibi has been elected as a Fellow of SPIE, OSA, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.\u0026nbsp;He has also received several of the nation\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious technical accolades such as the Packard Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Ali Adibi has been appointed as the Joseph M. 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He and his current team of six graduate students develop algorithms and protocols for next generation wireless networks and mobile computing, which span the network protocol stack from the link-layer all the way up to the application layer. His key research contributions have included algorithms for multi-path transport protocols, smart antenna based networking, wireless sensor and ad-hoc networks, and ultra-mobile computing. Dr. Sivakumar\u2019s work has led to the founding of two venture-funded technology startups: Asankya, Inc. and StarMobile, Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESudhakar Yalamanchili, Joseph M. 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Bloch took part in the 2013 EU-US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium, held November 21-23 in Chantilly, France. Bloch is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBloch joined approximately 60 engineers under the age of 45 for an intensive two-and-a-half day event to discuss cutting-edge developments in the areas of nano sensors, big data, the future of transportation, and wireless broadband. During this event, he presented a poster entitled \u0022Physical-Layer Security.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium also facilitates international and cross-disciplinary collaboration, promotes the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourages the creation of a transatlantic network of world-class engineers.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA faculty member in ECE since 2009, Bloch conducts research in the areas of communications and information theory, error-control coding, and wireless communications. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Assistant Professor Matthieu Bloch took part in the EU-US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium, held November 21-23 in Chantilly, France.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Assistant Professor Matthieu Bloch took part in the EU-US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium, held November 21-23 in Chantilly, France."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-12-10 18:03:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"133551":{"id":"133551","type":"image","title":"Matthieu Bloch","body":null,"created":"1449178659","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:39","changed":"1475894763","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:03","alt":"Matthieu Bloch","file":{"fid":"194741","name":"mathieu_bloch.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mathieu_bloch_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mathieu_bloch_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":314867,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mathieu_bloch_0.jpg?itok=v2btlKoO"}}},"media_ids":["133551"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=162","title":"Matthieu Bloch"},{"url":"http:\/\/ww.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.naefrontiers.org\/Symposia\/EU-USFOE\/32025\/32009.aspx","title":"2013 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81871","name":"EU-US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"35071","name":"Matthieu Bloch"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"260201":{"#nid":"260201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tom Habetler Elected to IEEE-USA Board of Directors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas G. Habetler has been elected to a two-year term on the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2014. The Board is the governing body for IEEE and has fiduciary responsibility for all of its assets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHabetler has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech since 1989.\u0026nbsp;His research interests are in protection and condition monitoring of electric machines and building electrical systems, power electronics, and drives.\u0026nbsp;He has published over 300 technical papers in the field.\u0026nbsp;He is also a regular consultant to industry in the field of condition-based diagnostics for electrical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHabetler has been involved in many different aspects of IEEE, including service on various committees and boards for IEEE-USA, terms as chair and secretary of the Atlanta chapter of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS), and a wide range of technical conference leadership roles, including most recently the 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHabetler received the 2012 IEEE-PELS Harry A. Owen Distinguished Service Award, and the 2012 Gerald B. Kliman Innovator Award from the IEEE Industry Applications Society.\u0026nbsp;He was the inaugural recipient of the IEEE-PELS \u201cDiagnostics Achievement Award\u201d and is a Fellow of IEEE.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Professor Thomas G. Habetler has been elected to the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2014.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professor Thomas G. Habetler has been elected to the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2014."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-12-10 18:39:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57091":{"id":"57091","type":"image","title":"Tom Habetler","body":null,"created":"1449175653","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:33","changed":"1475894503","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:43","alt":"Tom Habetler","file":{"fid":"190548","name":"tqj93037.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqj93037_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqj93037_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":49922,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tqj93037_0.jpg?itok=M90VJPbv"}}},"media_ids":["57091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ieeeusa.org\/","title":"http:\/\/www.ieeeusa.org\/"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=41","title":"Thomas G. Habetler"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"81891","name":"IEEE-USA"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"81881","name":"Thomas G. 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How does a technology researcher learn about topics such as patent law, business plans, marketing strategy, and intellectual property analysis? The TI:GER (Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results) program in the Scheller College of Business can bridge the gap.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-year program\u2019s interdisciplinary approach intersects science, law, and business and brings together Georgia Tech Ph.D. and M.B.A. students with law students from Emory University. The program is nationally recognized for its success at developing entrepreneurs. Teams are formed in the first semester and consist of one Ph.D., two MBA, and two law students. Up to seven new research students are accepted each year and the teams form around their doctoral projects. Sometimes the research is successfully commercialized; sometimes it is not.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. students Matthieu Leibovici and Amir Dindar, advised by Professor Tom Gaylord and Professor Bernard Kippelen, respectively, are currently enrolled in the TI:GER program. While they are at different stages in the program, both are reaping the rewards of TI:GER\u2019s four-course academic track that provides instruction in technology commercialization processes with a focus on technology law and business fundamentals. An added benefit of the program is that many of the research students receive a two-year, half-time graduate research assistantship to cover their stipend and tuition waiver.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMatthieu Leibovici and his team are in the first semester of the program and are pursing the commercialization of pattern-integrated interference lithography (PIIL) technology, the subject of his graduate research currently developed in the GT Optics Laboratory. The lack of rapid and inexpensive fabrication techniques for periodic structures at the nano-scale has resulted in a significant roadblock to commercial development. PIIL addresses the limitations of multi-beam interference lithography by coupling it with projection lithography simultaneously. PIIL has far-reaching possibilities in areas such as optical communications, HD displays, solar cells, and biomedical devices, among others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Leibovici and his team hope to commercialize the technology and are currently seeking partners for development and licensing, he is quick to stress that TI:GER is not an incubator, but an education program. He says, \u201cThe goal is for Ph.D. students to gain business and legal skills in an environment of learning how to commercialize a technology, but you don\u2019t \u2018fail\u2019 if you don\u2019t launch a company.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond year TI:GER participant, Amir Dindar, is researching an ink-jet printed organic thin-film solar cell module for his electrical engineering doctoral degree. With this emerging technology, a solar cell module can be fabricated on top of glass as well as flexible substrates such as plastic. Low fabrication costs combined with applications that include futuristic new products such as bendable and disposable electronics had Dindar\u2019s TI:GER team excited about taking the product to market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe one downside of organic solar cells is low-efficiency compared to conventional cells. The team knew this was a hurdle, but as part of their coursework, they embarked on an extensive discovery phase that involved in-depth industry analysis, product concepting, and market segmentation. In the end, their research uncovered that the return on investment was too low to make the technology viable in the market\u2014for now.