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ECE GIVES BACK

ECE Health and Wellness Week 

Updated: Tueday, November 10, 2009:

 *Upcoming Final Defense
 *Graduates Hall of Fame!
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ECE Graduates – Spring 2009

 *SP09 TA Excellence Award
 *SP09 Intramural Teams and Schedules 
 *Grad Student Pics -- on the Web!
 
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Current Graduate Student Data, FA08
 
 

UPCOMING FINAL DEFENSE 

The following Ph.D. Candidates will be defending their dissertation this week.  All defense examinations are public, so feel free to attend these exams and congratulate your colleagues for completing their Doctor of Philosophy degree! 

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has scheduled Mr. Yen-Lin Lee’s Final Defense for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits & Systems) as follows:         

Date:  Monday, September 21, 2009
Place:  Calit2 - 4004
Time:  1:00pm - 3:00pm

The title of Mr. Lee’s presentation is “Method and Architecture Design for Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation in High-Definition Video Processing”.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has scheduled Mr. Vikas Ramachandra’s Final Defense for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Electrical Engineering (Signal & Image Processing) as follows: 

Date:    Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Place:   Cal IT, room 2004
Time:    11:00am – 1:00pm  

The title of Mr. Ramachandra’s presentation is "Signal Processing for 3D Videos and Displays".

GRADUATES HALL OF FAME!
 
We would like to congratulate the following students who recently completed their degree:


Jeffrey S. Ploetner
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Co-Founder, Craze Inc/Real Gifts Inc. 

Dr. Mohamed Jalloh
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems)
Advisor:  Professors Pankaj Das and Larry Milstein
Dissertation Title:  Performance Analysis of Multi-Antenna OFDM Systems with Phase Noise and Imperfect Channel Estimation

Dr. Jason William May
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Gabriel Rebeiz
Dissertation Title:  SiGe Integrated Circuits for Millimeter-Wave Imaging and Phased Arrays
Current Employment:  Research Scientist, HRL Labs 

Dr. Tomas O'Sullivan
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Peter Asbeck
Dissertation Title:  Design of Millimeter-wave Power Amplifiers using InP Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
Current Employment:  Member of Technical Staff, Maxlinear 

Dr. Yogananda R. Isukapalli
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Bhaskar Rao
Dissertation Title:  Transmit Beamforming for Multiple Antenna Systems with Imperfect Feedback
Current Employment:  Post-doc, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

Dr. Swee Hoe Lim
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics)
Advisor:  Professors Edward Yu and Deli Wang
Dissertation Title:  Metallic Nanostructures for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Applications
Current Employment:  Post-doc, Arizona State University 

Keun Woo Park
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics) 

Randolph Ke Chang
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Shan Yan
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Bill Lin
Dissertation Title:  Synthesis of Application-Specific On-Chip Networks
 

Dr. Periklis G. Liaskovitis
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Curt Schurgers
Dissertation Title:  Deployment and Organization Strategies for Sampling-Interpolation Sensor Networks
 

Dr. Ai-Mei Huang
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Signal and Image Processing)
Advisor:  Professor Truong Nguyen
Dissertation Title:  Motion Vector Processing in Compressed Video and Its Applications to Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation


ECE GRADUATES -- Spring 2009

 

We would like to give special acknowledgement to a number of graduate students for their achievements and setting academic milestones during Spring 2009:

Twelve (12) students passed their Ph.D. Preliminary Exam

Nine (9) students passed their Qualifying Exam
 
We also offer our best wishes to these students in their future endeavors.
 
Fifteen (15) students completed their Ph.D. degree requirements:

Dr. Trevor Keith Chan
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Photonics)
Advisor:  Professor Joseph Ford
Dissertation Title:  Retro-Modulators and Fast Beamsteering for Free-Space Optical Communications 
 

Dr. Maxim Abashin
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Photonics)
Advisor:  Professor Shaya Fainman
Dissertation Title:  Near-field Characterization of Photonic Nanodevices
Current Employment:  Post-doc, NIST/University of Maryland 

Dr. Paul Sterling Hammon
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Intelligent Systems, Robotics & Control)
Advisor:  Professors Virginia de Sa and Kenneth Kreutz-Delgado
Dissertation Title:  Adaptive Online Brain-Computer Interface for Interpretation and Visualization of Desired Reach
Current Employment:  Analytic Science-Scientist II, FICO 

Dr. Shay Shmuel Har-Noy
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Signal and Image Processing)
Advisor:  Professor Truong Nguyen
Dissertation Title:  Improved LCD Motion Picture Quality
Current Employment:  Member of Technical Staff, ViaSat 

Dr. Juan Ignacio Montojo-Bennassar
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Larry Milstein
Dissertation Title:  Adaptive OFDM-Based UWB
Current Employment:  Principal Engineer and Manager, Qualcomm Inc. 

