Department News
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New Faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Please join us in welcoming our newest faculty member Daniel Smalley. Here is a brief description of Dr. Smalley to help you get to know him.
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Several BYU alumni earn best paper awards
At the recent Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) conference in San Jose Mar 16-18, BYU graduates swept the Best Paper awards. The SNUG conference is a technical meeting for designers of digital architectures and circuits and had more than 2,100 engineers in attendance, with individual session having 300-600 engineers apiece. The best paper awards given out by the conference were:
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Dr. Penry Receives Microsoft Research Grant
Dr. Penry was one of seven recipients of a Microsoft Research Safe and Scalable Multicore Computing grant for a project entitled ""Runtime Packaging of Fine-Grained Parallelism and Locality"". This project seeks to adapt and optimize parallel programs at runtime to improve their performance on a diverse set of multicore systems. A July 30 article in EE Times reports on Dr. Penry's project and the six other projects supported through these grants.
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Dr. Long receives research award
Dr. Long received the Sponsored Research Regonition Award at the university conference this past August.
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PhD Student Erik Perrins wins first place in student paper contest
Erik Perrins won first place in the graduate student category of the student paper contest at the International Telemetering Conference. His paper was titled ""An Alternate Proposal for ARTM CPM"" and describes a modification to an existing standard in aeronautical telemetry that increases the detection efficiency. Erik is a PhD student and his advisor is Michael Rice. Erik won $1000.
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ECEn welcomes Dr. Clark Taylor to the faculty
Dr. Taylor did his undergraduate and masters degree work here at BYU and recently graduated with his Ph.D. from UCSD. His interests lie in video computation and communication and he currently teaches computer engineering courses.
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Recent Alumnus Receives Honorable Mention
Dr. Will Curtis, a research scientist at the Munitions Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory and a recent alumnus of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has recently received honorable mentions for the prestigious John L. McLucas Basic Research Award which recognizes individuals making significant achievements in basic research activities supporting the Air Force mission. Dr. Curtis received the award for pioneering work in the synthesis of control laws for autonomous aircraft and smart weapon systems. Competition for the award is extremely competitive and the honorable mention places Dr. Curtis among the top four engineers and scientists performing basic research in the Air Force. Dr. Curtis received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from BYU in 2002.
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Students from BYU's MAGICC Lab participate in Micro Air Vehicle Competition
BYU was one of eight teams from North America and Europe that participated in the Micro Air Vehicle competition held at Eglin Air Force Base. Grading was based on the MAVs ability to takeoff, navigate to three waypoints, hit a target with a paintball and finally land. This new technology has a host of applications for both military and civilian use.
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Dr. Wirthlin Honored with Outstanding Faculty Award
On March 8th the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology presented an Outstanding Faculty award to Dr. Michael J. Wirthlin. Professor Wirthlin is recognized for having published eight peer-reviewed articles in the last two years, serving as the ECEn Graduate Coordinator, assisting in the development of the Computer Engineering curriculum and engaging in collaboration with other universities and national laboratories.
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Professor Publishes Article on Python
Dr. Olipant's article on the use of Python in Science and Engineering is a feature publication for the May/June edition of ""Computers in Science and Engineering"". The article can be accessed here.
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Professor Stirling is awarded STIR Grant
The Army Research Office recently awarded a Short Term Innovative Research Grant to Dr. Wynn Stirling entitled ""Socially Coherent Negotiations for Cooperative Multiagent Systems."" The objective of this project is to develop a mathematical framework for the design of autonomous decision makers that accommodates sophisticated social behaviors such as cooperation, negotiation, and altuism.
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ECEn student spot-lighted by news media at BYU graduation
Each year at graduation time, BYU selects a student to represent the university to the news media. This year, Steffanie Kuehn from the ECEn department was selected to represent BYU. Steffanie, after graduating from our department in April 2009 will go on to Columbia University to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering. More information about Steffanie and her accomplishments can be found here.
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Michael Rice recieves Jim Abrams and Anita Schiller Professorship
The College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University has named Michael Rice, a professor of engineering and technology, as the first recipient of the Jim Abrams and Anita Schiller Professorship.
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Dr. Long writes chapter in new book
Dr. Long wrote a chapter on resolution enhancement for microwave sensors in a book entitled Frontiers of Remote Sensing Information Processing. Dr. Long and his students are actively researching new methods of improving remote sensing resolutions.
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Dr. David Comer Named Outstanding ECEn Teacher
As Engineering Week activities drew to a close, Dr. David Comer was presented the Outstanding ECEn Teacher Award for the 2007-2008 year. Dr. Comer was selected for the award by a vote of students in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Comer has been with Brigham Young University since 1981.
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2008 College of Engineering and Technology Faculty and Staff Awards
Professor James Archibald was presented with the Outstanding Faculty Award in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for demonstrating outstanding devotion to undergraduate education. The citation noted his exemplary mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students via research activities and senior design projects. Dr. Archibald currently serves as the departments Undergraduate Coordinator.
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Educational Objectives of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs
Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU are student-focused programs. In fact, the goals of the program are given in terms of the life and career accomplishments the program is preparing graduates to achieve. We refer to these as program educational objectives. The objectives have been established by the faculty after consulting with those who have a stake in the success of our students---the college and university administration, parents and families, and representatives from industry, employers, and graduate institutions. For more information about the educational objectives, see the program educational objectives and learning outcomes website.
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BYU electrical engineers light up ballroom dance team
Last summer engineering professor Aaron Hawkins saw a performance during an episode of America’s Got Talent that caught his eye.
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