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe learned a valuable lesson through our analysis. In academia, you aren\u2019t as concerned about the market, but in industry it often happens that your idea isn\u2019t feasible. You have to either stop the project or change direction. TI:GER helped me pinpoint problems in my research and now I have the opportunity to solve them,\u201d says Dindar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program, which was started in 2002 with funds from the National Science Foundation, provides a unique opportunity to ECE doctoral students. Adding an advantageous dimension to ECE curriculum, TI:GER teaches students to be both innovators and entrepreneurs. This duality is what academic institutions and industry are looking for in new hires.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarie Thursby, Director of the TI:GER program says, \u201cPrograms like TI:GER give engineering students a competitive edge in the market. It\u2019s not enough to just have the technical knowledge. Companies are looking for students with leadership skills and an understanding of what it takes to capitalize on technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterested students can plan to attend the information session on February 18, 2014. Please RSVP to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.jacobs@scheller.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJennifer Jacobs\u003C\/a\u003E by Feb. 17th. For more information, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tiger.gatech.edu\/admissions\/phd_admission.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe two-year TI:GER program\u2019s interdisciplinary approach intersects science, law, and business and brings together Georgia Tech Ph.D. and M.B.A. students with law students from Emory University. 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Howard\u2019s and Chen\u2019s project was featured in the November 2013 issue of the magazine that recognizes organizations and individuals that are contributing to Atlanta becoming a healthier city.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward, who is the Motorola Foundation Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech, and Chen, an assistant professor from the Department of Physical Therapy at Georgia State University, have designed a robot that helps children impacted by cerebral palsy to improve their muscle control and motor skills. Video cameras in the robot\u2019s eyes record data as the child plays, allowing researchers to tailor therapy to his or her needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward leads the Human-Automation Systems Lab, which is based in ECE, and she was recently named as the associate director for research for Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. Howard received the Georgia Tech 2013 Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award for her outstanding work in robotics and is a past recipient of the Janice A. 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They will be collaborating with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a top academic institute in Korea, and GigaLane, a wireless module and package company in Korea. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis international partnership will focus on developing ultra-miniaturized, low-cost and high-performance long term evolution (LTE) front-end modules. Using Georgia Tech\u2019s innovative Integrated Passive and Active Components glass package concept, these modules will have multi-band radios integrating miniaturized active and passive components. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETheir research will also include the integration of multiple bands for global roaming in glass packages with a large reduction in form factor, cost, and power consumption.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cGT PRC, KAIST and GigaLane partnership is a very unique global collaboration model in that KAIST will design, GT PRC will develop and GigaLane will commercialize the most advanced WLAN and LTE modules. It is a perfect fit to what we are trying to do in GT PRC \u2014 explore, demonstrate and commercialize new technologies by means of global collaborations involving universities, industry and government,\u201d said Center Director Rao Tummala, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in a news release. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Packaging Research Center was established in 1994 as a U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. Since then, it has been the largest global research center dedicated to System-on Package technologies. Its research vision is to explore and demonstrate new fundamental concepts in all the core technologies necessary to achieve highest functionality at smallest size and lowest cost for electronic and bio-electronic 3D systems by embedded thin film components and high density interconnections at nanoscale.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Packaging Research Center has received a $5 million, five-year research award from the South Korean government to develop and commercialize the world\u2019s first glass-based wireless modules.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2013-11-21 13:36:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256611":{"id":"256611","type":"image","title":"Tummala","body":null,"created":"1449243846","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:06","changed":"1475894936","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:56","alt":"Tummala","file":{"fid":"198230","name":"tummala_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tummala_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tummala_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12156,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tummala_0_0.jpg?itok=qO7g9bYG"}}},"media_ids":["256611"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12072","name":"3D Systems Packaging Research Center"},{"id":"80591","name":"Gigalane"},{"id":"4127","name":"PRC"},{"id":"12103","name":"Rao Tummala"},{"id":"167197","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineeering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELyndsey Lewis\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lyndsey.lewis@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elyndsey.lewis@coe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lyndsey.lewis@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"256641":{"#nid":"256641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 to Explore the Power of Global Communications","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIEEE GLOBECOM 2013, the premier international event devoted to driving innovations and technological breakthroughs in nearly every telecommunications field, will hold its 56th annual event from December 9-13, 2013 at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers in Atlanta, Ga. Themed the \u201cPower of Global Communications,\u201d the five-day conference will host thousands of industry experts and more than 1,500 presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIEEE GLOBECOM is one of the most significant scientific events of the networking and communications community and a must-attend for industry leaders representing the entire spectrum of broadband, wireless, multimedia, Internet, image, and voice communications research,\u201d says Branko Bjelajac, general chair for IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 and CTO for Landis+Gyr. \u201cEach year, our organizers work tirelessly to ensure our world-class agenda is filled with the presentations of global experts, C-level corporate executives and international government officials sharing their visions for a better future and their efforts to introduce the next wave of technological accomplishments to billions of people and businesses worldwide.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIEEE GLOBECOM 2013 will be highlighted by more than 800 technical paper presentations and hundreds of speakers from industrial leaders, senior-executive panel discussions, the exhibitions of global technological corporations, and numerous business and industrial forums focused on the \u201cnew world\u201d of IPv6, smart grid, cloud computing, and network infrastructure advancements. Already included within this comprehensive agenda are the keynote addresses of Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of Cloud Computing at Cisco, and Bjelajac, who will speak on \u201cICT \u2013 A Key Enabler of Smart Grid Innovation\u201d and its role in transforming and modernizing the sustainability, production, distribution and consumption of electricity on a global scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScheduled to begin Monday, December 9, IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 will open with a full day of workshops and tutorials detailing the newest accomplishments, applications, and research in Broadband Wireless Access; Cloud Computing Systems, Networks \u0026amp; Applications; Wireless Networking and Control for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles; Optical Wireless Communications; Autonomous Underwater Sensor Networks; and Cognitive Radio, Software-Defined Radio, and the Adaptation of Wireless Mobile Radio Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference\u2019s technical and executive program will then officially commence on Tuesday, December 10 with the first of three days of wide-ranging presentations entailing the latest original findings in e-Health, Internet of Things (IoT), game theory, power-line, satellite, space, green and social networking communications, among the many other topics.\u0026nbsp; Other significant events include the Industry Forum \u0026amp; Exhibition (IF\u0026amp;E) Program, which will explore subjects like \u201cWhat is TV White Space and How Can It Be Used?,\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u201cSmart Metering,\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u201cCyber Security Challenges in Software Defined Networks,\u201d \u201cNext Generation 4G\/5G Cellular Networking,\u201d \u201cInternet Governance,\u201d and \u201cProgrammable Cloud Networking.