EECS News Spring 2012
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EE alumni Charles Shank, Ph.D. ‘69 and Sehat Sutardja, Ph.D. ’88 have been named the EE Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2012. Charles Shank retired from UC after serving as a faculty member in three departments: Physics, Chemistry, and EECS. He was also the Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab from 1989 to 2004. During his tenure, he oversaw tremendous scientific growth and achievement, expanding programs in astrophysics, computing, genomics, and nanoscience. Sehat Sutardja is currently the CEO, chairman and co-founder of the Marvell Technology Group, a fabless semiconductor company. He holds more than 150 patents and in 2006 was recognized as the Inventor of the Year by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association. EECS grad student Neil Zhenqiang Gong, whose advisor is Prof. Dawn Song, had a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA titled “ Evolution of patterns on Conus shells”. Determining the evolution of pigmentation patterns on mollusk seashells—which could aid in the understanding of ancient nervous systems—has proved to be a challenging feat for researchers. Now, through mathematical equations and simulations, U. of Pittsburgh and U C Berkeley researchers have used 19 different species of the predatory sea snail Conus to generate a model of the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells. Equations and a neural model for the formation of the pigmentation patterns on shell surfaces were developed. With the equations in hand, Zhenquiang Gong, used a computer to simulate the patterns on the shells, hand fitting the parameters to create a basic model for the patterns of a given species. Articles about the paper also appeared in Physorg.com and Science Daily. Jan Rabaey is one of three new honorary doctors at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. Founded in 1666, Lund University, located in Sweden, is today one of the largest, oldest and broadest universities in Scandinavia and is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities. In 1999 Robert Bordersen received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund. More>> The EECS Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) has received the Outstanding Chapter Award for 2010 – 2011. This coveted award is a mark of great distinction for a college chapter. Chapters are judged on their activities of service to others, and all chapters with exemplary programs can win. The award plaque will be formally announced and presented at the ECEDHA Annual Meeting Award banquet on March 26. Sayeef Salahuddin has been chosen to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) 2011 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. This award is one the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education and build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education. EECS alumni Gaetano Borriello, Ph.D. ‘88 and Klaus Schauser, Ph.D. ’94 have been named the CS Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2012. Gaetano Boriello is currently the Jerre D. Noe Chair of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and Klaus Schauser is currently founder and Chief Strategist at AppFolio and was also the founder and CTO of ExpertCity/CitrixOnline. |
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