{"689043":{"#nid":"689043","#data":{"type":"news","title":"When GPS Lies at Sea: How Electronic Warfare is Threatening Ships and Their\u00a0Crews","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022theconversation-article-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/06\/science\/gps-jamming-ships-planes-iran-war\u0022\u003Egrowing danger\u003C\/a\u003E: the vulnerability of ships, and the people who operate them, to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/gps-attacks-near-iran-are-wreaking-havoc-on-delivery-and-mapping-apps\/\u0022\u003Edisruption of their navigation systems\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModern shipping depends heavily on GPS satellite navigation. When those signals are disrupted or manipulated, ships can suddenly appear to their navigators and to other ships to be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/gps-spoofing-is-scrambling-ships-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/\u0022\u003Esomewhere they are not\u003C\/a\u003E. In some cases, vessels have been shown jumping across maps, drifting miles inland or appearing to circle in impossible patterns. The risk is even higher in war zones, where ships could be misdirected into harm\u2019s way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=tK7pFfsAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003Ecybersecurity researcher\u003C\/a\u003E studying critical infrastructure and maritime systems, I investigate how digital threats affect ships and the people who operate them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo understand the threat from GPS disruptions, it helps to first understand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/electronics.howstuffworks.com\/gadgets\/travel\/gps.htm\u0022\u003Ehow GPS works\u003C\/a\u003E. GPS systems determine location using signals from satellites orbiting Earth. A receiver calculates its position by measuring how long those signals take to arrive. Because those signals are extremely weak by the time they reach Earth, they are relatively easy to disrupt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EGPS Jamming and Spoofing\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn GPS jamming, an attacker blocks the real satellite signals by overwhelming them with electromagnetic noise so receivers cannot detect them. When this happens, navigation systems lose their position. On a phone, it might look like the map freezing or jumping erratically.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGPS spoofing is more sophisticated. Instead of blocking signals, an attacker transmits fake satellite signals designed to mimic the real ones. The receiver accepts these signals and gives a false location. Imagine driving north while your navigation system suddenly insists you are traveling south. The receiver is not malfunctioning; it has simply been tricked.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022a map showing numerous red dots and three red circles\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=442\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=442\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723498\/original\/file-20260312-57-iw7xin.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=442\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003ECircular loops in the Black Sea show spoofed ship positions recorded in January 2025. The red points represent false GPS locations broadcast during spoofing events, making vessels appear to move in perfect circles on tracking maps even though they were actually hundreds of miles away. These disruptions are widely believed to be linked to electronic interference in the region during the war in Ukraine. Image created with data from Spire Global.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca class=\u0022source\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/spire.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003EAnna Raymaker\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor mariners at sea, spoofing can have serious consequences. In the open ocean, there are few landmarks to verify a ship\u2019s position if GPS behaves strangely. Nearshore, the margin for error disappears: Water depths change quickly and hazards are everywhere, especially in narrow routes like the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/electronic-fog-of-war-gps-spoofing-distorts-ship-traffic-near-hormuz\/\u0022\u003EStrait of Hormuz near Iran\u003C\/a\u003E, where reports indicate that GPS spoofing has been happening since the outbreak of the war. Because ships are large and slow to maneuver, even small navigation errors can lead to groundings or collisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ERed Sea Grounding\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne example came in May 2025. While transiting the Red Sea, the container ship MSC Antonia began showing positions far from its true location. To navigators onboard, this looked like they had jumped hundreds of miles south on the map and started moving in a new direction. This caused the crew to become disoriented, and the ship eventually ran aground. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lloydslist.com\/LL1154079\/MSC-ship-sails-through-Bab-el-Mandeb-for-first-time-since-Red-Sea-exodus\u0022\u003EThe grounding\u003C\/a\u003E caused millions of dollars in damage and required a salvage operation that lasted over five weeks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022two copies of a map side-by-side showing a body of water\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=280\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=280\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=280\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723496\/original\/file-20260312-63-pvsmuu.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=352\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EMSC Antonia route comparison showing the vessel\u2019s true route and grounding point, left, versus the spoofed route, right. The red and black lines on the right show the spoofed locations where the ship appeared to suddenly jump to on GPS. These lines confused the navigators and caused them to run aground. Images created with data from VT Explorer.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca class=\u0022source\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vtexplorer.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003EAnna Raymaker\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIncidents like the MSC Antonia are not isolated. Vessel-tracking data has revealed clusters of ships suddenly appearing in impossible locations, sometimes far inland or moving in perfect circles. These anomalies are increasingly linked to GPS spoofing in regions experiencing geopolitical conflict.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut GPS interference is only one type of cyber threat facing ships. Industry reports have documented \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lrqa.com\/en\/insights\/articles\/notpetya-ransomware-attack-on-maersk-key-learnings\/\u0022\u003Eransomware attacks\u003C\/a\u003E on shipping companies, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/industrialcyber.co\/supply-chain-security\/lab-dookhtegan-cyberattack-on-iranian-oil-tankers-traced-to-supply-chain-compromise-of-fanavas-infrastructure\/\u0022\u003Esupply chain compromises\u003C\/a\u003E and increasing concern about the security of onboard control systems, including engines, propulsion and navigation equipment. As ships become more connected through satellite internet systems and remote monitoring tools, the number of potential entry points for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/industrialcyber.co\/reports\/maritime-cyber-incidents-jump-103-as-cytur-warns-smart-ships-under-fire-urges-secure-by-design-overhaul\/\u0022\u003Ecyberattacks\u003C\/a\u003E is growing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMilitary vessels often address these risks through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/proceedings\/2024\/august\/address-risks-starlink-fleet\u0022\u003Estricter network segregation\u003C\/a\u003E and regular training exercises such as \u201cmission control\u201d drills, which simulate operating with compromised communications or navigation systems. Some cybersecurity experts argue that similar practices could help commercial shipping improve its resilience, although smaller crews and limited resources make adopting military-style procedures more difficult.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EMariners\u2019 Experiences\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMuch of the public discussion around maritime cybersecurity focuses on technical vulnerabilities in ship systems. But an equally important piece of the puzzle is the people who must interpret and respond to these technologies when something goes wrong.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recent research, my colleagues and I interviewed professional mariners about their experiences with cyber incidents and their preparedness to respond to them. The interviews included navigation officers, engineers and other crew members responsible for ship systems. What emerged was a consistent picture: Cyber threats are increasingly occurring at sea, but crews are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3719027.3744816\u0022\u003Enot well prepared\u003C\/a\u003E to deal with them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany mariners told us that their cybersecurity training focused almost entirely on email phishing and USB drives. That kind of training may make sense in an office, but it does little to prepare crews for cyber incidents on a ship, where navigation and control systems can be the primary targets. As a result, many mariners lack clear guidance on how cyberattacks might affect the equipment they rely on every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022a man inside the bridge of a large ship at sea looks through binoculars with another ship in the background\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=384\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=384\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=384\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=483\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=483\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/723678\/original\/file-20260312-57-scxx0h.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=483\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003ECommercial shipping crews are generally poorly trained to deal with cyber threats.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Ca class=\u0022source\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/navigation-bridge-of-oil-tanker-with-watch-officer-royalty-free-image\/520707142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution\u0022\u003EMenzhiliyAnantoly\/iStock via Getty Images\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis becomes a problem when ship systems begin behaving strangely. Mariners described GPS showing incorrect positions or temporarily losing signal. It can be difficult to tell whether these incidents are equipment failures or signs of cyber interference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven when mariners suspect something may be wrong, many ships lack clear procedures for responding to cyber incidents. Participants frequently described situations where they would have to improvise if navigation or other digital systems behaved unexpectedly. Unlike equipment failures, which have established checklists and procedures, cyber incidents often fall into a gray area where responsibility and response plans are unclear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother challenge is the gradual disappearance of traditional navigation practices. For centuries, mariners relied on paper charts and celestial navigation to determine their position. Today, most commercial vessels rely almost entirely on electronic systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany mariners noted that paper charts are not available onboard, and celestial navigation is rarely practiced. If GPS or electronic navigation systems fail, crews have limited ways to independently verify their position. One mariner bluntly described the risk to us: \u201cIf you don\u2019t have charts and you\u2019re being spoofed, you\u2019re a little screwed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022440\u0022 height=\u0022260\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKTdOhUUKDA?wmode=transparent\u0026amp;start=0\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EA crew member explains the instruments on the bridge of an oil tanker.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EIncreasing Connectivity, Increasing Risk\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, ships are becoming more connected. Modern vessels increasingly rely on satellite internet systems like Starlink and remote monitoring tools to manage operations and communicate with shore.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile these technologies improve efficiency, they also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/09\/03\/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi\/\u0022\u003Eexpand the vulnerability of ship systems\u003C\/a\u003E. Connectivity that allows crews to send emails or access the internet can also provide pathways for cyber threats to reach onboard systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs GPS spoofing becomes more common in regions experiencing geopolitical conflict, the challenges mariners described in our research are becoming harder to ignore. The oceans may seem vast and empty, but the digital signals that guide modern ships travel through crowded and contested space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen those signals are manipulated, the consequences do not stay confined to military systems. They reach the commercial vessels that carry most of the world\u2019s goods and the crews responsible for navigating them safely.\u003C!-- Below is The Conversation\u0027s page counter tag. 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But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger: the vulnerability of ships, and the people who operate them, to disruption of their navigation systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2026-03-12 12:50:22","changed_gmt":"2026-03-19 15:28:16","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679688":{"id":"679688","type":"image","title":"Cyberattacks like GPS spoofing threaten oil supertankers and cargo ships at sea. Ping Shu\/Moment via Getty Images","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECyberattacks like GPS spoofing threaten oil supertankers and cargo ships at sea. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/deck-of-supertanker-royalty-free-image\/1445476540\u0022\u003EPing Shu\/Moment via Getty Images\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1773933826","gmt_created":"2026-03-19 15:23:46","changed":"1773933826","gmt_changed":"2026-03-19 15:23:46","alt":"Cyberattacks like GPS spoofing threaten oil supertankers and cargo ships at sea. Ping Shu\/Moment via Getty Images","file":{"fid":"263879","name":"file-20260312-69-xu1md2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/03\/19\/file-20260312-69-xu1md2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/03\/19\/file-20260312-69-xu1md2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":162557,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/03\/19\/file-20260312-69-xu1md2_0.jpg?itok=dj8-Nb4J"}}},"media_ids":["679688"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/when-gps-lies-at-sea-how-electronic-warfare-is-threatening-ships-and-their-crews-278181","title":"Read This Article on The Conversation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003EAuthor:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/anna-raymaker-2620037\u0022\u003EAnna Raymaker\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/georgia-institute-of-technology-1310\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shelley.wunder-smith@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eshelley.wunder-smith@research.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682320":{"#nid":"682320","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Forensics Tool \u2018Reanimates\u2019 the \u2018Brains\u2019 of AIs That Fail in Order to Understand What Went Wrong","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022theconversation-article-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom drones delivering medical supplies to digital assistants performing everyday tasks, AI-powered systems are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. The creators of these innovations promise transformative benefits. For some people, mainstream applications such as ChatGPT and Claude can seem like magic. But these systems are not magical, nor are they foolproof \u2013 they can and do regularly fail to work as intended.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI systems can malfunction due to technical design flaws or biased training data. They can also suffer from vulnerabilities in their code, which can be exploited by malicious hackers. Isolating the cause of an AI failure is imperative for fixing the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut AI systems are typically opaque, even to their creators. The challenge is how to investigate AI systems after they fail or fall victim to attack. There are techniques for inspecting AI systems, but they require access to the AI system\u2019s internal data. This access is not guaranteed, especially to forensic investigators called in to determine the cause of a proprietary AI system failure, making investigation impossible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zzJmhKIAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=enough\u0022\u003Ecomputer scientists\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en\u0026amp;user=1GsJvtwAAAAJ\u0026amp;view_op=list_works\u0026amp;sortby=pubdate\u0022\u003Ewho study\u003C\/a\u003E digital forensics. Our team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has built a system, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity24\/presentation\/oygenblik\u0022\u003EAI Psychiatry\u003C\/a\u003E, or AIP, that can recreate the scenario in which an AI failed in order to determine what went wrong. The system addresses the challenges of AI forensics by recovering and \u201creanimating\u201d a suspect AI model so it can be systematically tested.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EUncertainty of AI\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine a self-driving car veers off the road for no easily discernible reason and then crashes. Logs and sensor data might suggest that a faulty camera caused the AI to misinterpret a road sign as a command to swerve. After a mission-critical failure such as an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/apr\/26\/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash\u0022\u003Eautonomous vehicle crash\u003C\/a\u003E, investigators need to determine exactly what caused the error.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWas the crash triggered by a malicious attack on the AI? In this hypothetical case, the camera\u2019s faultiness could be the result of a security vulnerability or bug in its software that was exploited by a hacker. If investigators find such a vulnerability, they have to determine whether that caused the crash. But making that determination is no small feat.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough there are forensic methods for recovering some evidence from failures of drones, autonomous vehicles and other so-called cyber-physical systems, none can capture the clues required to fully investigate the AI in that system. Advanced AIs can even \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.1802.02871\u0022\u003Eupdate their decision-making\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 and consequently the clues \u2013 continuously, making it impossible to investigate the most up-to-date models with existing methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ciframe width=\u0022440\u0022 height=\u0022260\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PcfXjfyPDgE?wmode=transparent\u0026amp;start=0\u0022 frameborder=\u00220\u0022 allowfullscreen=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EResearchers are working on making AI systems more transparent, but unless and until those efforts transform the field, there will be a need for forensics tools to at least understand AI failures.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EPathology for AI\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI Psychiatry applies a series of forensic algorithms to isolate the data behind the AI system\u2019s decision-making. These pieces are then reassembled into a functional model that performs identically to the original model. Investigators can \u201creanimate\u201d the AI in a controlled environment and test it with malicious inputs to see whether it exhibits harmful or hidden behaviors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI Psychiatry takes in as input \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/whatis\/definition\/memory-dump\u0022\u003Ea memory image\u003C\/a\u003E, a snapshot of the bits and bytes loaded when the AI was operational. The memory image at the time of the crash in the autonomous vehicle scenario holds crucial clues about the internal state and decision-making processes of the AI controlling the vehicle. With AI Psychiatry, investigators can now lift the exact AI model from memory, dissect its bits and bytes, and load the model into a secure environment for testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur team tested AI Psychiatry on 30 AI models, 24 of which were intentionally \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/csrc.nist.gov\/glossary\/term\/backdoor\u0022\u003Ebackdoored\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d to produce incorrect outcomes under specific triggers. The system was successfully able to recover, rehost and test every model, including models commonly used in real-world scenarios such as street sign recognition in autonomous vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThus far, our tests suggest that AI Psychiatry can effectively solve the digital mystery behind a failure such as an autonomous car crash that previously would have left more questions than answers. And if it does not find a vulnerability in the car\u2019s AI system, AI Psychiatry allows investigators to rule out the AI and look for other causes such as a faulty camera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ENot Just for Autonomous Vehicles\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI Psychiatry\u2019s main algorithm is generic: It focuses on the universal components that all AI models must have to make decisions. This makes our approach readily extendable to any AI models that use popular AI development frameworks. Anyone working to investigate a possible AI failure can use our system to assess a model without prior knowledge of its exact architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether the AI is a bot that makes product recommendations or a system that guides autonomous drone fleets, AI Psychiatry can recover and rehost the AI for analysis. AI Psychiatry is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/CyFI-Lab-Public\/AiP\u0022\u003Eentirely open source\u003C\/a\u003E for any investigator to use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAI Psychiatry can also serve as a valuable tool for conducting audits on AI systems before problems arise. With government agencies from law enforcement to child protective services integrating AI systems into their workflows, AI audits are becoming an increasingly common oversight requirement at the state level. With a tool like AI Psychiatry in hand, auditors can apply a consistent forensic methodology across diverse AI platforms and deployments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the long run, this will pay meaningful dividends both for the creators of AI systems and everyone affected by the tasks they perform.\u003C!-- Below is The Conversation\u0027s page counter tag. 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Read the \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/forensics-tool-reanimates-the-brains-of-ais-that-fail-in-order-to-understand-what-went-wrong-247769\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eoriginal article\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"full_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAI-powered systems are not magical, nor are they foolproof \u2013 they can and do regularly fail to work as intended.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"AI-powered systems are not magical, nor are they foolproof \u2013 they can and do regularly fail to work as intended."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-04-30 18:06:13","changed_gmt":"2026-03-19 13:16:46","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677057":{"id":"677057","type":"image","title":"Tesla crashes are only the most glaring of AI failures. South Jordan Police Department via APPEAR","body":"\u003Cp\u003ETesla crashes are only the most glaring of AI failures. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/detail\/TeslaCrashUtah\/e4e84ea27288453ba6950d92d412b2d7\/photo\u0022\u003ESouth Jordan Police Department via APPEAR\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1746814313","gmt_created":"2025-05-09 18:11:53","changed":"1746814313","gmt_changed":"2025-05-09 18:11:53","alt":"Tesla crashes are only the most glaring of AI failures. 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These bio-signals \u2013 ranging from heart rate to sleep state and blood oxygen levels \u2013 can indicate whether someone is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41746-024-01333-z\u0022\u003Ehaving mood swings\u003C\/a\u003E or can be used to diagnose a variety of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.brighamandwomens.org\/medical-resources\/emg-test#:%7E:text=An%20EMG%20test%20may%20be,by%20pain%20or%20psychological%20reasons.\u0022\u003Ebody\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/eeg\/about\/pac-20393875#:%7E:text=An%20EEG%20records%20the%20electrical,electrical%20activity%20in%20the%20brain.\u0022\u003Ebrain disorders\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt can be relatively cheap to gather a lot of bio-signal data. Researchers can organize a study and ask participants to use a wearable device akin to a smartwatch for a few days. However, to teach a machine learning algorithm to find a relationship between a specific bio-signal and a health disorder, you first need to teach the algorithm to recognize that disorder. That\u2019s where computer engineers like myself come in.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany commercial smartwatches, such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/afibinstitute.com.au\/atrial-fibrillation-a-guide-to-wearable-ecg-smart-watches\/#elementor-toc__heading-anchor-3\u0022\u003Eones by Apple, AliveCor, Google and Samsung\u003C\/a\u003E, currently support atrial fibrillation detection. Atrial fibrillation is a common type of irregular heart rhythm, and leaving it untreated can lead to a stroke. One way to automatically detect \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/16765-atrial-fibrillation-afib\u0022\u003Eatrial fibrillation\u003C\/a\u003E is to train a machine learning algorithm to recognize what atrial fibrillation looks like in the data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis machine learning approach requires large bio-signal datasets in which instances of atrial fibrillation are labeled. The algorithm can use the labeled instances to learn to recognize a relationship between the bio-signal and atrial fibrillation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe labeling process can be quite expensive because it requires experts, such as cardiologists, to go through millions of data points and label each instance of atrial fibrillation. The same problem extends to many other bio-signals and disorders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo resolve this issue, researchers have been developing new ways to train machine learning algorithms with fewer labels. By first training a machine learning model to fill in the blanks of large-scale unlabeled bio-signal data, the machine learning model is primed to learn the relationship between a bio-signal and a disorder with fewer labels. This is called pretraining. Pretraining even helps a machine learning model learn a relationship between a bio-signal and a disorder when it is pretrained on a completely unrelated bio-signal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022A silhouette of a person overlaid with text.\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=453\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=453\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=453\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=569\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=569\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/657861\/original\/file-20250326-57-i0xtcq.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=569\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EBio-signals are found all over the body and provide information about different bodily functions. Each of these is a bio-signal that measures a specific physiological signal in a noninvasive way.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution source\u0022\u003EEloy Geenjaar\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EChallenges of Working With Bio-Signals\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinding relationships between bio-signals and disorders can be difficult because of noise, or irrelevant data, differences between people\u2019s bio-signals, and because the relationship between a bio-signal and disorder may not be clear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst, bio-signals contain a lot of noise. For example, when you\u2019re wearing a smartwatch while running, the watch will move around. This causes the sensor for the bio-signal to record at different locations during the run. Since the locations vary across the run, swings in the bio-signal value may now be due to variations in the recording location instead of due to physiological processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond, everyone\u2019s bio-signals are unique. The location of veins, for example, often differ between people. This means that even if smartwatches are worn at exactly the same place on everyone\u2019s wrists, the bio-signal related to those veins is recorded differently from one person to the next. The same underlying signal, such as someone\u2019s heart rate, will lead to different bio-signal values.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe underlying signal itself can also be unique for people or groups of people. The resting heart rate of an average person is around 60-80 beats per minute, but athletes can have resting heart rates \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/athlete-heart-rate\u0022\u003Eas low as 30-40 beats per minute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELastly, the relationship between a bio-signal and a disorder is often complex. This means that the disorder is not immediately obvious from looking at the bio-signal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMachine learning algorithms allow researchers to learn from data and account for the complexity, noise and variability of people. By using large bio-signal datasets, machine learning algorithms are able to find clear relationships that apply to everyone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ELearning to Fill in the Blanks\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers can use unlabeled bio-signal data as a warmup for the machine learning algorithm. This warmup, or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.5555\/1756006.1756025\u0022\u003Epre-training\u003C\/a\u003E, primes the machine learning algorithm to find a relationship between the bio-signal and a disorder. This is a bit like walking around a park to get the lay of the land before working out a route to go running.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are many ways to pretrain a machine learning algorithm. In \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2412.11695\u0022\u003Emy research\u003C\/a\u003E with Dolby Laboratories researcher \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en\u0026amp;user=EEds7hMAAAAJ\u0026amp;view_op=list_works\u0026amp;sortby=pubdate\u0022\u003ELie Lu\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2309.05927\u0022\u003Eprevious research\u003C\/a\u003E, the machine learning algorithm is taught \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/CVPR52688.2022.01553\u0022\u003Eto fill in the blanks\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo do this, we take a bio-signal and artificially create gaps of a certain length \u2013 for example, one second. We then teach the machine learning algorithm to fill in the missing piece of bio-signal. This is possible because the machine learning algorithm sees what the bio-signal looks like before and after the gap.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf the heart rate of a person is around 60 beats per minute before the gap, there will likely be a heartbeat in the one-second gap. In this case, we\u2019re training the machine learning algorithm to predict when that heartbeat will occur.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce we have trained the machine learning algorithm to do this, it will have found a relationship between someone\u2019s heart rate and when the next beat should occur. We can now train the machine learning algorithm with this relationship between a normal heart rate and bio-signal already learned. This makes it easier for the algorithm to learn the relationship between heart rate and atrial fibrillation. Since atrial fibrillation is characterized by fast and irregular heartbeats, and the algorithm is now good at predicting when a heartbeat will happen, it can quickly learn to detect these irregularities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigure class=\u0022align-center zoomable\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=1000\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022three rows of horizontal lines with regularly spaced vertical spikes\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;fit=clip\u0022 srcset=\u0022https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=183\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=183\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=600\u0026amp;h=183\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=45\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=230\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=30\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=230\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/655466\/original\/file-20250315-56-nfmqu9.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0\u0026amp;q=15\u0026amp;auto=format\u0026amp;w=754\u0026amp;h=230\u0026amp;fit=crop\u0026amp;dpr=3 2262w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003EMachine learning pre-training on filling in the blanks of a heart bio-signal.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022attribution source\u0022\u003EEloy Geenjaar\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea of filling in the blanks can be generalized to other bio-signals as well. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.nips.cc\/paper_files\/paper\/2022\/hash\/194b8dac525581c346e30a2cebe9a369-Abstract-Conference.html\u0022\u003EPrevious research\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iclr.cc\/virtual\/2024\/23539\u0022\u003Ehas shown\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2412.11695\u0022\u003Eour work\u003C\/a\u003E reconfirmed, that pretraining a model on one bio-signal without any labels allows it to learn clinically useful relationships from other bio-signals with few labels. This shortcut means that researchers can pretrain on bio-signals that are easy to gather and use the machine learning model on ones that are hard to gather and label.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EFaster Disorder Detection Development\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy improving pretraining, researchers can make machine learning algorithms better and more efficient at detecting diseases and disorders. Pretraining improvements reduce cost and time spent by experts labeling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA recent example of machine learning algorithms used for early detection is Google\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/pixel\/pixel-watch-3-loss-of-pulse-detection\/\u0022\u003ELoss of Pulse\u003C\/a\u003E smartwatch feature. The emerging field of bio-signal pretraining can help enable faster development of similar features using a wider range of bio-signals and for a wider range of disorders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith increasing types of bio-signals and more data, researchers may be able to discover relationships that dramatically improve early detection of disease and disorders. The earlier many diseases and disorders are found, the better a treatment plan works for patients.\u003C!-- Below is The Conversation\u0027s page counter tag. 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"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-04-15 14:06:26","changed_gmt":"2026-03-19 13:16:24","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676841":{"id":"676841","type":"image","title":"AI promises to help wearable devices like smart watches better monitor your health. adamkaz\/E+ via Getty Images","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAI promises to help wearable devices like smart watches better monitor your health. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/senior-black-woman-running-with-a-fitness-tracker-royalty-free-image\/1299849508?phrase=smart+watch\u0022\u003Eadamkaz\/E+ via Getty Images\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1744726069","gmt_created":"2025-04-15 14:07:49","changed":"1744726069","gmt_changed":"2025-04-15 14:07:49","alt":"AI promises to help wearable devices like smart watches better monitor your health. adamkaz\/E+ via Getty Images","file":{"fid":"260686","name":"file-20250321-56-l266vi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/15\/file-20250321-56-l266vi.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/15\/file-20250321-56-l266vi.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":302589,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/15\/file-20250321-56-l266vi.jpg?itok=4GAqIadE"}}},"media_ids":["676841"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/fill-in-the-blank-training-primes-ai-to-interpret-health-data-from-smartwatches-and-fitness-trackers-251890","title":"Read This Article on The Conversation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003EAuthor:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/eloy-geenjaar-2343252\u0022\u003EEloy Geenjaar\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/georgia-institute-of-technology-1310\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shelley.wunder-smith@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eshelley.wunder-smith@research.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682875":{"#nid":"682875","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hao Appointed to ON Semiconductor Junior Professorship ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/callie-hao\u0022\u003ECong \u201cCallie\u201d Hao\u003C\/a\u003E was appointed to the ON Semiconductor Junior Professorship. The professorship, established in 1999, recognizes an ECE untenured faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHao started at ECE in 2020 as a postdoctoral fellow, then becoming an assistant professor in 2021. She is the director for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sharclab.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoftware\/Hardware Co-Design for Intelligence and Efficiency (Sharc) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, while also being part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tig\/vlsi\u0022\u003EVLSI Systems and Digital Design Technical\u003C\/a\u003E Interest Group.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI\u2019m deeply honored to receive the ON Semiconductor Junior Professorship,\u0022 Hao said. \u0022It means a lot to have my work recognized in this way, especially as agile chip design becomes such a key part of our AI-driven future. I\u2019m excited and grateful for the chance to keep building, learning, and mentoring\u2014this support will help me do even more meaningful research and teaching.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHao\u2019s research focuses on agile software\/hardware co-design, especially in the joint area of efficient hardware design and machine learning algorithms. She is also passionate about reconfigurable and high-efficiency computing and building useful electronic design automation tools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u2019s received a number of awards and distinctions during her time at ECE, including the NSF CAREER Award and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/hao-earns-intel-rising-star-faculty-award\u0022\u003EIntel Rising Star Faculty\u003C\/a\u003E Award. 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As the industry shifts toward 2.5D and 3D integration, existing tools fail to account for the intricate interactions between architecture and packaging. NoX proposes a cross-layer simulation framework that models hierarchical communication while incorporating real-world packaging constraints\u2014enabling more accurate and scalable design space exploration for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe QIF program invests in Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical research areas, empowering them to take steps toward achieving their research goals. The fellowship will provide Baig and Kim with one year of support to pursue their research, as well as offer mentorship from Qualcomm engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim is advised by professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/callie-hao\u0022\u003ECong (Callie) Hao\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sharclab.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESharc Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. Her research focuses on field programmable gate arrays design and architecture-packaging co-design, with an emphasis on developing technology-aware simulators for emerging chiplet-based systems. She interned at IBM Research in 2024 and will be a visiting scholar at ETH Zurich this summer. Her recent work was nominated for Best Paper at 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBaig is advised by professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/muhannad-s-bakir\u0022\u003EMuhannad Bakir\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bakirlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIntegrated 3D Systems Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. He received his B.A. in nanotechnology engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada, after which he worked as an optoelectronics design engineer and patented novel techniques for large-area printing of microdevices. His current research focuses on chiplet bonding using nanoscale interconnects. 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With assistance from College of Engineering researchers, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.terminusmbt.com\/\u0022\u003ETerminus Ballet Theatre (TMBT)\u003C\/a\u003E will mix dance with the fields of neuroscience, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a unique performance. TMBT dancers will perform excerpts of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/terminus-modern-ballet-theatre-interactions-boundaries-sensory-experience\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInterActions | Boundaries of Sensory Experience\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a work-in-progress that is a physical embodiment of neuroscience and an exploration of the ethics and mechanics of how it\u2019s used in AI technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have been meeting with the choreographer, Troy Schumacher, and the ballet company for the last year and a half to shape the concept, which explores ideas at the forefront of mechanical interventions into the human body and mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the arts can be a really powerful way to bring people from all backgrounds into a conversation about science and technology,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/christopher-john-rozell\u0022\u003EChris Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E who has worked on the project since its genesis. \u201cMy goal is to facilitate that conversation by helping to translate between the scientists doing amazing work and the artists who are approaching these ideas from the perspective of making something beautiful.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts and TMBT have dubbed the project the \u201cGrand Neuroethics Challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of the concepts, technologies, research, and ethics we\u0027ve been discussing in this work are extremely complicated, but what\u0027s come through for me is that a lot of their work is going to have profound implications for the future of humanity,\u201d said Schumacher. \u201cSo, for this ballet, I\u0027ve decided to focus on the emotional relationship to brain-machine interfaces, while touching on what I\u0027ve learned so far. I\u0027ve spent most of my career collaborating with artists with little to no relationship to dance, but nothing quite as complex and fascinating as this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAaron Shackelford, director of Georgia Tech Arts, said the project is a worthwhile endeavor because it offers a case study as to the importance of collaboration between artists and researchers, while demonstrating the importance of the arts in the mission and strategic plan of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe recognize that the arts are critical to championing innovation and creativity at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Shackelford. \u201cOur mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The arts \u2014 and artists \u2014 provide a vital avenue for pursuing this work. This project illuminates the impact of artists and researchers coming together to mutually inspire and learn from each other, while inviting audiences to participate in the discussions about their discoveries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a director coming from an arts\/dance background and facilitator to this project, I have become fascinated with the work of the scientists during the conceiving\/creation process and how this gets interwoven into the choreography and dancers\u2019 bodies,\u201d said John Welker, TMBT\u2019s artistic director.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIn any collaboration,\u0026nbsp;there are surprises that are part of my joy for discovery, but this particular process has made me so much more aware and appreciative of the intimate\u0026nbsp;connection between our minds\u0027 intention and how that is carried out through the movement of our bodies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday will be more than a dance performance. It will also include talks from the researchers involved in the project and opportunities for audience to ask questions. Rozell will discuss his work on AI and its applications in treating depression. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Chethan-Pandarinath\u0022\u003EChethan Pandarinath\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, will talk about his AI research and how the brain controls movement. They\u2019ll be joined by Karen Rommelfanger, director of Emory\u2019s Neuroethics Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERommelfanger knows the field of neuroscience can introduce complex words and concepts. When mixed with dance, however, she sees the project as a powerful opportunity for audiences to engage with multiple modalities of sensation and comprehension.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe neuroscience brings great hope and promise for humanity. But my\u0026nbsp;fear is that the promise of the field will be undermined by a deterioration of trust related to a real and hyped threats of unconsidered ways neuroscience might interface with individuals and society,\u201d said Rommelfanger.\u201d My hope is that this project will invite audiences, including myself, to challenge and surface our unspoken values and assumptions about the brain and technologies that interface with it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFriday\u2019s event starts at 8pm at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/ferst-center-shows\u0022\u003EFerst Center for the Arts\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/artsgatech.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=1581\u0022\u003ETickets are just $10\u003C\/a\u003E. The full work, which is made possible in part through a grant from the Charles Loridans Foundation, will premiere on campus next fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited to see how something as abstract as the concepts in neuroscience, neurotechnology, and neuroethics can be translated into dance,\u201d Rozell said. \u201cAs a researcher, we can get really caught up in the technical details. I can\u2019t wait to see how those details turn into an overall impression that is both beautiful and gives us a new way to think about what we do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn unlikely combination will take center stage on campus this Friday, October 1. With assistance from College of Engineering researchers, Georgia Tech Arts and Terminus Ballet Theatre (TMBT) will mix dance with the fields of neuroscience, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a unique performance. 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selected to the five-year appointment for his exceptional record of scholarship and service to the Institute. Criteria for the designation of Dean\u0027s Professor include outstanding scholarship, dedication to education, and excellence in service at Institutional and national\/international levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research crosses the boundaries of materials, devices, circuits, and systems investigating integrated circuits based on conventional and emerging nanoelectronic and spintronic devices and interconnects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, the main focus of Naeemi\u2019s research is to develop a comprehensive end-to-end modeling and optimization framework for emerging memory and logic devices starting with fundamental physics to devices, and then to circuits and applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe conducts this research out of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nrl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENanoelectronics Research Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, where is the director. Ferroelectric and magnetic devices are of particular interest for his group. They are also working on an academic process design kit (PDK) for one of the most advanced CMOS technology nodes (3nm) to enable Design-Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENaeemi leads a six-university effort supported by the National Science Foundation to develop and evaluate interactive visualizations and simulation tools that help students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/game-changing-visual-tools-help-students-grasp-quantum-concepts\u0022\u003Egain better conceptual understanding of semiconductor physics and devices\u003C\/a\u003E. The tools from this effort are being used by thousands of students around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s received a number of prestigious awards, including the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Paul Rappaport Award for the best paper in the 2007 IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices journal, an NSF CAREER Award, an SRC Inventor Recognition Award, and several best paper awards at international conferences. He is also the first recipient of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society James D. Meindl Innovators Award. Judged by the direct vote of the ECE senior class, he was awarded W. Marshall Leach\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Senior Teacher Award in 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his educational and research responsibilities, he also serves as the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Journal on Exploratory Computational Devices and Circuits and is the associate director for computation for the NSF-supported National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENaeemi has been at Georgia Tech since 1999, first a graduate student, getting his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Institute in 2001 and 2003, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe then worked as a research engineer in the Microelectronics Research Center at Georgia Tech from 2004 to 2008, before joining the ECE faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to Georgia Tech, he received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University, Tehran, Iran in 1994. After his undergraduate studies, he stayed in Tehran, where he worked as a design engineer with Partban and Afratab Companies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE professor was named to the five-year appointment for outstanding scholarship, dedication to education, and excellence in service at Institutional, national, international levels.