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIEEE GLOBECOM 2013\u0026nbsp;will then close on Friday, December 13 with another day of workshops and tutorials discussing Wireless Device-to-Device Communications and Networks, Wireless Network Economics and Games, Machine-to-Machine Technologies \u0026amp; Markets, Online Learning, Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications, Emerging Technologies for LTE-Advanced and Beyond 4G, Cloud-Processing in Heterogeneous Mobile Communication Networks, and Vehicular Network Evolution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on IEEE GLOBECOM 2013 including registration details and conference updates, please visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ieee-globecom.org\/2013\u0022\u003Ewww.ieee-globecom.org\/2013\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Conference to Feature Latest Advancements in Communications Technologies"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIEEE GLOBECOM 2013, the premier international event devoted to driving innovations and technological breakthroughs in nearly every telecommunications field, will hold its 56th annual event from December 9-13, 2013 at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers in Atlanta, Ga. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-11-21 15:23:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ieee-globecom.org\/index.html#.Uo5c77-9cyE","title":"2013 IEEE GLOBECOM"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"80621","name":"IEEE GLOBECOM 2013"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHeather Ann Sweeney\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIEEE Communications Society\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E212-705-8938\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:h.sweeney@comsoc.org\u0022\u003Eh.sweeney@comsoc.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["h.sweeney@comsoc.org"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"254281":{"#nid":"254281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sivakumar Selected for Ken Byers Professorship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy Sivakumar has been appointed as the Ken Byers Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech, effective November 1. This title was previously held by ECE Professor Anthony J. Yezzi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar joined the Georgia Tech ECE faculty in 2000, where he leads the Georgia Tech Networks and Mobile Computing Research Group. He and his current team of six graduate students develop algorithms and protocols for wireless networks and mobile computing. Sivakumar has graduated 20 Ph.D. and M.S. students, and has published over 125 refereed journal and conference papers and book chapters with his students and faculty colleagues. He has served on the editorial boards of the \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EElsevier Computer Networks Journal\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EACM\/Baltzer Wireless Networks Journal\u003C\/em\u003E, and the \u003Cem\u003EACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Tech, Sivakumar has been active in entrepreneurial activities. He is the co-founder and CTO at StarMobile, Inc., a venture-backed enterprise mobility technology start-up that mobilizes enterprise applications at a fraction of the cost and time of other approaches in the market. He also was the founder and CTO of Asankya, Inc., a venture-backed enterprise application optimization start-up that was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, Sivakumar has launched the Center for Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship (CREATE), an exciting new student-focused entrepreneurship initiative that will be available to all Georgia Tech students. Startup Lab, a new course on startup basics, is being offered in Spring 2014 through CREATE.\u0026nbsp; Sivakumar has also served as associate director of the Georgia Tech Broadband Institute from 2006-2012 and is a co-PI for the GT I\/UCRC Center on Optical Wireless Applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar is a past recipient of the ECE Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award, and has won several best paper awards at conferences such as ACM MobiCom, IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, and IEEE\/Createnet Broadnets.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy Sivakumar has been appointed as the Ken Byers Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, effective November 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Raghupathy Sivakumar has been appointed as the Ken Byers Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, effective November 1."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-11-13 15:02:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:22","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"255681":{"id":"255681","type":"image","title":"Raghupathy Sivakumar","body":null,"created":"1449243846","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:06","changed":"1475894936","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:56","alt":"Raghupathy Sivakumar","file":{"fid":"198218","name":"r_sivakumar_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/r_sivakumar_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/r_sivakumar_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5501950,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/r_sivakumar_1_0.jpg?itok=jjLoXzXQ"}}},"media_ids":["255681"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=93","title":"Raghupathy Sivakumar"},{"url":"http:\/\/starmobileinc.com\/","title":"StarMobile"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/research\/create\/","title":"Center for Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship (CREATE)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"80021","name":"Center for Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"20191","name":"Raghupathy Sivakumar"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"249401":{"#nid":"249401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ASU, Georgia Tech Create Breakthrough for Solar Cell Efficiency","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDid you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECrystals are at the heart of diodes. Not the kind you might find in quartz, formed naturally, but manufactured to form alloys, such as indium gallium nitride or InGaN. This alloy forms the light emitting region of LEDs, for illumination in the visible range, and of laser diodes (LDs) in the blue-UV range.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch into making better crystals, with high crystalline quality, light emission efficiency and luminosity, is also at the heart of studies being done at Arizona State University by Research Scientist Alec Fischer and Doctoral Candidate Yong Wei in Professor Fernando Ponce\u2019s group in the Department of Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn an article recently published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EApplied Physics Letters\u003C\/em\u003E, the ASU group, in collaboration with a scientific team led by Professor Alan Doolittle at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has just revealed the fundamental aspect of a new approach to growing InGaN crystals for diodes, which promises to move photovoltaic solar cell technology toward record-breaking efficiencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolar Energy Crystallizes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe InGaN crystals are grown as layers in a sandwich-like arrangement on sapphire substrates.\u0026nbsp; Typically, researchers have found that the atomic separation of the layers varies; a condition that can lead to high levels of strain, breakdowns in growth, and fluctuations in the alloy\u2019s chemical composition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing able to ease the strain and increase the uniformity in the composition of InGaN is very desirable,\u201d says Ponce, \u201cbut difficult to achieve. Growth of these layers is similar to trying to smoothly fit together two honeycombs with different cell sizes, where size difference disrupts a periodic arrangement of the cells.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs outlined in their publication, the authors developed an approach where pulses of molecules were introduced to achieve the desired alloy composition. The method, developed by Doolittle, is called metal-modulated epitaxy. \u201cThis technique allows an atomic layer-by-layer growth of the material,\u201d says Ponce.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalysis of the atomic arrangement and the luminosity at the nanoscale level was performed by Fischer, the lead author of the study, and Wei. Their results showed that the films grown with the epitaxy technique had almost ideal characteristics and revealed that the unexpected results came from the strain relaxation at the first atomic layer of crystal growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDoolittle\u2019s group was able to assemble a final crystal that is more uniform and whose lattice structures match up\u2026resulting in a film that resembles a perfect crystal,\u201d says Ponce. \u201cThe luminosity was also like that of a perfect crystal. Something that no one in our field thought was possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Perfect Solar Cell?