Project Title: A Digital/VLSI Test and Reliable Computing Research Laboratory
Agency: NSF
Amount: The total NSF award for this NSF research grant is now $ 264,167 (including UT contribution).
PI: Dr. Mohammed Niamat
Co-PIs: Dr. Mansoor Alam and Dr. Rashmi Jha
Golrokh Mirzaei, Selin A. Bastas, Jeremy Ross, Mohammad W. Majid, Mohsin. M. Jamali , Peter V. Gorsevski, Joseph P. Frizado, Verner P. Bingman, “Behavior Analysis of Birds/Bats Activity in the Vicinity of
Wind Turbines” 6th Annual Conference: Securing Ohio’s Energy and Economic Future, Columbus, Ohio, April 2012
Award was given to all authors
Award was given to the University of Toledo (Framed Certificate delivered to the Dean of Engineering)
Award was given to the Bowling Green State University (Framed Certificate was delivered to Office of Research)
Paul Savage, CEO, Nextek Power Systems
10 am – 11 am, Thursday (April 26, 2012)
SSOE Conference Room, College of Engineering
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Title: “Hands Free Voice Communications Technology Research – Phase I”
Program: Libbey Inc.
Amount: ~ $50,073 ($38,763 as the sponsor contribution)
Period: 6 months
PI: Gursel Serpen (as the sole investigator)
Title: GUI Based MIMO Radar Development, Simulation and Visualization System
Program: AFRL/DAGSI
Amount: ~ $84,409
Period: one year
PI: Mohsin Jamali
Title: Reliability Assessment of Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Switch
Agency: DARPA
Amount: ~ $1M
Period: 01/01/12 - 12/31/14
PI: Krishna Shenai
IEEE Toledo Section, Computer Society Chapter & EECS Department present a DISTINGUISHED LECTURE by Dr. Mazin Yousif on “Cloud Computing - A Paradigm IT Changer” on Thursday, March 1, 2012; 11:30am – Reception; 12:00pm – Lecture. One CPD credit will be offered. Place: The University of Toledo College of Engineering SSOE Seminar Room, Nitschke Hall 1027. Click Here
Dr. Krishna Shenai has recently received a $1,465,668 (includes $465,668 cost match from the University) research grant from Army research Laboratory for a project entitled “Bulk Material Defects and Reliability of SiC Power Devices”. The period of project is September 22, 2011 through September 21, 2016.
Dr. Lingfeng Wang has recently received a $50,000 research grant from California Energy Commission for his one-year project entitled “Impacts of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Distribution Network Reliability”. The total project size is $91,596 with UT contribution.
Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (PI) and Dr. Lingfeng Wang have been awarded $88,277 (including UT contributions) by Wind Energy Corporation for the research project “Computer Aided Assessment of Renewable Energy Resources in Commercial Environments”
Dr Manimaran Govindarasu from Iowa State Univerisity has been invited to deliver a speech on Cyber-Physical Systems Security for Smart Grid. The lecture is scheduled on July 29(friday), 2011 between 10:30am and 12noon at EECS Conference room(NI 2004). For abstract of the talk and short bio of the speaker, Click Here
Dr Rashmi Jha has received the research grant from NSF on the proposal titled “BRIGE: Transition Metal Oxide Based Multifunctional Nanoelectronic Memristor Devices”. The duration of the project is between October 1,2011 and September 30,2013. The grant funded by NSF is $171,089 and the total award amount is $228,692 including UT's contribution.
A joint STTR Phase 1 proposal by Imaging Systems Technology (IST) and Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (PI) entitled Innovative Hardware Technologies for Electromagnetic Attack Rejection in Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Radars has been awarded $99,994 for a 1-year period expected to begin in Fall 2011 by The Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
A team of researchers consisting of Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (PI), Dr. Daniel Georgiev, Dr. Douglas Nims, and Dr. Hong Wang, have been awarded a 2-year $280,000 NASA SBIR Phase II Sub Contract ($476,919 including institutional contributions) for the project titled Frequency Steered Acoustic Transducer.