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE professor was named to the five-year appointment for outstanding scholarship, dedication to education, and excellence in service at Institutional, national, international levels."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-05-28 16:26:41","changed_gmt":"2025-06-03 15:17:46","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677146":{"id":"677146","type":"image","title":"Naeemi-Deans-Professor.jpg","body":null,"created":"1748449616","gmt_created":"2025-05-28 16:26:56","changed":"1748449616","gmt_changed":"2025-05-28 16:26:56","alt":"Azad Naeemi","file":{"fid":"261014","name":"Naeemi-Deans-Professor.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/28\/Naeemi-Deans-Professor.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/28\/Naeemi-Deans-Professor.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1234223,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/28\/Naeemi-Deans-Professor.jpg?itok=_LPvy7ge"}}},"media_ids":["677146"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"32101","name":"Dean\u0027s Professor of the College of Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682434":{"#nid":"682434","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Future is Here: ECE GSO Names New Leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Graduate Student Organization (GSO) introduced the next generation of leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter three impactful semesters of service, Richard Asiamah is passing the torch to a new team that will guide the GSO into the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am proud of the successes and impact my team and I have made over the past couple of semesters,\u201d Asiamah said, reflecting on his tenure. \u201cWe continuously sought to enrich the student experience through the myriad of activities organized to build capacity, encourage socialization, and overall enhance graduate life at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the Fall 2025 semester, Himanshi Gupta, an ECE graduate student, will serve as president of the GSO. Beginning in Spring 2026, leadership will transition to Faaiq Waqar, a third-year Ph.D. student.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe organization is confident in the next generation of leadership and excited to see where they take the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth Gupta and Waqar have played active roles in the GSO over the past several semesters, contributing significantly to the planning and execution of many events. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt ECE GSO, we strive to make the graduate experience at Georgia Tech more engaging and collaborative by bringing together peers, faculty, and advisors in meaningful ways,\u201d Gupta said. \u201cFrom professional development to social gatherings, we host a wide range of events that foster connection and growth. I\u2019m excited to work with an incredible team this year to further enhance the ECE community experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited to be leading an excellent team,\u201d Faaiq said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a student with ideas for improving the ECE graduate experience\u2014or if you\u2019d just like to get involved\u2014feel free to reach out. I\u2019d love to connect!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnyone with questions or wanting to get involved can reach out to the GSO or any of the new officers directly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContact Information:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EECE GSO: gso@gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EHimanshi Gupta: himanshigupta@gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EFaaiq Waqar: faaiq.waqar@gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHimanshi Gupta, an ECE graduate student, and Faaiq Waqar, a third-year Ph.D. student, will each serve as the president of the ECE GSO for the next academic year.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Himanshi Gupta, an ECE graduate student, and Faaiq Waqar, a third-year Ph.D. student, will each serve as the president of the ECE GSO for the next academic year."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-05-16 18:49:10","changed_gmt":"2025-05-16 18:55:10","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677087":{"id":"677087","type":"image","title":"IMG_8195.JPG","body":null,"created":"1747421361","gmt_created":"2025-05-16 18:49:21","changed":"1747421361","gmt_changed":"2025-05-16 18:49:21","alt":"GSO Leadership","file":{"fid":"260951","name":"IMG_8195.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/16\/IMG_8195.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/16\/IMG_8195.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5243058,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/16\/IMG_8195.JPG?itok=DJZfLU8I"}}},"media_ids":["677087"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188078","name":"ECE Graduate Student Organization"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682311":{"#nid":"682311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yun Awarded Prestigious Asan Foundation Biomedical Science Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFirst-year \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. student Jooyeong Yun has been awarded the Asan Foundation Biomedical Science Scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious three-year award is given to South Korea\u2019s top graduate students in the field of medical bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYun\u2019s research interests lie at the intersection of biophotonics, nanophotonics, and image processing. Her work involves optical experiments, image processing, nanofabrication, and optimization at both the imaging system and device structure levels, all toward the development of advanced imaging technologies for biomedical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, she\u2019s working \u0026nbsp;to enhance spatio-temporal resolution of optical microscopy by integrating high-speed camera systems, such as SPAD arrays, with advanced image processing algorithms to achieve high-SNR imaging with ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution for biomedical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u2019s also working on the development of photonic devices for advanced imaging. The goal is to design and optimize nanophotonic structures for applications like single-shot hyperspectral imaging to enhance optical functionalities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYun received her B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea. During her master\u2019s degree, she published multiple papers on the design strategies of metasurfaces and other nanophotonic structures for applications including wide field-of-view depth imaging and radiative cooling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs she pursues her Ph.D. in ECE, she aims to apply her background in light-matter interactions and design optimization to develop advanced bio-imaging systems that exploit higher degrees of freedom of light\u2014such as polarization, phase, and spectral properties\u2014and leverage complex photonic behaviors to push the frontiers of biomedical imaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Asan Foundation is a South Korean social welfare foundation that supports the betterment of human society through research funding and a number of other activities.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ph.D. student \u0026nbsp;was recognized for advancing biomedical imaging through photonics research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Ph.D. student  was recognized for advancing biomedical imaging through photonics research."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-05-09 16:03:11","changed_gmt":"2025-05-09 16:08:30","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677056":{"id":"677056","type":"image","title":"Yun-Fellowship.jpg","body":null,"created":"1746806715","gmt_created":"2025-05-09 16:05:15","changed":"1746806715","gmt_changed":"2025-05-09 16:05:15","alt":"Yun-Fellowship","file":{"fid":"260918","name":"Yun-Fellowship.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/09\/Yun-Fellowship.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/05\/09\/Yun-Fellowship.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1341170,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/05\/09\/Yun-Fellowship.jpg?itok=Nz_4u52G"}}},"media_ids":["677056"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"368","name":"Fellowship"},{"id":"2548","name":"biomedical"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682134":{"#nid":"682134","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Decision and Control Laboratory Graduate Students Host Annual Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dcl.gatech.edu\/members\/\u0022\u003EDecision and Control Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E (DCL) at Georgia Tech held its annual Student Symposium at the Tech Square Research Building on April 18, 2025, bringing together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty working in the areas of systems and control.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe full-day event was entirely student-organized and provided a unique opportunity for the DCL community to share research, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and engage in discussions at the frontier of control theory, robotics, and decision-making. The symposium was funded by the Demetrius T. Paris Junior Professorship, held by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/samuel-coogan\u0022\u003ESam Coogan\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0022We have a long tradition in ECE of hosting the DCL student symposium annually,\u201d Coogan said. \u201cIt\u0027s a great opportunity for students, postdocs, and faculty from across campus to come together for a day of sharing research and finding new connections. And it\u0027s completely student-organized and student-led. The student organizing committee gains valuable experience planning a meeting like this\u2014a skill that proves useful whether they pursue careers in academia or industry.\u0022\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn the morning, students participated in a series of rapid two-minute talks consisting of concise snapshots of their research, followed by a poster session. This format encouraged spontaneous discussion and collaboration among attendees. In the afternoon, students had the opportunity to present longer, 15 minute, spotlight talks of their research.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThe symposium is an excellent opportunity for student researchers to practice presenting their work in a low-stakes academic context,\u201d said Akash Harapanahalli, a Ph.D. student working with Coogan, and the chair of the organizing committee. \u201cMy favorite part of organizing the event was being able to bring together participants from all over campus\u2014including the Schools of Electrical and Computer Engineering, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ME), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (AE), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ISyE), and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EChemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ChBE)\u2014who each had unique perspectives to offer\u201d.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe symposium also featured four keynote presentations from Georgia Tech faculty: ISyE associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/siva-theja-maguluri\u0022\u003ESiva Theja Maguluri\u003C\/a\u003E, AE associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/yongxin-chen\u0022\u003EYongxin Chen\u003C\/a\u003E, ME assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/user\/1059\u0022\u003EShreyas Kousik\u003C\/a\u003E, and AE assistant professor\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/lu-gan\u0022\u003E Lu Gan\u003C\/a\u003E, who provided interesting perspectives on the varying theoretical and applied aspects of decision making, control, optimization, and robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere was also a thought-provoking panel entitled \u201cThe Future of Decision-Making and Control,\u201d where Kousik, AE assistant professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/glen-chou\u0022\u003EGlen Chou\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/sarah-li-0\u0022\u003ESarah Li\u003C\/a\u003E, along with ECE research engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/chih-yuan-chiu\u0022\u003EChih-Yuan (Frank) Chiu\u003C\/a\u003E answered several student questions ranging from the importance of safety in the modern era, to how to survive as an academic.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe DCL Symposium continues to serve as a vibrant platform for students to showcase their work, receive feedback from peers and faculty, and connect across research labs. The organizing committee extends their thanks to all speakers, attendees, and participants who helped make the 2025 event a success.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAnyone wanting to participate in future years, or be added to the DCL mailing list, please email Akash Harapanahalli at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aharapan@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eaharapan@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe event provided a unique opportunity for the \u0026nbsp;Decision and Control Laboratory community to share research, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and engage in discussions at the frontier of control theory, robotics, and decision-making.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The event provided a unique opportunity for the  Decision and Control Laboratory community to share research, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and engage in discussions at the frontier of control theory, robotics, and decision-making."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-04-30 18:12:09","changed_gmt":"2025-05-06 17:16:24","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677005":{"id":"677005","type":"image","title":"Image.jpeg","body":null,"created":"1746036796","gmt_created":"2025-04-30 18:13:16","changed":"1746036796","gmt_changed":"2025-04-30 18:13:16","alt":"DCL Symposium","file":{"fid":"260863","name":"Image.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/30\/Image.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/30\/Image.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1180453,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/30\/Image.jpeg?itok=DJVInWKn"}}},"media_ids":["677005"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180451","name":"DCL events"},{"id":"128601","name":"Decision and Control Laboratory"},{"id":"5401","name":"decision and control systems"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682120":{"#nid":"682120","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Oh Wins IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Best Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) fifth-year Ph.D. candidate Shane Oh is receiving recognition for his research that has potential for huge impacts in advanced packaging technologies for high-frequency electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis paper, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10769467\u0022\u003EHeterogeneous Integration Enabled by 3D Stitch-Chips,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 recently won the Best Paper Award in the Advanced Packaging Technologies from the IEEE \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5503870\u0022\u003ETransactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, a premier package design publication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional chip interconnect methods like wire-bonding or flip-chip mounting either struggle with signal integrity at high frequencies or require complex fabrication steps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper introduces a new interconnect technology called the 3D Stitch-Chip (3DSC), which offers a novel solution to the limitations of traditional interconnection methods such as wire bonding, die-embedding, and flip-chip bonding. Existing methods can be bulky, hard to manufacture, or cause issues with signal quality, especially when dealing with fast, high-frequency signals used in modern electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3DSC avoids these problems by using a special structure that includes vertical channels and lateral connectors to link chips together. This allows the chips to be mounted face-up, without digging cavities, and helps keep signals clear even at very high speeds. This new method was successfully demonstrated for Ka-band frequencies (26-40 gigahertz), which are used in cutting-edge wireless and radar systems. Its modular design makes it especially useful for building complex systems that combine many different chips in a compact space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe, along with his co-authors\u2014\u0026nbsp;Ph.D. students Zhonghao Zhang and Geyu Yan, and Georgia Tech Research Institute senior research engineer Paul K. Jo\u2014conducted the research under the guidance of professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/muhannad-s-bakir\u0022\u003EMuhannad S. 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She has been interested in renewable energy and power engineering since her first year when she joined the Gaming for Electric Power Grids Vertically Integrated Project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u2019s conducted research with ECE associate professor Daniel Molzahn, focusing on generating a synthetic distribution system model for the State of Georgia based on public available information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn campus, she is involved in ECE Ambassadors, Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club, and Tau Beta Pi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUpon graduating in May, she will join Kimley-Horn full time as an electrical analyst and hopes to pursue of a master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering part-time at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma has been involved in a number of campus organizations, including the Energy Club at Georgia Tech since her first semester at Georgia Tech, where she plans Energy Chats and networking events, along with helping to organize the Southeastern Energy Conference every year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u2019s also on the officer board of Women in ECE (WECE) and is a peer instructor at the Interdisciplinary Design Commons (also known as the Hive Makerspace).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutside of Georgia Tech she\u2019s completed two internships in power systems. 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The nano-scale structures, crafted through artificial engineering, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/shaping-future-light-through-reconfigurable-metasurfaces\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eexhibit exceptional optical properties\u003C\/a\u003E beneficial for imaging and spectroscopy systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EHe was one of nine researchers from institutions around the world to receive the award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdibi, who is the director for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/ece-prg\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPhotonics Research Group\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;earned his M.S.E.E. from Georgia Tech in 1994 and joined the ECE faculty in 2000.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe received his B.S.E.E. from Shiraz University (Iran) in 1990, and his\u0026nbsp;Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 2000. 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His research has produced more than 240 journal and more than 600 conference publications, as well as several invention disclosures and patents.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn top of his latest achievement, Adibi has received several prestigious awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House, CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Packard Fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE professor has been recognized for major achievements in formation of reconfigurable metaphotonic structures enabled by phase-change materials.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE professor has been recognized for major achievements in formation of reconfigurable metaphotonic structures enabled by phase-change materials."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-03-19 17:52:26","changed_gmt":"2025-03-21 17:13:28","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676640":{"id":"676640","type":"image","title":"adibi.jpg","body":null,"created":"1742577142","gmt_created":"2025-03-21 17:12:22","changed":"1742577142","gmt_changed":"2025-03-21 17:12:22","alt":"Ali Adibi","file":{"fid":"260450","name":"adibi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/21\/adibi.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/21\/adibi.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1570790,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/21\/adibi.jpg?itok=Q2nwY2tF"}}},"media_ids":["676640"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167910","name":"SPIE"},{"id":"178859","name":"nano electronics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Ezwiniecki3@gmail.com\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"680938":{"#nid":"680938","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rinc\u00f3n-Mora Wins IEEE Outstanding Engineering Educator Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/gabriel-rincon-mora\u0022\u003EGabriel Alfonso Rinc\u00f3n-Mora\u003C\/a\u003E won the IEEE Region 3 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes a member of Region 3 who has shared technical and professional abilities through teaching in industry, government, or in an institution of higher learning and in so doing has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology student population.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora, who is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, was selected out of the 24,000 members across Jamaica and the nine U.S. states that make up Region 3. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI grew up, studied, and worked in Florida and Georgia nearly all my life, dedicating my entire academic and professional career to learning, teaching, developing, and researching analog and power electronics, so receiving this award from IEEE in this region is a very special honor for me,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is his second IEEE award in the last few months, having received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/rincon-mora-wins-ieee-atlanta-outstanding-educator-award\u0022\u003EIEEE Atlanta Outstanding Educator Award\u003C\/a\u003E in Nov. 2024.\u003Cbr\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora has more than 25 years of service at Georgia Tech and the greater Atlanta area. He earned his M.S. in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996 from Georgia Tech, and was inducted into Georgia Tech\u0027s Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni in 2000. He worked for Texas Instruments in 1994\u20132003, was adjunct professor at ECE in 1999\u20132001, and has been a full-time professor \u0026nbsp;since 2001.\u003Cbr\u003EHe is a recognized authority in the semiconductor industry in power supplies and energy harvesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora pioneered the use of positive feedback loops to accelerate the response of low-dropout regulators and hysteretic control to stabilize and accelerate the response of switching power supplies. He developed and mastered techniques for rejecting and suppressing power-supply noise, allowing cell phones, tablets, and laptops power supplies to be more accurate, occupy less space, and consume less energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also developed ground-breaking switched-inductor microchips that draw power from tiny fuel cells, vibrating piezoelectric transducers, and magnetically coupled coils. He pioneered ways of amplifying the power they draw by investing pre-damping energy into the system. He similarly developed photovoltaic and thermoelectric microchip technologies that draw more power from ambient light and heat and consume less energy. With these innovations, wireless microsystems draw more power from biological and ambient sources, so they can perform more functions across longer periods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora\u0027s current research focuses on the design and development of silicon-based microchips and microsystems that draw and condition power from tiny batteries, fuel cells, magnetically coupled coils, and generators that harness ambient energy from motion, light, temperature, and radiation to supply and sustain mobile, portable, and self-sustaining devices like wireless microsensors for biomedical, consumer, industrial, and military applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will accept the award at the Region 3 Awards Dinner this in Charlotte, N.C.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe ECE professor was recognized for his outstanding contribution to electrotechnology education and research.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE professor was recognized for his outstanding contribution to electrotechnology education and research."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-03-05 17:33:57","changed_gmt":"2025-03-05 17:35:41","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676471":{"id":"676471","type":"image","title":"Rincon-Mora.jpg","body":null,"created":"1741196063","gmt_created":"2025-03-05 17:34:23","changed":"1741196063","gmt_changed":"2025-03-05 17:34:23","alt":"Rincon-Mora","file":{"fid":"260267","name":"Rincon-Mora.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/05\/Rincon-Mora.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/05\/Rincon-Mora.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1419334,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/05\/Rincon-Mora.jpg?itok=MqhlS7rp"}}},"media_ids":["676471"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"194090","name":"Educator award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"680541":{"#nid":"680541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bloch Receives Inaugural IEEE Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/matthieu-ratoslav-bloch\u0022\u003EMatthieu Bloch\u003C\/a\u003E received the IEEE Joy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award from the IEEE Information Theory Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe and his co-authors were recognized for their paper, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9380147\u0022\u003EAn Overview of Information-Theoretic Security and Privacy: Metrics, Limits and Applications\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d which provides a comprehensive tutorial on foundational contributions to information-theoretic security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper adopts an integrative perspective, detailing key security metrics such as secrecy and privacy, the methodology behind information-theoretic approaches, and the system design principles that emerge from them. It also explores the techniques that enable information-theoretic security to be applied in communication and computing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, the authors emphasize the dual importance of fundamental limits and coding techniques in the design of secure communication systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBloch, who also serves as the College of Engineer\u2019s associate dean for Academic Affairs, is the inaugural winner of the award alongside his co-authors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.itsoc.org\/honors\/thomas-tutorial-award\u0022\u003EJoy Thomas Tutorial Paper Award\u003C\/a\u003E recognizes publications that expose subjects in information theory to a broad audience and stimulate interest and engagement in them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBloch came to Georgia Tech as a graduate student, earning his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering in 2003, and later a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech ECE in 2008. He joined Georgia Tech as faculty at the Lorraine campus in Metz, France in 2009, and in 2013, he moved to the main campus in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to that he received the engineering degree from Sup\u00e9lec. In 2006, he received a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the Universit\u00e9 de Franche-Comt\u00e9. Bloch spent a year as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame before returning to Georgia Tech in 2009. 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It\u2019s become very important to the continued development of other crucial technologies like 5G wireless networks and virtual reality (VR).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImprovements to the wireless technology would lead to improved Internet of Things (IoT) devices with higher data rates and lower latency, as well as compact VR devices that accurately track location and orientation, facilitate real-time gesture recognition in virtual spaces, among other things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERFID technology has the potential to improve gesture controls in virtual reality, tracking capabilities for the position and direction of drones and robots, and can be used in sensors to monitor temperature and air quality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA pair of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. students were recently recognized for their work that is helping to bring this technology closer to becoming a reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheodore Callis and Marvin Joshi received the Best Paper Award at the 2024 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2024.ieee-rfid.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE RFID Technology and Application Conference\u003C\/a\u003E for their research on novel RFID architecture applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir paper, \u201cNovel mmWave\/5G RFID Architectures for Next Generation of IoT Devices and VR Applications,\u201d highlighted key advancements from the Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EATHENA lab\u003C\/a\u003E, where they are using optics-inspired techniques and machine learning to push the limits of RFID technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis includes addressing challenges in long-range, wide-angle, and energy-efficient IoT designs, enabling precise localization and enhanced feasibility of mmID-based AR\/VR applications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese designs bring together optics, machine learning, and RFID technology to make systems smarter and more efficient. Lenses, like those in glasses or microscopes, are added to RFIDs to sharpen signals, cover wider angles, and work over longer distances. Machine learning helps by making it easier to track locations, detect orientations, and recognize gestures, which can be used in AR\/VR, robots, and drone tracking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECallis and Joshi are both research assistant in the ATHENA lab. Callis\u2019s current research focuses on additively manufactured RFID systems and integration of biological\/chemical sensors with RFID systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoshi\u2019s current research interests focus on the integration of RADAR and artificial intelligence\/machine learning with RF modules, specifically next generation RFIDs and mmIDs for ultra-long-range localization and tracking applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe advancements aim to accelerate the adoption of 5G technology and enable the integration of RFID into virtual reality.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The advancements aim to accelerate the adoption of 5G technology and enable the integration of RFID into virtual reality."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-02-04 19:56:20","changed_gmt":"2025-02-05 15:50:24","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676213":{"id":"676213","type":"image","title":"Callis and Moshi.jpg","body":null,"created":"1738770535","gmt_created":"2025-02-05 15:48:55","changed":"1738770535","gmt_changed":"2025-02-05 15:48:55","alt":"Theodore Callis and Marvin Moshi","file":{"fid":"259949","name":"Callis and Moshi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":835144,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/02\/05\/Callis%20and%20Moshi.jpg?itok=oHXvYIzQ"}}},"media_ids":["676213"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"103141","name":"Best Paper Award"},{"id":"503","name":"RFID"},{"id":"1526","name":"wireless"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"653258":{"#nid":"653258","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Plaskett Named ECE Culture Champion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERaquel Plaskett has been named as the Culture Champion for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering (CoE) Staff Culture Advisory Council established the Culture Champion Awards Program to recognize staff members in each of the CoE schools who advocate for a positive and productive culture in their school and in the College. These individuals work to support and\/or develop successful cultural practices and strive to make a difference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlaskett has been with ECE since 2013, where she is now a faculty support\u0026nbsp;coordinator working with the Center for Signal and Information Processing and the Fiber-Wireless Integration and Networking (FiWIN) Center\u0026nbsp;and with the digital signal\u0026nbsp;processing and telecommunications technical interest groups. Plaskett is a floor manager, representing 5th floor interests to the management of\u0026nbsp;the Centergy\u0026nbsp;Building. She handles many issues and prevents them from rising to a level requiring\u0026nbsp;faculty intervention. 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Tasneem is a graduate research assistant in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and a member of the Khan Lab headed by Assistant Professor Asif Khan, a leading researcher in ferroelectric field effect transistors (FEFETs) and novel ferroelectric materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECadence Design Syst\u00adems, Inc. produces\u0026nbsp;software,\u0026nbsp;hardware\u0026nbsp;and silicon structures for designing\u0026nbsp;integrated circuits,\u0026nbsp;systems on chips\u0026nbsp;(SoCs) and\u0026nbsp;printed circuit boards. The company\u2019s Diversity in Technology Scholarship supports underrepresented groups in their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Khan, Tasneem\u2019s work provides one of the most detailed and earliest accounts of reliability physics aspects of ferroelectric field-effect transistors for non-volatile memory applications. Her recent research introduces a novel characterization method\u0026nbsp;which provides an understanding of the transport and the status of the ferroelectric during the FEFET\u2019s operation.\u0026nbsp;This could pave ways for ferroelectric devices to make the electrical hardware platform\u0026nbsp;sustainable for data-intensive computing, leading to wide range of novel, ultra-fast and efficient intelligent applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECadence scholarship winners are selected based on their impressive academic achievements, leadership, and drive to shape the world of technology. The scholarship works to build a culture that embraces inclusivity as well as diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her Ph.D. research, Tasneem volunteers for IEEE Women in Engineering Society (WIE) and is currently a board member of the Atlanta chapter. She was an active member of the WIE Bangladesh chapter before coming to the United States as a graduate student. Tasneem is among few female students working in Georgia Tech\u0027s cleanrooms and hopes to increase female representation in the semiconductor industry through her research and extra-curricular activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll recipients of a Cadence scholarship are currently pursuing a technology-related degree, such as computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and electronic engineering, and came highly recommended by their professors and advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECadence scholarship winners are selected based on their impressive academic achievements, leadership, and drive to shape the world of technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Cadence scholarship winners are selected based on their impressive academic achievements, leadership, and drive to shape the world of technology."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-12-21 14:51:26","changed_gmt":"2025-01-28 13:27:09","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/electrons.ece.gatech.edu","title":"Khan Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188814","name":"Nujhat Tasneem"},{"id":"191773","name":"Cadence\u2019s Diversity in Technology Scholarship"},{"id":"188810","name":"Khan Lab"},{"id":"191774","name":"Asif Khan ferroelectric field effect transistors"},{"id":"188818","name":"FEFETs"},{"id":"191775","name":"Bangladesh Student Association"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664434":{"#nid":"664434","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Athena Awarded Cadence Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFabia Farlin Athena, a Ph.D. candidate and IBM Ph.D. fellow in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been selected to receive the 2022 Cadence\u2019s Diversity in Technology Scholarship. She is a member of Vogel research group led by Eric M. Vogel (Hightower Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering; adjunct professor of ECE; and executive director of the Institute for Materials).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECadence Design Syst\u00adems, Inc. produces\u0026nbsp;software,\u0026nbsp;hardware\u0026nbsp;and silicon structures for designing\u0026nbsp;integrated circuits,\u0026nbsp;systems on chips\u0026nbsp;(SoCs) and\u0026nbsp;printed circuit boards. The company\u2019s Diversity in Technology Scholarship supports underrepresented groups in their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthena\u0027s research focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of the mechanism of neuromorphic devices and tailoring the device characteristics through material optimization and electrical testing engineering. She works at the Marcus Inorganic Cleanroom at Georgia Tech for semiconductor device fabrication and collaborates with industry partners to improve the performance of analog neuromorphic chips for deep learning applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am humbled to receive this scholarship, and it would not have been possible without the generous support from my advisor, Professor Eric M. Vogel,\u201d said Athena. \u201cI would also like to express my gratitude to Professor Samuel Graham, Jr. at the University of Maryland for his generous support. Finally, thanks to ECE for their support during my Ph.D.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutside the lab, Athena is active in Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) and Women in Material Science and Engineering (WiMSE). She is actively involved in arranging outreach events to increase the involvement of women and minorities in technology, including a STEM workshop organized by WECE with support from the international rescue committee at Clarkston High School for students from refugee communities. She hopes to encourage minorities and females in STEM and semiconductor research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll recipients of a Cadence scholarship are currently pursuing a technology-related degree, such as computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and electronic engineering, and came highly recommended by their professors and advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAthena\u0027s research focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of the mechanism of neuromorphic devices and tailoring the device characteristics through material optimization and electrical testing engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Athena\u0027s research focuses on developing a fundamental understanding of the mechanism of neuromorphic devices and tailoring the device characteristics through material optimization and electrical testing engineering."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-01-05 22:21:54","changed_gmt":"2025-01-28 13:26:19","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/vogellab.gatech.edu","title":"Vogel Research group"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664690":{"#nid":"664690","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cadence Scholarship Awarded to Nnamdi","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMicky\u0026nbsp;Nnamdi has been selected to receive the 2022 Cadence\u2019s Diversity in Technology Scholarship. 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In addition to his Ph.D. research, Nnamdi serves as the African Graduate Students Connect (AGSC) vice president at Georgia Tech and is actively involved in organizing education and social events that are beneficial to all African graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECadence scholarship winners are selected based on their impressive academic achievements, leadership, and drive to shape the world of technology. The scholarship works to build a culture that embraces inclusivity as well as diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. 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The grant aims to promote, recognize, and support graduate master\u2019s level study and research within the field of electron and ion-based devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFernandes\u2019s research focuses on the fabrication and characterization of novel and emerging semiconductor technologies for memory and logic applications, with an emphasis on ferroelectric materials for achieving high density and high performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith this fellowship, he aims to advance his research on the use of ferroelectric materials to enhance the performance and storage capabilities of 3D NAND-Flash, a key technology in modern non-volatile memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFernandes, who is advised by ECE Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/asif-islam-khan\u0022\u003EAsif Khan\u003C\/a\u003E, is particularly passionate about exploring new materials and methods to optimize non-volatile memory technology, aiming to push the boundaries of performance, reliability, and scalability in this field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis current projects seek to improve the endurance and data retention of memory devices by investigating new schemes and materials, with the goal of paving the way for the next generation of high-performance memory technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe graduate student plans to use the fellowship to advance research on integrating ferroelectric materials into 3D NAND flash technology for non-volatile memory applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The graduate student plans to use the fellowship to advance research on integrating ferroelectric materials into 3D NAND flash technology for non-volatile memory applications."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-01-22 17:56:25","changed_gmt":"2025-01-22 17:57:08","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676087":{"id":"676087","type":"image","title":"Fernandes.jpg","body":null,"created":"1737568599","gmt_created":"2025-01-22 17:56:39","changed":"1737568599","gmt_changed":"2025-01-22 17:56:39","alt":"Lance Fernandes","file":{"fid":"259802","name":"Fernandes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/22\/Fernandes.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/22\/Fernandes.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":558305,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/22\/Fernandes.jpg?itok=Ahl_eUS_"}}},"media_ids":["676087"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"99481","name":"IEEE Electron Devices Society"},{"id":"368","name":"Fellowship"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"679639":{"#nid":"679639","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Penta Wins Intel Outstanding Student Paper Award for Cost-Efficient Chiplet Systems in 2D Packaging","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a world where high-performance computing and artificial intelligence are becoming not only necessary, but commonplace, new systems are needed to keep up with the increasingly heavy bandwidth requirements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChiplet-based systems are gaining exponential traction as a solution to these demands. However, because of multi-folded challenges, there is still much to be learned before chiplet-based systems, especially their die-die-to communication technologies, receive mainstream adoption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) third-year Ph.D. student, Srujan Penta won the Intel Outstanding Student Paper Award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ectc.net\/\u0022\u003EIEEE 74th Electronic Components and Technology Conference\u003C\/a\u003E (ECTC) in Denver for his research on the performance-cost tradeoff of chiplet-based systems in 2D packaging technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJust being able to present our work to so many bright minds at the conference and network with them was an enriching opportunity in my Ph.D. journey,\u201d Penta said. \u201cIt is a cherry-on-top to receive the IEEE 74th ECTC Intel Outstanding Student Paper Award for this work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis paper demonstrated a parallel interface in a standard 2D package, as a cost-optimized alternative to the traditional chiplet interface and packaging architecture pairings, while providing moderate power and beachfront efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPenta designed interfaces in compliance with the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe), which is quickly becoming an industry standard.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe tested the interfaces for technical specifications of insertion loss and crosstalk, checking his findings against data from 3D EM simulations. At the same time, he evaluated 2D chiplet systems from a cost-based perspective against 2.5D systems to achieve a more complete understanding of the financial and technical trade-offs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was completed in collaboration with Marvell Semiconductors, Inc. Penta was also aided by his advisor, ECE Professor and 3D Systems Packaging Research Center Director Muhannad Bakir.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany of the world leaders in the semiconductor industry and academia come to ECTC each year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPenta pursed a minor in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/tiger\/index.html\u0022\u003ETechnology Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E (TI:GER) from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller School of Business\u003C\/a\u003E. He was also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/penta-awarded-quad-fellowship-research-advanced-chiplet-systems\u0022\u003Enamed as one of the fifty global 2024 QUAD Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E by the Institute of International Education (IIE). As part of the fellowship, he was invited to the White house and the U.S. State Department in Oct. 2024 to represent his home country, India.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond his academic pursuits, he mentors students through the Office of Graduate Education at Georgia Tech and volunteers with the Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) organization as a member of the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) team.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe research is aimed to bridge the gaps in understanding\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;chiplet-based systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The research is aimed to bridge the gaps in understanding chiplet-based systems."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2025-01-15 18:13:18","changed_gmt":"2025-01-15 18:14:17","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676027":{"id":"676027","type":"image","title":"Penta Best Paper.jpg","body":null,"created":"1736964812","gmt_created":"2025-01-15 18:13:32","changed":"1736964812","gmt_changed":"2025-01-15 18:13:32","alt":"Srujan Penta","file":{"fid":"259729","name":"Penta Best Paper.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/15\/Penta%20Best%20Paper.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/15\/Penta%20Best%20Paper.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1120559,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/15\/Penta%20Best%20Paper.jpg?itok=uorU40et"}}},"media_ids":["676027"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"125461","name":"ECTC"},{"id":"175758","name":"chiplets"},{"id":"193559","name":"Outstanding Paper Award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"679617":{"#nid":"679617","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Research Team Recognized for Improved AI Model Training Method","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt seems every time a phone is turned on, a software application needs an update. Many of these updates are \u0026nbsp;integrating artificial intelligence (AI) models of some sort into crucial functions of the application.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMusic retrieval apps, for example, employ AI-powered search algorithms. While an update may technically improve the app by decreasing the average error rate of music retrieval, the subtle changes to the retrieval mechanism can cause a subjective performance degradation for the user.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is known as software regression.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E research team of postdoctoral research Fellow Mohit Prabhushankar, recent Ph.D. graduate Ryan Benkert, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/ghassan-alregib\u0022\u003EGhassan AlRegib\u003C\/a\u003E were the runners-up for the Best Paper Award at the 2024 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bigdataieee.