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ASU and Georgia Tech team\u2019s elimination of these two seemingly insurmountable defects (non-uniform composition and mismatched lattice alignment) ultimately means that LEDs and solar photovoltaic products can now be developed that have much higher, efficient performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile we are still a ways off from record-setting solar cells, this breakthrough could have immediate and lasting impact on light emitting devices and could potentially make the second most abundant semiconductor family, III-Nitrides, a real player in the solar cell field,\u201d says Doolittle. Doolittle\u2019s team at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering also included Michael Moseley and Brendan Gunning. A patent is pending for the new technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration was made possible by ASU\u2019s Engineering Research Center for Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) funded by National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. The center, which brought the two research groups together, is directed by ASU Professor Christiana Honsberg of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Designed to increase photovoltaic electricity and help create devices that are scalable to commercial production, the center has built partnerships with leading solar energy companies and fueled collaborations between many of the notable universities in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Australia. 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Yezzi has been named as the Julian T. Hightower Chair Professor, effective October 1. He has been a faculty member in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology since 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYezzi has over 20 years of research experience in image processing, computer vision, and shape optimization using geometric partial differential equations. He is the director for the Laboratory of Computational Computer Vision, where he and his group conduct research in the areas of medical imaging, 3D surface reconstruction, and visual tracking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn active industrial consultant, Yezzi is the founder of Vintinura Imaging, Inc., a startup company that is being hosted by ATDC\/VentureLab and is focused on image analysis solutions, particularly those connected with shape detection, tracking, and optimization. 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Bhatti, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.science360.gov\/obj\/video\/932baa2b-d502-40ac-807c-c5aa3946b7e6\/new-implant-provide-clearer-richer-sound-people-deaf\u0022\u003EView the video here\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cochlear implant is widely considered to be the most successful neural prosthetic on the market. The implant, which helps individuals who are deaf perceive sound, translates auditory information into electrical signals that go directly to the brain, bypassing cells that don\u0027t serve this function as they should because they are damaged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, approximately 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants since these devices were introduced in the early 1980s, including roughly 41,500 adults and 25,500 children in the United States. Despite their prevalence, cochlear implants have a long way to go before their performance is comparable to that of the intact human ear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by engineer Pamela Bhatti at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a team of researchers at both Georgia Tech and the Georgia Regents University created a new type of interface between the device and the brain that could dramatically improve the sound quality of the next generation of implants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith funding from NSF, Bhatti and her team have developed a new, thin-film electrode array that is up to three times more sensitive than traditional wire electrodes, without adding bulk. Unlike wire electrodes, the new array is also flexible, meaning it can get closer to the inner wall of the cochlea. The researchers believe the new design will create better coupling between the array and the nervous system, leading to a crisper signal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research in this episode was supported by NSF award \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1055801\u0022\u003E#1055801\u003C\/a\u003E, a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program award for an ultra-low-power, MEMS-based, implantable biosystem for restoring vestibular function-platform for an integrated, human-centered, hybrid biosystem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis piece was produced by the National Science Foundation Science 360 News Service. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/news.science360.gov\/obj\/video\/932baa2b-d502-40ac-807c-c5aa3946b7e6\/new-implant-provide-clearer-richer-sound-people-deaf\u0022\u003EView the video.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELed by ECE Assistant Professor Pamela Bhatti, researchers are developing a device that could improve sound quality offered by cochlear implants.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Led by ECE Assistant Professor Pamela Bhatti, researchers are developing a device that could improve sound quality offered by cochlear implants."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-10-21 17:14:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:09","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"200291":{"id":"200291","type":"image","title":"Pamela Bhatti  with cochlear implant","body":null,"created":"1449179934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:54","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"Pamela Bhatti  with cochlear implant","file":{"fid":"196549","name":"bhatti-hearing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bhatti-hearing_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bhatti-hearing_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1126430,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bhatti-hearing_0.jpg?itok=6mky6JfK"}}},"media_ids":["200291"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/news.science360.gov\/obj\/video\/932baa2b-d502-40ac-807c-c5aa3946b7e6\/new-implant-provide-clearer-richer-sound-people-deaf","title":"Science 360 story"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=150","title":"Pamela Bhatti"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/nsf.gov\/","title":"National Science Foundation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"12070","name":"Pamela Bhatti"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"247981":{"#nid":"247981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tom Conte Elected as IEEE Computer Society President","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas M. 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Georgia Tech was chosen for this Fellowship due to its outstanding reputation in the area of microwave engineering and RF energy-harvesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlake Marshall is the inaugural recipient of the Fellowship and was chosen by his advisor Professor Gregory Durgin for his accomplishments in the area of microwave power research. Mr. Marshall has co-invented and published on the staggered pattern charge collector (SPCC), a device for dramatically enhancing microwave power transfer in scenarios when the total available power is very low.\u0026nbsp; The technology promises to revolutionize microwave power transfer, energy-harvesting sensors, RFID, and other forms of low-power communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe fact that Georgia Tech ECE was chosen for this endowment means that we are developing expertise in students that people outside the School really value. Tech has more research activity in RF energy harvesting and microwave power than any other institution out there and this award allows us to recognize talented students like Blake Marshall,\u201d said Professor Durgin. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to simply commemorate Bill\u2014we want to continue his work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award ceremony on October 13, 2013 featured a presentation by distinguished engineer and long- time colleague of Bill Brown, Dr. John M. Osepchuk. Also in attendance were Mr. Brown\u2019s three daughters: Donna Salisbury, Barbara Brown, and Beth Logan.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBlake Marshall, a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been awarded the William C. 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Jill Auerbach, senior academic professional in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, changed that with the creation of the ECE 2801 course, \u003Cem\u003ETransition Skills for ECE Transfer Students\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cGT 1000 students are typically 18 and leaving home for the first time,\u201d said Auerbach. \u201cThe obstacles they face are specific to that transition. In contrast, ECE transfer students have already taken their core courses and have dealt with those challenges. Now they must overcome the learning curve associated with transferring to a top tier institution in engineering.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAuerbach crafted the ECE 2801 course in relation to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant called the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith funding from the S-STEM, the Transfer Initiative for Engineering Scholars (TIES) Enrichment Program was launched. TIES supports community college transfer students majoring in computer engineering and electrical engineering through both enrichment programs and scholarship opportunities. Through her work co-directing TIES with Doug Williams, senior associate chair, Auerbach learned about the unique challenges that transfer students have coming into ECE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EECE 2801 utilizes many of the elements that make GT 1000 successful such as peer mentors and a curriculum that includes academic success strategies, team building skills, and Georgia Tech history and traditions. In addition to these key areas, the course focuses specifically on challenges faced by transfer students and the development of strategies early on to minimize their impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen surveyed at the beginning of the course, most ECE transfer students indicated that difficulty of class material and quantity of classwork are among their main concerns. 