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AFRL researcher Dr. Derek Kingston receives 2009 Harold Brown Award
Dr. Derek Kingston of the Air Vehicles Directorate was presented with the Harold Brown award, the highest Air Force award given to a scientist or engineer who applies research to a problem in the field. Recipients are chosen by the Chief Scientist of the Air Force in honor of substantial improvement to the Air Force’s operational effectiveness.
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Taylor Webb receives NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
Taylor Webb, an MS degree candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship with an annual value of $60,000. His research will be advised by Prof. Karl Warnick in the area of phased array feed antennas for space remote sensing applications.
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Ph.D Student Welson Sun and Dr. Wirthlin Present at ACM International Symposium
PhD student Welson Sun and advisor Dr. Mike Wirthlin along with collaborator Stephen Neuendorffer from Xilinx corporation presented the paper ""Combining Module Selection and Resource Sharing for Efficient FPGA Pipeline Synthesis"" at the ACM International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays. The conference was held from February 23-24 in Monterey, California.
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Dr. Lee and Ph.D Student Xiaoqian Xu Present Paper in San Diego
Dr. D.J. Lee and Ph.D student Xiaoqian Xu, along with S.K. Antani, L.R. Long, and G.R. Thoma of the National Library of Medicine presented ""Relevance Feedback for Shape-based Pathology in Spine X-ray Image Retrieval"" at SPIE Medical Imaging, Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS) and Imaging Informatics. The Conference was held Feb. 11-16 in San Diego, CA.
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Fish Identification Research Project Featured in Article
The work of Dr. D.J. Lee and others involved in the Fish Recognition Project was recently featured in an article in Vision Systems Design. The project uses visual image processing to simplify tracking the size and movements of specific fish populations.
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FPGA Reliability Research Group Conducts Radiation Test
The FPGA reliability research group, headed by Dr. Michael Wirthlin, recently conducted radiation experiments at the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory cyclotron at the University of California, Davis. Graduate students Brian Pratt and Keith Morgan supported tests designed to characterize the quality of a new BYU tool designed to lessen radiation effects on FPGAs.
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Dr. Clark Taylor appointed vice chair of the Utah Section of the IEEE Computer Society
Dr. Clark Taylor, who was recently selected to be the vice chair of the Utah Section of the IEEE Computer Society, did his undergraduate and masters degree work here at BYU and recently graduated with his Ph.D. from UCSD.
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Dr.'s Jensen and Rice land DOD Grant to Advance Flight Testing
Dr. Jensen and Dr. Rice were awarded nearly $1 million in grant money to improve air-to-ground communications during Air Force flight tests. By developing a receiver capable of coordinating signals from on-board antennas, Dr. Jensen, Dr. Rice and their telemetry research team will enable the Air Force to get more valuable test data in fewer flights, which will reduce the cost of flight testing. Also reported in BYU News and Deseret News.
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Andrea Eyring Named Honored Alumna
Andrea Eyring (MSEE 1987, BSEE 1987) was named the Honored Alumna in 2012 by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU. Andrea is the founder of Eyring Systems Incorporated, established in 1996. Eyring Systems Incorporated provides specialized system and software engineering, signal analysis, and consulting services in the areas of digital telecommunications and data communications. Andrea provides system engineering, architecting support, algorithm development, data quality assessment support, and training for several companies and programs. Andrea founded Eyring Systems Incorporated shortly after the birth of her first child in part to afford herself more flexibility in raising her children.
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Alumni Receives Prestigious NSF Award
Dr. Wei Ren, who received his PhD in 2004 was recently awarded an NSF CAREER award for his work on distributed multi-vehicle cooperative control. Dr. Ren is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Utah State University. His work is expected to have significant impact on applications that include space-based interferometry, environment monitoring, border patrol, and search and rescue.
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Better than a hologram: BYU study produces 3D images that float in 'thin air'
In the original Star Wars film, R2D2 projects an image of Princess Leia in distress. The iconic scene includes the line still famous 40 years later: “Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”
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Junior Core Christmas Party
For the first time ever, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering hosted a Christmas party for students in the junior core. Organized in the events space in the new Engineering Building, the party welcomed the majority of the students in the Junior Core.
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BYU graduate student receives award for research paper at telemetry conference
Chad Josephson, a PhD student studying electrical engineering, won second place in a student paper contest this September. The contest, part of the annual International Telemetering Conference (ITC), includes graduate students from universities all across the nation.
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BYU-created mini tool has massive potential
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere — and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses.
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Engineering and technology faculty receive top university honors
At this year's University Conference, BYU's most prestigious award went to Randal W. Beard, professor of electrical and computer engineering. Three other Ira A. Fulton College faculty members were also honored.
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BYU engineers earn honor society scholarships
Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, recently named its 271 scholars for the 2017-18 academic year. This year, 10 scholars are Brigham Young University students.
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Professors 3D-print first truly microfluidic "lab on a chip" device
Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective at a scale much less than 100 micrometers.
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BYU researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices
Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of flexibility to the microscopic world of medical devices.
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