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Conference on Big Data\u003C\/a\u003E in Washington, D.C. Their research focused on minimizing subjective software regression from updates while simultaneously continuing to decrease objective errors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper, \u201cTargeting Negative Flips in Active Learning using Validation Sets,\u201d aimed to train and update AI models using the Negative Flip Rate (NFR) metric.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENFR is a measure used in machine learning to quantify the rate at which a new model makes incorrect predictions on data points that were correctly predicted by a previous model.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal for the research is to have low NFR within the models with high algorithm accuracy. They were able to identify certain subsets in the training data that achieved this. The next step is creating a method that can proactively select these subsets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper ultimately proposed to construct a Regression-ordered Subset Estimation (RoSE) using the data to consistently ensure accuracy of the AI model is high while reducing NFR.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrabhushankar received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech in 2021. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/alregib.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOmni Lab for Intelligent Visual Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E (OLIVES). He is working in the fields of image processing,\u003Cbr\u003Emachine learning, active learning, healthcare, and robust and explainable AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBenkert received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech in 2024. He is currently a deep learning software engineer at NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA. His research interests are at the intersection of active learning, uncertainty estimation, and performance consistency in neural network learning. Prior to Georgia Tech, he received his B.Sc and M.Sc from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor AlRegib is currently the John and Marilu McCarty Chair Professor ECE and directs OLIVES. He and his group work on robust and interpretable machine learning algorithms, uncertainty and trust, and human in the loop algorithms. The group has demonstrated their work on a wide range of applications such as Autonomous Systems, Medical Imaging, and Subsurface Imaging. The group is interested in advancing the fundamentals as well as the deployment of such systems in real-world scenarios. He has been issued several U.S. patents and invention disclosures. 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The non-volatile memory technology harnesses electric polarization to store data in binary, and has been renowned for its speed, density, and ultra-low energy consumption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir widespread adoption, however, hinges on addressing critical reliability challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) third-year Ph.D. candidate Priyankka Ravikumar undertook the challenge of bringing clarity to one major reliability concerns in her paper, \u201cFirst write pulse-induced interface damage in ferroelectric field-effect transistors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, completed in ECE associated professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/asif-islam-khan\u0022\u003EAsif Khan\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/electrons.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Elab\u003C\/a\u003E, recently won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2024 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research reported on a new phenomenon in FEFET, known as the first switch effect and explains the phenomenon\u2019s origin. The findings reveal that the very first write operation on a FEFET contributes to nearly 50% of the total degradation seen over the device\u0027s lifetime.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work is an important step towards understanding the fundamental drivers of degradation in FEFETs, laying the groundwork for developing innovative strategies to mitigate degradation, improve device performance, and facilitate the widespread adoption of the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERavikumar will be presenting this work at an invited talk next year at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.irps.org\/\u0022\u003E2025 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe third-year Ph.D. candidate pioneering work on the \u201cfirst switch effect\u201d will help researchers understand the reliability of ferroelectric field effect transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The third-year Ph.D. candidate pioneering work on the \u201cfirst switch effect\u201d will help researchers understand the reliability of ferroelectric field effect transistors."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-12-30 18:58:26","changed_gmt":"2024-12-30 18:58:57","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675915":{"id":"675915","type":"image","title":"Ravikumar.jpg","body":null,"created":"1735585121","gmt_created":"2024-12-30 18:58:41","changed":"1735585121","gmt_changed":"2024-12-30 18:58:41","alt":"Ravikumar","file":{"fid":"259594","name":"Ravikumar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/30\/Ravikumar.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/30\/Ravikumar.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":871916,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/30\/Ravikumar.jpg?itok=rU9g_Gi8"}}},"media_ids":["675915"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187812","name":"artificial intelligence (AI)"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"191774","name":"Asif Khan ferroelectric field effect transistors"},{"id":"103141","name":"Best Paper Award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678981":{"#nid":"678981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Athena Named to Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 Energy and Green Tech List","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe unstoppable rise of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to demand a vast and growing amount of power resources. Power has become increasingly expensive and taxing on current AI infrastructure, while also contributing to climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. graduate and current Stanford University research fellow Fabia Farlin Athena has made it her goal to make AI computing more efficient, while addressing financial accessibility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForbes honored her efforts by naming her to its annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/30-under-30\/2025\/energy-green-tech\u0022\u003ENorth American 30 Under 30 Energy and Green Tech\u003C\/a\u003E list. She was included alongside tech entrepreneurs, scientists, and public servants, all working to power a more sustainable future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to my advisors, Prof.\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003E Eric M. Vogel\u003C\/a\u003E and Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong, for their unwavering support and guidance,\u201d Athena said. \u201cI would also like to thank my mentors and collaborators at Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford, IBM Research, and TSMC Corporate Research. Finally, I would like to thank Georgia Tech ECE for providing the platform to learn and grow during my Ph.D,\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthena\u2019s research focuses on developing emerging memory and logic technologies using oxide semiconductors and low dimensional materials for energy-efficient AI. Her current research focuses on high bandwidth oxide semiconductor gaincell memories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is in the midst of a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/athena-receives-prestigious-stanford-energy-postdoctoral-fellowship\u0022\u003Eprestigious three-year Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E sponsored by Stanford\u2019s Precourt Institute for Energy and Doerr School of Sustainability, where she is working with electrical engineering professor H.-S. Philip Wong and materials science and engineering professor Alberto Salleo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fellowship aims to identify, develop, and connect the next generation of energy leaders \u2014 from science and engineering to policy and economics \u2014 to translate theoretical climate change solutions into tangible realities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAthena is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/yellow-jackets-included-2025-forbes-list\u0022\u003Eone of 14 Georgia Tech alumni, students, and faculty members named to the list\u003C\/a\u003E, spanning nine categories.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE Ph.D. graduate, who is completing a research fellowship at Stanford University, was recognized for her research into more efficient AI computing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE Ph.D. graduate, who is completing a research fellowship at Stanford University, was recognized for her research into more efficient AI computing."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-12-18 16:45:14","changed_gmt":"2024-12-30 14:49:38","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675910":{"id":"675910","type":"image","title":"Athena2.jpg","body":null,"created":"1735570144","gmt_created":"2024-12-30 14:49:04","changed":"1735570144","gmt_changed":"2024-12-30 14:49:04","alt":"Fabia Athena headshot with graphic background","file":{"fid":"259588","name":"Athena2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/30\/Athena2_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/30\/Athena2_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14490,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/30\/Athena2_1.jpg?itok=E_jSCRMk"}}},"media_ids":["675910"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173123","name":"Forbes 30 Under 30"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"679026":{"#nid":"679026","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sep\u00falveda-Ramos\u2019 Novel Testing Approach Pushes Limits of Transistor Technology Further Than Ever","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInside almost every piece of modern technology is a transistor controlling the electrical signals helping hardware to process information, amplify signals (like making a radio louder), or store data. Making transistors more powerful without sacrificing efficiency has been a constant struggle for developers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E Ph.D. student Nelson Sep\u00falveda-Ramos was recently recognized for his transistor research that hopes to lead to smaller, faster, and more reliable devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe won the Best Paper Award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bcicts.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE BiCMOS and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E (BCICTS) for his presentation titled, \u201cUsing Pulsed-Mode Measurements of SiGe HBTs for Non-Destructive, Improved RF-SOA Estimation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper explores innovative methodologies to study the physics of Silicon-Germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) and introduces new approaches for testing and defining enhanced safe operating limits to optimize performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESiGe HBTs are a special type of transistor made by combining two materials: silicon, which is used in most electronics, and germanium, which helps improve performance. These transistors work faster than regular transistors and perform well in extreme conditions, making them great for things like satellite technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETransistors operate within safe limits, ensuring they don\u2019t overheat or break down during use. Traditional testing methods use continuous stress to determine \u0026nbsp;these limits but must be applied cautiously to avoid damaging \u0026nbsp;the transistor, meaning its full power potential isn\u2019t fully utilized.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESep\u00falveda-Ramos\u2019 research proposed a \u0022pulsed-mode measurements\u0022 approach which applies very short bursts of stress allowing for the limits of the transistor to be pushed closer to the actual limit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ability to push transistors further will allow engineers to more reliably study their behavior at higher levels and deliver better performance, like faster processing or stronger signals without risking damage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis will allow engineers to develop more efficient designs for electronics, potentially leading to improved technology for society, including internet speed, GPS accuracy, and reliability of tech in cars, planes, and space exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBCICTS is the IEEE\u2019s premier annual technical conference, drawing leading researchers, industry experts, and students from around the globe to showcase pioneering advancements in semiconductor technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESep\u00falveda-Ramos completed the research along with fellow ECE Ph.D. student Harrison P. Lee, senior research engineer Jeffrey W. Teng, who is now with the Aerospace Corporation, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/john-d-cressler\u0022\u003EJohn D. 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Recipients of the award are advocates for a positive and productive culture and truly strive to make a difference. The winners were announced at the College of Engineering Staff Engagement Day this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmwake provides strategic and tactical oversight for ECE\u2019s research operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is instrumental in guiding faculty through the grants and awards process. He assists with proposal preparation and submission including review of proposal documents and prepare budgets and budget justification for new proposals during the pre-award process.He also provides assistance to faculty over the span of their funded research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmwake was lauded by his colleagues for his leadership by example and the deep concern he has for those around him. Since joining the awards team as a grants administrator lead in 2022, he has helped to foster an environment of understanding. Having stepped into his current role at the beginning the 2024-2025 academic year, he\u2019s helped to build a culture of confidence among his team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore his time at ECE he was at Florida State University, where he held various positions, including department manager for the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department and financial manager for the Department of Scientific Computing.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe assistant director of research administration was lauded by his colleagues for his leadership and for fostering a culture of confidence and understanding.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The assistant director of research administration was lauded by his colleagues for his leadership and for fostering a culture of confidence and understanding."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-12-18 15:51:10","changed_gmt":"2024-12-18 15:56:07","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675887":{"id":"675887","type":"image","title":"Amwake headshot.JPG","body":null,"created":"1734537079","gmt_created":"2024-12-18 15:51:19","changed":"1734537079","gmt_changed":"2024-12-18 15:51:19","alt":"David Amwake","file":{"fid":"259561","name":"Amwake headshot.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/18\/Amwake%20headshot.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/18\/Amwake%20headshot.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11948902,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/18\/Amwake%20headshot.JPG?itok=CvJhnHSt"}}},"media_ids":["675887"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"183348","name":"Culture Champion Award"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678973":{"#nid":"678973","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Georgia Tech Student Named Marshall Scholarship Recipient","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames Shin, an electrical engineering major from Hoschton, Georgia, has received a 2025 Marshall Scholarship. He will study physics at the University of Cambridge and public policy at the University of Oxford to advance engineering in space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShin has coupled his academic program with research in the Space Systems Design Laboratory and the Dynamics and Control System Laboratory at Georgia Tech, where he worked on various problems, including printed circuit boards (PCBs) that could withstand the harsh conditions of space. His expertise in resilient technology earned him coveted internships at Blue Origin and SpaceX, where he was a 2024 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJames is a star. At Georgia Tech, he has artfully combined his skills and interests in electrical engineering and international affairs to address critical space policy issues,\u0022 said Thomas Gonz\u00e1lez Roberts, a postdoctoral fellow in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. \u0022He\u2019s dedicated to working hard to develop hard-earned technical skills, but also not afraid to wade deep into big questions of international coordination, sustainability, and security in outer space.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/node\/3600\u0022\u003ERead the full story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E","summary":"","format":"full_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames Shin, an electrical engineering major from Hoschton, Georgia, has received a 2025 Marshall Scholarship. 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He will study physics at the University of Cambridge and public policy at the University of Oxford to advance engineering in space."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2024-12-16 14:31:40","changed_gmt":"2024-12-18 14:36:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675884":{"id":"675884","type":"image","title":"James Shin","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJames Shin\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1734532365","gmt_created":"2024-12-18 14:32:45","changed":"1734532365","gmt_changed":"2024-12-18 14:32:45","alt":"James Shin","file":{"fid":"259558","name":"James_Shin_Bio_Picture_20_1_ copy_1.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/18\/James_Shin_Bio_Picture_20_1_%20copy_1.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/18\/James_Shin_Bio_Picture_20_1_%20copy_1.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65016,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/18\/James_Shin_Bio_Picture_20_1_%20copy_1.jpeg?itok=dC1jydSk"}}},"media_ids":["675884"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/oue.gatech.edu\/node\/3600","title":"Read the Full Story"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"281961","name":"Office of Undergraduate Education \u0026 Student Success"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gbrunner6@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Brunner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrestigious Fellowships Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678830":{"#nid":"678830","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Heck Honored with Test of Time Award for Groundbreaking Research in Deep Learning for Web Search ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 15 years, artificial intelligence (AI) and particularly deep machine learning have become essential to web search. This technology analyzes human search and browsing behavior to enhance search engines\u0027 understanding of user queries and available content, enabling them to deliver more accurate and relevant results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/larry-p-heck\u0022\u003ELarry Heck\u003C\/a\u003E has been at the forefront of machine learning research since his time as an ECE Ph.D. student in the 1980s. Over his 30-year career, he has been a trailblazer in deep machine learning, pioneering algorithms for speech processing in the 1990s, web search relevance in the 2000s, and AI virtual assistants in the 2010s.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe helped develop several prominent programs, including Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant, Viv Labs, and Samsung Bixby.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis influential research on deep learning for web search was recently honored with the Test of Time Award by the Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM). This prestigious award recognizes CIKM papers published over a decade ago that have made a significant and lasting impact on the research community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeck received the award for his 2013 paper, \u201cLearning deep structured semantic models for web search using clickthrough data.\u201d It is one of the earliest publications in deep learning for web search and resulted in one of the most successful and impactful innovations in Microsoft\u2019s Bing Search engine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis paper represents a fantastic collaboration between product engineers and deep learning research scientists and was an early example of the power of big data (100M+ daily search clicks) and massive computing,\u201d Heck said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research included innovations in training a deep learning search relevance engine with a discriminative objective function over clickthrough data. Clickthrough data measures how often users click on a document or advertisement link relative to how many times it was viewed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeck\u2019s paper was not only one of the earliest in deep learning for web search, but it was also the first to differentiate between good and bad clicks in training a web search relevance model.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeck has a joint appointment with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E and is the chief scientist of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ai.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETech AI\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/machine-learning-center\u0022\u003EMachine Learning Center\u003C\/a\u003E. He holds the Rhesa S. 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He was presented the award at the SIA Awards Dinner on Nov. 21, 2024, in San Jose, Calif.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes lifetime research contributions to the U.S. semiconductor industry by university faculty. Since being established in 1995, only \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/award\/university-researcher\/\u0022\u003E50 faculty members\u003C\/a\u003E from top universities around the U.S. have won the award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Professors Suman Datta and Michael Flynn join an illustrious group of past award winners who have made significant contributions to the semiconductor industry,\u201d SRC President and CEO Todd Younkin said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.semiconductors.org\/professors-from-georgia-tech-and-university-of-michigan-to-be-honored-for-excellence-in-semiconductor-research\/\u0022\u003Ein a press release.\u003C\/a\u003E \u201cTheir groundbreaking research and its translation into the commercial domain continue to drive innovation and excellence in our field.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDatta, who is the Joseph M. Pettit Chair of Advanced Computing in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar, is just the second Georgia Tech faculty member to win the award. Former ECE professor Jim Meindl won the award in 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s renowned for the design, fabrication, characterization, and compact modeling of nanoelectronic devices, as well as their applications in circuits for next-generation, energy-efficient, and high-performance computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince coming to ECE in the Fall of 2022, Datta, who also has a joint appointment with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has directed the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dattalab.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Technology Advanced Research (STAR) Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E. The STAR research group focuses on novel semiconductor devices that enable new compute models such as in-memory compute, brain-inspired compute, and cryogenic compute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDatta\u2019s research is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Semiconductor Research Corporation, and semiconductor companies like Intel, Micron, Samsung Electronics, Applied Materials, EMD Performance Materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDatta had established himself as a recognized leader in semiconductor innovation, with over 20 years of experience before joining ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1999-2007, he was in the Advanced Transistor Group at Intel Corporation, where he led the research and development efforts for several generations of high-performance logic transistors such as high-k\/metal gate, Tri-gate, and strained channel complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe then joined academia at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), where he was a professor of electrical engineering until 2015. His group at PSU pioneered advances in compound semiconductor-based quantum-well field effect transistors and tunneling field effect transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDatta continued to be at the forefront of semiconductor innovation during his time as the Stinson Endowed Chair Professor of Nanotechnology in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame from 2015-2022. There, he was the director of several multi-university research centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost notably, one of those centers, the Extremely Energy Efficient Collective Electronics (EXCEL), sponsored by NSF, explored an alternate computing hardware that leverages continuous-time dynamics of emerging devices to execute optimization, learning, and inference tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, he led the ASCENT project (Applications and Systems-driven Center for Energy-Efficient integrated Nano Technologies) funded by SRC\u2019s Joint University Microelectronics Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work has resulted in over 475 journal and refereed conference papers and more than 187 issued patents related to semiconductor devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s received several other notable distinctions for his research, including being named a Fellow of IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDatta received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious award, given by the Semiconductor Research Corporation and Semiconductor Industry Association, recognizes lifetime research contributions to the U.S. semiconductor industry by university faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The prestigious award, given by the Semiconductor Research Corporation and Semiconductor Industry Association, recognizes lifetime research contributions to the U.S. semiconductor industry by university faculty."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-12-02 18:21:28","changed_gmt":"2024-12-06 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Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678695":{"#nid":"678695","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Emelianov Honored with IEEE Award for Pioneering Contributions to Ultrasonics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOver his career, Georgia Tech Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/stanislav-emelianov\u0022\u003EStanislav (Stas) Emelianov\u003C\/a\u003E has worked to develop advanced imaging methods with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research and accomplishments have helped him to become a nationally recognized expert in biomedical imaging instrumentation and nanoagents for imaging and therapy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieee-uffc.org\/\u0022\u003EUltrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society\u003C\/a\u003E (UFFC) recently celebrated his achievements and impact in the ultrasonics field by honoring him with the prestigious Rayleigh Award at the organization\u2019s annual meeting in Taipei, Taiwan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award, which is the IEEE UFFC\u2019s highest accolade, recognizes sustained outstanding achievements in technical innovations, research, education, publications, and professional contributions over a span of more than 25 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmelianov, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, received the award for his seminal contributions to elasticity imaging, ultrasound-guided photoacoustic imaging, and theranostic contrast agents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Rayleigh award is an honor that highlights the transformative potential of biomedical ultrasound, and it reflects collaborative efforts of my trainees, colleagues, and collaborators who have contributed to advancing diagnostic ultrasound imaging and image-guided therapy,\u201d Emelianov said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work has pioneered several techniques in those research areas and are capable of detecting and diagnosing cancer and other pathologies, assisting treatment planning, and enhancing image-guided therapy and monitoring of the treatment outcome. He has also developed approaches for image-guided molecular therapy and therapeutic applications of ultrasound and electromagnetic energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmelianov, holds a joint appointment in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (BME). He is also appointed at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/med.emory.edu\/\u0022\u003EEmory University School of Medicine\u003C\/a\u003E, where he is affiliated with Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Radiology, and other clinical units\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s authored of over 250 archival publications including peer-reviewed research articles, invited reviews and book chapters, and more than 550 proceedings, abstracts, and presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, he runs the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ultrasound.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUltrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, with a research focuses on cancer and other disease imagining, ranging from molecular imaging, functional imaging, and tissue differentiation to drug delivery and release, image-guided surgery, and intervention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmelianov was recently \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/ushering-new-era-pediatric-healthcare-georgia-tech\u0022\u003Enamed the co-director of the Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center\u003C\/a\u003E (PTC). In this role, he oversees a unique partnership that supports interdisciplinary research among clinicians, engineers, and scientists from Georgia Tech, Children\u2019s, and Emory University. The goal is to harness the power of artificial intelligence, data science, and cutting-edge medical devices to address the most pressing challenges in pediatric healthcare.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to the field, Emelianov has received several other recognitions, including Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Acoustical Society of America (OSA), and Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEmelianov has been with ECE since 2015. He received his undergraduate and graduate education from Moscow State University. He then completed his post-graduate work at the University of Michigan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2002 to 2015, Emelianov was a faculty member in the BME and ECE Departments at the University of Texas at Austin and Department of Imaging Physics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE professor received the international recognition in his field, the Lord Rayleigh Award from the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, recognizing his outstanding achievements, innovation, and leadership in advancing the field of ultrasonics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE professor received the international recognition in his field, the Lord Rayleigh Award from the IEEE UFFC, recognizing his outstanding achievements, innovation, and leadership in advancing the field of ultrasonics."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-11-27 19:19:27","changed_gmt":"2024-11-27 20:36:39","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675747":{"id":"675747","type":"image","title":"Stas Rayleigh Award.jpg","body":null,"created":"1732739762","gmt_created":"2024-11-27 20:36:02","changed":"1732739762","gmt_changed":"2024-11-27 20:36:02","alt":"Stas Emelianov","file":{"fid":"259409","name":"Stas Rayleigh Award.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/27\/Stas%20Rayleigh%20Award.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/27\/Stas%20Rayleigh%20Award.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1669216,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/27\/Stas%20Rayleigh%20Award.jpg?itok=e2zRFk-q"}}},"media_ids":["675747"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"103161","name":"Ultrasonics"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"678446":{"#nid":"678446","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rinc\u00f3n-Mora Wins IEEE Atlanta Outstanding Educator Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/gabriel-rincon-mora\u0022\u003EGabriel A. Rinc\u00f3n-Mora\u003C\/a\u003E received the 2024 Outstanding Educator Award from the IEEE Atlanta Chapter at the annual banquet on Nov. 8.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes a member of the Atlanta community who, through service to IEEE or other professional and technical organizations, has made an outstanding contribution to the electrotechnology profession.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERincon-Mora, who is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, won for ground-breaking developments to power regulation and energy harvesting technologies, and outstanding contributions to analog microcircuit education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERincon-Mora has more than 25 years of service at Georgia Tech and the greater Atlanta area. He earned his M.S. in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996 from Georgia Tech, and was inducted into \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/alumni.coe.gatech.edu\/council-outstanding-young-engineering-alumni-award?field_coe_aw_name=gabriel\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni\u003C\/a\u003E in 2000. He worked for Texas Instruments in 1994\u20132003, was Adjunct Professor at ECE in 1999\u20132001, and has been a full-time professor at Georgia Tech since 2001.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is a recognized authority in the semiconductor industry in power supplies and energy harvesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERincon-Mora pioneered the use of positive feedback loops to accelerate the response of low-dropout regulators and hysteretic control to stabilize and accelerate the response of switching power supplies. He developed and mastered techniques for rejecting and suppressing power-supply noise, allowing cell phones, tablets, and laptops power supplies to be more accurate, occupy less space, and consume less energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also developed ground-breaking switched-inductor microchips that draw power from tiny fuel cells, vibrating piezoelectric transducers, and magnetically coupled coils. He pioneered ways of amplifying the power they draw by investing pre-damping energy into the system. He similarly developed photovoltaic and thermoelectric microchip technologies that draw more power from ambient light and heat and consume less energy. With these innovations, wireless microsystems draw more power from biological and ambient sources, so they can perform more functions across longer periods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u0027s taught ECE 3040 Microelectronic Circuits, ECE 3400 Analog Electronics, ECE 4430 Analog Integrated Circuits, ECE 6412 Analog IC Design, and ECE 6445 Power IC Design at Georgia Tech and professional short courses on analog, power, and energy integrated-circuit design for Intel, ON Semiconductor, Dialog Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor, Integrated Device Tech., Dolphin Design, RF Micro-Devices, Space \u0026amp; Naval Warfare Syst. Command, Toko Inc., Spyro Tech., and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis scholarly output includes 12 books, 8 handbooks, 4 book chapters, 44 patents, over 200 articles, 25 educational videos, and over 26 commercial power-chip products released to production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora\u0027s current research focuses on the design and development of silicon-based microchips and microsystems that draw and condition power from tiny batteries, fuel cells, magnetically coupled coils, and generators that harness ambient energy from motion, light, temperature, and radiation to supply and sustain mobile, portable, and self-sustaining devices like wireless microsensors for biomedical, consumer, industrial, and military applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s received a number of other awards for his work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s been recognized with the National Hispanic in Technology Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Charles E. Perry Visionary Award from Florida International University, Three-Year Patent Award from Texas Instruments, Orgullo Hispano Award and Hispanic Heritage Award from Robins Air Force Base, a State of California Commendation Certificate from Lieutenant Governor Cruz M. 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Specially, it introduces mmWave 1\u00d78 on-chip miniaturized cavity antenna arrays with high efficiency and reduced mutual coupling, leading to better connectivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed silicon-based antenna offers the potential for future wireless system-on-a-chip (SoC) applications better equipped to handle high data throughput. Microfabrication of the proposed antennas and cavities was performed at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cleanroom.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech cleanroom facility.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELee completed the research in Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/nima-ghalichechian\u0022\u003ENima Ghalichechian\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/antennas.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EmmWave Antennas and Arrays Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the latest of many research recognitions for Lee. 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The early results have promising, paving for continued research and testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the research may enable continuous and convenient respiratory monitoring in at-home and uncontrolled clinical settings, which can prevent acute deteriorations, improve treatment outcomes, and help patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology also has future applications in assessing many diseases including congestive heart failure, liver cirrhosis, and pneumonia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESanchez-Perez\u2019s blended his research at ECE with his minor, biomedical engineering. 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The technology is able to store and recognize complex patterns through holographic perceptual representations, which holds detailed information similar to that of a hologram.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis process can store a lot of information in a way that mimics human perception.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system uses a technology called \u0022memristors,\u0022 which are tiny devices that can remember and adjust their electrical resistance depending on the task. These memristors have built-in stochasticity or non-volatility, combined with volatile memory as a heterogeneous system, enabling more effective simulation of natural systems and better handling of uncertainty in computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results have been very promising. Wan\u2019s design has shown a five-order magnitude increase in factorization capacity. It\u2019s also more efficient, packing in five and a half times more computing power into almost six times less space than 2D designs, while using 20 percent less energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENarumanch was recognized for his research on ways to achieve faster and more energy-efficient memory devices. It focused on spintronic memory devices, which are non-volatile, low-power, and scalable electronic devices that use electron spin to store information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of the project was to reduce switching time and energy consumption without sacrificing reliability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth students completed the research through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/cocosys\/\u0022\u003EJUMP 2.0 COCOSYS Center.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWan\u2019s work was in collaboration with senior research engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/mohamed-ibrahim\u0022\u003EMohamed Ibrahim\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E, and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003EArijit Raychowdury\u003C\/a\u003E, along with fellow ECE Ph.D. students Che-Kai Liu (co-first author), Hanchen Yang, and Samuel Spetalnick.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the latest of many awards his work has received, which include being named a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/wan-selected-machine-learning-and-systems-rising-star\u0022\u003E2023 Machine Learning and Systems Rising Star\u003C\/a\u003E and 2024 Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Star.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENarumanch worked on his research under the guidance of ECE Ph.D. candidate Md Nahid Haque Shazon, who works in ECE \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/azad-j-naeemi\u0022\u003EProfessor Azad Naeemi\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nrl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENanoelectronics Research Lab.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESRC TECHCON is the annual flagship technical conference hosted by the SRC. 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By being open-source, HLSFactory encourages a wide range of contributions from the community, creating a richer dataset for researchers and developers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHLSFactory creates unified platform that the entire community can leverage to drive more scientific discoveries and improve design outcomes,\u201d said Hao.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe software was developed through Hao\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sharclab.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoftware\/Hardware Co-Design Lab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. candidate Stefan Abi-Karam was the lead author on the paper. Abi-Karam previously won the Community Award at the 33rd International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL) 2023, for his work on \u201cGNNBuilder: An Automated Framework for Generic Graph Neural Network Accelerator Generation, Simulation, and Optimization.\u201d The award recognized his contributions to the open-source community, underscoringthe group\u2019s dedication to open-source tools and hardware design, according to Hao.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. candidates Rishov Sarkar and Hanqiu Chen also contributed to the paper, alongside collaborators Allison Seigler, Sean Lowe, Zhigang Wei, Nanditha Rao, and Lizy Kurian John from the University of Texas at Austin, and Aman Arora from Arizona State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHao, who \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/hao-joins-ece-faculty-appointed-sutterfield-professorship\u0022\u003Ejoined the Georgia Tech ECE faculty in 2022\u003C\/a\u003E, specializes in efficient hardware design and machine learning algorithms. 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She has previously been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/hao-wins-nsf-career-award-digital-hardware-design-research-0\u0022\u003ENSF CAREER Award\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/hao-earns-intel-rising-star-faculty-award\u0022\u003EIntel Rising Star Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E, for her groundbreaking work in hardware design research.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELed by Assistant Professor Cong \u0022Callie\u0022 Hao, the group is creating an open-source platform that enables hardware developers to contribute designs for use by machine learning practitioners.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Led by Assistant Professor Cong \u0022Callie\u0022 Hao, the group is creating an open-source platform that enables hardware developers to contribute designs for use by machine learning practitioners."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-10-24 20:02:03","changed_gmt":"2024-10-24 21:09:22","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675434":{"id":"675434","type":"image","title":"Hao Best Paper.jpg","body":null,"created":"1729800149","gmt_created":"2024-10-24 20:02:29","changed":"1729800149","gmt_changed":"2024-10-24 20:02:29","alt":"Callie Hao and ECE Ph.D. candidate Stefan Abi-Karam with the Best Paper Award.","file":{"fid":"259056","name":"Hao Best Paper.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/24\/Hao%20Best%20Paper.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/24\/Hao%20Best%20Paper.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1430551,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/10\/24\/Hao%20Best%20Paper.jpg?itok=CpjGCzmr"}}},"media_ids":["675434"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"103141","name":"Best Paper Award"},{"id":"9167","name":"machine learning"},{"id":"193045","name":"Software\/Hardware Co-design Lab"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193655","name":"Artificial Intelligence at Georgia Tech"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"677730":{"#nid":"677730","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Divan Appointed to Department of Energy Electrical Advisory Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/deepakraj-m-divan\u0022\u003EDeepakraj Divan\u003C\/a\u003E has been appointed to the Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/oe\/electricity-advisory-committee-eac\u0022\u003EElectricity Advisory Committee\u003C\/a\u003E (EAC) by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Divan is a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cde.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Distributed Energy\u003C\/a\u003E.The EAC was established to enhance leadership in electricity delivery modernization and provide senior-level counsel to the DOE on ways in which the nation can meet many of the challenges associated with the rapidly unfolding energy transition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group reports to the DOE\u2019s Assistant Secretary for Electricity and consists of 40 members representing a cross-section of energy stakeholders, including from utilities, industry, regional entities, industry, cyber security experts, natural gas sector and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDivan is the sole representative from academia and advanced research on the EAC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored by this appointment to the EAC and look forward to providing inputs to ensure that the U.S.takes a holistic view on the highly disruptive energy transition, one that provides abundant, economical and equitable energy to meet our near-term and long-term energy needs, but where our sustainability and climate goals are also met,\u201d Divan said. \u201cRapid development, deployment and scaling of globally competitive new technologies are a key element of this. I look forward to working with the DOE and other EAC members on these critical issues over the next two years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring his two-year term, Divan will advise the DOE on key issues related to current and future electric grid resilience, security, reliability, sector interdependence, and policy issues of concern.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EAC periodically reviews and makes recommendations on DOE electric grid-related programs and initiatives, including electricity-related research and development programs and modeling efforts. The committee also helps to identify emerging issues, address the growing interdependence of and risk to critical and defense critical electric infrastructure, and help ensure national policy and programs are aligned to manage and prosper from the ongoing energy transition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDivan is highly-respected for his expertise, having been active in grid related research and entrepreneurship for over 40 years. He is well-recognized in the field, including as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s Transformative Science \u0026amp; Technology Committee, a past member of the NASEM Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, the 2021 NASEM Committee on the Future of Electric Power in the US, and is the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Power Engineering Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research focuses on advanced power electronics and grid related research, and the acceleration of deep-tech to market, especially in grid related areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is also the coauthor of a new book \u2013 \u2018Energy 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization\u2019 by Divan and Sharma, that provides a holistic view of the energy transition, identifies major challenges (especially with the grid), and shows a path 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Photovoltaics Specialists Conference\u003C\/a\u003E (PVSC) in Seattle, Wash.