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This program is offered to a small group of professors each year by the Georgia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows Program is designed for early career professionals who want to develop their full teaching potential. During this academic-year-long experience, the Teaching Fellows will explore various aspects of teaching and learning in weekly seminars, receive private assistance with teaching, and undertake a project to improve student learning in one of their courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kim joined the ECE faculty in August 2007, where he is a member of the computer systems and software technical interest group. 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(Manos) Tentzeris and his colleagues will receive the 2013 IET Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Premium Award. This award honors the best paper published in this journal during the last two years, and the team will be recognized at the 2013 IET Achievement Awards in London on November 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, Dr. Tentzeris and his team will be recognized for their paper, \u0022Design and Fabrication of Ultra-Low Cost Radio Frequency Identification Antennas and Tags Exploiting Paper Substrates and Ink Jet Printing Technology,\u0022 which appeared in the June 2011 issue of \u003Cem\u003EIET Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation\u003C\/em\u003E. The paper discusses the first RFID-enabled wireless sensors on paper, plastics, and other flexible\/wearable substrates. 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He will be presented with this honor on October 5 at the Institute, where he will deliver a lecture to the KTH community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETogether with KTH President Peter Gudmundson, a board of alumni, students, and faculty makes the selection for this honor. Dr. Egerstedt graduated with his M.S. degree in engineering physics and a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from KTH in 1996 and 2000, respectively, and he earned his B.A. degree in philosophy from Stockholm University in 1996. \u0022This is a great honor and I\u0027m both humbled and excited about the prospect of returning to Stockholm in October to accept the award,\u0022 Dr. Egerstedt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the nomination for this honor, Dr. Egerstedt was cited for his work in robotics and automatic control as the Schlumberger Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech and for his very high international research visibility. He is also being recognized for his global impact through his massive open online course (MOOC), \u0022Control of Mobile Robots,\u0022 that attracted over 40,000 students in its first offering earlier this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Egerstedt joined the ECE faculty in 2001, where he leads the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory. He has published four books and over 250 refereed journal and conference publications, and he serves as associate editor for both the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2012, Dr. Egerstedt was recently named as an IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer and as the inaugural deputy editor-in-chief of the new journal,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EHe is a past recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Georgia Tech ECE Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award. Earlier this year, Dr. Egerstedt was elected by a majority vote of the ECE senior class to receive the 2013 W. 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To request a copy, please \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:editor@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eemail the editor\u003C\/a\u003E at editor@coe.gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStory by \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lyndsey.lewis@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELyndsey Lewis\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPhotos by Zach Porter\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is a problem with the robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/users.ece.gatech.edu\/%7Emagnus\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMagnus Egerstedt\u003C\/a\u003E eyes them with dismay. His robots, rotund little things that wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a Roomba ad, are misbehaving. They\u2019re crawling toward two silver cases in the middle of the floor, but just before reaching them, they\u2019re supposed to sense the obstacles and skitter away.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe demonstration is the highlight of Egerstedt\u2019s lecture; it is the center ring of this particular circus. A professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE), Egerstedt is teaching a class on robot control, and the point of the course tends to be lost if the robots in question are going rogue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToward the cases they go, but wait! They\u2019re sliding this way and that way. They come to halting stops or turn dizzily, and some of them don\u2019t recognize the cases at all and slam into their shiny edges. HAL 9000 these robots are not, but their predicament is looking dire.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s as if they\u2019re drunk \u2014 and in a way, they are. The robots, all Khepera IIIs, have infra-red sensors that are sensitive to light, and they\u2019re suffering beneath the harsh glare of studio lamps. This isn\u2019t a typical classroom lecture \u2014 these robots are starring in a massive open online course, or MOOC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEgerstedt is teaching in a familiar way, but the setting is different. There are no students present, and instead of a classroom or lecture hall, the lesson is being given in a studio with a jungle of lamps overhead. Every move Egerstedt makes is recorded for online broadcast, and his robots are not taking kindly to the extra light. Frustrated, Egerstedt calls out to Brian Wilson, the instructional media producer who is filming the lesson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBrian, can we do it again?\u201d he asks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m just going to keep rolling,\u201d Wilson replies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYeah,\u201d Egerstedt says. \u201cTill it works.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd it does work eventually, and when it does, the effect is sublime. Egerstedt turns triumphantly to his student assistant, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/jpdelacroix.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJean-Pierre de la Croix\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYeah!\u201d he exclaims. \u201cRobotics is so easy, man.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA MOOC is a special type of online class. Available to anyone with an Internet connection, most MOOCs offer college-level material via pre-taped lectures, and course enrollments can swell to tens of thousands of students. The premise is simple: Bring higher education to the masses by cutting through academia\u2019s red tape and, most tantalizingly, offering many courses (including Egerstedt\u2019s) at the low, low cost of free.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca title=\u0022Read the full article.\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/content\/inside-magnus-egerstedts-mooc\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"With a new type of engineering class, ECE Professor Magnus Egerstedt has a chance to educate thousands. Can he pull it off?"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a new type of engineering class, ECE Professor Magnus Egerstedt has a chance to educate thousands. Can he pull it off?\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With a new type of engineering class, ECE Professor Magnus Egerstedt has a chance to educate thousands. 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Dr. Beyah is among the group\u2019s 82 members that hail from metro area colleges and universities, K-12 schools, government, business, non-profits, media, and entertainment and sports communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELeadership Atlanta is the oldest, sustained community leadership program in the nation. The core of its programming is a nine-month executive-level series. 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The goal of Intel\u2019s Fellowship Program is to advance innovation in key areas of technology, as well as develop a pipeline of world-class technical talent for Intel\u2019s future workforce and the global knowledge-based economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvised by ECE Professor Emmanouil M. (Manos) Tenzeris, Mr. Cook is designing and characterizing a multi-layer printing process, which fills a crucial gap in inkjet printing as an industrial electronics fabrication technology. The final process will demonstrate multi-layer, millimeter-wave systems up to 110 GHz on a chip for antennas in inter\/intra-chip communication topologies and nanotechnology-enabled autonomous sensor networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPotential applications for this work include autonomous sensor nodes, sideband inter\/intra-chip communication, energy harvesters, storage devices, and wireless power transfer systems\u2013all of which can be rapidly printed onto nearly any substrate outside of a cleanroom environment. Mr. Cook\u2019s work in this area has been accepted for publication in \u003Cem\u003EElectronic Materials Letters\u003C\/em\u003E and was presented at the 2013 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, which took place June 2-7 in Seattle, Wash.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Benjamin Cook has been selected for a 2013-2014 Intel Ph.D. Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Ph.D. student Benjamin Cook has been selected for a 2013-2014 Intel Ph.D. Fellowship."