Dr. Daniel Georgiev (PI, 80% share), Dr. Bhaduri (Co-PI), and Dr. Gan (Co-PI), have been awarded a 2-year $110,238 Libbey grant for the project titled, "Phase-2: LED-based Illumination Optical Design and Research," starting in August 2011.
A research proposal entitled “Engineering and Fabrication of MEMS Devices” has been funded by Midwest MicroDevices (Toledo) for $40,695 including UT contribution. Investigators on this project are Dr. Rashmi Jha (PI) and Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni.
Dr. Lingfeng Wang is serving as the Guest Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid for an upcoming Special Issue on “Intelligent Buildings and Home Energy Management in a Smart Grid Environment”. Click the call for papers for more details. Call for papers
Dr. Lingfeng Wang will offer a new graduate course entitled “Cyber-Physical Energy Infrastructure” in Fall, 2011. For details regarding the Cyber-Physical Energy Infrastructure Course Click Here
Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni has been appointed as the Secretary of the Energy Savings Commission by World Foundry Organization.
Dr. Daniel Georgiev has been awarded a research grant of $97,500($146,000 with UT's internal contribution) by Libbey Glass for the proposal titled "LED outdoor illumination and concentration photovoltaics optical design and research". The co-PIs on this grant are Dr. Daniel Georgiev (PI: Share 70%), Dr. Sarit Bhaduri and Dr. Yong Gan. This is the second phase of the project and the grant can support two eecs students.Phase-1 was funded an amount $30,000 in 2010.
Dr. Krishna Shenai has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
EECS 4000 - Senior Design Project Fall 2010 Click Here for flyer.
2011 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. Click Here for flyer.
A team of researchers consisting of Dr. Prabir Bhattacharya (UC), Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (UT), and Dr. Aihua Wood (AFIT) has been awarded a 3-year $498,688 grant by AFOSR (not including institutional contribution) for the project entitled Real-Time Combat Navigation System and Virtual Battlespace. Dr. Devabhaktuni thanks Dr. Samir Hefzy for his support with the grant application.
Prathamesh Ajgaonkar, Lingfeng Wang, and Mansoor Alam received Certificates of Appreciation from the IEEE for their contribution to the AUTOTESTCON 2010 Technical Program. Prathamesh Ajgaonkar, an MS student, presented the paper entitled, “Simulation Studies on ZigBee Communications for Home Automation and Networking” in Orlando, Florida.
IEEE AUTOTESTCON is a premier conference sponsored by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society and IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society in the fields of Systems Readiness Technology.
Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni’s NSF proposal New Methodologies for System-Level Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Analysis of Electronic Systems has been awarded a grant of $379,997 to The University of Toledo with an effective date 09/01/10. Including UT contributions, the grant is $454,453 over a 3-year period. This is the highest research grant in the EECS Department from the NSF. This is Dr. Devabhaktuni’s 2nd NSF grant, since he joined UT in 2008. The grant is co-sponsored by NSF CMMI and ECCS Divisions. EECS Department congratulates Vijay (PI) on this prestigious accomplishment.
Dr. Min Song from Old Dominion University has delivered a seminar on Future Research Directions in Wireless Sensor Networks Click Here for flyer. Click Here for Gallery.
This lounge is located at Nitschke 2066. It is meant to facilitate and improve conversations among faculty, staff and PhD students.Click Here for Gallery.
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Dr. Krishna Shenai presented the keynote address entitled "Silicon Carbide (SiC): A Transformative Semiconductor for 21st Century Energy, Transportation, and Defense and Space Electronics," at the 2010 IEEE Dayton Section Annual Awards Banquet held at the Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH on April 17, 2010. The photo shows Dr. Shenai being presented with an award plaque by Dr. Robert L. Ewing, Director of the Center for Innovative Radar Engineering, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. Dr. Shenai is the Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Devices Society and Dr. Ewing is the Chair of IEEE Dayton Section.