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis award-winning poster, \u201cFabrication and Detailed Analysis of 22.0% Rear Junction Double-side TOPCon Solar Cell with Front SiOx\/Polysilicon Selective Emitter\u201d presents a novel cell design and fabrication process to make next-generation, low-cost, high-efficiency silicon solar cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis method utilizes Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts (TOPCON) technology, which uses a thin layer of tunnel oxide to reduce diffusion and metal-induced recombination in silicon solar cells to significantly enhance their efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe approach has the potential to make solar electricity significantly cheaper than fossil fuels, possibly by two to three times, according to Choi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Winning this award at IEEE PVSC was a tremendous honor,\u201d he said. \u201cMy future research will focus on optimizing solar 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for his work developing cost-effective chips with more power than existing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe global fellowship program is a joint initiative of the Australian, Indian, Japan, and United States governments to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt sponsors exceptional master\u0027s and doctoral students who study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), building a network of experts committed to advancing innovation and collaboration in the private, public, and academic sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI anticipate leveraging my experience as a Quad Fellow and connections within the Quad community towards my long-term goals of democratizing the semiconductor chip supply chain and providing education and employment opportunities to individuals from marginalized communities in STEM,\u201d Penta said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPenta\u2019s doctoral research, conducted under ECE professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/muhannad-s-bakir\u0022\u003EMuhannad Bakir\u003C\/a\u003E in his \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bakirlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIntegrated 3D Systems Group\u003C\/a\u003E, aims to bridge the performance-cost trade-off gap between standardized chiplet-based systems that perform better than a traditional system-on-a-chip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was one of 50 students to receive the fellowship world-wide, including four recipients from Georgia Tech, Penta being the only recipient from ECE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am grateful to my family, friends, peers, the School of ECE and my advisor, Muhannad Bakir who supported me in the application process,\u201d Penta said. \u201cI am excited about this unique opportunity to connect with world leaders in the key roles for the development of the Indo-Pacific regions, specifically the semiconductor landscape.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPenta is from Hyderabad, India, and graduated with a B.E. in electrical and electronics engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe worked on state-of-the-art transistor technologies as a process design kit engineer at Samsung Semiconductors in Bengaluru, India, before pursuing his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPenta is also committed to furthering his understanding of the business side of engineering. 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Amid this change, an interdisciplinary research team of engineers and historians seeks to uncover the untold stories behind the algorithms and power systems architecture that have shaped the complex technological and social history of this key infrastructure.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can\u2019t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.\u201d These words, famously attributed to Steve Jobs, address the broad truth that only through intentional reflection and examination can we learn from the past.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith this in mind, an interdisciplinary research team comprised of engineers and historians from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Houston, and the University of Minnesota are hoping to shape the future of electric power grids by studying and cataloguing the field\u2019s robust history during a two-year study funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sloan.org\/\u0022\u003EAlfred P. Sloan Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile electrical engineering is at the forefront of many of today\u2019s technological advancements, a critical step in the process of innovative and cutting-edge research is working to understand the past,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/daniel-molzahn\u0022\u003EDan Molzahn\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the project\u2019s principal investigator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group\u2019s project, \u0022Algorithms and Power Systems Architecture: Using Historical Analysis to Envision a Sustainable Future\u0022, emerges out of the Sloan Foundation\u2019s emphasis to award historical scholarship projects that look to understand the contemporary context of scientific research and inform current and future research and policy practices. The study will examine the relatively invisible, yet central, role of the algorithms 20th-century engineers developed to provide optimization and control of the electric power grid and the ways in which these algorithms might impact the cleaner grid of the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClarifying how invisible technologies [like algorithms] became established in large and complex power systems is the ultimate goal of the project,\u201d said Molzahn. \u201cAs algorithms became thoroughly naturalized within power systems architecture, they set the boundaries and established the scope of possibility; this can restrict innovation across the technology spectrum.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team \u2014 two historians and two engineers \u2014 represents an innovative alliance of technical, historical, and public policy approaches. In addition to Molzahn, the team includes \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.umn.edu\/ece\/sairaj-dhople\u0022\u003ESairaj Dhople\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota (UMN); \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bakerinstitute.org\/expert\/julie-cohn\u0022\u003EJulie Cohn\u003C\/a\u003E, a research historian at the Center for Public History at the University of Houston (UH); and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uh.edu\/class\/history\/faculty-and-staff\/perales_m\/\u0022\u003EMonica Perales\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor of history and director of the Center for Public History at UH.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project comes at a time when power grids are in the throes of new demands and transformation. As a result of aging technology and regulatory structures that impede upgrades of essential power infrastructure, current grids are inadequate in integrating renewable energy sources at the scale the market requires. Energy providers and researchers are also looking for ways to guard power systems against cyber assaults, as well as against an increased risk of extreme weather events due to climate change \u2014 the average overall duration of power interruptions due to weather in the U.S.\u202fdoubled since 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=50316\u0022\u003Eaccording to the U.S. Department of Energy\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe opportunities and challenges of widespread electrification are front and center for the public. Debates about climate change, opposition to large-scale energy infrastructure, and periodic weather-related power outages appear in the news regularly,\u201d said Cohn, who is an expert on the development of the North American electric power grid and author of the book \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/9780262537407\/the-grid\/\u0022\u003E\u201cThe Grid\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E on the topic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA particularly important part of the project is collecting the oral history of individuals who were instrumental in the development, adoption, and application of algorithms in North America. 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She will be presented with the award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-ecce.org\/2024\/\u0022\u003EIEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition\u003C\/a\u003E this October in Phoenix.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard also won the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-ies.org\/about\/awards\/awards-info\/191-dr-bimal-bose-energy-systems-award\u0022\u003EIEEE Bimal Bose Award for Industrial Electronics Applications in Energy Systems\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe received the honor for \u0026nbsp;her work on renewable energy integration and transmission, as well as protection and stability analysis of multi-terminal HVDC grids.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes a young researcher who has made significant contributions to the advancement of energy systems through industrial electronics applications. 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In terrestrial power systems, her research focuses on the grid integration of large-scale offshore wind and photovoltaic farms through multi-terminal High Voltage DC (HVDC) grids. Her work in this area has been funded by NSF, DOE, ARPA-E, and PSERC. In mobile power systems, she concentrates on stationary and wireless charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Power Processing Units (PPUs) for deep space exploration, with funding from NASA and various companies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003ESaeedifard\u2019s contributions have garnered numerous national and international awards, including several prize paper awards for her impactful IEEE Transactions publications. 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It\u0027s a challenge to be open and transparent in our work,\u201d Calhoun said. \u201cVisualization is hard and subjective, we have to work to make the links between our fancy models, the underlying data, and our conclusions about the brain, as transparent as possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u0027s made many contributions to the field, including authorship on over 1,000 papers in industry journals, generating over 100,000 citations within the research community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMuch of his work has focused on developing data-driven approaches to study brain dynamics, multimodal neuroimaging of the brain, and brain biomarkers across a range of mental and neurological conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECalhoun is the founding director of the tri-institutional \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/trendscenter.org\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science\u003C\/a\u003E (TReNDS), a joint effort between Georgia State, Georgia Tech, and Emory University. The Center\u2019s goal is to improve the understanding of the human brain using advanced analytic approaches with an emphasis on translational research such as the development of predictive biomarkers for mental and neurological disorders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECalhoun received his bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering (EE) from the University of Kansas, a pair of master\u2019s degrees in biomedical engineering and information systems from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in EE from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore coming to Georgia Tech, he worked as a research engineer in the psychiatric neuroimaging laboratory at Johns Hopkins, the director of medical image analysis at the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center. 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Yu\u2019s team was able to achieve an increase in processing speed by up to 60 percent, while doubling the energy efficiency and reducing overall hardware size by up to 25 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings provide design guidelines to engineers who continue to research eNVM and CIM technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYu co-authored the paper with ECE Ph.D. graduates Shanshi Huang and Hongwu Jiang, who are now both assistant professors in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYu\u2019s lab won the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/neurosim-series-research-recognized-prestigious-computer-aided-design-award\u0022\u003EIEEE\u2019s Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award in 2023\u003C\/a\u003E for their research on an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art CIM accelerators. The award honors the best paper in the IEEE\u2019s Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, the flagship journal of the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2022, ECE Professor Sung Kyu Lim and his research team won the Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award for their paper on a physical design tool named Compact-2D that automatically builds high-density and commercial-quality monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYu also recently received a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/yu-receives-intel-outstanding-research-award-novel-computing-hardware\u0022\u003E2023 Intel Outstanding Research Award\u003C\/a\u003E for his work on a chip that will help quantify uncertainty that is beyond the capabilities of existing binary computing systems, and improve computing robustness.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe team, led by ECE professor Shimeng Yu, analyzed different combinations of settings for emerging non-volatile memory (eNVM) technologies in hopes of improving AI hardware efficiency and power.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The team, led by ECE professor Shimeng Yu, analyzed different combinations of settings for emerging non-volatile memory (eNVM) technologies in hopes of improving AI hardware efficiency and power."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-07-03 18:28:54","changed_gmt":"2024-07-03 18:34:39","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-07-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674298":{"id":"674298","type":"image","title":"1000018515.jpg","body":null,"created":"1720031344","gmt_created":"2024-07-03 18:29:04","changed":"1720031344","gmt_changed":"2024-07-03 18:29:04","alt":"Shimeng Yu at the 61st Design Automation Conference","file":{"fid":"257795","name":"1000018515.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/03\/1000018515.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/03\/1000018515.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4662903,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/03\/1000018515.jpg?itok=Nuwd9BgM"}}},"media_ids":["674298"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"103141","name":"Best Paper Award"},{"id":"193836","name":"Association for Computer Memory"},{"id":"190745","name":"Electronic Design Automation"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675270":{"#nid":"675270","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Al Jamal Wins Best Paper Award at 2024 IEEE International Microwave Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate Hani Al Jamal won first-place in the Student Paper Competition (Best Paper Award) at the 2024 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ims-ieee.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Microwave Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E (IMS), held June 17-20 in Washington, DC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis prestigious award recognizes top technical papers at the conference. His paper was selected out of the 306 total submissions eligible for this award this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis paper, \u201cBeyond Planar: An Additively Manufactured, Origami-Inspired Shape-Changing, and RFIC-Based Phased Array for Near-Limitless Radiation Pattern Reconfigurability in 5G\/mm-Wave Applications,\u201d was co-authored by fellow ECE Ph.D. candidates Chenhao Hu and Nathan Wille, and ECE Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E, in collaboration with George Mason University Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Kai Zeng.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal and his team successfully demonstrated the first-ever additively manufactured, origami-inspired, shape-changing phased array at mm-wave frequencies, showcasing near-limitless reconfigurability. This work represents a significant leap, opening impactful opportunities for the advancement of massive MIMO and beyond-5G communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn origami-inspired, shape-changing phased array combines this traditional antenna function with the ability to electronically control the direction of the signal and mechanically change its shape through folding structures inspired by origami. This makes the antenna highly adaptable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal has been enrolled in the ECE Ph.D. program since 2022, and is a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EATHENA Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, where he is advised by\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003E Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe received his bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the American University of Beirut with high distinction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research interests include the use of additive manufacturing techniques in designing highly integrated, heterogeneous, and conformal\/flexible RF systems encompassing RF front-end circuits, antennas, and packaging up to mm-wave frequencies. He is also keen on advocating engineering education to high school and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough his research, Al Jamal aspires to design and build communication devices and RF electronics that draw inspiration from origami and art, leading to enhanced functionality and physical flexibility to seamlessly integrate with human-centered devices, thereby enabling more efficient and integrated communication networks for digital awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal\u2019s research on origami-inspired phased array antennas represents a quantum leap in antenna reconfigurability at mm-wave frequencies and a paradigm shift in massive MIMO applications and beyond-5G communication.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Al Jamal\u2019s research on origami-inspired phased array antennas represents a quantum leap in antenna reconfigurability at mm-wave frequencies and a paradigm shift in massive MIMO applications and beyond-5G communication."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-06-28 15:16:20","changed_gmt":"2024-07-01 15:43:51","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674269":{"id":"674269","type":"image","title":"Hani Best Paper.jpg","body":null,"created":"1719587795","gmt_created":"2024-06-28 15:16:35","changed":"1719587795","gmt_changed":"2024-06-28 15:16:35","alt":"Hani Al Jamal","file":{"fid":"257764","name":"Hani Best Paper.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1158007,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg?itok=0coLfY8U"}}},"media_ids":["674269"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"69381","name":"best paper"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"171699","name":"International Microwave Symposium"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675243":{"#nid":"675243","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valipour Wins GT Next Award for MicroCodes Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) second-year Ph.D. student Aref Valipour was awarded a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/gt-next-award-spring-2024-winners\u0022\u003EGT Next Award\u003C\/a\u003E for his MicroCodes technology, which shows utility in aiding with cellular characterization and management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award is given annually by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/licensing.research.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOffice of Technology Licensing\u003C\/a\u003E (OTL), recognizing the inventiveness of Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate students and postdocs. Winners submit projects that show commercial promise and a commitment to research and development that can contribute significantly to the betterment of society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMicroCodes is comprised of a new microfabrication method and coding method. Initially developed as a facilitator in the characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), it later evolved to become a universal add-on for a number of other medical and MEMS applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award acts as a direct financial investment into the future of the technology, helping to carry out different commercial processes, such as procuring materials and supplies, and carrying out customer discovery initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EValipour was one of five winners this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research interests are centered around MEMS, microfabrication, bioelectronics and utilizing micro and nano engineering to understand how cancer works and how it can be managed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\u2019s developed technologies and methods to characterize, monitor, and intervene in cancer to ultimately create the platform that gives an edge in the fight against cancer. To date, these efforts have resulted in seven invention disclosures to OTL, with the award-winning MicroCodes being the latest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EValipour is currently a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biomems.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBiomedical Microsystems Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E. 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It investigates how to better capture the spatiotemporal dynamics within video sequences. The study proposes and evaluates two new network architectures: temporal segment RNN and Inception-style Temporal-ConvNet. These architectures aim to effectively integrate spatiotemporal information and enhance the overall performance of action recognition systems. The research also identifies specific limitations of each method, which could guide future work in this area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EURASIP Best Paper Award is bestowed upon exceptional papers published in journals sponsored by EURASIP within the past four years. This ensures that the most influential and vital ideas in the field are honored.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team will be honored at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eusipco2023.org\/\u0022\u003EEuropean Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)\u003C\/a\u003E held in Helsinki, Finland, from September 4-8. EUSIPCO offers a comprehensive technical program addressing the latest developments in signal processing research and technology, along with its diverse applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEURASIP, founded in 1978, has been a crucial platform for researchers, providing an academic and professional forum to disseminate and discuss all aspects of signal processing, fostering growth and collaboration within the community.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECaption for photo header:\u003C\/strong\u003E Overview of the proposed framework. Spatial and temporal features were extracted from a two-stream ConvNet using ResNet-101 pre-trained on ImageNet, and fine-tuned for single-frame activity prediction. Spatial and temporal features are concatenated and temporally-constructed into feature matrices. 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These memories must function reliably at elevated temperatures, such as high bandwidth memory operating at 105 degrees C, monolithic back end at 125 degrees C, and automotive applications at 160 degrees C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnsuring robustness at these high temperatures is crucial for maintaining performance and reliability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the event, Afroze demonstrated an interface engineering method to enhance the robustness of these memories at elevated temperatures, ensuring their effectiveness under realistic temperature conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAttending the JUMP 2.0 SUPREME annual meeting in Cambridge was truly remarkable,\u201d Afroze said. \u201cEngaging with top semiconductor researchers from both academia and industry was incredibly inspiring. I\u0027m grateful for the insights and connections gained, shaping my vision for future advancements in technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SUPREME center, led by Cornell University, is one of the seven \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/\u0022\u003EJoint University Microelectronics Program\u003C\/a\u003E (JUMP) 2.0 academic research centers co-sponsored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E (SRC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt aims to demonstrate the basic materials and technology breakthroughs needed to address the seismic shifts identified by the semiconductor community in the Decadal Plan for Semiconductors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfroze is a third-year Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of ECE associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/asif-islam-khan\u0022\u003EAsif Islam Khan\u003C\/a\u003E, who is part of the SUPREME Center team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer research interests encompass a comprehensive study of ferroelectric memories, from microstructure analysis to electrical characterization, aiming to advance the understanding and application of the ferroelectric materials in next-generation memory technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe third-year ECE Ph.D. student was recognized for her research on improving memory robustness at high temperatures.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The third-year ECE Ph.D. student was recognized for her research on improving memory robustness at high temperatures."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-06-20 20:13:07","changed_gmt":"2024-06-21 16:58:30","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674225":{"id":"674225","type":"image","title":"afroze.jpg","body":null,"created":"1718988990","gmt_created":"2024-06-21 16:56:30","changed":"1718988990","gmt_changed":"2024-06-21 16:56:30","alt":"Nashrah Afroze","file":{"fid":"257715","name":"afroze.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/21\/afroze_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/21\/afroze_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":717490,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/21\/afroze_0.jpg?itok=rIJBeBst"}}},"media_ids":["674225"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191818","name":"JUMP 2.0"},{"id":"193807","name":"SUPREME"},{"id":"1228","name":"memory"},{"id":"7510","name":"temperature"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"675050":{"#nid":"675050","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kwak Receives ISCAS Grant for Novel Power-Efficient Memory Design for Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. candidate Jungyoun Kwak received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2024.ieee-iscas.org\/\u0022\u003EInternational Symposium on Circuits and Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (ISCAS) Pre-doctoral Grant for his groundbreaking research titled, \u0022Monolithic 3D Transposable 3T Embedded DRAM with Back-end-of-line Oxide Channel Transistor,\u0022 at the 2024 IEEE ISCAS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper introduces an innovative design for a high-density, power-efficient 3T embedded dynamic random-access memory (eDRAM) with the back-end-of-line (BEOL) compatible\u0026nbsp;tungsten-doped indium oxide (IWO) channel transistor. This novel architecture incorporates both near-memory computing (NMC) and in-memory computing (IMC) capabilities within a single array.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed 3T IWO eDRAM offers remarkable advantages, including significantly reducing the area needed for in-memory computing. This is achieved through condensed design and leveraging monolithic 3D integration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIWO channel transistors also substantially improve data retention compared to traditional solutions due to low sub-threshold leakage, making it an excellent candidate for last-level cache and parallel computing in next-generation computing systems. This will allow for a reduction in energy consumption, while performing data-intensive processes, such as artificial intelligence (AI) computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/chimes\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CHIMES) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/prism\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory\u003C\/a\u003E (PRISM), operating under the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation\u003C\/a\u003E (SRC)\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/\u0022\u003EJoint University Microelectronics Program 2.0\u003C\/a\u003E (JUMP 2.0), in collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/\u0022\u003EDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u003C\/a\u003E (DARPA).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant is awarded to 10 Ph.D. candidates, facilitating the mobility for them to conduct interdisciplinary research at another research department. The recognition of Kwak\u2019s research also further acknowledges the potential of monolithic 3D integration to extend Moore\u0027s Law and address the ever-increasing computational demands of emerging technologies like AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKwak is a member of ECE Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shimeng.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research group\u0027s primary focus is to overcome the limitations of conventional 2D scaling in integrated circuits by vertically stacking circuit components using emerging devices in 3D monolithic integration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE Ph.D. candidate was one of 10 people to receive the grant. 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He will oversee the graduate affairs team, lead the graduate admission process, develop programs and assessments, and collaborate closely with the chair and associate chairs on academic initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are thrilled to have Mark step into this vital role,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and professor. \u201cHis extensive experience and forward-thinking approach will be invaluable as we continue to attract top Ph.D. talent. I am confident that his innovative ideas and collaborative approach will significantly enhance our graduate programs.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/future-students\/graduate-admissions\u0022\u003EECE graduate program\u003C\/a\u003E is among the largest in the country, with over 1,300 students. It holds a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/electrical-engineering-and-computer-engineering-graduate-programs-top-5-national\u0022\u003Etop-five national ranking\u003C\/a\u003E, including No. 2 among public universities, per U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2018, Davenport has served as the graduate recruitment coordinator for ECE, where he played a strategic role in working with the ECE Graduate Affairs Office and the School\u2019s Graduate Student Recruitment Committee to recruit top Ph.D. candidates and improve the matriculation rate of exceptional applicants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoining the ECE faculty in 2012, Davenport\u2019s previous roles include serving as an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University and a visitor with the Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions at the Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie. He holds a B.S.E.E., M.S., and Ph.D. from Rice University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research focuses on the role of low-dimensional models and optimization in signal processing, statistical inference, and machine learning. He has received several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Additionally, he currently serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and is a two-time winner of the fastest faculty member award in the Pi Mile Road Race.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavenport succeeds \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/matthieu-ratoslav-bloch\u0022\u003EMathieu Bloch\u003C\/a\u003E, who was named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering in January.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Mark Davenport will oversee ECE graduate programs and admissions to further develop the School\u2019s graduate offerings and attract leading Ph.D. candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Mark Davenport will oversee ECE graduate programs and admissions to  further develop the School\u2019s graduate offerings and attract leading Ph.D. candidates."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2024-06-04 00:22:49","changed_gmt":"2024-06-04 00:39:16","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674132":{"id":"674132","type":"image","title":"ECE02191_edited_cropped web.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EHeadshot of ECE Professor Mark Davenport\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1717460595","gmt_created":"2024-06-04 00:23:15","changed":"1717460595","gmt_changed":"2024-06-04 00:23:15","alt":"Mark Davenport headshot","file":{"fid":"257608","name":"ECE02191_edited_cropped web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/03\/ECE02191_edited_cropped%20web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/03\/ECE02191_edited_cropped%20web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2863844,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/03\/ECE02191_edited_cropped%20web.jpg?itok=_AvVjVMH"}}},"media_ids":["674132"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"83321","name":"Mark Davenport"},{"id":"193765","name":"Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"193766","name":"Mathieu Bloch"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"674878":{"#nid":"674878","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lu Wins Award for Muscle Activation Technology at InterfaceRice 2024","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Ph.D. candidate Jiaao Lu has been awarded a Verbal Poster Award at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interface.rice.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterfaceRice 2024\u003C\/a\u003E, which was held in Houston, Texas from April 30 to May 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, done in collaboration with Emory University and Johns Hopkins University, focuses on new device technologies to support innovation in optogenetics, a technique used to control neuron activity or other cell types with light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-day conference, hosted by Rice University and the Texas Medical Center, connects researchers, clinicians, and business leaders in the fields of neuroengineering, neurotechnology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes excellence in oral presentation among presented posters. There were 70 total posters accepted to this year\u2019s conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu and fellow researchers in ECE Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/muhannad-s-bakir\u0022\u003EMuhannad Bakir\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bakirlab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIntegrated 3D System Group\u003C\/a\u003E are working on integrating a \u03bcLED chip with a flexible microelectrode array (MEA) for optogenetic activation, while simultaneously recording electrical activity in muscle tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, they developed an MEA with a single blue LED, which allows for targeted activation of specific opsins. Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that can be expressed in specific cells to control their activity using light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far, the technology has been successful in activating facial muscles and inducing jaw movement in transgenic mice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI had a rewarding time at the InterfaceRice conference,\u201d Lu said. \u201cThe feedback on my project was highly encouraging, and discussions extended beyond engineers to include clinicians - actual users of my technology - who offered invaluable insights. These conversations also led to several opportunities for potential collaborations, which was very exciting.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next step in the research for Lu and her collaborators is to add multiple optical channels and incorporate more LED colors, allowing them to activate and observe more opsins.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE Ph.D. candidate was recognized for her research on a flexible implant that can activate muscles using blue light.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE Ph.D. candidate was recognized for her research on a flexible implant that can activate muscles using blue light."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-05-23 20:04:09","changed_gmt":"2024-05-23 20:28:55","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674069":{"id":"674069","type":"image","title":"Lu Award.jpg","body":null,"created":"1716496035","gmt_created":"2024-05-23 20:27:15","changed":"1716496035","gmt_changed":"2024-05-23 20:27:15","alt":"Jiaao Lu Award","file":{"fid":"257538","name":"Lu Award.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/23\/Lu%20Award.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/23\/Lu%20Award.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":399207,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/23\/Lu%20Award.jpg?itok=bMBIlAJ-"}}},"media_ids":["674069"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"193745","name":"Best Poster"},{"id":"11635","name":"optogenetics"},{"id":"193746","name":"InterfaceRice"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"674853":{"#nid":"674853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Zheng Wins Best Paper Award for Advanced Packaging Technologies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate Ting Zheng won an\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/xpl\/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5503870\u0022\u003E IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (TCPMT) Best Paper Award, from the Advanced Packaging Category, for his research on fused-silica stitch-chip technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETCPMT is the flagship journal of the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe was recognized for the paper he co-authored prior to his graduation, \u201cBenchmarking and Demonstration of Low-Loss Fused-Silica Stitch-Chips with Compressible Microinterconnects for RF\/mm-Wave Chiplet-Based Modules.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt proposes and benchmarks \u2018fused-silica stitch-chips\u2019 \u0026nbsp;as an interconnect technology between neighboring RF\/mm-wave chiplets. 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Her impact on other students has been significant, with many peers saying she\u2019s helped foster a sense of belonging not just in ECE but across the entire Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer passion also comes through in her many research projects. Wolfe was a research assistant for ECE Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/linda-m-wills\u0022\u003ELinda Wills\u003C\/a\u003E and Professor of the Practice \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/thomas-r-collins\u0022\u003ETom Collins\u0027 \u003C\/a\u003E\u201cRelatable Rebound Story.\u201d The project, which won a grant from Transformative Teaching and Learning (TTL), collects stories of overcoming adversity from students in ECE 3025 and shares them with future students to help encourage completion of the notoriously difficult class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn top her Georgia Tech responsibilities, she\u2019s also held a software internship at Apple and completed three co-op rotations at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating this spring, Wolfe will be taking her talents to AT\u0026amp;T as a network engineer through their Technical Development Program. 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Not only will the elder Yancey be attending, but he\u2019ll also be presenting the diploma to his granddaughter onstage at McCamish Pavilion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd they couldn\u2019t be more excited.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is huge,\u201d Deanna Yancey said. \u201cI probably will cry. I don\u2019t usually cry in front of people, but I probably will get a little teary.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChoosing Her Path\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe began building computers with her father when she was growing up in Columbia, Maryland, and eventually realized she wanted to learn more about the electrical side of things. Yancey applied to, and was accepted at, Georgia Tech but chose to pursue electrical engineering at Penn State instead.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think my family was surprised by that decision but still extremely happy for me,\u201d she said. After graduating, she began a three-year rotational program at Northrop Grumman in Maryland, which she will complete in August.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also applied to Tech again, this time for an online master\u2019s in electrical and computer engineering. \u201cI didn\u2019t tell my family I was applying, so when I got in, I got to read the acceptance email to my grandfather,\u201d Yancey recalled. \u201cHe was so happy. He almost started jumping; he was so excited.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith good reason.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2018That Is Inspiring\u2019\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite the hardships her grandfather experienced, he speaks highly of Georgia Tech. \u201cThat is inspiring to me,\u201d she said. \u201cEven though it was hard, you still recognize the institution for being top-notch and having some of the best engineers coming out of there. And, Tech has significantly changed \u2014 he\u2019s very happy to have seen the changes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen she was younger, her grandfather didn\u2019t display much Georgia Tech memorabilia around the house and rarely spoke about his time there. As a Black student at an otherwise all-white university in the early 1960s, Ronald Yancey faced the ugliness of backlash and hostility every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven now, he\u2019ll talk about some of the things he went through, but he won\u2019t tell us everything because he knows it would be upsetting to our family.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETakeaways From Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESumming up her graduate school experience, Yancey said she appreciated \u201cgetting the same education as everybody else. They don\u2019t treat the online students differently from the in-person students.\u201d She was also excited that all her professors had industry experience and a passion for what they do. \u201cI think it\u2019s truly amazing to get that firsthand experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYancey couldn\u2019t attend the 2019 unveiling of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/node\/141\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFirst Graduate \u003C\/em\u003Esculpture\u003C\/a\u003E of her grandfather in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, but whenever she visits campus, she takes friends to see it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile she is figuring out her next role at Northrop Grumman, she wants to pursue a career in management to help the next generation of young engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPassing the Baton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are extremely proud that Deanna took the initiative to select her field, to quietly and quickly apply, arrange her curriculum, and follow through with the completion of her matriculation,\u201d Ronald Yancey said. \u201cDeanna\u0027s graduate degree is truly an impressive achievement.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a granddaughter\u2019s perspective, \u201cIt signifies the passing of a baton from one engineer to another. 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Chaddick School Chair and Professor Arijit Raychowdhury said. \u201cWe pride ourselves on fostering an entrepreneurial environment at ECE and Omer has been an integral part of that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInan\u2019s research focuses on developing new technologies to monitor and quantify human health, including allowing patients with chronic diseases to track their health at home. He is working to design systems that help patients measure cardiac data to track their heart health. Other technologies would noninvasively quantify stress and modulate the body\u2019s response to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and listen to joints to assess musculoskeletal health.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated two technologies developed based on Inan\u2019s research as Breakthrough Devices, accelerating their use for patients. 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Vogel, a Hightower Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), with an adjunct appointment in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe presented a compact model, Compact Series Trap-Assisted Tunneling and Ohmic conduction (C-STAO), which enables the rapid simulation of artificial HfOx synaptic devices. The model provides deep insights into the analog temporal responses and temperature dependency of artificial synaptic devices, which are used to develop brain-inspired circuits.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese brain-inspired circuits are important for the development of AI systems and can help them to meet increasing computational demands while achieving more human-like cognitive capabilities with improved efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt also furthers Athena\u2019s Ph.D. research, dedicated to the development of adaptive oxide devices for neuromorphic computing, aimed at replicating the human brain\u0027s functionality for more intelligent and energy-efficient computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding Acknowledgement\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis project was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research MURI entitled, \u201cCross-disciplinary Electronic-ionic Research Enabling Biologically Realistic Autonomous Learning (CEREBRAL)\u201d under Award No. FA9550-18-1-0024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work was performed in part at the Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), which is supported by the National Science Foundation (No. ECCS-1542174). 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This super energy-efficient probabilistic hardware will be able to quantify this uncertainty and compute with more robustness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team now looks to further research and prototype the design into silicon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough this industry-academia collaboration, multiple students from \u003Ca\u003EYu\u2019s Laboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits \u003C\/a\u003Ehave interned at Intel and been hired by the company for full-time positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is the first Georgia Tech faculty to receive the honor since \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/mukhopadhyay-receives-intel-outstanding-researcher-award\u0022\u003ESaibal Mukhopadhyay in 2019\u003C\/a\u003E. More recently, ECE assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/callie-hao\u0022\u003ECong (Callie) Hao\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/hao-earns-intel-rising-star-faculty-award\u0022\u003Ewon an Intel Rising Star Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E in 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYu\u2019s work has been recognized with a number of recent awards, including the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Inaugural Young Faculty Award in 2019 and the ACM\/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award 2020. He was named an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/ieee-fellow-status-bestowed-upon-durgin-kim-inan-yu-and-zhang\u0022\u003EInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow in 2023.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe chip will help quantify uncertainty that is beyond the capabilities of existing binary computing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The chip will help quantify uncertainty that is beyond the capabilities of existing binary computing systems."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-04-16 17:19:56","changed_gmt":"2024-04-16 17:26:32","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673722":{"id":"673722","type":"image","title":"shimeng_yu_2020.jpg","body":null,"created":"1713288003","gmt_created":"2024-04-16 17:20:03","changed":"1713288003","gmt_changed":"2024-04-16 17:20:03","alt":"Sheming Yu","file":{"fid":"257151","name":"shimeng_yu_2020.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/16\/shimeng_yu_2020.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/16\/shimeng_yu_2020.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50292,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/16\/shimeng_yu_2020.jpg?itok=sw6u2OK_"}}},"media_ids":["673722"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4767","name":"Intel"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"670214":{"#nid":"670214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hao and Li Join Department of Energy Artificial Intelligence Initiative to Propel Nuclear Physics Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/articles\/department-energy-announces-16-million-research-artificial-intelligence-and\u0022\u003E$16 million\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for fifteen projects that will leverage the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI\/ML) to accelerate scientific discovery within the realm of nuclear physics. The fifteen projects were announced in August and will work to advance understanding of atomic structure and the nature of matter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the select group of researchers involved in a specific project are professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/callie-hao\u0022\u003ECong \u201cCallie\u201d Hao\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/pan-li\u0022\u003EPan Li\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHao and Li will play a pivotal role in the \u0022Intelligent Experiments Through Real-time AI: Fast Data Processing and Autonomous Detector Control for sPHENIX and Future EIC detectors\u0022 project; a $2 million endeavor being led by Ming Xiong Liu of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lanl.gov\/\u0022\u003ELos Alamos National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(LANL).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to see how our achievements in computer architecture research can have cross-disciplinary impact on high-energy physics experiments, extending well beyond mere academic papers and hardware prototypes,\u201d said Hao. \u201cWe are highly motivated and proud to tackle real-world problems by offering solutions that are both intelligent and practical.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHao and her research team will work to furnish an ultra-fast field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) system for particle detection and tracking in high-energy physics experiments. The system will be equipped with an automated design flow that eliminates the need for manual intervention. Achieving this necessitates sophisticated hardware optimizations, coupled with algorithmic innovations, according to Hao.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi and his team will contribute to the development of robust learning algorithms via domain adaptation methods, aiming to address the online shift of the beam point of particle collisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll projects are supported by the DOE Office of Science, Nuclear Physics Program, and were selected through a rigorous and competitive peer review process. According to the DOE press release, the fifteen projects will be conducted by researchers at eight DOE national laboratories and 22 universities. 