Dr. Andrea Panigada
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Ian Galton
Dissertation Title:  Harmonic Distortion Correction in Pipelined Analog to Digital Converters
Current Employment:  CTO (Design Engineer), Chocolate Chip Inc. 

Dr. Paul Leo Roberts
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Applied Ocean Sciences)
Advisor:  Professors Jules Jaffe and Mohan Trivedi
Dissertation Title:  Multi-View, Broadband, Acoustic Classification of Marine Animals
Current Employment:  Post-doc, University of California San Diego 

Dr. Dung T Vo
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Signal and Image Processing)
Advisor:  Professor Truong Nguyen
Dissertation Title:  Spatio-Temporal Filtering for Images and Videos: Applications on Quality Enhancement, Coding, and Data Pruning
Current Employment:  Senior Research Engineer, Samsung Information Systems; and Teaching Staff, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology 

Dr. Sheldon Shao Quan Wu
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Photonics)
Advisor:  Professor Paul Yu and Dr. Raymond Beach
Dissertation Title:  Hydrocarbon-Free Resonance Transition 795nm Rubidium Laser
Current Employment:  Post-doc, Lawrence Livermore National Lab 

Dr. Mohammad Farazian
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Larry Larson
Dissertation Title:  Fast Hopping High-Frequency Carrier Generation in Digital CMOS Technology
Current Employment:  Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc. 

Dr. Rahul Madhav Kodkani
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Larry Larson
Dissertation Title:  Silicon-Based Millimeterwave Integrated Circuits for Multi Giga Bits-per-second Wireless Data
Current Employment:  RFIC Design Engineer, NXP Semiconductors Inc. 

Dr. Zhou Zhou
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Photonics)
Advisor:  Professor Sing Lee
Dissertation Title:  An Advanced Gray-Scale Technology and Its Application to Micro-Devices
Current Employment:  Senior Scientist, Triage Wireless Inc. 

Dr. Arun Batra
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems)
Advisor:  Dr. James Zeidler
Dissertation Title:  Mitigation Techniques for Severe Narrowband Interference
Current Employment:  Sr. Engineer, Adaptive Dynamics 

Dr. Himanshu Khatri
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Larry Larson
Dissertation Title:  Interference Miligation Techniques for SAW-less CDMA Receivers
Current Employment:  Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc. 

Dr. Mohammed Ahmed El-Tanani
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Advisor:  Professor Gabriel Rebeiz
Dissertation Title:  High Linearity 1.5-2.5 GHz RF-MEMS and Varactor Diodes Based Tunable Fitters for Wireless Applications
Current Employment:  Analog Design Engineer, Intel Inc.  


Twelve (12) students completed the Master of Science degree: 

Pavel Vladi Kolinko
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems) 

Timothy Edward Fair
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Signal and Image Processing)
Current Employment:  Systems Engineer II, SAIC 

Gil Edelman
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering)
Current Employment:  Self-employed 

Lelin Zhang
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Intelligent Systems, Robotics & Control)
Current Employment:  Research Staff, Calit2 

Ken Yu
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems) 

Wei-Hao Lin
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)
Current Employment:  RF Engineer, Bravo Tech Inc. 