Dr. Daniel Georgiev is a co-author of the paper "Long term aging of selenide glasses: evidence of sub-Tg endotherms and pre-Tg exotherms", Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter, Vol. 22 (2010) #065104 together with Ping Chen and Punit Boolchand from the University of Cincinnati. This publication was selected for inclusion in the Institute of Physics' prestigious "IoP Select" web site (http://Select.iop.org). The criteria for inclusion of a publication in this special selection of already published articles are stated by IoP as: "substantial advances or significant breakthroughs", "a high degree of novelty", and "significant impact on future research".
This event hosts students who have been admitted to the EECS Department for Fall semester 2010. It provides an opportunity for prospective students and their parents to learn about EECS academic programs and facilities, meet faculty and staff, participate in a Q&A session and get information on taking the next step. A luncheon is also provided, followed by guest speakers, including Mr. Thomas Miller, Product Development Engineer for Ford Motor Company, and other EECS alumni.
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News: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India, has signed an MoU with the University of Toledo to co-operate in terms of academics and research (e.g. faculty exchange). The MoU encourages faculty, knowledge, and student exchange between both the parties. Given the above context, Dr. A. Kumar (Chair, Civil Engineering) and Dr. V. Devabhaktuni (Associate Professor, EECS Department), both from the University of Toledo, interacted with Department Chairs, Faculty, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Students of Civil, Computer, ECE, and Electrical Departments of NIT. Drs. Kumar and Devabhaktuni held several meetings coordinated by the Center for Continuing Education & External Collaboration (CCEEC) of NIT during October 14-15, 2009. One of the several objectives is "graduate student recruitment". The meetings were attended by 150-200 faculty and students of NIT.
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Seminar: Research Presentation on “EM Applied to CAD of RF & Microwave Devices” by Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Toledo.
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Seminar: Research Presentation on “Optimal Call Admission Control Policies in Mobile Wireless Networks” by Dr. Mansoor Alam, Interim Chair, Professor & Graduate Director, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Toledo.
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Fall 2009 Graduate Student Orientation will be held on August 18-19, 2009. Click here for the event details.
Dr. Krishna Shenai (Principle Investigator) has been awarded a $174,988 grant by the NSF’s Computer Network Systems (CNS) Division for the proposal titled II-NEW: High-Performance Scalable Computing Infrastructure. The period of the NSF grant is August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2012. The co-PIs on this grant are Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (EECS Dept.), Dr. Duane Hixon (MIME Dept.), Dr. Sanjay Khare (Physics Dept.) and Kevin Czajkowski (GEPL Dept.).
The IEEE University of Toledo Student Branch has been recognized as a recipient of the 2008 MGA Student Branch Membership Growth Award, by the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA), for success in member recruitment and retainment. Each year, a Student Branch in each Region is recognized as having achieved the highest growth rate. Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni was instrumental in bringing this honor, by way of organizing a student membership drive sponsored by IEEE Toledo and SSOE.
Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni has been elevated to the Senior Member grade of IEEE effective July 28, 2009.
Dr. Shenai has been awarded a research grant for "Modeling and Design of VHF PECVD Thin Film Deposition System" project by the Ohio Department of Development/Xunlight Corporation. The grant is $70,000 for the duration July 2009 - Dec. 2010.
EECS graduate student Arjun Akkala won the 3rd place in A&WMA’s Student Poster Competition for his poster titled “Artificial Neural Network Based Modeling and Prediction of Radon Concentrations”. This award includes a certificate and $600 check. The competition is part of the A&WMA Annual Conference 2009. The basis for the awards is technical quality and significance to environment. The student is working with Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni and Dr. Ashok Kumar.
Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni (jointly with Dr. Douglas Nims of the Department of Civil Engineering) has been awarded a research grant on "Magnetic Sensor for Nondestructive Evaluation" (Phase II) by the UT-UTC. The grant is $49,780 for the duration July 2009 - Dec. 2009. Graduate students involved in Phases I & II of this project are Bertrand Fernandes (EECS) and James Wade (CE).