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-06-07 13:46:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:23","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"169541":{"id":"169541","type":"image","title":"Benjamin Cook","body":null,"created":"1449178968","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:48","changed":"1475894809","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:49","alt":"Benjamin Cook","file":{"fid":"195674","name":"ben_cook.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ben_cook_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ben_cook_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":203438,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ben_cook_0.jpg?itok=KwNi4gif"}}},"media_ids":["169541"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ims2013.org\/","title":"IEEE International Microwave Symposium"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"412","name":"Emmanouil M. 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Dr. Howard becomes the seventh faculty member from Georgia Tech, and the second from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), to participate in this elite initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe DSSG introduces outstanding science and engineering professors to the United States\u2019 security challenges, and it encourages them to apply their talents to these issues either as government advisors or in their own research. This small and select group of individuals was chosen from nominations made by senior academic officials; DSSG alumni, mentors, and advisors; and other officials from various government agencies to take part in the DSSG.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the two-year program, participants will focus on defense policy, related research and development, and the systems, missions, and operations of the armed forces. 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This program is offered to a small group of professors each year by the Georgia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows Program is designed for early career professionals who want to develop their full teaching potential. During this academic-year-long experience, the Teaching Fellows will explore various aspects of teaching and learning in weekly seminars, receive private assistance with teaching, and undertake a project to improve student learning in one of their courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang joined the ECE faculty in January 2012, and he is a member of the electronic design and applications and the bioengineering technical interest groups. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate level electronics courses that have been enthusiastically received by ECE students. In the research arena, he is interested in developing mixed-signal, RF, and millimeter-wave integrated systems for wireless communication and bioelectronics applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe the essence of teaching is more than passing the knowns to the next generation. It should also involve mentoring the students to\u0026nbsp;establish their independence, passion, and creativity to explore the unknowns in the future,\u201d Dr. Wang said. \u201cI believe this program is a perfect opportunity for me to develop a stronger foundation for teaching. I also look forward to meeting the other teaching fellows and sharing our passion for teaching and our desire to create positive classroom experiences for our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Assistant Professor Hua Wang has been named to the 2013 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows Program, administered by the Georgia Tech Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Assistant Professor Hua Wang has been named to the 2013 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows Program."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-06-11 11:21:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:23","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"216981":{"id":"216981","type":"image","title":"Hua Wang","body":null,"created":"1449180114","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:54","changed":"1475894882","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:02","alt":"Hua Wang","file":{"fid":"197144","name":"hua_wang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hua_wang_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hua_wang_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":836640,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hua_wang_1.jpg?itok=Ym6LjkOG"}}},"media_ids":["216981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=169","title":"Hua Wang"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13286","name":"Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"67901","name":"Hua Wang"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"218321":{"#nid":"218321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ping-Chang Shih Wins Conference Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPing-Chang Shih received the 2013 Outreach for Engineers Scholarship for the Specialty Outreach Forum and the 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, which was held June 9-14 in Nantes, France. This conference is sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech, Mr. Shih is co-advised by ECE Professor Anthony J. Yezzi and Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Francesco Fedele.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Shih is developing an approach to improve the accuracy of vision-based ocean surface reconstruction systems. During the last five years, he and his advisors have been developing a system known as VWASS (Variational Wave Acquisition Stereo System), where variational stereo computer vision principles are used to reconstruct the ocean surface. A crucial factor that determines the accuracy of the reconstruction is the camera parameters. These parameters constitute an arithmetical comparison between the reconstruction and the image measurements so that the reconstruction can \u201cgrow\u201d to approximate the images. His research involves refining the camera parameters to improve the accuracy of the variational ocean surface reconstruction generated through VWASS.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Ping-Chang Shih received the 2013 Outreach for Engineers Scholarship for the Specialty Outreach Forum and the 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, which was held June 9-14 in Nantes, France. 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A faculty member since 2002 with a research focus on nanoscale-engineering techniques that enable high-speed electronics, Dr. Cressler spends his spare time writing fiction. \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds of the Alhambra\u003C\/em\u003E, his debut novel, and book one in the \u003Cem\u003EAnthems of al-Andalus\u003C\/em\u003E series, will be released in June 2013 by Sunbury Press.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E is historical fiction set in medieval Muslim Spain and deals with issues of tolerance, religious dialogue and interfaith love. The novel illustrates a time in history when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in harmony. Its themes of religious tolerance are of great significance in today\u2019s society and will resonate with a diverse audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cressler will present \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds of the Alhambra\u003C\/em\u003E followed by a Q \u0026amp; A session and book signing at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.bncollege.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/BNCBHomePage?storeId=15054\u0026amp;catalogId=10001\u0026amp;langId=-1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Barnes \u0026amp; Noble\u003C\/a\u003E on Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the following interview with Dr. Cressler for additional insight on his writing process, motivations and future plans:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOne does not normally put the words \u2018engineering professor\u2019 and \u2018novelist\u2019 in the same sentence. How did \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds of the Alhambra\u003C\/em\u003E come about?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENo argument there! I have always enjoyed writing, and while it has actually been a lifelong dream of mine to write a novel, somehow I never quite felt ready. Novel writing is an intimidating business! I have always been an avid reader, and after a high school\/college infatuation with science fiction and fantasy, I moved into more mainstream literary fiction and to this day that is pretty much all I read. With each new novel, I would find myself wondering what it would be like to try my hand at fiction. Interestingly, however, the opportunities for writing non-fiction books seemed to materialize naturally as a part of my career as a professor. And it is MUCH easier to get non-fiction published! When I finished my first book, a graduate-level textbook in my research field, I found the process deeply satisfying, and wanted more. My fourth non-fiction book, \u003Cem\u003ESilicon Earth\u003C\/em\u003E, was a little different in genre, in that it was for a general, non-specialist audience, and I got permission to use a nontraditional, breezy and fun narrative style. That worked so well that when I finished it, I decided it was finally time to explore whether I had a novel in me. The whole prospect was a little scary because the canvas is so large. What type of fiction should it be? I have a deep love of history and really enjoy well-executed historical fiction, so I took the plunge and started there. It was love at first sight!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow does writing non-fiction compare with writing fiction?