Colin Michael Gage
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems) 

Vladimir Ratkovic
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Communication Theory & Systems) 

Sraavan R Mundlapudi
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems) 

Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems) 

James Bryan Coles
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Photonics)
Advisor:  Professor Stojan Radic
Thesis Title:  Advanced Phase Modulation Techniques for Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Suppression in Fiber Optic Parametric Amplifiers
Current Employment:  Associate Engineer, Jet Propulsion Lab 

Chi Shun Lo
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Electronic Circuits and Systems)  


And seven (7) students completed the Master of Engineering degree:  

Gregory K Fleizach
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Engineer, SPAWAR Pacific
 

Maryam Owrang
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Associate Engineer, Verizon Wireless
 

Robert Ian Koch
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Senior Electrical Engineer, Cubic Defense Applications
 

Chia-Chiunn HoMaster of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Joshua Yan Hang Ng
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Programmer Analyst II, CalIT2
 

Marie Liza Lopez-Santana
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Electrical Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation
 

Mark J Oleary
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current Employment:  Systems Engineer, Entropic Communications

SP09 TA EXCELLENCE AWARD 

TA Award:  Seong Ho (Paul) Hur

SP09 INTRAMURAL TEAMS AND SCHEDULES

Here’s a list of ECE teams that will be playing Intramural sports for Spring – catch a game when you get a chance, and cheer them on!!! 

COED SOFTBALL – The Swingers
Game Days & Times: Sundays, until May 10 at 4pm
Game Location: NCR - NE
Jack Tzeng (Team Captain)
Jeremy Law
Clay McPheeters
Hao Wang
Hao Zheng
Jung Park
Hai Ping Matthew Chen
Johana Yan
Maurice Ayache
Natan Jacobson
Nicole Truitt
Sayanan Sivaraman
Mark Hsu
Emily Sylwestrak
Sheu Sheu Tan 

MEN’S TENNIS – Aces and Garys
Game Days & Times: Mondays, until May 11 at 8:30pm
Game Location: NCR Tennis CtsJ
eremy Law (Team Captain)
Jason Karp
Clay McPheeters
Sam Yuspeh
Mark Hsu 

MEN’S BASKETBALL – ECE All-Stars
Game Days & Times: Sundays, April 26 to May 17 at 5pm & 5:30pm
Game Location: RIMAC Arena
Guowen Wei (Team Captain)
Andreja Radosevic
Luke Barrington
Yen-An Chiang
Tso-Wei Li 

MEN’S BASKETBALL – No Game This Week
Game Days & Times: Sundays, April 26 to May 17 at 6pm & 6:30pm
Game Location: RIMAC Arena
Colin Gage (Team Captain)
Nick Mueller
Omer Lang
Sagnik Ghosh
Jung ParkSteve Cho 

INDOOR SOCCER – ECE Bombers
Game Days & Times: April 15 & 22 at 8pm, April 29 at 9pm, May 6 at 10pm
Game Location: RIMAC Aux Gym
Mehmet Uzunkol (Team Captain)
Ozgur Inac
Nikhil Karamchandani
Mohammad Javad Saberian
Tu V. Nguyen
Yusuf Atesal
Amir Hadi Djahanshahi
Mehmet Parlak
Berke Cetinoneri
Suayb Arslan
Halil Basturk 

INDOOR SOCCER – XUPAKI
Game Days & Times: April 16 & 30 at 9pm, April 23 at 10pm, May 7 at 8pm
Game Location: RIMAC Aux Gym
Juan Murcia-Delso (Team Captain)
Jose Maria Costa Pereira
Weixin Li
Hao Liu
Ahmed El Desouky
Hussein Okail
Diego Mejia
Diego Cortes
Marco Warth
Niko Westphal

GRAD STUDENT PICS -- ON THE WEB! 

Check out pictures that were recently added from the following events:

The pictures from the Spring 2009 BBQ, as well as pictures from our 2009 end of year events including the Annual Graduation Reception, Annual Student Volunteer Appreciation Lunch, Graduate Studies Commencement, and the Inaugural WIECE (Women in ECE) Graduation Dinner, are now available for viewing online:

http://www.ece.ucsd.edu:16080/photo/?level=album&id=38

http://www.ece.ucsd.edu:16080/photo/?level=album&id=39

http://www.ece.ucsd.edu:16080/photo/?level=album&id=36

http://www.ece.ucsd.edu:16080/photo/?level=album&id=40

http://www.ece.ucsd.edu:16080/photo/?level=album&id=37

Enjoy!  

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT DATA, FA08 

Student Enrollment                                392
Doctoral Program (Ph.D.)                       257
Master of Science                                 90
Master of Engineering                            45
Domestic                                              49%
International                                          51%
Male                                                     85%
Female                                                 15% 

Degrees Conferred, 2007-2008
Ph.D.                            45
M.S. (terminal degree)    5
M.Eng.                          43