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It presents a miniaturized, fully digital sensing system designed for convenient attachment to the knee using adhesive. The system offers potential applications in streamlined data collection for monitoring athletes and individuals with joint disorders, as well as future prospects for decentralized digital clinical trials.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe paper was\u0026nbsp;first authored by Ph.D. candidate Mohammad Nikbakht and senior authored by Inan.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe KneeMS system that Mohammad has built is a noteworthy step forward in wearable health monitoring,\u201d said Inan. \u201cIt not only signifies progress in monitoring joint health but also hints at potential shifts in how we conduct clinical trials and approach treatments and therapies.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENikbakht and Inan were presented the award at IEEE BSN 2023 on October 9 in Cambridge, Mass. 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At the same time, the new energy system needs to be affordable, reliable, and available to the average person.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year fellowship sponsored in Stanford\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/energy.stanford.edu\/\u0022\u003EPrecourt Institute of Energy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainability.stanford.edu\/\u0022\u003EDoerr School of Sustainability\u003C\/a\u003E aims to identify, develop, and connect the next generation of energy leaders \u2014 from science and engineering to policy and economics \u2014 to translate theoretical climate change solutions into tangible realities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Stanford, Athena, who is advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003EEric M. 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Philip Wong, professor of electrical engineering, and Alberto Salleo, professor of materials science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter being selected as a finalist, she presented her current Ph.D. research on adaptive oxide devices for energy-efficient computing, as well as her proposed research to the fellowship\u2019s advisory board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was an amazing experience to go through the selection process of writing the proposal and finally getting interviewed by the honorable advisory board,\u201d Athena said. \u201cIt was humbling to get the opportunity to discuss my research with a person I have always looked up to in Professor Steven Chu, a Nobel Laureate in Physics and former U.S. Secretary of Energy!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAthena is just one of 10 fellows selected globally this year. The fellowship provides her the opportunity to explore new and profound postdoctoral research that is distinct from her Ph.D. work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am deeply grateful to my advisor Prof. Eric M. Vogel for his constant kind support throughout my Ph.D. and for believing in me,\u201d Athena said. \u201cHe has been a pillar of constant support throughout my journey. I am also grateful to Prof. Samuel Graham for his kind constant support, including for this fellowship. I am thankful to my respected P.I.s at Stanford, Professor H.-S. Philip Wong, and Professor Alberto Salleo for their support of my proposal. I am also grateful to my respected mentors Prof. Suman Datta, Prof. William Alan Doolittle, Dr. Takashi Ando, and Dr. Vijay Narayanan for their kind support, advice, and opportunities. 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these next-generation data-intensive applications.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELee\u2019s project aims to design and create a 60 GHz electronically scanned array for high-speed wireless systems to help handle the potential huge increases in throughput.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe has conducted the research thus far in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/antennas.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EmmWave Antennas and Arrays Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;under the supervision of ECE Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/nima-ghalichechian\u0022\u003ENima Ghalichechian\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe grant, which awards $5,000 to 10 Ph.D. candidates globally each year, aims to encourage careers in advanced electromagnetics, with selection based on the creativity and quality of proposed projects, along with discussions on the student\u0027s technical interests and skills.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELee received his B.S. in computer and communication engineering from Korea University, and his M.S. in electrical engineering from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPrior to his time at Georgia Tech, he worked at Samsung Research and SK Hynix. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe\u2019s published 4 peer-reviewed journal articles, 11 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The work is supported in part by the Center for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems (CoCoSys),\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iarpa.gov\/research-programs\/microe4ai\u0022\u003Ethe IAPRA MicroE4AI program\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crnch.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Research into Novel Compute Hierarchies (CRNCH) PhD Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EZishen is advised by ECE professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E. 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MRS brings together materials researchers from around the world to promote the sharing and communication of interdisciplinary research and technology to improve the quality of life.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShe is advised by\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003E Eric M. Vogel, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, ECE adjunct professor and Hightower Professor in the School of Materials Science \u0026amp; Engineering (MSE).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAthena, who is also an IBM Ph.D. Fellow, presented her award-winning research at the meeting, and gave talks about two of her other research projects, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mrs.org\/meetings-events\/fall-meetings-exhibits\/2023-mrs-fall-meeting\/meeting-events\/awards\/student-awards-sessions\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201c\u003Cem\u003EA Novel Electrical Bias Technique to Recover Degraded ReRAM Arrays for Deep Learning\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eand \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mrs.org\/meetings-events\/presentation\/2023_mrs_fall_meeting\/2023_mrs_fall_meeting-3958547\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cDescribing the Analog Resistance Change of HfOx Neuromorphic Synapses.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShe was also one of five global finalists for the Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award for teaching and mentoring.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis is the latest in a growing list of honors for Athena. 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Co-authors of the paper are Professor Geoffrey Ye Li, research associate Zhijin Qin, and Ph.D. candidate Huiqiang Xie, all associated with Li\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/intelligent-transmission-and-processing-laboratory\/\u0022\u003EIntelligent Transmission and Processing Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/\u0022\u003EImperial College London\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELeveraging recent strides in deep learning and natural language processing, the paper, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/stamp\/stamp.jsp?tp=\u0026amp;arnumber=9398576\u0022\u003E\u201cDeep Learning Enabled Semantic Communication Systems,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E seeks to redefine communication systems at the semantic level. The research proposes DeepSC, a deep learning-based semantic communication system designed for text transmission. Built upon the Transformer architecture, DeepSC aims to enhance system capacity and minimize semantic errors by focusing on recovering sentence meaning, as opposed to the bit- or symbol-errors seen in traditional communication methods.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAdditionally, transfer learning is introduced, to ensure adaptability across diverse communication environments and expedite model training. A novel metric called sentence similarity is also initiated to accurately assess the performance of semantic communications.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn comparison to traditional communication systems that overlook semantic information exchange, DeepSC proves to be more resilient to channel variations and demonstrates superior performance, particularly in low signal-to-noise (SNR) scenarios, as evidenced by extensive simulation results.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe award-winning paper was originally published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,\u0026nbsp;Volume 69, in 2021. 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He will be celebrated during the\u0026nbsp;IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony\u0026nbsp;in Boston on May 3, 2024.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith over 40 years of experience in academia and industry, Divan is a globally recognized authority in power electronics, power systems, smart grids, and distributed control of power systems. He is currently the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cde.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Distributed Energy\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, leading advanced research and technology development aimed at transforming electricity delivery and utilization.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis extensive portfolio includes over 85 issued and pending patents, as well as 400 refereed publications. 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He has been honored with the IEEE William E Newell Field Medal and IEEE Hingorani Custom Power Medal.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs the International Chair of the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) recurring global competition, Divian actively contributed to the development of scalable energy access solutions. 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Without efficient data storage, applications like self-driving cars, life-saving healthcare diagnostics, and responsive voice assistants would fall short of their true potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the forefront of this evolving data storage landscape, a collaboration between the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003ESamsung\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;seeks to substantially decrease the voltage in existing technology, unlocking the full potential of AI systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFinding innovative solutions in data storage is paramount, it\u2019s not just about saving photos or documents anymore. The storage needed is about enabling AI systems to transform how we interact with our devices, the world around us, and even each other,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/asif-islam-khan\u0022\u003EAsif Khan\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE) with a joint appointment in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(MSE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKhan\u0027s lab is spearheading the collaboration which brings together three ECE labs, including those of Professors\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/suman-datta\u0022\u003ESuman Datta\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u003C\/a\u003E. The lead author of the paper is Dipjyoti Das, a postdoctoral fellow under Khan\u0027s supervision. The second author, Hyeonwoo Park, conducts research under Datta. The team is joined by researchers from MSE, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/materials\u0022\u003EInstitute of Materials\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano\u0022\u003EInstitute of Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E, and a dedicated team from Samsung.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a pivotal era of transformation and opportunity in high-memory compute,\u201d said co-author Suhwan Lim, an engineer at Samsung. \u201cStrategic intersectoral relationships like this between Samsung and Georgia Tech nurture innovative thinking and lead to exciting experiential results that push us all forward.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdding to the already substantial Georgia Tech presence in the field of computer memory storage, the team\u0027s findings will be featured at the upcoming\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-iedm.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EInternational Electron Devices Meeting\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IEDM) in San Francisco this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Quest for Voltage Efficiency\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research focuses on improving NAND flash technology found at the core of storage devices like solid-state hard drives, USB sticks, and SD cards. NAND boasts an impressive 1,000-layer 3D architecture, cramming 100 terabytes of data into a minuscule space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, the critical challenge is NAND\u2019s persistent high voltage requirements. Exceeding 20 volts poses challenges in computing due to increased energy consumption, heat generation, and the risk of damaging electronic components.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNAND has been the backbone of data storage, so our research doesn\u0027t attempt to replace it; it\u0027s an upgrade. We\u0027re boosting NAND\u0027s power and pushing it into the digital storage future,\u201d said Das, who designed and executed experiments, as well as contributed to characterization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Ferroelectric Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper\u2019s groundbreaking proposal aims to revolutionize NAND flash technology by replacing the traditional NAND gate stack \u2014 a multi-layered structure in a transistor essential for controlling the flow of electrical current in semiconductor devices \u2014 with a new ferroelectric structure and a tunneling barrier.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0027s method, introducing aluminum oxide (Al2O3) in the middle of the ferroelectric stack, has dramatically improved data storage capability, reducing voltage requirements by an impressive 40-60%.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, the study reveals that the Al2O3\u0026nbsp;layer functions as a tunnel barrier, impeding electron motion and establishing a dipole, creating an additional electric field that aligns with the polarization direction, boosting device memory performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe experiential findings could transform various sectors, including AI, mobile devices, edge data processing, embedded systems, and overall computing efficiency.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis breakthrough charts a new course towards more efficient, reliable and dense data storage solution,\u201d said Datta, who is the Joseph M. Pettit Chair of Advanced Computing in ECE and a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar. \u201cWe are grateful to Samsung for their continued support, as we work towards the next milestone.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking for Collective Solutions to Shared Challenges\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Das, the approach not only demonstrates the capability to achieve reduced voltage and enhanced memory but also aligns with scalability and broad industry adoption.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the project ventures into commercial avenues, the input of Samsung\u0027s researchers will be crucial. Das and Park are actively uncovering the intricacies of disturbances that could impede the market acceptance of the new gate stack.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this context, disturbances refer to any unintended disruptions or deviations from transistor behavior expectations. Das stresses the importance of understanding, controlling, and clearly defining disturbance specifications. Establishing a well-defined threshold for disturbances is pivotal for achieving widespread commercialization readiness in their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking alongside industry leaders like Samsung is essential for any endeavor aiming to make a transformative impact in everyday technology,\u201d added Khan. \u201cIt becomes particularly pertinent as we collectively look towards a future dominated by the power required to fuel advancements in AI.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECitation: Dipjyoti Das*, Hyeonwoo Park*, Zekai Wang, Chengyang Zhang, Prasanna Venkatesan Ravindran, Chinsung Park, Nashrah Afroze, Po-Kai Hsu, Mengkun Tian, Hang Chen, Winston Chern, Suhwan Lim, Kwangsoo Kim, Kijoon Kim, Wanki Kim, Daewon Ha; Shimeng Yu, Suman Datta, Asif Khan. \u201cExperimental Demonstration and Modeling of a Ferroelectric Gate Stack with a Tunnel Dielectric Insert for NAND Applications.\u201d Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). 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His tenure as a professor of electrical engineering in the School spanned from 1970 to 1998, with a specialization in near-field antenna measurements.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETentzeris,a noteworthy first recipient of the title, boasts an extensive research portfolio covering many domains. His expertise spans 3D Printed RF electronics, antennas and modules, flexible and conformal electronics an phased antenna arrays up to sub-THz, origami and morphing electromagnetics, Highly Integrated\/Multilayer Packaging for RF and Wireless Applications using ceramic and organic flexible materials, \u201cgreen\u201d paper-based RFIDs and sensors, nanostructures for RF, wireless sensors, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer\/wireless power grids, reconfigurable intelligent metasurfaces, heterogeneous integration and SOP-integrated (UWB, multiband, conformal) antennas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis body of work includes more than 850 papers in refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings, 5 books and 25 book chapters. 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Tapping involves targeting 12 meridian points on the body to alleviate the effects of negative experiences or emotions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThanks to the enthusiasm and backing from the campus community,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/meditationclub\/tapping\/\u0022\u003ETapping\u0026nbsp;@\u0026nbsp;GT\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has a straightforward protocol that anyone can easily pick up. Its positive impacts were particularly evident during the challenging times of the pandemic. Recently she has teamed up with Christian Gallie, the ECE Culture Champion from last year, to secure approval from the Student Government Association Mental Health Joint Allocation Committee (MHJAC) to expand outreach efforts and provide additional stress management and overall wellbeing support to students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince joining Georgia Tech in 2017, she has proven to be an invaluable resource, consistently infusing campus with positive energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChance Brown, the director of financial administration in CoE, said of Ito:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ETeamwork and mental health are something that Mitsuko takes seriously. She is dedicated to promoting a healthy lifestyle and\u0026nbsp;providing stress relief techniques to faculty and staff at many of ECE\u2019s events. Mitsuko makes the atmosphere more inclusive and harmonious.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELinda Dillon, the assistant director of business operations in ECE, added:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EOne of the most commendable aspects of Mitsuko\u2019s work is her tireless dedication to promoting mental health and\u0026nbsp;provides effective stress-relief techniques such as\u0026nbsp;tapping to the faculty and staff at many of our events.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/coe-cares\/2020\/04\/08\/an-interview-with-mitsuko-ito-on-mindfulness-and-well-being\/\u0022\u003EQ\u0026amp;A with Mitsuko\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to learn more about her approach to mindfulness and EFT Tapping.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering has recognized Ito\u0027s dedication to mental health, mindfulness, and positive culture at the CoE Staff Engagement Day this week.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Engineering has recognized Ito\u0027s dedication to mental health, mindfulness, and positive culture at the CoE Staff Engagement Day this week."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-11-17 16:49:52","changed_gmt":"2023-11-20 01:45:55","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672407":{"id":"672407","type":"image","title":"Mitsuko Ito receiving COESCAC Culture Champion Award ","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMitsuko Ito (right) receiving the COESCAC Culture Champion Award from Damon Williams, associate dean for inclusive excellence in the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1700239804","gmt_created":"2023-11-17 16:50:04","changed":"1700239804","gmt_changed":"2023-11-17 16:50:04","alt":"Mitsuko Ito (right) receiving the COESCAC Culture Champion Award from Damon Williams, associate dean for inclusive excellence in the College of Engineering.","file":{"fid":"255638","name":"IMG_6489-2.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/17\/IMG_6489-2.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/17\/IMG_6489-2.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":733196,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/17\/IMG_6489-2.JPG?itok=kw9Cs6j2"}}},"media_ids":["672407"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186361","name":"College of Engineering Staff Culture Advisory Council"},{"id":"193283","name":"Mitsuko Ito"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"671133":{"#nid":"671133","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Vice Provost Kippelen Honored with Prestigious French National Order of Merit ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBernard Kippelen, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026nbsp;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has been honored with the title of Knight of the French National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l\u0027Ordre National du M\u00e9rite), acknowledging his outstanding commitment to enhancing Franco-American scientific and academic ties. The recognition extends to his contributions to the France-Atlanta series of events and the profound influence of his research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/leadership\/bernard-kippelen\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/leadership\/bernard-kippelen\u0022\u003EKippelen\u003C\/a\u003E, the current vice provost for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/global.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/global.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInternational Initiatives\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the Steven A. Denning Chair for Global Engagement, received the award in a ceremony at the Residence of France in Atlanta on November 6, 2023.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe President of the French Republic had previously conferred the honor upon this year\u2019s civilian recipients on June 2, 2023. The National Order of Merit is the second national Order of France after the Legion of Honor. Its purpose is to, \u201creward \u2018distinguished merit\u2019 and encourage the lifeblood of the country.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOn behalf of the Georgia Tech community, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Bernard, a true science diplomat, who has made extraordinary contributions to research and to strengthening ties between the United States and France\u201d said Georgia Tech President \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/president.gatech.edu\/about\/biography\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u00c1ngel Cabrera\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cGeorgia Tech is indebted to him for all he has done and continues to do to enhance our reach, reputation, and impact on the global stage.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the award ceremony, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/mcintyre\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn McIntyre\u003C\/a\u003E, the founding executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/center-for-international-business-edu-and-research\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research\u003C\/a\u003E (CIBER), bestowed the medal upon Kippelen. President Cabrera and Anne-Laure Desjonqu\u00e8res, the consul general at Consulate of France in Atlanta, were joined by Kippelen\u0027s family, friends, and colleagues at the ceremony.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProfessor Kippelen has been instrumental in fostering collaborations and partnerships and facilitating researcher and student mobility between France and the Southeast,\u201d said Desjonqu\u00e8res. \u201cThe French consulate is profoundly grateful to Bernard Kippelen for his invaluable support to our annual series of events France-Atlanta, as well as to our exchange and mobility programs.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKippelen joins \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/news\/yves-berthelot-vice-provost-international-initiatives-retire\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYves Berthelot\u003C\/a\u003E (vice provost for International Initiatives, retd.), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/development.gatech.edu\/who\/international\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMarta H. Garcia\u003C\/a\u003E (associate vice president for Development), and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/steven-w-mclaughlin\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESteve McLaughlin\u003C\/a\u003E (provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs) as fellow Georgia Tech recipients of the Knight of the French National Order of Merit distinction.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2003, Bernard joined the Georgia Tech faculty and served as director of the\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E (COPE) from 2011-2019.\u0026nbsp;He is a co-founder and co-president of the\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kippelengroup.gatech.edu\/institut-lafayette\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitut Lafayette\u003C\/a\u003E, an innovation platform located at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/europe.gatech.edu\/en\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech-Europe\u003C\/a\u003E in Metz, France.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Georgia Tech, he has worked with the\u202fOffice for Science and Technology (OST) of the Embassy of France to support the Technology Venture Accelerator (NETVA) program established to develop technological partnerships in the United States for young and innovative French startups.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKippelen was raised in Soultz, Alsace, France, and is a U.S. and French citizen. He studied at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France (Ph.D. 1990) and was a member of the\u202fCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique\u202f(CNRS). Before joining Georgia Tech, he was on the faculty of the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u2014\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETop photo caption:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBernard Kippelen receiving the Knight of the French National Order of Merit on Nov. 6, 2023 at the Residence of France in Atlanta. In the photo are (L-R): Yves Berthelot, Beth Cabrera, \u00c1ngel Cabrera, Virginie Kippelen,\u0026nbsp;Bernard Kippelen, Steve McLaughlin, Marta H. 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He is also a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOptica Fellows, a select group representing no more than 10 percent of the total membership, are individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing optics and photonics. 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Tummala Electronics Packaging Technology Award.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eecs.psu.edu\/departments\/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=mvs7249\u0026amp;_gl=1*1lqbsfm*_ga*MTUwMTM3MzAxOS4xNjkyODk1NjY3*_ga_P4WQEC6B2H*MTY5Mjk3MTYxMy4yLjEuMTY5Mjk3MzE5Ni41Ni4wLjA.\u0022\u003ESwaminathan\u003C\/a\u003E is professor emeritus in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) and the current department head of electrical engineering in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eecs.psu.edu\/\u0022\u003EPenn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EECS).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor 28 years, Swaminathan dedicated his career to Georgia Tech, becoming the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/ien-prc\/\u0022\u003E3D Systems Packaging Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E (PRC) in 2019. The establishment of the PRC was led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/rao-r-tummala\u0022\u003ERao Tummala\u003C\/a\u003E, the namesake of the Electronics Packaging Technology Award, and also professor emeritus in ECE. Swaminathan played a pivotal role in the advancement of the PRC while at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe award is one of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/corporate-awards.ieee.org\/recipients\/current-recipients\/#1687264835238-5d20e2c1-b74d\u0022\u003EIEEE\u2019s Technical Field Awards\u003C\/a\u003E (TFAs) which represents the highest award given by each IEEE Society, bestowed for\u0026nbsp;contributions or leadership in specific fields of interest of IEEE.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe distinguished award, sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eps.ieee.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE Electronics Packaging Society\u003C\/a\u003E and Friends of Rao R. Tummala, acknowledges Swaminathan\u2019s, \u201cexceptional contributions to semiconductor packaging and system integration technologies, which have significantly improved electronic system performance, efficiency, and capabilities.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn 2023, Swaminathan joined the Penn State faculty as the William E. Leonhard Endowed Chair. He also serves as the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chimes.psu.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CHIMES), supported through Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)\u2019s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETummala was the Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Electronics Packaging in ECE from 1993 to 2019. As the founding director of PRC, he pioneered the Second Law of Electronics, propelling the industry forward with his visionary System-On-Package (SOP) concept. His contributions were further recognized with the distinguished title of Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar from 1993 to 2019.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETop photo:\u0026nbsp;Madhavan Swaminathan (left) and Rao R. Tummala (right).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EProfessor Emeritus Madhavan Swaminathan\u2019s contributions to semiconductor packaging have been recognized with an IEEE Technical Field Award named in honor of Professor Emeritus Rao R. Tummala.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Emeritus Madhavan Swaminathan\u2019s contributions to semiconductor packaging have been recognized with an IEEE Technical Field Award named in honor of Professor Emeritus Rao R. 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The award recognizes his pioneering research in the field of \u201cBeyond CMOS Circuits and Architectures\u201d.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKwak is a Ph.D. candidate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and is part of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u2019s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shimeng.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits\u003C\/a\u003E. The primary objective of the research group is to challenge the intrinsic limitations of conventional 2D scaling in integrated circuits. They aim to achieve this by vertically stacking circuit components using emerging devices in 3D monolithic integration.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe award-winning paper, titled \u0022A Reconfigurable Monolithic 3D Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter with Back-End-Of-Line Oxide Channel Transistor,\u0022 introduces a cutting-edge design that offers power-efficient and high-density switched-capacitor DC-DC converters. The novel converters are strategically placed on top of systolic arrays, facilitating fine-grain voltage scaling at the array level. The innovative architecture also minimizes the idle time of processing units by independently controlling the voltage for each array, all without incurring significant area overhead.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAccording to Kwak, the work in monolithic 3D integration offers exciting prospects for the future of computing. By conducting comprehensive studies of devices, circuits, and systems within 3D frameworks, the research provides a credible roadmap for extending Moore\u0027s Law \u2014 an advancement that is critically relevant as exponential growth in computational requirements like artificial intelligence models persist.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe work is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chimes.psu.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CHIMES), which operates under the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)\u2019s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0\u003C\/a\u003E(JUMP 2.0), in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJungyoun Kwak, a Ph.D. candidate in ECE, has received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2023 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems for his pioneering research in 3D monolithic integration and innovative circuit design.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jungyoun Kwak, a Ph.D. candidate in ECE, has received a Best Student Paper Award for his pioneering research in 3D monolithic integration."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-08-25 15:56:09","changed_gmt":"2023-08-25 15:59:02","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671484":{"id":"671484","type":"image","title":"photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund and crop.png","body":null,"created":"1692979047","gmt_created":"2023-08-25 15:57:27","changed":"1692979047","gmt_changed":"2023-08-25 15:57:27","alt":"A headshot of Ph.D. candidate Jungyoun Kwak.","file":{"fid":"254555","name":"photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund and crop.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png","mime":"image\/png","size":181334,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/25\/photo_Jungyoun_Kwak_backgorund%20and%20crop.png?itok=zmgF5-JR"}}},"media_ids":["671484"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"668872":{"#nid":"668872","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Team Honored for Groundbreaking Transformer Design","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-pels.org\/awards\/pels-publications\/tpel-prize-paper\u0022\u003EIEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) First Place Prize Paper Award\u003C\/a\u003E has been awarded to a team of researchers in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) led by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/deepakraj-m-divan\u0022\u003EDeepakraj M. 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TPEL is renowned for its influence in the power electronics field.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn addition to Divan, the researchers include:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/lukas-graber\u0022\u003ELukas Graber\u003C\/a\u003E - Associate Professor\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/maryam-saeedifard\u0022\u003EMaryam Saeedifard\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 Professor\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERajendra Prasad Kandula \u2013 Staff Research Scientist\u00a0at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (was Chief Engineer at Tech\u0027s Center for Distributed Energy)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EXiangyu Han - Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Tesla (ECE Ph.D. \u002720)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EChunmeng Xu - Research Scientist at ABB Raleigh Research Center (ECE Ph.D. \u002721)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELiran Zheng - Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Tesla (ECE Ph.D. \u002722)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team\u0027s prize-winning paper titled, \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9770386\u0022\u003E7.2 kV Three-Port SiC Single-Stage Current-Source Solid-State Transformer With 90 kV Lightning Protection\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0022 proposes a new type of power transformer called a multiport modular single-stage current-source solid-state transformer (SST).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUnlike traditional transformers, it operates at high voltage (up to 7.5 kV) and performs direct AC to DC or AC to AC conversion in just one stage. The design includes a buffer port for improved power management and energy storage integration. Innovative insulation and lightning protection measures ensure safety and reliability, while a soft-switching technique reduces electromagnetic interference.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThese advanced transformers address the increasing prevalence of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles in power grids, offering enhanced flexibility and control over electricity flow compared to traditional transformers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Prize Paper Award distinction is a high honor and a tribute to the fine research quality, presentation, and potential impact that the research has to the field, according to TPEL. The publication\u2019s rigorous selection process requires multiple review levels and votes. Each year, up to five first-place prize papers and ten second-place prize papers are deemed best among those published in the preceding calendar year. In 2022, 1,292 regular papers, letters, and correspondence were published from 3,186 original submissions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team will be honored at the TPEL Editorial Board Meeting during the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee-ecce.org\/2023\/\u0022\u003E2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference\u003C\/a\u003E and Expo in Nashville, Tennessee on November 1.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team\u0027s prize-winning research proposes a new type of power transformer called a multiport modular single-stage current-source solid-state transformer (SST).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The proposed high-voltage solid-state transformer (SST) offers enhanced flexibility and control for integrating renewable energy sources and electric vehicles in power grids."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-08-09 17:49:00","changed_gmt":"2023-08-17 18:11:39","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671359":{"id":"671359","type":"image","title":"TPEL_First Place Prize Paper graphic.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPhoto graphic that includes headshots of the seven-member research team. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1691603361","gmt_created":"2023-08-09 17:49:21","changed":"1691603361","gmt_changed":"2023-08-09 17:49:21","alt":"Photo graphic that includes headshots of the seven-member research team. 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Specifically, the novel approach will enable a creation of family of ML models on a pareto-optimal curve for accuracy and runtime latency, and co-design schedulers and hardware to enable deployment of diverse models depending on the application demands and hardware availability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project will expand on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/proceedings.mlsys.org\/paper_files\/paper\/2023\/hash\/0e65cd5d77a5e8b2d1f9ab31ba50b49b-Abstract-mlsys2023.html\u0022\u003Erecent research published\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the International Conference on Machine Learning Systems 2023\u0026nbsp;by Behnam, Tong,\u0026nbsp;Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tusharkrishna.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~atumanov\/\u0022\u003EAlexey Tumanov\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe QIF program invests in Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical research areas. As part of the award, Behnam and Tong will receive a one-year fellowship, during which they will be guided and mentored by experienced Qualcomm engineers, synergistically amplifying the success of their proposed research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehnam, a Ph.D. candidate in ECE, is advised by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/faculty.cc.gatech.edu\/~atumanov\/\u0022\u003ETumanov\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in SCS, while Tong, a Ph.D. candidate in SCS, is advised by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/tusharkrishna.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EKrishna\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in ECE.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENotably, Tumanov was himself a QIF finalist in 2014, while\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/krishna-raychowdhury-win-qualcomm-faculty-awards\u0022\u003EKrishna was honored with a Qualcomm Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehnam and Tong are the only Georgia Tech team to win a QIF this year, and the first team comprised solely of Georgia Tech Ph.D. candidates to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/crafton-chang-tapped-qualcomm-innovation-fellowship\u0022\u003Ereceive the fellowship since 2019\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, ECE Ph.D. candidate Rishov Sarkar, advised by Assistant Professor Cong (Callie) Hao in ECE,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/sarkar-awarded-qualcomm-innovation-fellowship\u0022\u003Ecollaborated with Zhiwen Fan from the University of Texas-Austin\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to win a QIF.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQualcomm Research\u2019s top engineers carefully review submitted proposals and select the QIF finalist through a multi-stage process spanning at least 6 months, who are then invited to present their proposals to a panel of executive judges. The QIF program has experienced continued growth with over 100 proposals submitted each year in the U.S. and internationally, and has awarded over $15 million since it started in 2009 at Qualcomm\u2019s Research Center in Silicon Valley, Cali.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHeader image caption:\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship\u0026nbsp;recipients\u0026nbsp;Payman Behnam (left) and Jianming Tong.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe QIF program invests in Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical research areas. As part of the award, Behnam and \u003Ca\u003ETong \u003C\/a\u003Ewill receive a one-year fellowship, during which they will be guided and mentored by experienced Qualcomm engineers, synergistically amplifying the success of their proposed research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ph.D. candidates Payman Behnam and Jianming Tong recognized for machine learning research on enhanced navigation capabilities of edge applications."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-08-10 23:49:47","changed_gmt":"2023-08-11 13:16:00","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671374":{"id":"671374","type":"image","title":"Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship_Behnam and Tong2.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech Ph.D cand Payman Behnam and Jianming \u003Ca\u003ETon\u003C\/a\u003Eg, were awarded the fellowship for their project, \u201cSUSHI: Model-System-Accelerator Co-Design for Real-Time Latency\/Accuracy Navigation in Edge Applications.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1691711404","gmt_created":"2023-08-10 23:50:04","changed":"1691711404","gmt_changed":"2023-08-10 23:50:04","alt":"Photo graphic of Georgia Tech Ph.D cand Payman Behnam and Jianming Ton.","file":{"fid":"254410","name":"Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship_Behnam and Tong2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/10\/Qualcomm%20Innovation%20Fellowship_Behnam%20and%20Tong2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/08\/10\/Qualcomm%20Innovation%20Fellowship_Behnam%20and%20Tong2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3305084,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/08\/10\/Qualcomm%20Innovation%20Fellowship_Behnam%20and%20Tong2.jpg?itok=n_xlvEsr"}}},"media_ids":["671374"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"166941","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"181440","name":"Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship"},{"id":"192946","name":"Payman Behnam"},{"id":"192947","name":"Jianming Tong"},{"id":"192948","name":"edge applications"},{"id":"173453","name":"Tushar Krishna"},{"id":"192950","name":"Alexey Tumanov"},{"id":"192951","name":"soft real-time ML"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"668506":{"#nid":"668506","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Novel Ultrasound Imaging Research Earns Trailblazer Award Funding","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAssistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shaolan-li\u0022\u003EShaolan Li\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) has been awarded the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nibib.nih.gov\/research-funding\/trailblazer-r21-awards\u0022\u003ETrailblazer R21 Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nibib.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering\u003C\/a\u003E(NIBIB). The research will be performed in collaboration with Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/degertekin\u0022\u003ELevent Degertekin\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. 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Notably, applicants are required to propose novel high-risk high-return research approaches that have minimal or no preliminary data.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe three-year project aims to integrate compact and power-efficient electronics into portable and wearable ultrasound imaging systems, meeting the growing demand in the field. Li and Degertekin will explore a novel approach called compressed sensing (CS) at the integrated circuit level to overcome the current challenges posed by the requirements of high-performance imaging and the limitations of power, physical size, and interconnects.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe research purposes a novel CS framework that reduces the size of ultrasound data without sacrificing image quality. By combining compression techniques and advanced chip design, the team hopes to achieve faster and more efficient imaging.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUltimately, the researchers plan to develop a prototype device that integrates different components on a single chip, potentially reducing the need for multiple cables during catheter-based ultrasound procedures. The performance of this prototype will be compared to traditional imaging systems to assess its effectiveness.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe project is expected to contribute valuable theories, models, circuit techniques, and insights into the design space and limitations of emerging portable and wearable ultrasound systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering award will fund Shaolan Li\u2019s new research on energy-efficient integration of ultrasound front-end electronics in portable and wearable ultrasound imaging systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Led by Shaolan Li, and in collaboration with\u00a0Levent Degertekin, the award will provide support to research on\u00a0compact, energy-efficient integration of ultrasound front-end electronics.\u00a0"}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-07-18 18:52:19","changed_gmt":"2023-08-03 23:56:43","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671179":{"id":"671179","type":"image","title":"Li and Degertekin.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto of Georgia Tech professors\u0026nbsp;Shaolan Li (ECE) and Levent Degertekin (ME).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1689706347","gmt_created":"2023-07-18 18:52:27","changed":"1689706347","gmt_changed":"2023-07-18 18:52:27","alt":"Shaolan Li (ECE) and Levent Degertekin (ME)","file":{"fid":"254193","name":"Li and Degertekin.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Li%20and%20Degertekin.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Li%20and%20Degertekin.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8979706,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/18\/Li%20and%20Degertekin.jpg?itok=GnJFsSMU"}}},"media_ids":["671179"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182039","name":"Shaolan Li"},{"id":"192866","name":"School of Electrical and Computer"},{"id":"192867","name":"Trailblazer R21 Award"},{"id":"192868","name":"National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering"},{"id":"2270","name":"National Institutes of Health"},{"id":"17041","name":"Levent Degertekin"},{"id":"14545","name":"George W. 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The award is granted to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the progress of Custom Power technologies and their applications.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe award pays tribute to Dr. Narain Hingorani, who pioneered the concepts of flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) and Custom Power \u2014 two related technologies used in the field of power systems engineering to improve the efficiency, stability, and reliability of electricity transmission and distribution networks.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDivan received the award in recognition of his, \u201ccontributions to distributed and decentralized dynamic control of transmission and distribution systems\u201d. He was honored at the annual PES General Meeting on July 18 in Orlando, Fla.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gra.org\/page\/1051\/talent.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E and the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cde.