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGood question. They are very different in many obvious ways: tone, narrative style, subject matter. I find that writing fiction requires much more contact with your material, an obsession of sorts. I think what I most enjoy about writing fiction are the nearly constant unanticipated discoveries in plot and character. The creative energy this produces is profound! Let me give you a feel for this. In writing \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E, I first mapped out the synopsis in a few pages, to bind the themes and characters and historical events that I wanted to address. Then I expanded that synopsis into a chapter-by-chapter draft, each of which was maybe a quarter page of what factually happens in that chapter. This allows me to make sure all the plot twists and timing angles gel properly with the overall story trajectory. I did this for the whole book before beginning my writing. Then, when it was time to compose, I took the first chapter summary and expanded it into the various chapter scenes, fleshing the chapter out to about a page, no more, so that I had a good sense of the story that would transpire. Then I set this aside and began composing. The magical part of the process is that inevitably the characters and plot threads begin to deviate from the plan, assuming a life of their own. I love this! Almost on a daily basis, as I was driving to work, thinking about my characters, it would jump into my head, \u201cWell, of course, she needs to do this!\u201d or \u201cObviously this needs to happen!\u201d Things I had never anticipated before actually doing the writing. That creative element is unique to fiction and I find it deeply satisfying.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow did you end up with medieval Muslim Spain as a setting for your novel?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell, after I narrowed it down to historical fiction, I spent quite a bit of time on the web just exploring history. I have always loved European history, so one magical day I stumbled upon medieval Muslim Spain. The more I explored the more amazed I was, particularly since it is a period of history so rich in its message for our modern world and yet so little appreciated by most people. Imagine, a period of more than 300 years with Muslims, Jews and Christians living in harmony! An existence proof we owe it to the world to recall. I was quickly locked in on medieval Muslim Spain. At that point, I ordered a ton of books on medieval Iberia and began to immerse myself in the period, to learn the history. I was after a short span of years that was of pivotal importance, and yet contained the themes I was after. That led me to Granada, the Alhambra Palace, Sultan Muhammad V and Ibn al-Khatib, and the Castilian Civil War (1367-1369). I was set for historical backdrop. I knew I wanted to wrap the book around a love story between a Muslim and a Christian, and that fell right into place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about the Alhambra.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Alhambra\u2014what a magical place! The Alhambra is the best preserved medieval Islamic palace in the western world, perhaps in the whole world. It is located in Granada, in Andalusia (al-Andalus in Arabic), in extreme southern Spain. \u201cAlhambra\u201d refers to the entire walled fortress that clings to the long and narrow red-soiled ridge overlooking Granada. The red hill itself is the source of the palace\u2019s name (\u2018al-hamra\u2019 is Arabic for \u2018red\u2019). Unlike today, in the fourteenth century the towers and walls of the Alhambra would have been white-washed and the hill laid bare for defense, a stunning white on red contrast. The fortress is compact, as dictated by the terrain, about 100 yards wide and 700 yards long, and is nestled within the walled and garrisoned city of Granada. The Alhambra complex contained the Royal Palace of the Sultan, the complete functioning town that supported it, all of the judicial and administrative services required to run the Nasrid Kingdom, and a separately castled garrison. The Alhambra and the walled city of Granada itself were, for all intents and purposes, impregnable, and were never captured by force of arms, only surrendered (in 1492 to Isabel and Fernando, the \u201cCatholic Monarchs\u201d). The Alhambra\u2019s population in 1367 was roughly 2,000, including a garrison of perhaps 300 elite troops, compared to about 65,000 inhabitants in Granada proper, a very large city by fourteenth-century standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about the background research you did for the book. Did you visit Spain?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI spent almost nine months on background research before laying pen to paper. The credenza in my office at home where I write is lined with over 10 feet of references on all things al-Andalus, which I digested. As I describe in my blog entry, in the fall of 2010 I spent two weeks in Spain doing on-site research: Seville, C\u00f3rdoba, Jaen and Granada. I had all I needed factually at that point, but I still needed to absorb the scenes, burn them into my mind\u2019s eye. See the sky, the landscape, the architecture, and most importantly close my eyes and bring the palace to life as it would have been 600 years ago. There is no substitute for this type of on-the-ground research. I virtually lived in the Alhambra for six days, and that proved invaluable when writing. Fortunately, the Royal Palace itself is mostly preserved in the same form it was when my story takes place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are your writing habits?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike most novelists, I find that I need significant \u201cface-time\u201d with my characters and story. I am a morning person, up at 5:15 a.m. during the work week. After prayer time, breakfast and the paper, I retreat to my office by 7:15 a.m. and work without interruption until about 9:30 a.m.-ish Monday through Friday. I do not write on the weekends, but instead prefer to do some mental mull over of my characters and story. Each morning when I start writing, I first re-read and tinker with my previous section or two, then I begin new material once I have found my groove. I repeatedly write, re-read and revise as I compose, so I manage only a few pages a day. I aim for a chapter a week. Slowly but surely the novel grows. I wrote \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E in about 15 months. When I close down each morning, I do a quick catch up on email, then off to campus. I still manage to beat all of my graduate students into the office!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about your prose style.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI utilize a third-person\/objective\/limited narrative scheme. The narrator sees all but does not know all. It is a very visual style. The reader stands with the narrator and is invited to observe and draw their own conclusions of what they see (the so-called camera-eye perspective). The action unfolds in the present tense, which I find lends dramatic weight to the story. I lean towards impressionistic descriptions of places, sights, sounds and smells. One of my major jobs in writing historical fiction is to create a well-developed sense of the time and place in the reader\u2019s mind, and I find this impressionistic approach works well. I also adopt a modest amount of magical realism, choosing to bring certain inanimate things to life\u2014in Emeralds, for instance, the constellations are participants in the story. My writing style is perhaps a bit unusual, but I think it works quite well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEmeralds of the Alhambra\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E is book one of a series called \u003Cem\u003EAnthems of al-Andalus\u003C\/em\u003E. What comes next? And when will book two be out?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes, \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E is the first in a series of at least three novels dealing with medieval Muslim Spain. Book two is called \u003Cem\u003EShadows in the Shining City\u003C\/em\u003E and is set in late tenth-century C\u00f3rdoba, at the height of the Golden Age of the Umayyad Caliphate. A remarkable period of cultural and intellectual enlightenment. This period is also the pinnacle of convivencia (coexistence), the time when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together in harmony. I also tell the story of how it all unraveled. So \u003Cem\u003EAnthems of al-Andalus\u003C\/em\u003E is not a trilogy in the traditional sense, with one book following the next chronologically. Book three will come back to Granada, but in the late fifteenth century at the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom. There will, however, be a linkage between all three books, so don\u2019t despair! I am presently 450 pages into \u003Cem\u003EShadows\u003C\/em\u003E, with a target delivery date of early fall. I expect it will be released in the summer of 2014. It is a fantastic story of epic proportions that I lifted straight out of history. Stay tuned! Will the series go beyond a trilogy? I suspect so. There is just too much to talk about in medieval Muslim Spain. I will say, however, that I am already getting very interested in medieval Muslim Sicily, which also has a fascinating history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre all of your novels going to be centered on love stories?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbsolutely! The timelessness of love is the most riveting subject I can imagine writing about. Big, epic themes wrapped about love stories\u2014my life\u2019s blood!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWill you ever go back to writing non-fiction or is your heart now firmly entrenched in fiction?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGood question. From a technical perspective, I have published five books now in my field of study, including two for general audiences, so that is pretty much covered. To be honest, though, I find writing fiction to be one of the most creatively satisfying things I have ever done.\u0026nbsp; So, for the foreseeable future, novels it is!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat can you tell us about the underlying religious themes in the book? How are these themes reflected in your personal feelings about religion and conflict?