University of Toledo Alumnus Tom Miller created a new technology so inexpensive to put into production that over the next year it’s rolling out as standard equipment on almost every vehicle Ford Motor Company builds. As the lead engineer behind Ford Motor Company’s new feature called MyKey™, Miller enables parents to encourage their teens to practice safer driving behavior and address the number one cause of teen fatalities – auto accidents.
Tom Miller explained and demonstrated this industry-first innovation and the process for developing technology like this at Ford Motor Company.
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Professor Krishna Shenai presenting (photo) the Plenary Paper entitiled “Smart Sensing and Forecasting of Ecosystem Dynamics” at the International EnviroEnergy 2009 Conference, held at Chandigarh, Panjab, India from March 19-21, 2009
Second open house held on 28th Feb (Saturday), was a big event. With many inquisitive parents and students coming in to see the university and the facilities it was a major event
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Open House for high school graduates, who will have the opportunity to learn more about the university and have their questions answered.
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The speaker Sung- Yeul Park, who is pursuing his Ph.D. degree at Virginia Tech , presented us with his research work and ideas of contributing toward the development of smart power grid.
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The talk was on Opportunities in Computer Science concerning solar energy, it focused on reducing the cost associated with the solar electricity and thus enabling it to become a sustainable mainstream energy. It was a very delightful talk which was attended by the Chairman of the EECS department, along with all the faculty member and graduate students
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The EECS Department held the dedication of the new EECS Library and EECS Conference Room on November 5, 2008. At this befitting function, Dr. Eric Summons, Selection Resource, inaugurated the new Library and Conference Room. The dedication was followed by a talk on "Complex Jobs and Organizations" by Dr. Summons. Dr. Shenai and Dr. Molyet then presented the department updates and UG curriculum updates respectively.
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Dr. Aihua W. Wood, Professor of Mathematics at Air Force Institute of Technology presented a seminar "Analysis and Numerical Solution for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation" on October 24. In this talk she discussed the electromagnetic scattering phenomena in two settings 1) Induced by cavities embedded in a perfectly electrically conducting (PEC) ground plane and 2) By bodies of revolution (BOV).
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Dr. Robert F. Davis, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University presented a seminar "Initial and Subsequent Modes of Growth AIN, GaN and ZnO Semiconductor Films" on October 15. He talked about the III- Nitrides of AIN, GaN and InN, their soild solutions, and ZnO form in the wurtzite crystal structure. Lateral growth techniques to reduceboth the residual stresses and the dislocation density in GaN films were presented.
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Dr. C. J. Reddy, President of EM Software and Systems (USA) Inc presented a seminar "Design of UHF ID Systems with the Aid of Compuataional Electromagnetics". He talked about the application of computational electromagnetic (CEM) tools for analyzing and optimizing complex environments for ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID systems. Analysis of RFID tags, readers, tag placement, tag/reader coupling and tag/reader systems in complex environments were also addressed.
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After more than 30 years of service to the EECS department, Alan Husted celebrated his retirement with the friends, colleagues and students on September 30. On this bitter sweet occasion Al talked about how he started work in the department and what his future plans are.
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Students from the Lorain Campus visited the EECS Department on September 24. They also visited the Career Fair hosted by the College of Engineering. Dr. Shenai, EECS Department Chair, talked to the students breifly about their experiences and expectations from the Distance Learning partnership between the EECS department and LCCC.
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A faculty and staff meeting of the EECS Department chaired by Prof. Krishna Shenai was held on 12 September, 2008. In this meeting, Prof. Ted Keith (MIME Department) presented a seminar on Effective Mentoring of Graduate Students. Prof. Dan Solarek (Chair of ET Department) talked about CSE vs. CSET accreditation. Dr. Shenai high-lighted the changes, news and updates in the EECS Department, and invited questions. Prof. Rick Molyet, Prof. Mansoor Alam, and Prof. Vijay Devabhaktuni talked about the U/G Curriculum, New Graduate Program Implementation, and Fall 2008 EECS Seminar respectively. Finally, Prof. Chris Kiel (EECS Faculty at LCCC) introduced Alice and Media Computation. At the end of the meeting, coffee, pizza and pop were served.
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