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Distributed Energy\u003C\/a\u003E, Divan has dedicated his research efforts to power electronics, power systems, smart grids, and distributed control of power systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith impressive academic and industrial experience spanning over 40 years, Divan holds more than 85 issued and pending patents and has authored more than 400 refereed publications. His contributions have earned him recognition as an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a member of the National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, an IEEE Fellow, past president of the IEEE PES, and a recipient of the IEEE William E. Newell Field Medal. He was also an invitee at the 2022 White House Electrification Summit and has presented at the 2023 UN Global Solutions Summit.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe has founded and led several companies including Soft Switching Technologies, Varentec, Innovolt and Smart Wires. 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(Sakis) Meliopoulos\u003C\/a\u003E, the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has received the 2023 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieee-pes.org\/about-pes\/awards-scholarships\/ieee-pes-outstanding-power-engineering-educator-award\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieee-pes.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIEEE Power \u0026amp; Energy Society (PES)\u003C\/a\u003E. This prestigious recognition honors his exceptional contributions to power systems education in protection, control, and operation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout his extensive career, Meliopoulos has made significant advancements in power systems and played a crucial role in shaping Georgia Tech\u0027s power program. He has modernized existing courses, introduced new ones, and fostered various research activities. Meliopoulos has also established continuing education programs and developed the Power System Certificate program, catering to utility engineers seeking professional development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeliopoulos is highly esteemed for his teaching approach, characterized by its clarity and practicality. He has revolutionized the learning experience by integrating interactive software, enabling students to efficiently tackle real-world power system problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the director of the Power Systems Control and Automation Laboratory (PSCAL), Meliopoulos has contributed significantly to power system reliability, safety, protection, and electromagnetic compatibility through his pioneering research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong his notable achievements are the development of the EPRI transmission reliability program TRELLS (now TransCARE), the GPS-synchronized harmonic state measurement system for transmission systems, the distributed dynamic state estimation method, the setting-less relay, and the CYMSA software for Cyber-Physical Modeling and Simulation for Situational Awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeliopoulos holds three patents, has published three books, and has authored over 440 technical papers. He was elected as a Fellow of the IEEE in 1993 and has received prestigious awards such as the IEEE-IAS Society Field Award in 2005 and the George Montefiore Institute Award (Belgium) in 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award will be presented to Meliopoulos during the upcoming IEEE-PES General Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on July 18.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecognizing his significant impact on power systems engineering education, Meliopoulos has been honored with the IEEE PES Outstanding Educator Award, highlighting his innovative teaching methods and contributions to the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The IEEE Power \u0026 Energy Society Recognizes the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor with Outstanding Educator Award"}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-07-06 14:15:31","changed_gmt":"2023-07-18 20:03:52","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671181":{"id":"671181","type":"image","title":"Picture_AthanasiosMeliopoulos_cropped.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAthanasios P. 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The NSF especially encourages women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELi\u2019s NSF CAREER project, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2239565\u0022\u003EModern Machine Learning on Graphs: From Theory to Practice\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d aims to enhance \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eour understanding of the theoretical foundations and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Edevelop robust algorithms for learning from complex graph-structured data. It focuses on scalable models for higher-order relations and provably expressive and generalizable deep learning models, with applications in various fields such as network anomaly detection, particle collision data analysis, and material property analysis.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAccording to Li, the success of the project will improve the understanding of network\/graph data across various scientific disciplines and enhance the quality of data processing in high-energy physics. Additionally, the project will foster collaborations among college students studying data science, professionals in the computing industry, and scientists working in specific fields.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis year, Georgia Tech ECE faculty members have garnered significant recognition through NSF CAREER awards. Other recipients at Georgia Tech ECE this year include: Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shaolan-li\u0022\u003EShaolan Li\u003C\/a\u003E received funding to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/li-receives-national-science-foundation-early-career-award\u0022\u003Eresearch novel analog integrated circuit (IC) design automation flow\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/vidya-k-muthukumar\u0022\u003EVidya Muthukumar\u003C\/a\u003E was awarded the CAREER award to pursue \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/muthukumar-lands-nsf-career-award-foundational-machine-learning-research\u0022\u003Efoundational machine learning research\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELearn more about the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career\u0022\u003ENSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELi is the third ECE faculty this year to receive the highly esteemed NSF CAREER Award, which is recognized as the most prestigious grant aimed at supporting junior faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The project aims to develop theoretically principled and robust algorithms that can effectively learn from complex graph-structured data."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-07-18 13:05:12","changed_gmt":"2023-07-18 13:19:16","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671177":{"id":"671177","type":"image","title":"Pan Li.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPhoto of\u0026nbsp;Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1689686068","gmt_created":"2023-07-18 13:14:28","changed":"1689686068","gmt_changed":"2023-07-18 13:14:28","alt":"Pan Li, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ","file":{"fid":"254191","name":"Pan Li.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":132896,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/18\/Pan%20Li.jpeg?itok=P_K2VcBZ"}}},"media_ids":["671177"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192861","name":"Pan Li"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"12004","name":"Faculty Early Career Development Program"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"192862","name":"machine learning on graphs"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"668212":{"#nid":"668212","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dasgupta Wins Best Poster Award for Novel Process that uses Laser-Oxidation to Pattern Polysilicon ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPh.D. student, Sagnik Dasgupta, has won the Best Poster Award at the prestigious 50th \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieee-pvsc.org\/PVSC50\/\u0022\u003EIEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference \u003C\/a\u003Ein San Juan, Puerto Rico. The award recognizes his outstanding contribution in the field of \u0022Area 4: Silicon Photovoltaic Materials and Devices.\u0022 He is a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/ajeet-rohatgi\u0022\u003EDr. Ajeet Rohatgi\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E group \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ucep.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics (UCEP)\u003C\/a\u003E whose mission is to improve the fundamental understanding of the science and technology of advanced PV devices, to fabricate record high efficiency solar cells, to provide training and enrich the educational experience of students in this field, and to give the U.S. a competitive edge by providing guidelines to industry and DOE for achieving cost-effective and high-efficiency PV devices.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDasgupta\u0027s winning paper, \u201c\u003Cem\u003EPatterning the Front Polysilicon Contact for Silicon Solar Cells using Laser Oxidation\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0022 presents an innovative, rapid, and scalable process to manufacture next-generation, low-cost, and highly efficient silicon solar cells. The proposed method employs laser-oxidation techniques to pattern the front polysilicon contact, effectively reducing parasitic absorption. This, combined with the utilization of \u0027Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contacts (TOPCON)\u0027 technology to minimize diffusion and metal-induced recombination, significantly enhances the overall efficiency of the solar cells.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe breakthrough approach described in Dasgupta\u0027s research holds great promise for the solar energy industry. By reducing costs and increasing efficiency, this technique has the potential to make solar electricity two to three times cheaper than fossil fuels. This accomplishment aligns with the growing global demand for renewable energy solutions and contributes to a more sustainable future.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Sagnik Dasgupta wins Best Poster Award at the IEEE Photovoltaics Conference for his innovative research on manufacturing high-efficiency silicon solar cells using laser oxidation, offering a scalable and cost-effective solution with the potential to make solar electricity two to three times cheaper than fossil fuels, contributing to a more sustainable future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Ph.D. student Sagnik Dasgupta wins Best Poster Award at the IEEE Photovoltaics Conference for his innovative research"}],"uid":"36327","created_gmt":"2023-06-23 14:04:23","changed_gmt":"2023-06-26 13:58:24","author":"mlindo7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671024":{"id":"671024","type":"image","title":"Sagnik Dasgupta","body":null,"created":"1687528606","gmt_created":"2023-06-23 13:56:46","changed":"1687529563","gmt_changed":"2023-06-23 14:12:43","alt":"Best Poster Sagnik Dasgupta","file":{"fid":"254014","name":"Best_Poster_Sagnik_Dasgupta.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/23\/Best_Poster_Sagnik_Dasgupta.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/23\/Best_Poster_Sagnik_Dasgupta.png","mime":"image\/png","size":243598,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/23\/Best_Poster_Sagnik_Dasgupta.png?itok=6MbjOp0X"}}},"media_ids":["671024"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMartina Lindo\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mlindo7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"668038":{"#nid":"668038","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and University of Kansas Student Team Wins IP Security Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPh.D. candidates Zachary Ellis and Anupam Golder won this year\u2019s Microelectronics Security Award (IP Security Track) at the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEllis and Golder are advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003EArijit Raychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E, p\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Erofessor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E, in the \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. They participated in the competition alongside University of Kansas students Tanvir Hossain and Mahmudul Hasan and their Ph.D. advisor, Assistant Professor Tamzidul Hoque.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team\u2019s primary objective in the Microelectronics Security Competition was to showcase two distinct attack methods on a provided design from the organizers, followed by the implementation of countermeasures against these attacks. 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Historically, accolades of this caliber have predominantly been granted to professionals in medical fields.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlagapan\u2019s unique approach of integrating cutting-edge computational techniques to studying brain regions implicated in psychiatric disorders enabled his successful application. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0022My career goal is to bring cutting-edge computational tools to address clinically important problems, specifically in developing effective brain stimulation treatments informed by brain network function,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Alagapan.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe proposed research, titled \u0022Investigating Electrophysiological Dynamics in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex during Effort Evaluation,\u0022 aims to make notable strides in understanding how the brain determines whether it\u0027s worthwhile to exert effort in achieving a task.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe project will investigate the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain integral to a range of higher-level cognitive functions, such as attention allocation, reward anticipation, decision-making, and emotion. These functions are also impaired in many disorders like depression and the findings from this project will inform brain stimulation approaches to treat these disorders.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe KL2 program provides comprehensive support, including salary assistance, benefits, and a dedicated research technical budget, for up to two years. 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In terms of rankings among public universities, both graduate programs placed second. All ECE\u2019s undergraduate and graduate programs now rank either No. 1 or No. 2 among public universities. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe rankings affirm the value of ECE\u0027s excellence-at scale-approach in providing a high-quality education to a broad and diverse range of students, preparing them for the demands of a rapidly changing world and workplace,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Arijit\u0026nbsp;Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for ECE. \u201cThe hard work and dedication of our entire community is reflected in the School\u2019s continued recognition.\u0022\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E graduate program have also entered the top five, climbing two spots to No. 5 in this year\u2019s rankings.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe new rankings put the College of Engineering in third among public universities. 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Granholm, the United States secretary of energy, visited a team of interdisciplinary and\u0026nbsp;interinstitutional researchers led by Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/lukas-graber\u0022\u003ELukas Graber\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at this week\u2019s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit (The Summit) taking place this week in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGranholm and the team discussed the researchers\u2019 current work on two ARPA-E funding projects, as well as the electrification of the economy in general.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was a wonderful opportunity to discuss the many exciting research areas our team is currently exploring,\u201d said Graber, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe share in Secretary Granholm\u2019s vision of preparing and equipping the country with the tools needed to create a future where power distribution is more sustainable and resilient.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt The Summit, the team is showcasing\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wattedge.co\/switchgear-catalog\u0022\u003EWattEDGE\u003C\/a\u003E, a startup company emerging from Graber\u0027s lab with the goal of commercializing the cutting-edge research and tech developed in the lab. 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Asim Gazi, Nischita Kaza, and Pranav Premdas are gearing up to showcase their exceptional research skills and explain their thesis in just three minutes - to a non-technical audience! \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELearn more about each ECE participant and their research below. You can cheer them on in person at the John Lewis Student Center next Thursday (April 6) at 5:30 p.m. You can also watch the competition live at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92901716012\u0022 target=\u0022_new\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92901716012\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMeet the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EStudents\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAsim Gazi\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/omer-t-inan\u0022\u003EOmer T. Inan\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/christopher-john-rozell\u0022\u003EChristopher J. Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Summary:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOne in every four adult Americans will pathologically suffer from bouts of severe short-term stress (i.e., acute stress). A key challenge in restoring quality of life is mitigating acute stress outside of the clinic, where the individual is outside the reach of a clinician or therapist. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EGazi\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019s Ph.D. research is on models and algorithms that enable the next generation of sense-and-react (i.e., closed-loop) technologies for psychological stress mitigation. Specifically, he designs signal processing and machine learning algorithms that take signals obtained from wearables and estimate an individual\u0027s underlying (i.e., latent) stress state over time. Gazi also studies and models the stress-reducing effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS): electrical activation of a \u201crest and digest\u201d nerve to counteract stress\u0027s \u0022fight or flight\u0022 response.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Asim:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003EAsim received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in 2018, funded by the UTD Academic Excellence Scholarship. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering here at Georgia Tech (GT), funded by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He will be defending his dissertation this summer and will pursue postdoctoral research afterwards. Over the course of his PhD, Asim has co-authored over 30 published and in-review journal articles and conference papers, and has been awarded several Best Paper, Poster, and Presentation awards. He is also an active\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Escience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educator, with his STEM outreach efforts here in Atlanta being recently recognized by the\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;2021-2022 GT ECE Outstanding Service and Outreach Award.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAsim on the 3M Thesis Challenge:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI have been very impressed with my colleagues\u0027 research and their communication of key points to a general audience. I look forward to participating in the final round and learning more about the fascinating research being done around Georgia Tech. In participating, I have found that t\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ehere is quite a bit of overlap between the answer to \u0022Tell me\/us about your Ph.D. research\u0022 and the preparation needed for the Three Minute Thesis competition. In fact, the majority of my three-minute pitch is an exact replica of the elevator pitch I prepared for a recent postdoctoral fellowship interview.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENischita Kaza\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Francisco-E-Robles\u0022\u003EFrancisco Robles\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Summary:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNischita\u2019s \u003Cspan\u003Eresearch broadly focuses on developing simple and cost-effective microscopes for imaging biological samples in clinical and biomedical applications. She works to leverage the unique properties of ultraviolet (UV) light to image cells and tissues in a label-free manner, eliminating the need for chemical labels or stains and lengthy sample preparation procedures that are typical of many conventional imaging systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Nischita:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENischita is a Ph.D. candidate in the Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy lab and a graduate teaching fellow at Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Teaching and Learning. In addition to research and teaching, she is a founding executive member of the Biomedical Photonics Society, a student organization focused on bringing together individuals interested in optics and photonics for biomedical applications. She also enjoys science communication and volunteers at STEM outreach events for various student organizations. After her Ph.D., she plans to pursue a post-doc in computational imaging and hopes to have a career in academia.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENishchita on the 3M Thesis Challenge:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Three Minute Thesis competition has been a great learning experience so far. As someone who tends to delve into the details, it was definitely challenging to condense my research into three minutes. In addition to thinking about how to make my own research accessible to a general audience, I really\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;enjoyed learning about the diverse research of other participants during the preliminary rounds.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPranav Premdas\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Advisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/arvanitis\u0022\u003ECostas D. Arvanitis\u003C\/a\u003E in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering; co-advised by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Brooks-Lindsey\u0022\u003EBrooks Lindsey\u003C\/a\u003E in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Summary:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe large diversity in our vasculature structure, ranging from large arteries with high blood flow velocity to small capillaries and vessels near tumors with a flow as slow as 1 um\/min calls for a very robust algorithm for tracking microbubbles. The current super resolution techniques fail to capture this diversity. Pranav is working to develop a novel robust super resolution algorithm that increases the range of velocities that can be tracked. Thereby, providing vital tracking and vasculature information that can be used for a range of applications from tracking immune cells in immune cell therapy to diagnosing the malignancy of the tumor by studying the blood flow pattern.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Pranav:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPranav Premdas is a master\u2019s thesis student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering specializing in digital signal processing and machine learning. He is currently working on increasing the range of trackable velocities of microbubbles using Super Resolution Ultrasound.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPranav on the 3M Thesis Challenge:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs Albert Einstein once quoted \u201cIf you can\u2019t explain it to a six-year-old, you don\u2019t understand it yourself.\u201d This competition has made me understand that only if you truly understand a concept, you will be able to explain it in simple terms. Further, being provided a stage to showcase my work to a large audience has been a very enthralling experience. I look forward to presenting my work in the finals!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENext week, three talented ECE graduate students are set to compete in the highly anticipated\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/grad.gatech.edu\/3MT\u0022\u003EThree Minute Thesis (3MT) competition\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Asim Gazi, Nischita Kaza, and Pranav Premdas are gearing up to showcase their exceptional research skills and explain their thesis in just three minutes - to a non-technical audience! 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HKN looks for students that live their lives guided by each of our three pillars: scholarship, character, and attitude. Thus, the $1500 HKN Outstanding Student Scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate excellent academic skill, exemplary character, and a true commitment to making their campus community a better place.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJoshua Chio, a second-year computer engineering major from Dallas, TX, wowed us with his academic achievements and involvement in the Georgia Tech community. In just his first year at Tech, Chio had already begun making an impact through volunteering. Through is work in Hexlabs and GT IEEE, Chio helped organize the Robotech, Horizons, and Catalyst hackathons, raising tens of thousands of dollars from corporate sponsors and helping organize the events to serve hundreds of students. Chio is proud that his efforts helped so many students have the opportunity to participate in hackathons and is eager to organize more. Chio also enjoys volunteering with Engineers Without Borders. His work involves coordinating with contractors to help build bathrooms for an elementary school in need in Malawi.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo support himself through school, Chio has not only worked as a software engineering intern at Infosys but has also served as a member of the Alumni Association\u2019s Roll Call team collecting money from Tech alumni to go toward making students\u2019 lives better and as an undergraduate teaching assistant for CS 1301 helping students learn Python. In both his paid and voluntary work, Chio demonstrates a passion for helping his fellow students and giving back to his community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe that you only get what you put into a community,\u201d Chio wrote. We were amazed by his eagerness to exemplify that statement and get involved in just his first year at Tech, and we are excited to see the impact he will have on campus in the coming years. Chio is currently involved in research through the Opportunity Research Scholars program, and he will be interning at Amazon this summer. His goal is to finish his bachelor\u2019s degree in computer engineering then pursue his master\u2019s in ECE through the BS\/MS program. Following graduate school, he hopes to make an impact working for a big tech company. 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Peng is a recent Ph.D. graduate from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE) and currently works at TSMC Corporate Research (North America) as principal engineer. She was advised by ECE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewhile at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeng\u2019s award-winning dissertation proposes an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators by considering the hardware performance with the impacts from device options, circuit topologies, architecture hierarchy and data flow, as well as the software accuracy with non-ideal hardware properties. Her work provided the design automation community a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/neurosim\u0022\u003Efamily of open-sourced NeuroSim series\u003C\/a\u003E. These tools allow users to explore different hardware specifications and find the best design options for their research on CIM accelerators. The NeuroSim series has been recognized for its comprehensive capabilities and has attracted many users, including industry researchers from major companies such as Intel, TSMC, IBM, Samsung, and SK Hynix, as well as researchers from universities and academia worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEDAA is an open nonprofit association, aimed at educational, scientific, and technical purposes for the benefit of the international electronics design and design automation community.\u0026nbsp;In recognition of the importance of university research to the advancement of design automation and test, and to encourage young researchers to work in the field, EDAA annually honors four young researchers with an Outstanding Dissertation Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeng will be honored with the award at this year\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.date-conference.com\u0022\u003EDesign, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on April 18, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EXiaochen Peng has received the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.edaa.com\u0022\u003EEuropean Design and Automation Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EDAA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award-winning dissertation proposes an end-to-end benchmark framework to evaluate state-of-the-art compute-in-memory (CIM) accelerators."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-03-30 14:26:47","changed_gmt":"2023-03-30 14:31:47","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670354":{"id":"670354","type":"image","title":"Recent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1680186617","gmt_created":"2023-03-30 14:30:17","changed":"1680186617","gmt_changed":"2023-03-30 14:30:17","alt":"Recent ECE Graduate Xiaochen Peng.","file":{"fid":"253182","name":"Xiaochen Peng.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79218,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/03\/30\/Xiaochen%20Peng.jpg?itok=eQVbS4TN"}}},"media_ids":["670354"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192468","name":"Xiaochen Peng"},{"id":"178857","name":"Shimeng Yu"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"192469","name":"compute-in-memory accelerators"},{"id":"192470","name":"NeuroSim"},{"id":"192471","name":"European Design and Automation Association"},{"id":"192472","name":"Outstanding Dissertation Award"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"666772":{"#nid":"666772","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Promotion and Tenure Awarded to Six ECE Faculty Members","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty members\u0026nbsp;Azadeh Ansari, Morris Cohen, Asif Khan, Brendan Saltaformaggio, Patricio Vela, and Shimeng Yu have been awarded promotion and\/or tenure by the Board of Regents.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cECE is a leader in academic programming and cutting-edge research thanks\u0026nbsp;to the hard\u0026nbsp;work, selflessness, and leadership of our faculty,\u201d said Arijit Raychowdhury, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and professor in ECE. \u201cAzadeh, Morris, Asif, Brendan, Patricio, and Shimeng exemplify this perfectly. I would like to thank them for their\u0026nbsp;significant\u0026nbsp;contributions and look forward to celebrating many more of their career milestones.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECongratulations to the\u0026nbsp;faculty members for\u0026nbsp;achieving these career milestones:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPromotion to Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/morris-b-cohen\u0022\u003EMorris Cohen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMorris Cohen joined the ECE faculty in 2013. Cohen is interested in the natural electricity of the Earth, including lightning, the electrically charged upper atmosphere, and the radiation-filled space environment. He uses radio waves at low frequencies measured all around the world to understand them, and develops resulting practical applications. His group also works on novel techniques to generate low frequency waves with nonconventional electrically-short antennas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/patricio-antonio-vela\u0022\u003EPatricio Vela\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPatricio Vela came to Georgia Tech as a post-doctoral researcher in computer vision and joined the ECE faculty in 2005. His research interests lie in the geometric perspectives to control theory and computer vision. Recently, he has been interested in the role that computer vision can play for achieving control-theoretic objectives of (semi-) autonomous systems. His research also covers control of nonlinear systems, typically robotic systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBefore joining Georgia Tech ECE in 2018,\u0026nbsp;Shimeng\u0026nbsp;Yu was an assistant professor at Arizona State University. Yu\u2019s research interests are nanoelectronic devices and circuits for energy-efficient computing systems. His expertise is on the emerging non-volatile memories (resistive and ferroelectric memories) for different applications such as in-memory computing, AI hardware, neuromorphic computing, monolithic and heterogeneous\u0026nbsp;3D integration.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPromotion to Associate Professor with\u0026nbsp;Tenure\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/azadeh-ansari\u0022\u003EAzadeh Ansari\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAzadeh Ansari is the \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESutterfield Family Early Career Professor in ECE and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ecame to Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in 2017 after spending a year as a postdoctoral scholar in the physics department at Caltech. Ansari\u2019s current research focuses on the design and fabrication of radio frequency MEMS resonant systems for wireless communication and sensing, as well as micro robotics for exploration and biomedical applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/asif-islam-khan\u0022\u003EAsif Khan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAsif Khan holds the onsemi Junior Professorship in ECE with a courtesy appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. He joined the ECE faculty in 2017. Khan\u2019s\u0026nbsp;research focuses on advanced semiconductor devices that will shape the future of computing in the post-scaling era. His current research group works on all aspects of ferroelectricity ranging from materials physics, growth, and electron microscopy to micro-\/nano-fabrication of electronic devices, to ferroelectric circuits and systems for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-centric applications.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/brendan-d-saltaformaggio\u0022\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBrendan Saltaformaggio came to Georgia Tech in 2017, holding a majority appointment with the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and minority appointment with ECE. 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Two of those women are ECE\u0026rsquo;s own Pamela Bhatti, Associate Chair for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and Ying Zhang,\u0026nbsp;Senior Associate Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECelebrating women in leadership is an important step towards bridging the opportunity gap and serve as role models for the next generation of women leaders. By recognizing and honoring the achievements of women in leadership, we can help to break down\u0026nbsp;barriers and create a more inclusive and equitable society for all.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead\u0026nbsp;about Bhatti and Zhang\u0026rsquo;s significant contributions to the college and ECE\u0026nbsp;and how they are helping\u0026nbsp;shape the future of the next generation of engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/pamela-t-bhatti\u0022\u003EPamela Bhatti\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAssociate Chair for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs associate chair,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/pamela-t-bhatti\u0022\u003EBhatti\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;leads ECE\u0026rsquo;s support for faculty entrepreneurship and manages programs for the School\u0026rsquo;s large group of corporate partners and affiliates. She is an experienced entrepreneur in her own right, co-founding a company based on her research in detecting wrong-patient errors in radiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBhatti also has been dedicated to instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in students. She has coached more than 50 student startup teams and another 30 clinical and translational researcher teams in a National Institutes of Health commercialization accelerator. Most recently, she\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/bhatti-erickson-selected-elates-leadership-program-women-stem\u0022\u003Ejoined the new class\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program at Drexel University. The intensive national program aims to help women in STEM fields elevate their leadership skills and effectiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBhatti said her own path to leadership was somewhat unexpected, and it demonstrates the power of encouragement from people who see your potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I didn\u0026rsquo;t ever think that I would go into any academic leadership role at all; it never crossed my mind. And then I was encouraged by [former school chair] Magnus Egerstedt to join his team. [Provost and former ECE Chair] Steve McLaughlin also encouraged me. I don\u0026rsquo;t look like him; he doesn\u0026rsquo;t look like me. But he encouraged people in his unit. He brought me into strategic planning for the unit. So, you need people who encourage you. They don\u0026rsquo;t have to look like you, but there has to be some connection.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/ying-zhang\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYing Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ESenior Associate Chair\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/ying-zhang\u0022\u003EZhang\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s work focuses on systems-level interdisciplinary problems in wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things, biomedical engineering, structural health monitoring, and intelligent monitoring and diagnostic systems. Her passion for research and education includes extending engineering education beyond the technical skills her students will need to succeed. She has devoted significant time and attention to helping students develop communication, presentation, and leadership skills \u0026mdash; which she said are just as critical for successful careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the last two years as a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/groups\/PTLF\u0022\u003EProvost\u0026rsquo;s Teaching and Learning Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E, Zhang has worked to build a toolbox of strategies to strengthen teaching in blended, face-to-face, and online environments. She also has turned her attention to enhancing her own leadership skills as a new member of the Georgia Tech Emerging Leaders Program. This initiative builds the capabilities of up-and-coming campus leaders with workshops, retreats, and 360-degree evaluations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang has had female mentors throughout her career, starting with her Ph.D. advisor, Alice Agogino. At Georgia Tech, it was the College\u0026rsquo;s ADVANCE Professors \u0026mdash; first Mary Ann Weitnauer and later Kim Kurtis and Pinar Keskinocak \u0026mdash; who provided critical support. In particular, Zhang credited Weitnauer with offering guidance and encouragement in her first years as an assistant professor for helping her overcome setbacks and build her research program. She said she values leaders, mentors, and colleagues who promote an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion that ensures women and minorities have access to equal opportunities and resources for success.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When I was an assistant professor, I felt very isolated. That\u0026#39;s why I really appreciate Mary Ann\u0026rsquo;s help and encouragement. As a junior faculty member, I tended to focus on developing my own research program and working with my students. Now that I am more senior, it\u0026#39;s time that I provide more service to others.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/seven-decades-making-how-women-are-leading-college-future\u0022\u003ELearn more about the other women leaders featured here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two ECE women leaders, Pamela Bhatti and Ying Zhang are featured for their contributions across the College. 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(ADI).\u0026nbsp;Chen is pursuing his master\u0026rsquo;s degree in the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), where he is advised by Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/gabriel-rincon-mora\u0022\u003EGabriel Rinc\u0026oacute;n-Mora\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1997, the prestigious ADI Outstanding Student Designer Award has recognized excellence in system-level integrated circuit architectures or in analog, mixed-signal, or digital integrated circuit design. The award is presented annually at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the flagship conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\u0026nbsp;(IEEE) Solid-State Circuits Society, which was held this year in San Francisco from February 19-23.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen is a member of the Georgia Tech Analog, Power, and Energy Integrated Circuits research team. His current research focuses on high voltage conversion switched-inductor power supplies and the theorization of their maximum achievable conversion ratio.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the summer of 2022 Chen interned at ADI, an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., working on the topological design and evaluation of a linear-boost hybrid converter. 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Despite facing discrimination and segregation, they have made significant contributions to the field. Today, as engineering continues to evolve, Black engineers play a vital role in shaping the future of technology and innovation. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis Black History Month, the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is celebrating\u0026nbsp;the stories and achievements of some of the School\u0026rsquo;s Black faculty, students, and advisory board members who\u202fare working to make a significant impact in a\u202ffield that has historically been underrepresented.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow they share their experiences while at Tech, what drew them to ECE, the challenges they have faced, and what they ultimately hope to see in the future.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/raheem-a-beyah\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERaheem Beyah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EDean of the College of Engineering \u0026amp; Southern Company Chair and ECE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy did you choose Georgia Tech and how has it served you on your journey to becoming a black engineer?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy first impactful exposure to Georgia Tech was attending the Focus Program in 1997 (Georgia Tech launched the Focus Program in 1991 with the goal of increasing the number of master\u0026#39;s and doctoral degrees awarded to students traditionally underrepresented in higher education, not only at Georgia Tech but nationwide). When I was a student at North Carolina A\u0026amp;T,\u0026nbsp;I met\u202fA\u0026amp;T\u0026rsquo;s dean of engineering (Carolyn Myers), a former Georgia Tech faculty member and associate dean. Dr. Myers told me about the program. FOCUS weekend blew me away! Of course, the fantastic resources stood out, but more importantly, the strong presence of Black graduate students and alums won me over. The network I\u0026rsquo;ve gained as an alum and faculty member at Georgia Tech is priceless. Coming from an HBCU, I had an opportunity to meet and work with people from all over the world, and many remain close friends. Georgia Tech didn\u0026rsquo;t only help me grow technically and professionally; I also grew culturally.\u202f \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Beyah\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyah is a Georgia Tech alumnus. He earned his master\u0026rsquo;s and\u202fPh.D. in electrical and computer engineering Georgia Tech\u202fin 1999 and 2003, respectively. He received his Bachelor of\u202fScience in electrical engineering from North Carolina\u202fAgricultural and Technical State University in 1998. A native\u202fAtlantan, he is a graduate of the Atlanta Public Schools system.\u202fAs a graduate of both Leadership Atlanta and Leadership\u202fGeorgia, he remains active in the community at state and local\u202flevels.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyah leads the Communications Assurance and Performance\u202fGroup and is affiliated with the Institute for Information Security\u202fand Privacy. He is co-founder and board chair of Fortiphyd Logic\u202fInc., an industrial cybersecurity company. He is co-founder and a\u202fsteering committee member of the Academic and Research\u202fLeadership Network.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has previously held several leadership roles at Georgia Tech,\u202fincluding serving as the School of Electrical and Computer\u202fEngineering\u0026#39;s associate chair for strategic initiatives and\u202finnovation, interim Steve W. Chaddick ECE school chair, and vice\u202fpresident for interdisciplinary research. Among other honors, he received the National\u202fScience Foundation CAREER award.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQuote that Resonates: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;The arc of the moral universe is\u202flong, but it bends toward\u202fjustice.\u0026rdquo; - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/william-h-robinson\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam H. Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute Deputy Director for Research for Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate (ICSD) and ECE Professor\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy did you choose Georgia Tech and how has it served you on your journey to becoming a Black engineer?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI was inspired to choose Georgia Tech after witnessing the example of my cousin, Jonathan Lofton, who earned his bachelor\u0026rsquo;s and master\u0026rsquo;s degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech. When I was about 12 years old, I attended Jonathan\u0026rsquo;s graduation ceremony with my family. During that ceremony, I told my family that I was going to Georgia Tech to become an engineer like Jonathan. I don\u0026rsquo;t think I knew what engineers did at that time. I probably thought that they drove trains! However, if engineering was a great choice for my cousin, then it would be a great choice for me. I chose Georgia Tech for graduate school to earn my master\u0026rsquo;s degree and my Ph.D. My cousin connected me with one of his classmates, Dr. Gary May, who became one of my mentors during graduate school and during my academic career. In April 2022, I chose to return to Georgia Tech as a Deputy Director for Research at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). I am honored to be part of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s tremendous legacy of Black engineers.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are some challenges you faced during your career while occupying spaces traditionally not held by people of color?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, I was the first African American faculty member to earn promotion with tenure in the history of Vanderbilt\u0026rsquo;s School of Engineering, and in 2018 I was the first African American faculty member in the School of Engineering to earn promotion to full professor. My lived experience of being the \u0026ldquo;first\u0026rdquo; or the \u0026ldquo;only one\u0026rdquo; motivates my work to ensure that am not the last and that others will have access. I began a collaboration with Professor Ebony McGee in Vanderbilt\u0026rsquo;s Peabody College of Education and Human Development. We co-founded the Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative (EDEFI) (pronounced \u0026ldquo;edify\u0026rdquo;). The mission of EDEFI is to investigate the institutional, technical, social, and cultural factors that affect decision-making, career choices, and career satisfaction for doctoral students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from engineering and computing who have been marginalized by race and\/or gender. Professor McGee and I co-edited a book, \u0026ldquo;Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Gender\u0026quot;, which was recognized as a 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. The book addresses the tough issues of how to navigate the fields of science, engineering, and computing when you are part of a non-dominant identity group. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat structural, systemic, and historic inequities do you hope to address as a Black engineer in your position?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI sometimes reflect on a book I read entitled, \u0026ldquo;Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line\u0026quot;, by Amy E. Slaton. It uses case studies to show how our policies and frankly our viewpoints have dramatically impacted access to an engineering education. Too often, the conversation steers towards \u0026ldquo;fixing the student\u0026rdquo; or a deficit mindset model. Our approach must address the structural barriers to access, both financial and nonfinancial. As leaders, we must set the tone to ensure that we include other voices and perspectives so that people see themselves as part of the engineering community. We must recognize the humanity in each of us and embrace differences with respect. Recently, I began participating with the Deans Advisory Council of the STEM Funders Network and their initiative to ensure diverse representation and equitable access to STEM education and career opportunities. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Robinson\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWilliam H. Robinson, Ph.D., is the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Deputy Director for Research for the Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate (ICSD). He is also a full professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As ICSD Director, he leads the Information and Communications Laboratory (ICL) and the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER), and manages research portfolios that span GTRI.