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreat question. While my principal goal with \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E was to create an engaging historical novel that folks enjoy, and that would also bring alive an important period of time now largely forgotten, my motives in writing the book actually had a deeper thrust. I wanted to remind folks that there was an existence proof from the pages of history, one that transpired over several hundred years, when Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in relative peace, sharing languages and customs, whispering words of love across religious boundaries, embracing a level of mutual acceptance and respect unimaginable today. Together, they launched one of the great intellectual and cultural flowerings of history. In my opinion, our modern world aches for a future graced with religious tolerance and peace. How do we best get there? Well, I would argue that first you need to recall that once upon a time it was in fact a reality. And if it existed once, it can exist again. Call me an idealist, but that is what I believe. We deserve a peaceful world. I chose to use interfaith love as a tool for breaking open this history, because love is the great universal. By that I mean love transcends cultural, religious and historical boundaries. It always has; it always will.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do your colleagues and students think of your \u201c2nd career\u201d as a novelist?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI think the standard response I get from colleagues is \u201cHow on earth do you find the time?!\u201d Well, it is certainly true that I don\u2019t sleep much (who does?!), but to be candid, I have always made the time to do the things I am truly passionate about. And this is clearly one. I have found students to be exceptionally interested in the fact that their professor writes fiction. I talk about it in class. They ask questions about it. Hopefully, they will read it and like it, too! I strongly suspect they will.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho is your favorite character in \u003Cem\u003EEmeralds\u003C\/em\u003E? Why?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMmmm\u2026 That\u2019s a tough one. As a writer, you put some of yourself in all of your characters. But, if I had to pick one\u2026well, I have had the great blessing in my life of being surrounded by very bright, strong-willed females (my wife, my two daughters and now my daughter-in-law, to name a few), and thus I would have to say that Layla is my favorite. 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The framework provides tools for modeling the task policy through training the parameters for case-retrieval function that maximizes the rewards. During the demonstration, the team\u2019s robot, Angry DARwIn, was able to quickly learn the strategies to solve each level of Angry Birds after less than three or four demonstrations from the teacher. Angry DARwIn not only learns to play the game, but also picks up verbal and emotional behaviors that the human teacher demonstrates. The robot then converts the learned emotions into his own verbal and gestural primitives that merge with his task behavior. The team anticipates using Angry DARwIn as a mediator to research how social interaction emerges during human-robot interaction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis award-winning work originated from the Human-Automation Systems Lab, led by Dr. Howard, who is the Motorola Foundation Professor in ECE. 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Weitnauer, Jr. Chair in the College of Engineering and as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. Dr. Rohatgi also holds the title of Regents\u2019 Professor and has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech since 1985.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rohatgi started his research and educational program in solar cells, literally from scratch, when he arrived at Georgia Tech in the mid-1980s. In 1992, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) awarded the nation\u2019s first University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics Research and Education (UCEP) to Dr. Rohatgi and his team, and the DoE has continuously funded by the Center since that time. 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Dr. Zajic joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech as an assistant professor last fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPublished by Artec House last month, the book provides a detailed introduction to state-of-the-art mobile-to-mobile wireless propagation and offers professionals guidance for rapid implementation of these communication systems. It also offers engineers and students a thorough understanding of signal propagation and channel models for vehicle-to-vehicle, air-to-ground, and underwater vehicle-to-underwater vehicle communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the first book published by Dr. Zajic, who also specializes in wireless communications, applied electromagnetics, electromagnetic security and compatibility, communications in computer systems, and underwater wireless channel modeling and measurements. 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The two topics on which he will lecture are \u0022Control of Multi-Robot Systems: From Formations to Human-Swarm Interactions\u0022 and \u0022Choreographic Abstractions in Robotics.\u0022 The purpose of the IEEE CSS Distinguished Lecturer Program is to help the Society\u0027s chapters provide interesting and informative programs for the membership, as well as to industry, universities, and other interested organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Egerstedt was also recently named as the inaugural deputy editor-in-chief of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems\u003C\/em\u003E, which will focus on how one organizes, controls, and coordinates networks of \u0022agents\u0022 such as robots, sensors, computers, or even people on social networks. Everyday applications of topics to be covered in the journal include robotics, manufacturing, computer networks, communications systems, and sensor networks, just to name a few. 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In all cases, embedded microfluidic cooling shows significant junction temperature reduction compared to air-cooling.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Yue Zhang won the Outstanding Interactive Presentation Award at the 62nd IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, held May 29-June 1, 2012 in San Diego, Calif.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Ph.D. student Yue Zhang won the Outstanding Interactive Presentation Award at the 62nd IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference, held May 29-June 1, 2012 in San Diego, Calif."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-01-15 15:52:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"183981":{"id":"183981","type":"image","title":"Yue Zhang","body":null,"created":"1449179062","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:22","changed":"1475894830","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:10","alt":"Yue Zhang","file":{"fid":"196094","name":"yue_zhang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yue_zhang_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yue_zhang_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1634165,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yue_zhang_0.jpg?itok=PVaaCaom"}}},"media_ids":["183981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/users.ece.gatech.edu\/~mbakir\/","title":"Integrated 3D Systems Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/cpmt.ieee.org\/","title":"IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"55291","name":"2012 IEEE 62nd Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"55281","name":"Integrated 3D Systems Group"},{"id":"12093","name":"Muhannad Bakir"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"55271","name":"Yue Zhang"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"251551":{"#nid":"251551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Team Wins SRC Funding for Biosensor Development","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has awarded a Georgia Tech team with a three-year research contract to develop the next-generation of high-performance biosensors as part of SRC\u2019s new Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) research program. The team was awarded $475,000, including the contributions from both SRC and the State of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHua Wang and Mark P. Styczynski, assistant professors in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, respectively, will investigate how to\u0026nbsp;fuse actual live cells or tissues with\u0026nbsp;CMOS electronics to form a hybrid bio-semiconductor system. This system would provide novel biosensors with high signal sensitivity and specificity while at a very low operating power. According to Wang, the major applications of this technology include low-cost drug development, fast chemical screening, and personalized medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn such a hybrid bio-semiconductor system, Wang envisions live cells or tissues serving as the \u0022Biological Front-End\u0022 to interface with the physical environment and the CMOS integrated circuits functioning as the \u0022Silicon Synthetic Back-End\u0022 to convert the cellular responses to electrical signals for information processing and storage. \u201cThis system will open the door for novel sensing, actuation, and even signal processing capabilities beyond existing silicon platforms,\u201d said Wang. \u201cIf I may draw an analogy between our hybrid biosensor and a radio-frequency receiver, these live cells in our sensors are actually functioning as \u2018biological\u2019 front-end filters and low noise amplifiers, which select and amplify the desired biochemical information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by SRC\u2019s Global Research Collaboration, the SSB program concentrates on synergies between synthetic biology and semiconductor technology that can foster exploratory, multi-disciplinary, longer-term university research leading to novel, breakthrough solutions for a wide range of industries. 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