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining GTRI, Robinson served as Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Vice Provost for Academic Advancement at Vanderbilt University. There, he led the Security and Fault Tolerance Research Group, whose mission is to design, model, verify, and implement robust computing systems that positively benefit stakeholders with consumer, defense, industrial, and medical applications. He also co-led the Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative (EDEFI). That initiative investigates the institutional, technical, social, and cultural factors that affect decision-making, career choices, and career satisfaction for doctoral students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from engineering and computing who have been marginalized by race and\/or gender. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMajor honors for Robinson include selection for a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Computer Science Study Panel, both in 2008. He was selected for Full Membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, and is a Senior Member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Robinson is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a lifetime member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Quote:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.\u0026rdquo; \u0026ndash; Rep. John Lewis\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Stenson\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ESenior Vice President, Operations Technology\u202fat UPS and ECE Advisory Board Member\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat do you envision doing strategically to address issues faced by Black engineers and students aspiring to the industry? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI like to join external boards at organizations that can specifically position me in places that allow me to address some of the issues faced by current and prospective underrepresented minority engineers. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MARCH (Mutual Alliance Restoring Community Hope) Foundation provides a platform that empowers me and other like-minded individuals to invest in funding the degrees of Black students, who might otherwise not have an opportunity to go to college. The Georgia Tech ECE Advisory Board gives me a voice into how minority students are recruited and supported through their college journey. NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) helps to continue that support through college and into the work world for underrepresented minority students from around the globe. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI find that people don\u0026rsquo;t expect to be included based simply on their race. However, they also do not expect to be excluded because of their race. Everyone has a voice and I want to do everything that I can to ensure that all those voices are heard and valued. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Stenson\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStenson is the Senior Vice President of Operations Technology at UPS. His team plays a pivotal role in integrating UPS\u0026rsquo;s IT and engineering team to strategically focus on operations, customer solutions, and enterprise needs.\u0026nbsp; Prior to his current role, Stenson was the global president of UPS\u0026nbsp;buildings and systems engineering (BaSE). He began his UPS career in 1994, working in the Buildings and Systems Engineering (BaSE) function, while attending college. He has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility including Intern, Programmer, Project Manager, Facilities Manager, and Automation Vice President.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStenson\u0026rsquo;s team holds global responsibility for UPS\u0026rsquo; software and hardware solutions development and integration. His team supports the Research and Development and Engineering Design of UPS\u0026rsquo; Material Handling Systems as well as the software required to support UPS\u0026rsquo; Airline, Transborder, Final Mile, Automotive, and Network Planning throughout its global data centers and operational facilities.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe currently serves on the boards of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), and the Mutual Alliance Restoring Community Hope (MARCH) Foundation. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is a licensed professional engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Quote:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EChange will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we\u0026rsquo;ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.\u0026rdquo; - Barack Obama\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/joyelle-j-harris\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoyelle \u0026ldquo;Joy\u0026rdquo; Harris\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EDirector of DEI Initiatives in Undergraduate Education and Senior Academic Professional in ECE\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat do envision doing strategically to address issues faced by Black engineers and students aspiring to the industry?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are three things I would do to strategically address issues faced by Black engineers and students who are aspiring to be engineers. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst, I want to set a great example. I don\u0026#39;t want to be \u0026quot;the\u0026quot; model, but I want to be \u0026quot;a\u0026quot; model of what it looks like to be successful, thriving, and happy. You don\u0026#39;t have to sacrifice one for the other as an engineer. I do believe that it is possible to help people thrive financially, physically, and emotionally, and maintain your mental well-being. So, the very first thing that I strive to do is be an example of what I hope is possible. As I am interacting with my students and other engineers in the field, I can at the very least give from the full cup that I have and that shows it is possible for us to thrive simultaneously while being engineers. You don\u0026#39;t have to be like, \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m defined by only being an engineer.\u0026rdquo; I think about the people in my life who I\u0026#39;ve seen model that balance well, and it has been transformative in my life. Seeing them exposed me to what was possible. I want to be that for someone else. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen, the next thing I want to do strategically is close the equity gaps that exist, especially ones that I have influence over and have the power to inform and change. Within Georgia Tech, that looks like helping to close gaps. Gaps in grades and performance, gaps in four-year graduation rates, and gaps in career outcomes. I want Black students graduating within four years (the same rate as the majority). There are other gaps to consider like getting salaries, internships, research experiences, and study abroad experiences that the majority have better access to. I want to them to be available to our underrepresented students. I want to increase our diversity in every way. I want no equity gaps. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd then lastly, strategically, I just believe by helping one person at a time, you can help a million people. I want to be both for our students and for other engineers in the field because collectively we can do a lot. If everybody I knew gave me a dollar, I might have $1,000,000, so knowing the power we have collectively can do a whole lot. I want to do my part in that collection, just one by one. I want my students and colleagues to know I really am here to serve and to help. I want to be change. I believe that if I put it out there, God will send it back to me. So, if I\u0026#39;m able to give when I need to receive, he will give that to me. If you want to be great, serve more people. The more you know and serve, the greater you can be. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Harris\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJoy Harris has led a diverse career as an engineer and an educator. Prior to joining the Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech), Harris was a senior packaging engineer at Intel and a Technical Consultant at Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting. Currently, she works to make a positive impact within GA Tech in multiple capacities. She serves as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives in the Office of Undergraduate Education. In this role, she focuses on closing equity gaps, lowering barriers, and increasing access to all opportunities within undergraduate education. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe holds a joint faculty appointment in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), where she serves as a teacher, mentor, and research advisor to undergraduate students. Harris serves as Faculty Director for the Engineering for Social Innovation (ESI) Center, where she creates the space for students to use their technical skills for positive social impact. As ESI director, she leads undergraduate service breaks to developing countries; she operates a graduate leadership and development program; and she helps her students increase the operating capacity of non-profit organizations. Harris formerly served as faculty director of the Global Leadership Living and Learning Community (LLC), where she taught a course in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and she helped first-year LLC students to successfully integrate into the GA Tech community. Harris also served as one of the Associate Directors for the CREATE-X entrepreneurship initiative. In this capacity, she helped students increase their entrepreneurial confidence through designing their own career paths and launching startups. Through all her roles on campus, Harris enjoys teaching and serving thousands of students throughout the academic year. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Quote:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EEverybody can be great because everybody can serve.\u0026ldquo; - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blakecrump.weebly.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlake Crump\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EElectrical Engineering Student\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat advice would your future self 10 years from now give you? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe advice I would give my future self\u202f10 years from now would be, \u0026ldquo;don\u0026rsquo;t be afraid to try something new.\u0026rdquo; If you are afraid of failing, you will never have the opportunity to know how far you could have gone. Never give up, you are not alone. You may not see it, but\u0026nbsp;there are people out there, including your family and friends who are rooting for you to succeed.\u202f \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Crump\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlake Crump\u202fwas born in Indianapolis and is a senior at Georgia Tech, by way of the dual degree program at Morehouse College. He is\u202fpursuing a degree in both applied physics and electrical engineering.\u202fPositioning him in a\u202funique group of African American men in the field of science and technology, a space he occupies\u202fproudly. He wears blackness with pride\u202fbecause he\u202fnot only can better himself but will also\u202fgive back to his community. In his\u202fspare time, he likes to\u202fdraw,\u202fjog, and socialize with his\u202fpeers.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite Quote:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.\u0026rdquo; - Maya Angelou\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/erkara\/Spelman_College_Machine_Learning_Group\/tree\/main\/datasets\/Erin\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EErin Ojeda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EComputer Engineering Student\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy did you choose Georgia Tech and how is it serving you on your journey to becoming a Black engineer?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI chose to attend Georgia Tech to complete my computer engineering degree through a special 3-2 dual-degree program. I wanted to get the best of both worlds by not only going to my top two schools but to also spend time at both an HBCU and PWI (predominantly white institution). I recently received my computer science degree from Spelman College. By attending Spelman first, I was able to become very rooted in who I am as an Afro-Latina woman in the realm of STEM. So, coming to Georgia Tech now has allowed me to not just become the next student, I am choosing to become to next world changer. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout Ojeda\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EErin Ojeda is\u202fa junior computer engineering\u0026nbsp;major from Atlanta. She has\u202fpreviously interned with Boeing and Lockheed Martin as a software and hardware engineer. 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They are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/sung-kyu-lim\u0022\u003ESung Kyu Lim\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/linda-s-milor\u0022\u003ELinda Milor\u003C\/a\u003E, professors in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/moinuddin-qureshi\u0022\u003EMoinuddin K. Qureshi\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E with an adjunct appointment in ECE.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation. Fellow is the highest grade of membership and conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors. It is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s a very special honor to be named an IEEE Fellow because it means your peers\u0026nbsp;have recognized your contribution\u0026#39;s significance and impact,\u0026rdquo; said Professor and School Chair Arijit Raychowdhury, who became an IEEE Fellow in 2022. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s an honor to work alongside Sung Kyu, Linda, and Moinuddin. They have demonstrated to the rest of the world that our faculty and students are involved in cutting-edge, innovative research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout this year\u0026rsquo;s Georgia Tech IEEE Fellows:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESung Kyu Lim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tLim, who currently holds the Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor title in ECE, is being recognized \u0026ldquo;for contributions to electronic design automation and tradeoff for 3-dimensional integrated circuits (ICs).\u0026rdquo; He is the first Georgia Tech ECE researcher to be recruited and serve as a DARPA program manager while teaching at Georgia Tech, currently\u0026nbsp;managing programs related to 3D ICs at the Microsystems Technology Office.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tLim\u0026rsquo;s research focus is on architecture, design, and electronic design automation (EDA) for 2.5D and 3D integrated circuits. He has published more than 400 papers on the topic and received the 2022 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility and the IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELinda Milor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tMilor is being recognized \u0026ldquo;for contributions to testing of analog circuits and bridging the design-manufacturing gap for integrated circuits (ICs).\u0026rdquo; Her research on yield and test of semiconductor ICs has been published in over 200 publications, nine papers have over 50 citations in google scholar, and eight papers have received \u0026ldquo;Best Paper\u0026rdquo; awards, including a best paper for the IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tPrior to her career in academia, Milor served as vice president of process technology and product engineering at eSilicon Corporation and as a product engineering manager at AMD. She is a frequent speaker at conferences, including keynote addresses and presentations on women in STEM in industry and academia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMoinuddin K. Qureshi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tQureshi is being recognized \u0026ldquo;for contributions to scalable memory systems.\u0026rdquo; His research interests include computer architecture, hardware security, and quantum computing. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a research scientist at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center where he developed the caching algorithms for Power 7 Systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\tHe is a Hall-of-Fame member of the three major computer architecture conferences: the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), the International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), and the International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA). He recently received the Maurice Wilkes Award for contributions to high-performance memory systems from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe total number of fellows selected by IEEE in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total voting IEEE membership. A complete list of the Class of 2023 fellows is available on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/content\/dam\/ieee-org\/ieee\/web\/org\/about\/fellows\/2023-newly-elevated-fellows.pdf\u0022\u003EIEEE site\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments. 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Cai is a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), with a joint appointment in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMaterials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Emelianov is the Joseph M. Pettit Chair in ECE and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spie.org\/\u0022\u003ESPIE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;promotes members as new Fellows of the Society. This year\u0026rsquo;s cohort of 83 new SPIE Fellows have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the multidisciplinary fields of optics, photonics, and imaging. They are honored for their technical achievement and for their service to the general optics community and to SPIE in particular.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECai has been a member of the ECE faculty since 2012. His research is in the area of nanophotonic materials and devices, in which he has made a major impact on the evolving field of plasmonics and metamaterials. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and the total citations of his recent papers have reached approximately 20,000 within the past 10 years. Cai is the author of \u0026ldquo;Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications,\u0026rdquo; which is used as a textbook or a major reference at many universities around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmelianov is the director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ultrasound.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUltrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech which focuses on the translation of diagnostic imaging, therapeutic instrumentation, and nanobiotechnology for clinical applications. He holds an appointment at the Emory University School of Medicine, where he is affiliated with Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Radiology, and other clinical units. In the course of his work, Emelianov has pioneered several ultrasound-based imaging techniques, including shear wave elasticity imaging and molecular photoacoustic imaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe complete list of the 2023 SPIE Fellows is available\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spie.org\/membership\/member-recognition\/spie-fellows\u0022\u003Eonline.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"They are honored for their technical achievement and for their service to the general optics community."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-01-30 17:18:37","changed_gmt":"2023-01-30 17:18:37","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665248":{"id":"665248","type":"image","title":"ECE Professors Wenshan Cai\u00a0and\u00a0Stanislav\u00a0Emelianov.","body":null,"created":"1675098978","gmt_created":"2023-01-30 17:16:18","changed":"1675098978","gmt_changed":"2023-01-30 17:16:18","alt":"ECE Professors Wenshan Cai\u00a0and\u00a0Stanislav\u00a0Emelianov.","file":{"fid":"251607","name":"Cai Stass_SPIE Graphic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cai%20Stass_SPIE%20Graphic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cai%20Stass_SPIE%20Graphic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":288183,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Cai%20Stass_SPIE%20Graphic.jpg?itok=dg3le5Nr"}}},"media_ids":["665248"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/wenshan-cai","title":"Wenshan Cai"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/wenshan-cai","title":"Stanislav Emelianov"},{"url":"https:\/\/spie.org\/","title":"SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"91661","name":"Wenshan Cai"},{"id":"171473","name":"Stanislav Emelianov"},{"id":"167910","name":"SPIE"},{"id":"191328","name":"the international society for optics and photonics"},{"id":"4497","name":"Materials Science and Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"665139":{"#nid":"665139","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Muthukumar Lands NSF Career Award for Foundational Machine Learning Research ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/vidya-k-muthukumar\u0022\u003EVidya Muthukumar\u003C\/a\u003E has been named as a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. 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The NSF especially encourages women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMuthukumar\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER project,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=2239151\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Overparameterization in modern machine learning: A panacea or a pitfall?,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;aims to establish foundational principles \u0026mdash; through a diversity of mathematical techniques spanning signal processing, information theory, and online decision-making \u0026mdash; that explain the successful generalization of modern machine learning and its failure modes in order to develop efficient and principled solutions. In the absence of such a foundation, outstanding failure modes in deep neural networks remain unmitigated or unnecessarily costly to solve, and architecture selection is conducted in a wasteful trial-and-error manner that involves repeated train-and-test cycles. 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Quinn earned his bachelor\u0026#39;s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this role, Quinn will lead the team responsible for developing and operating the systems necessary to process and launch NASA\u0026rsquo;s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on\u0026nbsp;Artemis\u0026nbsp;Moon missions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s aways inspiring to see Tech ECE alumni making a difference in the world,\u0026rdquo; said ECE School Chair and Professor Arijit Raychowdhury. \u0026ldquo;As if NASA\u0026rsquo;s Artemis\u0026nbsp;Moon missions weren\u0026rsquo;t exciting enough, the ECE community can also take pride in one of our own playing such a prominent role. I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled for Shawn and wish him continued success.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQuinn brings more than 35 years of NASA experience to the role. He has previous experience with the Exploration Ground Systems Program, serving as the associate program manager. Since 2018, he served as the director of engineering at Kennedy\u0026rsquo;s spaceport, where he led a large organization of engineers from multiple disciplines in the design, development, and operations of spaceflight hardware and ground systems in support of programs and projects assigned to Kennedy, including commercial crew, launch services, ground systems, and the International Space Station.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The work done on the ground at Kennedy to prepare for missions to the Moon is essential to the success of Artemis,\u0026rdquo; said Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro. \u0026ldquo;Across several roles at Kennedy, Shawn has demonstrated outstanding leadership, mentoring, and technical skills, and will be a tremendous asset in his new role supporting Artemis and humanity\u0026rsquo;s return to the Moon.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating from Georgia Tech in 1990, Quinn earned a master\u0026#39;s degree from the University of Central Florida in 1994. 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Among Quinn\u0026rsquo;s awards are the Presidential Rank Award, Kennedy \u0026lsquo;s Strategic Leadership Award, and NASA\u0026rsquo;s Silver Snoopy Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more about Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;NASA\u0026#39;s Artemis program:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech astronaut Sandy Magnus discusses\u0026nbsp;America\u0026#39;s return to the moon:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/artemis-begins-new-era-space\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/artemis-begins-new-era-space\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech experts\u0026nbsp;on the launch of Artemis 1 and why the moon matters for the future of space exploration:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/BackToTheMoon\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/BackToTheMoon\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E##\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFor more information about the Exploration Ground Systems Program, visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/groundsystems\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/groundsystems\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESignificant content taken from NASA\u0026rsquo;s original\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-selects-shawn-quinn-to-lead-exploration-ground-systems-program\u0022\u003Epress release\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Shawn Quinn earned his bachelor\u0027s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Techn in 1990."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-01-24 19:28:52","changed_gmt":"2023-01-25 13:35:21","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665058":{"id":"665058","type":"image","title":"Shawn Quinn NASA","body":null,"created":"1674588021","gmt_created":"2023-01-24 19:20:21","changed":"1674588021","gmt_changed":"2023-01-24 19:20:21","alt":"Image of Shawn Quinn, newly selected manager of the Exploration Ground Systems program at NASA\u0027s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.","file":{"fid":"251557","name":"shawn_quinn_2.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shawn_quinn_2.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shawn_quinn_2.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":742054,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shawn_quinn_2.jpeg?itok=CmVZIXss"}}},"media_ids":["665058"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"191974","name":"Shawn Quinn"},{"id":"191975","name":"Exploration Ground Systems program"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664916":{"#nid":"664916","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Li Receives National Science Foundation Early Career Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShaolan Li has been named as a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. Li is an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF CAREER award is the most prestigious award in \u0026ldquo;support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.\u0026rdquo; Approximately 500 awards are given annually to universities and research institutions throughout the country. The NSF especially encourages women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER project, \u0026quot; Universal Design Automation Framework for Analog Integrated Systems,\u0026rdquo; aims to establish and validate a novel general-purpose analog integrated circuit (IC) design automation flow that overcomes existing productivity barriers. The research will lead to a game-changing tool that allows designers to turn their ideas into circuit structures for a wide range of analog systems in a LEGO-like plug-and-play manner, improves their design reliably with machine learning, and generates fabrication-ready mask layouts swiftly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project will not only bring improvement to analog IC productivity and accelerate new technology development, but will have a far-reaching impact on the competitiveness of the U.S. semiconductor industry through integrated education activities aimed to revolutionize IC technology education at both undergraduate and graduate levels, facilitating workforce revitalization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi joined ECE in 2019 where he leads the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;Analog\u0026nbsp;Mixed-signal\u0026nbsp;Microsystems and\u0026nbsp;Applications (GAMMA) group. 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Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) where he is advised by ECE Assistant Professor Shaolan Li.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Predoctoral Achievement Award is the\u0026nbsp;highest honor IEEE SSCS bestows upon student members. It is awarded to promising graduate students annually based on academic record, quality of publications, and a graduate study program well matched to the charter of SSCS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang is being recognized for his Ph.D. research on \u0026ldquo;Extremely efficient analog to digital converter (ADC).\u0026rdquo; The work proposes a robust noise-shaping SAR ADC that boosts\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;noise suppression for resolution improvement without power and design complexity overhead. The research was presented at\u0026nbsp;the 2022 International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) as a demo with a low-power, highly efficient ECG readout application.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a member of the Georgia Tech Analog Mixed-signal Microsystems and Applications (GAMMA) Lab directed by Li, Wang conducts impactful research on innovative design techniques to address\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;fundamental challenges in analog integrated circuit design.\u0026nbsp;He received\u0026nbsp;his B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering science from National Taiwan University, located in Taipei, Taiwan. He\u0026nbsp;received\u0026nbsp;his second M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis current research interests include digitally assisted noise shaping techniques and mixed-signal circuit design, focusing on addressing various challenges and issues associated with high-speed ADC design. 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She\u0026rsquo;s credited with brokering a deal between her previous employer, Redpoint, and Dune Analytics, with the analytics platform\u0026rsquo;s valuation surpassing $1 billion just six months after Hylton\u0026rsquo;s investment\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Grateful to even be considered alongside this list of people who are making huge strides in finance and more, rain or shine. Good nudge for us to all keep building,\u0026rdquo; Hylton tweeted in response to being named to\u0026nbsp;Forbes\u0026rsquo; list.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn total, eight Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets \u0026mdash; including five from the College of Engineering \u0026mdash; made the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for doing some amazing things. From medical, energy, manufacturing, social, and e-commerce fields, these Tech graduates \u0026mdash; selected from a candidate pool of 12,000 \u0026mdash; exemplify the innovation and drive that takes place across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis is an excerpt from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2022\/12\/8-georgia-tech-grads-named-forbes-30-under-30-list\u0022\u003Efeatures\u0026nbsp;story\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published on December 20, 2022.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In total, eight Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets \u2014 including five from the College of Engineering \u2014 made the list."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-01-05 21:40:20","changed_gmt":"2023-01-05 21:40:20","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"664430":{"id":"664430","type":"image","title":"Allyson McKinney and Lydia Hylton","body":null,"created":"1672954632","gmt_created":"2023-01-05 21:37:12","changed":"1672954632","gmt_changed":"2023-01-05 21:37:12","alt":"L-R: ECE Ph.D. candidate and master\u2019s degree graduate Allyson McKinney and Lydia Hylton, a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer engineering.","file":{"fid":"251422","name":"ECE Alumni 30 Under 30.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ECE%20Alumni%2030%20Under%2030.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ECE%20Alumni%2030%20Under%2030.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":347569,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ECE%20Alumni%2030%20Under%2030.jpg?itok=6AWz7iSJ"}}},"media_ids":["664430"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/30-under-30\/2023\/","title":"2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 List"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173123","name":"Forbes 30 Under 30"},{"id":"191832","name":"Allyson McKinney"},{"id":"191833","name":"Lydia Hylton"},{"id":"191834","name":"Bain Capital Crypto"},{"id":"191835","name":"SoloPulse"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"664000":{"#nid":"664000","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE to Utilize New Weather Radar Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/new-weather-radar-could-be-game-changer-state\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/new-weather-radar-could-be-game-changer-state\u0022\u003Enew weather radar system\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;purchased by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia (UGA) will provide the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) with expanded educational and research opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The existence of the radar allows students a chance to see a cutting-edge meteorological radar in operation,\u0026rdquo; said Associate Professor Morris Cohen. Cohen is the director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Low Frequency Radio Group which uses electromagnetic waves to explore the Earth\u0026#39;s natural electricity, while developing practical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe radar purchase was spearheaded by researchers John Trostel of the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0026rsquo;s (GTRI)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/severestorms.gatech.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/severestorms.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESevere Storms Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SSRC) and Marshall Shepherd of UGA\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/atsc\/atmospheric-sciences-program\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/atsc\/atmospheric-sciences-program\u0022\u003EAtmospheric Sciences Program\u003C\/a\u003E. The new system will be used collaboratively to provide enhanced warning for people in North Georgia, as well as educational opportunities for both institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin ECE, the radar will be used to strengthen an existing collaboration between the School and GTRI on thunderstorm and lightning development research, and the prevalence of a unique byproduct of some thunderstorms known as gigantic jets. ECE will be providing low-frequency radio measurements to locate the lightning, and characterize the gigantic jets impact on the Earth\u0026rsquo;s upper atmosphere, while the new radar will fill a hole in the coverage to ensure that there is meteorological context for these thunderstorms, according to Cohen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe radar will also be used for class projects or examples in ECE upper-level courses such as ECE4390: Radars and remote sensing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Students will be able to directly practice how the raw data is mined and processed into high-level information about storms, or even perform specific experiments on the radar data,\u0026rdquo; said Cohen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The radar will be used to strengthen an existing collaboration between ECE and GTRI on thunderstorm and lightning development research."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-12-20 17:35:28","changed_gmt":"2022-12-20 17:35:28","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663999":{"id":"663999","type":"image","title":"New GT \/ UGA Radar","body":null,"created":"1671557459","gmt_created":"2022-12-20 17:30:59","changed":"1671557459","gmt_changed":"2022-12-20 17:30:59","alt":"A feed from the new weather radar shows rain passing through the north Georgia area.","file":{"fid":"251351","name":"radar-screen.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/radar-screen.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/radar-screen.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":977060,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/radar-screen.jpeg?itok=C6CO8-A2"}},"593306":{"id":"593306","type":"image","title":"Morris Cohen, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Photo by Georgia Tech)","body":null,"created":"1499444891","gmt_created":"2017-07-07 16:28:11","changed":"1499444891","gmt_changed":"2017-07-07 16:28:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226154","name":"Morris Cohen.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Morris%20Cohen.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Morris%20Cohen.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61088,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Morris%20Cohen.jpg?itok=ttnzlAKt"}}},"media_ids":["663999","593306"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/lf.gatech.edu","title":"Low Frequency Radio Group"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/morris-b-cohen","title":"Morris Cohen"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"171619","name":"Morris Cohen"},{"id":"93151","name":"Low Frequency Radio Group"},{"id":"181941","name":"electromagnetic waves"},{"id":"191472","name":"gigantic jets"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"663933":{"#nid":"663933","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wan Wins Computing Machinery Student Research Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Ph.D. candidate Zishen Wan has won the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition (SRC). As the champion, Wan will represent the ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED) in the 2023 ACM SRC Grand Finals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ACM SRC is the main research competition for students to present their original research at well-known ACM sponsored conferences. There are two rounds of competition, and the panel of judges and attendees review the works based on scientific novelty, practical impact, and presentation. ACM SIGBED specifically focuses on the real-time, embedded, and cyber-physical systems community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWan is being recognized for his innovation in hardware and systems for autonomous machine computing that advances performance, efficiency, resilience, and robustness.\u0026nbsp;His general research interests include computer architecture and VLSI, with a focus on building efficient and reliable hardware and systems for next-generation autonomous machines (such as robots, drones, and unmanned vehicles) through algorithm-hardware co-design and emerging memory technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is a member of the Integrated Circuits and Systems Research Lab, led by ECE Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Professor Arijit Raychowdhury. 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Through the sense of sight alone, humans can gather a treasure trove of information in the blink of an eye and apply that information to make split-second decisions. With \u0026lsquo;smart\u0026rsquo; technology becoming more and more ingrained in everyday life and further trusted to keep humans safe, it is crucial for machines to have human-like vision and rapid information processing capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Ghassan AlRegib\u0026rsquo;s OLIVES (Omni Lab for Intelligent Visual Engineering and Science) research group in the Georgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is at the forefront of today\u0026rsquo;s computer vision and visual machine learning research and its deployment in everyday life applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re providing machines with the robust algorithms and datasets they need to better see, learn from, and respond to the world around them,\u0026rdquo; said AlRegib.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking in the areas of autonomous driving, machine learning in the wild (outside a lab setting), subsurface interpretation, and healthcare, the team is advancing the field with safe, reliable, and predictive tools. Read about a few exciting research projects and themes taking place in OLIVES below.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAutonomous Vehicles (AVs) and Smart Mobility in Any Condition\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As researchers endeavor for higher levels of autonomy in technology, safety-critical functions demand powerful algorithms,\u0026rdquo; said AlRegib. \u0026ldquo;Without understanding data, machine learning is\u0026nbsp;lacking. Autonomous driving may be the most obvious current example of this in practice.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor autonomous driving to work, a vehicle\u0026rsquo;s cameras must supply the car\u0026rsquo;s computers with information to make incredibly fast decisions. However, the majority of existing data and benchmarks are limited in terms of data available in challenging environmental conditions. For example, think of how a human driver adapts to driving in rain or sun glare conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo overcome the shortcomings in existing research, AlRegib\u0026rsquo;s team introduced the most comprehensive\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1908.11262.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;traffic sign detection dataset\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;every published that contains controlled challenging conditions. It facilitates the building of deep learning models \u0026mdash; a form of machine learning with algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain \u0026mdash; in solving various computer vision tasks that help the car make the best and safest decision possible no matter the weather. Currently the group is working with a leader in AVs to publish a new comprehensive dataset.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWATCH: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/media\/Robust%20Autonomous%20Driving%20Under%20Challenging%20Conditions%20DEMO\/1_n1c8i26o\u0022\u003ERobust Autonomous Driving Under Challenging Conditions DEMO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EManufacturing Trust in Deployed Intelligent Systems\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Trust in a system translates to its ability to explain, generalize, and become reliable,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;said\u0026nbsp;Mohit Prabhushankar, a postdoctoral fellow in the OLIVES Lab. \u0026quot;Systems must know what they don\u0026rsquo;t know, and more importantly, when they don\u0026#39;t know.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this context, explainability is the act of involving humans in a system\u0026rsquo;s decision-making process by contextually providing reasons for its internal processes. Reliability then requires systems to be reliable under all conditions of deployment including when they encounter new aberrant events not seen previously. This is where generalizability \u0026ndash; the ability of a trained model to classify or forecast unseen data \u0026ndash; is used to make the best decision possible.\u0026nbsp;Equally important is the uncertainty score that is associated with the decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe OLIVES group\u0026rsquo;s state-of-the-art research introduces a two-stage decision making process that is coined as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2209.08425.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIntrospective Learning\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The first stage is a fast and instinctive process and can be available in any existing system that makes a decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second stage is a slower reflection stage where the system is asked to reflect on its decision by considering and evaluating all available choices. The team demonstrates the value of such processes in generalizability and uncertainty estimation with applications in robust recognition and prediction confidence calibration. This concept is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2206.08255.pdf\u0022\u003Efurther expanded\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to detect adversarial and out-of-distribution data during deployment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fields of contextually relevant explanations are tackled in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2202.11838.pdf\u0022\u003Epublished findings\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the Signal Processing Magazine that provides a user-centric policy for intelligent systems. The team\u0026rsquo;s findings have been demonstrated across several applications ranging from AVs to medical imaging, entertainment systems, and subsurface imaging.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Interpretability and trust are precursors to effectively deploy intelligent systems in everyday life applications,\u0026rdquo; said AlRegib.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWATCH:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/media\/CURE-OR%3A%20Challenging%20Unreal%20and%20Real%20Environment%20for%20Object%20Recoginition%20DEMO\/1_eraxkrla\u0022\u003EChallenging Unreal and Real Environment for Object Recognition DEMO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHuman-In-the-Loop Solutions to Big Data\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe amount of data that researchers can capture and generate in today\u0026rsquo;s world can be put to work in nearly every field imaginable. For example, the OLIVES lab was the first to introduce modern visual machine learning to seismic interpretation\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; data used to study earthquakes or vibrations of the earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent years, AlRegib helped established a new consortium called Machine Learning for Seismic (ML4Seismic) designed to foster research partnerships aimed to drive innovations in\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1812.08756.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;artificial-intelligence assisted seismic imaging\u003C\/a\u003E.ML4Seismic also provides smart analyses of the Earth\u0026rsquo;s subsurface for geothermal and oil and gas applications in the energy sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFurther, the OLIVES team\u0026rsquo;s work extends to healthcare, specifically ophthalmology. One of their first products is a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/patentimages.storage.googleapis.com\/10\/cb\/4e\/525bd751f92ee0\/US11185224.pdf\u0022\u003Eportable eye exam device\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that can provide access to eyecare anytime and anywhere using a headset and a cloud-based AI technology. AlRegib has partnered with the Retina Consultants of Texas to release a\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/6622145#.Ytg7XC-B30p\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;comprehensive ophthalmology dataset\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with multiple data modalities and have developed an\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/stamp\/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8790783\u0026amp;tag=1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;automated framework to detect\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) in eyes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In a way our research comes full circle with our ophthalmology work. We can now utilize computer vision to literally benefit human vision,\u0026rdquo; said AlRegib.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn such applications, the domain expert \u0026mdash; a person with a strong theoretical foundation in the specific field for which the data was collected \u0026mdash; is at the center, and the expert\u0026rsquo;s interactions with the data and the decision-making process is instrumental. Hence, intelligent solutions must incorporate a two-way communication between the domain expert and the decision-making system. The OLIVES team has introduced solutions to this through active learning in both the fields of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9506657\u0022\u003Eseismic interpretation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2206.10120.pdf\u0022\u003Eophthalmology healthcare\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By incorporating humans and their interactions with Big Data, we are able to effectively analyze and better understand Earth\u0026rsquo;s subsurface structures, provide personalized healthcare, and\u0026nbsp;capitalize on the greatest value domain experts provide, which is their knowledge and experience,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;AlRegib.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWATCH:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mediaspace.gatech.edu\/media\/Limitless%20Eyecare%20through%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20%26%20Imaging\/1_i5aygis8\u0022\u003ELimitless Eyecare through Artificial Intelligence \u0026amp; Imaging\u0026nbsp;DEMO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWant to learn more? 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Swaminathan is the John Pippin Chair in Microsystems Packaging \u0026amp; Electromagnetics in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) with a joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), and Director of the 3D Systems Packaging Research Center (PRC) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElection to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESwaminathan is an internationally recognized researcher in microelectronic packaging,\u0026nbsp;an area that is expected to fuel the semiconductor industry over the next decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is the author of more than 550 refereed technical publications and the primary author and co-editor of three books. 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The team, Racoon Eyes, which tackles the growing issue of food waste in college dining halls, won the Best Overall Project Award at the Fall 2022 Capstone Design Expo on Dec. 5 in McCamish Pavilion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe trash can system developed by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416541507\u0022\u003ETeam Raccoon Eyes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;helps reduce food waste by pairing vision, graphics, and natural language processing technology with behavioral psychology research. When students go to throw away their leftover food in the dining hall, the system scans their plate and identifies the volume of food being discarded. The technology then announces the carbon impact of the wasted food.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our project is really about reducing waste at the source by improving food quality, helping with portion sizes, and making students more aware of what they\u0026rsquo;re actually throwing away,\u0026rdquo; said Ivan Zou, a computer engineering major and member of\u0026nbsp;Team Raccoon Eyes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team was one of 19 ECE teams that participated in the Fall 2022 Senior Design Expo. Each semester the Design Expo showcases Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s graduating seniors as they present innovative projects designed and built during the Capstone Design Course. Students work in teams to solve an industry problem and develop innovative tools to assist researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EECE projects spanned the breadth of the School\u0026rsquo;s research focus areas with innovative applications in fields like medicine, music, and hospitality, just to name a few. All ECE projects can be viewed by selecting the School\u0026rsquo;s name\u0026nbsp;in the \u0026ldquo;project major\u0026rdquo; tab on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665353\u0022\u003ECapstone Projects webpage\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This semester\u0026rsquo;s Capstone Expo truly showcased the boundless potential of what ECE students can do in a team setting,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair. \u0026ldquo;Few things can mimic the real-world engineering design process and group dynamics inherent in all large-scale projects like Capstone. I\u0026rsquo;m incredibly proud of our ECE seniors for rising to their respective challenges through genuine creativity and problem solving.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERaccoon Eyes wasn\u0026rsquo;t the only team comprised of ECE students to receive an award at the Fall Design Expo.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518489\u0022\u003ETeam Block Transfer\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, took home the ECE disciplinary award. The project keeps track of book-entry stock shares directly on the blockchain \u0026mdash; a distributed database or ledger that is shared among the nodes of a computer network. The technology allows investors to transfer\u0026nbsp;assets to each other\u0026nbsp;directly without\u0026nbsp;the significant paperwork dictated by a central transfer agent which floods the current process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518517\u0022\u003ETeam Materials\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ykkfastening.com\u0022\u003EYKK Inc\u003C\/a\u003E, earned\u0026nbsp;this\u0026nbsp;semester\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;interdisciplinary award. The team, comprised of students in ECE and the\u0026nbsp;George W. 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A variety of electronic systems may be prototyped by using breadboards, from small analog and digital circuits to complete\u0026nbsp;central processing units\u0026nbsp;(CPUs).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the Fall 2022 Capstone Design Expo, The Bakers,\u0026nbsp;a team made up of five ECE senior undergrads, will present\u0026nbsp;their project, Shortbread. Shortbread is a self-diagnosing breadboard that eases the circuit prototyping experience by detecting and alerting its users of electrical faults before and after a circuit construction on the breadboard.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore the circuit is powered, color-coded LEDs light up to indicate any short or open circuit faults on the prototyped circuit\u0026#39;s nodes. 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Motoki and Engel were also co-authors on each other\u0026rsquo;s research papers. The researchers are part of ECE\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Semiconductor Technology Facility (ASTF) directed by Professor Alan Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEngel\u0026rsquo;s research presents new semiconductor chemistries that allow for improved semiconductor quality as demonstrated by a record sheet charge and channel resistance in a next generation replacement for the current champion of power and RF transistors, AlGaN\/GaN (aluminum gallium nitride \/\u0026nbsp;gallium nitride)\u0026nbsp;transistors. This new device will allow 2.5 times higher current than present technologies. In principle, it can be integrated with ASTF\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/659945\/georgia-techs-new-aluminum-nitride-based-semiconductor-poised-transform-industry\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Egroundbreaking aluminum nitride-based semiconductor\u003C\/a\u003E, which previous demonstrations have shown to be the largest voltage semiconductor ever created. Engel\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/662085\/engel-recognized-semiconductor-research-icmbe\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecently won the Best Student Oral Prize\u003C\/a\u003Eat the 2022 International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (ICMBE) for the same research. The work is supported by the DARPA COFFEE program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMotoki\u0026rsquo;s award-wining research investigates the high structural quality of AlGaN self-assembled superlattices grown by metal modulated epitaxy (MME), a low-temperature growth technique. The research is supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI) Program and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). His broader Georgia Tech research focuses on structural characterizations and understanding the growth kinetics of III-nitride semiconductor materials \u0026mdash; like aluminum\u0026nbsp;nitride (AlN), GaN, indium\u0026nbsp;nitride\u0026nbsp;(InN), and their solid solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IWN is the largest international conference focused on the latest advances in III-nitride materials, nanostructures, and devices. 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The program seeks to support students from backgrounds that include African American\/Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander. The Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;UCEM\u0026nbsp;Ph.D. Fellowship provides three years of support for students who have recently completed the Ph.D. Qualifying\/Preliminary exam.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWest\u0026rsquo;s research seeks to develop a framework to design stable clustered community microgrids (CCM) to increase energy equity, economic development, and resilience within under-resourced communities. CCMs are two or more microgrids that can connect and share energy amongst themselves and with the larger power grid. CCMs powered by renewable energy in historically disinvested areas may be able to enhance community economic growth, resilience, and sustainability. \u0026nbsp;She received her B.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The UCEM Fellowship has the goal of increasing the number of outstanding engineering, science, and computing Ph.D. students from under-served populations."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-11-02 17:02:01","changed_gmt":"2022-11-02 17:02:01","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"662787":{"id":"662787","type":"image","title":"Amanda West, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)","body":null,"created":"1667408376","gmt_created":"2022-11-02 16:59:36","changed":"1667408376","gmt_changed":"2022-11-02 16:59:36","alt":"Amanda West, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).","file":{"fid":"250962","name":"Amanda West_UCEM_Graphic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Amanda%20West_UCEM_Graphic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Amanda%20West_UCEM_Graphic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":310130,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Amanda%20West_UCEM_Graphic.jpg?itok=UKULrItt"}}},"media_ids":["662787"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ceed.gatech.edu\/ucem-phd-fellowship","title":"UCEM (University Center of Exemplary Mentoring) Ph.D. Fellowship"},{"url":"https:\/\/aces.ece.gatech.edu","title":"Advanced Computational Electricity Systems Laboratory "}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191574","name":"Amanda West"},{"id":"191575","name":"UCEM (University Center of Exemplary Mentoring) Ph.D. Fellowship"},{"id":"61871","name":"Advanced Computational Electricity Systems Laboratory"},{"id":"171153","name":"Santiago Grijalva"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"662674":{"#nid":"662674","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rui Zhang Receives Prominent Information and Communications Technology Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERui Zhang has received this year\u0026rsquo;s Paul Baran Young Scholar Award from the Marconi Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a connected world where information and communications technologies empower everyone to reach their full potential. Zhang is a recent Ph.D. graduate of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where she was advised by Professor Xiaoli Ma. She is currently a staff engineer at MediaTek USA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award honors the world\u0026rsquo;s most innovative young engineers in information and communications technology (ICT).\u0026nbsp;It is presented to researchers who are 27 years old or younger to commemorate Guglielmo Marconi\u0026rsquo;s age when he made his first successful wireless transmission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The network continues to be a great social equalizer and economic driver.\u0026nbsp;Advancements that make networks operate together more efficiently and cost effectively will be critical to ensuring that everyone has access to the opportunities of our connected world,\u0026rdquo; said Vint Cerf, chair of the Marconi Society. \u0026ldquo;Our Paul Baran Young Scholars represent the future of information and communications technology and we are honored to welcome [this year\u0026rsquo;s awardees] to the Marconi Society family.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang is being recognized for her innovations of communication systems and ultra-capacity networking techniques to address flexibility, efficiency, and reliability issues. She has been working on these research challenges since 2017 in the NSF-sponsored Center of Fiber-Wireless Integration and Networking (FiWIN).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer research areas include the design and performance of data center communications, long-haul optical fiber transmission, 6G and beyond radio access networks, and fixed access using fiber wireless integration technologies. Her research will facilitate and support massively connected IoT devices, emerging machine learning applications, and ubiquitous computing in a cost-effective and reliable way.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It is my great honor to receive this award,\u0026rdquo; said Zhang.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I look forward to being part of the Marconi Society and to working with other Young Scholars to contribute to communications research that makes the world a better-connected community for all the people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang will be celebrated alongside fellow Young Scholar honoree Gregroy Tanyi of the University of Melbourne \u0026mdash; as well as wireless innovator and 2022 Marconi Fellow, Siavash Alamouti \u0026mdash; during the Marcon Society\u0026rsquo;s annual Gala on November 3 at the University of California at Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award honors the world\u2019s most innovative young engineers in information and communications technology (ICT). 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Datta is the Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Advanced Computing in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDatta, who holds a joint appointment with the School of Materials Science and Engineering, was honored this year along with his co-authors and former colleagues at Intel Corporation for his 2006 research, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/1705211\u0022\u003ETri-Gate Transistor Architecture with High-k Gate Dielectrics, Metal Gates and Strain Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo; True to its name, the Test of Time Award recognizes papers that have established their significance in history by standing the test of time. The goal of the award is to honor impactful papers and promote their recognition in the Symposia\u0026rsquo;s community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs transistor gets smaller, it gets harder to switch off the transistor effectively. In response, Datta and his former Intel colleagues formulated the Tri-Gate transistor technology\u0026nbsp;that was first introduced commercially at the 22-nm technology node. The transistor architecture has scaled to the\u0026nbsp;5-nm node and remains the workhorse of all leading-edge logic technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research was the first experimental demonstration of high-performance NMOS and PMOS Tri-gate transistors in which the channel strain, high-k gate dielectric, gate electrode work functions, epitaxial source-drain regions were co-optimized together with the fin dimensions (width and height) and the fin shape (trapezoidal versus rectangular). The paper illustrated how to combine the electrostatic benefit of the fully-depleted nonplanar transistor structure with high-permittivity gate dielectric, work-function engineered metal gate electrodes and high- strain-engineered high-mobility channel to demonstrate high-performance CMOS transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to receiving the Test of Time Award at the symposium, Datta organized a short course on Monolithic and Heterogenous Integration and Advances in Application-Specific Computing Systems and Technologies. His research group presented three papers at the symposium on A Thousand State Superlattice Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor Analog Weight Cell (with Professor Shimeng Yu); BEOL Compatible Ferroelectric Routers for Run-time Reconfigurable Compute-in-Memory Accelerators (with Professor Shimeng Yu) and Multi-bit per-cell 1T SiGe Floating Body RAM for Cache Memory in Cryogenic Computing (with Professor Arijit Raychowdhury).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow in it\u0026rsquo;s 42nd year, the IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits is known as the microelectronics industry\u0026rsquo;s premiere international conference integrating technology, circuits, and systems. 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He is an integral part of the optical systems design team that has received five \u0026ldquo;Most Innovative Product\u0026rdquo; industry awards, set over ten performance records, and supported some of the largest telecommunication networks around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuggaveeti\u0026rsquo;s Georgia Tech research focuses on heterogeneous integration and energy efficient microsystems. He has authored\/co-authored 20 journal and conference papers and currently contributes as a peer reviewer for seven international journals in the fields of microsystems, opto-mechanics, and systems engineering. He was recognized by the U.S. Government as an \u0026ldquo;Outstanding Researcher\u0026rdquo; in 2021 for his contributions in the field of \u0026ldquo;Packaging and Integration of Microsystems\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBuggaveeti holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (India) and a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan where he attended as a K.C. 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IEEE is the world\u0026#39;s largest technical professional organization dedicated to the advancement of technology for the benefit of humanity. As an IEEE Society, IPS is a hub of more than 100,000 professionals dedicated to transforming scientific breakthroughs in quantum physics into applications such as photovoltaics, sensors, medical imaging and communications. The society facilitates networking and promotes professional growth within the photonics community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShariful\u0026rsquo;s doctoral research focuses on the study of the nonlinear dynamical properties of semiconductor laser diodes subjected to time-delay feedback, with emphasis on applications in microwave photonics and telecommunications. He is a member of the Photonics and Terahertz Group, led by Prof. David S. Citrin and adjunct professor and researcher Alexandre Locquet, located at Georgia Tech-Lorraine. The research group is part of the lab\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.umi2958.eu\/\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;Unit\u0026eacute; Mixte Internationale (UMI) 2958 Georgia Tech-CNRS\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E, an international collaboration between the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/derci\/spip.php?article48\u0026amp;lang=fr\u0022\u003ECentre National de la Recherche Scientifique\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eand Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research aims to shed new light on the fundamental understanding of the optoelectronic system using state-of-the-art experiments and comprehensive modeling. Applications such as ultra-pure radio frequency generation, microwave and optical combs, lidar and spectroscopy are some of the areas directly affected by his findings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShariful completed his undergraduate studies at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) and earned his Master of Science from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) before joining Professor Citrin\u0026#39;s team. 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The Dana Foundation\u0026#39;s grant to the interdisciplinary team led by Christopher Rozell, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will provide funding to complete a full proposal and a demonstration project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe grant was one of 11 awarded by the Dana Foundation to U.S. colleges and universities on Sept. 28. The Foundation hopes to choose two teams to establish centers by the end of 2023.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with the Institute of Neuroethics (IoNx), a think tank devoted to neuroethics, the proposed GT\/IoNx Center for\u0026nbsp;Neuroscience\u0026nbsp;and Society (GTI-CNS) will develop a community of transdisciplinary scholars who are committed to addressing the impacts of\u0026nbsp;neuroscience\u0026nbsp;and neurotechnology advances across all facets of the human endeavor. 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Studies from neuroscience and psychology are revealing the importance of sleep, exercise, nutrition, and play in consolidating memories, refreshing neuronal structures, and building abstractions. I\u0026#39;m convinced that the goal for a positive educational environment is to integrate knowledge and skills not only for success in a field of study, but also for nurturing the well-being of ourselves and those around us. This often includes integrating difficult life events into our educational paths with patience and flexibility. The wisdom, resilience, perseverance that we each bring to our community from these experiences enrich us as a whole. 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Engel\u0026nbsp;is a Ph.D. candidate in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and is part of ECE\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Semiconductor Technology Facility (ASTF) directed by Professor Alan Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EICMBE recognized Engel for the quality of his work and presentation excellence on \u0026quot;Demonstration of Sc0.2Al0.8N HEMT structures with a sheet resistance of 150 \u0026Omega;\/\u25a1 and a sheet charge of 5.9x1013 cm-2 with phase pure, metal rich growth.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research presents new semiconductor chemistries that allow for improved semiconductor quality as demonstrated by a record sheet charge and channel resistance in a next generation replacement for the current champion of power and RF transistors, AlGaN\/GaN transistors. This new device will allow 2.5 times higher current than present technologies. 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Through ORS, ECE undergraduate students work on a research project for two-consecutive semesters supervised by a\u0026nbsp;Ph.D.\u0026nbsp;mentor and faculty advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang, a computer engineering major, received top overall recognition for her research project, \u0026ldquo;Peak Finding Algorithm for Real-Time mmWave FMCW Radar and mmID Tag Tracking Systems.\u0026rdquo; The project\u0026rsquo;s faculty advisor was Emmanouil\u0026nbsp;Tentzeris, and the Ph.D. mentor was Charles A. Lynch III.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWang\u0026rsquo;s research interests include computer architecture and systems software. She was part of the ATHENA lab research group led by Tentzeris during the 2021-22 academic year where her research focused on a 60-GHz mmWave FMCW radar reader and backscattering tag system for high fidelity real-time tracking. In addition to her research, Wang has interned at Google and more recently joined NVIDIA as an architect intern, working on performance analysis for functional models of GPU architectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;TECHCON\u0026nbsp;was truly a great experience,\u0026rdquo; said Wang. \u0026ldquo;Not only did I learn from and meet a bunch of accomplished researchers in semiconductors and microelectronics, but I also had the opportunity to form connections with industry leaders.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELizzo graduated with a computer engineering bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in Spring 2022 and is a current master\u0026rsquo;s student in ECE. He was an ORS scholar for the last two years of his undergraduate career, culminating in first and second place finishes in the TECHCON Undergraduate Research Competition\u0026nbsp;in 2021 and 2022, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis award-wining 2022 project, \u0026ldquo;LSTM-based Model Predictive Control For Heat Dissipation of IMDs,\u0026rdquo; proposes using machine learning and control techniques to dynamically manage the power consumption of Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs). The project\u0026rsquo;s faculty advisor was ECE Professor Ying Zhang, and the Ph.D. mentor was Ay\u0026ccedil;a Ermi\u015f.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELizzo\u0026rsquo;s research focused on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) architectures, a type of neural network that is incredibly efficient for long-term relationships. One important research direction was the implementation of online\/real-time learning, which allows the machine learning model to continue to update as data is being processed, integral for a system as complex and dynamic as the human body. Integration of online learning led to a 41.6% improvement in error performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;TECHCON\u0026nbsp;was a wonderful experience,\u0026rdquo; said Lizzo. \u0026ldquo;It was truly amazing to see all the wonderful research that fellow undergraduate students were undertaking.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETECHCON 2022 was held September 18-20, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Each year, SRC brings industry leaders and university researchers highly involved in microelectronics research together at TECHCON to support advancements in the semiconductor industry. Student presenters enjoy multiple formal and informal occasions to network with SRC member companies, opening the door to internship and job opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Wang and Lizzo\u2019s winning research projects are part of the Opportunity Research Scholars\u2019 (ORS) program in ECE. 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SCALE facilitates the training of highly skilled U.S. microelectronics engineers, hardware designers and manufacturing experts. SCALE brings together a public-private-academic partnership of 17 universities and 34 partners within the defense industry and government.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is an extremely exciting time in the country and at Tech for microchip design and manufacturing,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u0026ldquo;These newly announced funds for the SCALE program will help Georgia Tech recruit a new, diverse group of students ready to work in defense microelectronics. We\u0026rsquo;re thrilled to be a SCALE partner university and honored to be leading many of the project\u0026rsquo;s specialty areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCALE\u0026nbsp;provides\u0026nbsp;unique courses, mentoring, internship matching and targeted research projects\u0026nbsp;for college students interested in\u0026nbsp;five microelectronics specialty areas. Georgia Tech ECE faculty members will be the primary investigators for three of the areas:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Esystem on a chip will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/arijit-raychowdhury\u0022\u003ERaychowdhury\u003C\/a\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eradiation-hardening will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/john-d-cressler\u0022\u003EJohn Cressler\u003C\/a\u003E;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eand heterogeneous integration\/advanced packaging will be led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/madhavan-swaminathan\u0022\u003EMadhavan Swaminathan\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other two focus areas are embedded system security\/trusted AI and supply chain awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIndustry and government partners regularly meet and update a list of knowledge, skills, and abilities important for new entrants to the workforce. The SCALE universities then update their curriculum to ensure the students are prepared for upcoming needs in the rapidly advancing microelectronics field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeter Bermel, SCALE director and the Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue, said the United States will need 50,000 trained semiconductor engineers to meet overwhelming and rapidly growing demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The United States is committed to expanding and strengthening its semiconductor industry and workforce rapidly over the next five years,\u0026rdquo; Bermel said. \u0026ldquo;SCALE takes a holistic approach to the microelectronics workforce gap by comprehensively addressing system challenges for workforce training and recruiting.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoals for the next five years include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EExpanding student participation in SCALE fivefold to more than 1,000.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDeveloping learning models for K-12 classrooms.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollaborating with community colleges nationwide to develop microelectronics classes.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe demand for microelectronics increased by 26.2% in 2021. But while the United States consumes about half of the chips produced worldwide, the country only manufactures about 12%, highlighting the pressing need for the U.S. to strengthen\u0026nbsp;its domestic semiconductor supply chains and increase industrial capacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe funding announcement is the latest highlight in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s leadership role in bolstering microelectronics and workforce development. Tech\u0026rsquo;s large engineering and science faculty bring a broad set of research expertise to strengthen the country\u0026rsquo;s semiconductor capacity. The Institute is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/microelectronics-momentum-drives-nations-semiconductor-resurgence?fbclid=IwAR2BY9KRX_nKRuNmm8PMQ-HkX6jSaObEpY_0j_tPD3Yn33kle6SM2owXlZI\u0022\u003Euniquely positioned\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to train the microelectronics workforce, drive future microelectronics advances, and provide fabrication and packaging facilities for industry, academic and government partners to develop and test new solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E###\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. 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According to Adibi,\u0026nbsp;Abdollahramezani\u0026rsquo;s research will not only provide new ways of designing, understanding, and fabricating new classes of metasurface-based devices and systems for imaging, computing, and spectroscopy, but it also enables novel classes of reconfigurable nanophotonics devices for emerging applications such as biosensing and quantum engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbdollahramezani received this year\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;ECE Graduate Research Assistant Excellence Award, which is presented to ECE graduate students who have been highly dedicated to conducting world-class research and who are considered leaders in their respective research groups.\u0026nbsp;He completed his undergraduate degree at Isfahan University of Technology and received his MSc from Sharif University of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more about Abdollahramezani and Adibi\u0026rsquo;s work in \u0026ldquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/658072\/shaping-future-light-through-reconfigurable-metasurfaces\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EShaping the Future of Light through Reconfigurable Metasurfaces.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Each year, ten outstanding society student members from around the world are awarded an IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Scholarship. 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The opportunity to join the annual forum is provided exclusively to outstanding young scientists in mathematics and computer science (or closely related fields) at the undergraduate\/pre-master, graduate Ph.D. and postdoc levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn order to participate, young researchers must pass a multi-step application and selection process. Two hundred are then carefully selected and given the opportunity to spend a week at HLF interacting with the laureates of the disciplines. Each year the recipients of the most prestigious awards in mathematics and computer science, the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal,\u0026nbsp;IMU Abacus Medal and Nevanlinna Prize are named laureates and invited to participate in the forum. \u0026nbsp;Laureates give lectures on subjects of their choosing which are primarily directed at the participating young scientists. Those lectures are the starting point of intensive discussions between the laureates and the young researchers during the forum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Das has been selected to attend Rising Stars in EECS, an academic career workshop in electrical engineering and computer science. This year\u0026rsquo;s workshop will be held in October at the University of Texas at Austin. Rising Stars is an intensive workshop for graduate students and postdocs with historically marginalized or underrepresented genders who are interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence and decision-making. Launched at MIT in 2012, the annual event has since been hosted at the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am very honored to be selected to attend both the Heidelberg Laureate Forum and the Rising Stars in EECS Workshop,\u0026rdquo; said Das. \u0026ldquo;As a candidate excited about joining the academic job market this fall, both these events will offer me the extra-ordinary opportunity to learn from experts across multiple research domains about their thoughts on building a strong, impactful, and healthy research group.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDas is advised by Moinuddin Qureshi, professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. She is the recipient of the Microsoft Research Ph.D Fellowship and received the 2022 Colonel Oscar P. 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Lim, the Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), is the first Georgia Tech ECE researcher to be recruited and serve as a DARPA program manager while teaching at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a prominent researcher in very-large-scale integration\u0026nbsp;(VLSI) systems and design, Lim\u0026rsquo;s first program at DARPA, dubbed the \u0026ldquo;3D-EDA (3D Electronic Design Automation) Program,\u0026rdquo; will develop heterogeneous 3D integrated circuits (IC) design and simulation software to automatically co-optimize the underlying device, circuit, and architecture. The program will use 3D-EDA tools to demonstrate 10x shorter design turnaround time and 10x energy-efficiency improvement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are very proud of Sung Kyu\u0026rsquo;s appointment to DARPA\u0026rsquo;s Microsystems Technology Office,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;Arijit Raychowdhury, ECE\u0026rsquo;s Steve W. 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In addition to ECE, he is a program faculty and a member of the machine learning (ML) Ph.D. program and an affiliated faculty member at the Institute for Data Science and Engineering (IDEAS), one of Tech\u0026rsquo;s ten interdisciplinary research institutes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of his research is to find innovative statistical and computational solutions to problems in the sciences by developing probabilistic modeling, learning, and inference methods that work efficiently at large scale. He builds foundational algorithms motivated by real-world applications, focusing on emerging areas that bridge machine learning, optimization, and high-dimensional statistics with biology, chemistry, and physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;There is no better time than now to work on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) as they are transforming every aspect of our life from healthcare to finance, and transportation to the sciences. I am very fortunate to join the amazing faculties in the digital signal processing (DSP) group at Georgia Tech. I look forward to bringing my knowledge and expertise from signal processing, applied mathematics, and statistics to address some of the most pressing challenges ML\/AI face in the future, especially in the sciences.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca id=\u0022Suman Datta\u0022 name=\u0022Suman Datta\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/suman-datta\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESuman Datta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EProfessor; Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Advanced Computing; Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar; Joint appointment with the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESuman Datta, one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s top researchers in semiconductor and nanoelectronic device research, is joining ECE\u0026nbsp;as the Joseph M. Pettit Chair and a\u0026nbsp;Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar. He will also have a joint appointment with the\u0026nbsp;School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).\u0026nbsp;Prior to ECE, Datta was the Stinson Chair Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Notre Dame, as well as the director of the six-university Center for Extremely Energy Efficient Collective Electronics (EXCEL) and ASCENT (Applications and Systems-Driven Center for Energy-Efficient Integrated NanoTechnologies).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDatta\u0026rsquo;s research involves high-performance, heterogenous computing,\u0026nbsp;in-memory computing, brain-inspired computing, and collective state computing using advanced CMOS (complementary metal\u0026ndash;oxide\u0026ndash;semiconductor)\u0026nbsp;and beyond-CMOS devices. He also focuses on the development of semiconductor technologies for other types of computing, including intermittent computing, cryogenic computing, and harsh environment computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I have been fortunate to pursue a career in semiconductor science and technology, a field inherently multi-disciplinary that touches many areas of physical sciences. Looking ahead, with new paradigms of computing, communication, and information storage on the horizon, I see traditional boundaries between computing and physical sciences blurring. This is why I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled to join the Georgia Tech family in ECE and MSE. Additionally, as a new member of the Georgia Research Alliance, I look forward to bringing my technology development experience in the private sector and contributing to the larger tech transfer and commercialization ecosystem in the State of Georgia.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca id=\u0022Fabian Monrose\u0022 name=\u0022Fabian Monrose\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/fabian-monrose\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFabian Monrose\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EProfessor;\u0026nbsp;Julian T. Hightower Chair in Cybersecurity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining Georgia Tech, Fabian Monrose was a Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). From 2014 to 2018, he also served as the Director of Computer and Information Security at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). RENCI develops and deploys advanced technologies to facilitate research discoveries and practical innovations. After earning his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in 1999, he joined the Systems Security Group at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. In 2002, he joined Johns Hopkins University where he served as a founding member of their Information Security Institute. In 2008, he relocated to UNC as an associate professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a prominent leader in the field, Monrose has served as the program chair for several cybersecurity venues. He has published over 100 papers in flagship computer and communications security conferences. His research has received numerous awards, including Best Paper Awards at the IEEE Symposium on Security \u0026amp; Privacy as well as the USENIX Security Symposium, the Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies Award, and the AT\u0026amp;T Best Applied Security Paper Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;Over the past decade, my research focus has been driven by my interest in finding solutions to several troubling problems in computer security. For the most part, my philosophy has been to pursue problems that have significant pragmatic value and has therefore centered around systems-oriented aspects of the field. Given the fact that Georgia Tech is the preeminent research and technology hub for high-impact cybersecurity innovation, it just felt like the natural fit for continuing my research endeavors. Alas, my long-standing history of successful collaborations with colleagues here (both within ECE and the new School for Cybersecurity and Privacy) made Georgia Tech just feel like home. Some might say the decision to finally move to Atlanta was long overdue. I\u0026rsquo;m excited about the opportunities to continue to participate on projects that are of critical importance to national security and for building capacity in cybersecurity via the diverse array of degree programs we offer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022Oluwaseun (Seun) Sangodoyin\u0022 name=\u0022Oluwaseun (Seun) Sangodoyin\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/oluwaseun-seun-sangodoyin\u0022\u003ESeun\u0026nbsp;Sangodoyin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAssistant Professor;\u0026nbsp;Sutterfield Family Early Career Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOluwaseun (Seun) Sangodoyin\u0026nbsp;received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2018. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech ECE from 2018-2021 and a\u0026nbsp;Sutterfield Family Postdoctoral Scholar from 2021-2022,\u0026nbsp;where he worked with professors Alenka Zajic (ECE) and\u0026nbsp;Stanislav Emelianov (BME\/ECE), respectively.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESangodoyin specializes in the design and prototype implementation of biosensing circuits, communication (biotelemetry) systems and imaging algorithms for diagnosis, biopsy and therapeutic applications in hard-to-reach areas in the human body. He is also engaged in the development of devices that provide prosthetics services to augment damaged biological functionalities and protect implantable and ingestible devices from security vulnerability attacks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026quot;I believe that preventive medicine is the future of healthcare and that this will require anticipatory actions\u0026nbsp;such as having regular screening for diseases.\u0026nbsp;I believe engineers must lead this charge by providing non-invasive to minimally invasive screening tools to facilitate procedures done at a convenience to examinees. Development of\u0026nbsp;such solutions are marked with challenges ranging from miniaturization\u0026nbsp;(to a few millimeters or less)\u0026nbsp;of sensing devices to attaining energy efficient multi-functional devices with low complexity constraint, and merging (interfacing) integrated circuits with biological tissues. These solutions can only be achieved through multi-disciplinary research.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech affords the opportunity to tackle such objectives due to its large body of faculty \u0026mdash; a significant pool for collaboration on multidisciplinary work.\u0026quot;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022Visvesh Sathe\u0022 name=\u0022Visvesh Sathe\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/visvesh-s-sathe\u0022\u003EVisvesh Sathe\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAssociate Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESathe\u0026nbsp;is joining ECE from the Department of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering at the University of Washington where his group conducted research over a variety of areas covering circuits and architectures for low power computing and biomedical systems. His areas of interests span digital, mixed-signal and integrated power circuits, with an emphasis on exploiting computing and system-circuit-technology co-design for enhancing system capabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESathe\u0026nbsp;led the research and development effort while working at Advanced Micro Devices that resulted in the first-ever resonant clocked commercial microprocessor. In addition, several of his other inventions in the area of high-speed digital design, low-power processing, and adaptive clocking for supply droop mitigation have been adopted for use in future-generation microprocessors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve been fortunate to have worked over a range of problems spanning computing, communication, and interface electronics, and cross-pollinating ideas between these areas. I expect future advances will increasingly require efforts that are simultaneously rigorous and cross-cutting.\u0026nbsp;I\u0026rsquo;m therefore thrilled to be joining the Georgia Tech community at such a time and looking forward to contributing to its leadership and its broader culture of excellence in engineering and the physical sciences.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022Saman Zonouz\u0022 name=\u0022Saman Zonouz\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/saman-zonouz\u0022\u003ESaman Zonouz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAssociate Professor ECE and School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZonouz\u0026nbsp;is joining Georgia Tech as an associate professor in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) in the College of Computing, with a joint appointment in ECE. Previously, he was an associate professor at Rutgers University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research focuses on security and privacy research problems in cyber-physical systems including the attack detection and response capabilities using techniques from systems security and control theory.\u0026nbsp;Zonouz\u0026nbsp;\u0026#39;s research has been awarded by Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), NSF CAREER Award in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Significant Research in Cyber Security by the National Security Agency (NSA), and Faculty Fellowship Award by Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Saman obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I love my topic of research \u0026mdash; its problems are real and challenging. The cyber-physical systems security requires solid expertise in cybersecurity such as malware analysis and reverse engineering as well as decent knowledge of control theory and formal methods. I am humbled and feel super excited to join the Georgia Tech family, the Schools of Cybersecurity and Privacy (SCP) and ECE; they host the best researchers of the aforementioned topics in the world. Moving forward, I am full of positive energy to push forward for real impact by staying in the moment, consistent hard work, and collaborative endeavors!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/mohamed-aly-saad-aly\u0022 id=\u0022Mohamed Aly Saad Aly\u0022 name=\u0022Mohamed Aly Saad Aly\u0022\u003EMohamed Aly Saad Aly\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAdjunct Assistant Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAly Saad Aly recently joined ECE at Georgia Tech as an adjunct assistant professor, and assistant professor at Georgia Tech-Shenzhen In. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from University of South Florida in 2005 and 2006, respectively. He earned Ph.D. in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 2016. His Ph.D. work focused on microfabrication, microfluidics and Lab-on-chip (LOC) for biomedical applications such as on-chip bacterial cell lysis and DNA isolation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAly Saad Aly joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University during his postdoctoral fellowship. During his work at Tulane, he collaborated with a team of researchers in designing and fabricating a portable platform used in neurophysiological studies. He then joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Miami College of Henan University. Before joining GTSI, Aly Saad Aly was a research professor at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science \u0026amp; Technology (DGIST). At DGIST his research work related to cell isolation\/purification, hydrogel-based immunocytochemistry platform, and electroceutical approach for enhancing neural cells myelination and treatment for sarcopenia.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Aly Saad Aly worked in industrial environment where he was involved in several projects focused on microelectrodes arrays (meas): design, simulation, and fabrication; diagnostic and real-time image-guided surgery x-ray bio-imaging systems (such as c or u arm); design, simulation and testing of portable electrochemical biosensors integrated into optical imaging systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Academic Professionals Members\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022Shanthi Rajaraman\u0022 name=\u0022Shanthi Rajaraman\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/shanthi-rajaraman\u0022\u003EShanthi Rajaraman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ESenior Academic Professional\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShanthi Rajaraman received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Rutgers University respectively. After over 15 years of teaching and undergraduate research mentoring experience in a liberal arts college, she is joining the Georgia Tech ECE program as a senior academic professional. Her research interests span the areas of synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, complementary and alternative medicines and chemical education. In her prior position as a chemistry faculty, in addition to teaching chemistry courses, she utilized her training in the South Indian classical dance style Bharatanatyam, and offered classes in the General Studies curriculum. As part of this, she has guided students to do service-learning and community engagement projects. She also led efforts on assessment of student learning in the Organic Chemistry division within the Chemistry program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026quot;I am passionate about teaching and mentoring undergraduate research. I look for ways to integrate service-learning and community engagement in my classes. I am excited to join the ORS program in the School of ECE at Georgia Tech. It affords a unique platform for me to best utilize my skills and experience, and contribute to a rewarding and fulfilling research experience for students.\u0026quot;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022Jacqueline Rohde\u0022 name=\u0022Jacqueline Rohde\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/jacqueline-rohde\u0022\u003EJacqueline Rohde\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAcademic Professional\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJacqueline (Jacki) Rohde holds degrees from Clemson University (bioengineering) and Purdue University (engineering education). She was awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship sponsoring her dissertation work on engineering students\u0026rsquo; career decision-making.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the assessment coordinator fo\u0026shy;\u0026shy;r ECE, Jacki compiles the data and documents to prepare annual reports and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology\u0026nbsp;(ABET)\u0026nbsp;documentation. She also supports instructors who are interested in making changes in their classroom or doing educational research. She is passionate about professional development, student belonging, engineering culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I like to think of assessment work from a systems engineering perspective. As a student moves through the ECE program, they get to experience all kinds of lectures, labs, and extracurricular experiences that feed into a top-level engineering degree. Assessment work helps us figure out how to make the system operate more smoothly, where both students and instructors are getting everything they need to succeed. I\u0026rsquo;m very excited to help elevate the curricula and document our improvement efforts.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca id=\u0022Michael (Mick) West\u0022 name=\u0022Michael (Mick) West\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/michael-e-west\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael (Mick) West\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EPrincipal Academic Professional\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael (Mick)\u0026nbsp;West\u0026nbsp;is joining ECE from the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0026nbsp;(GTRI). He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii (UH) in 2006 and has over 28 years of professional experience with over 40 refereed journals and conference papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWest\u0026nbsp;specializes in the development unmanned systems in extreme environments (under-ice, planetary, deep ocean, polar).\u0026nbsp;He has been an invited speaker for United States Congressional leaders and their staff and top military personnel in the development of roadmaps for advancing current robotics research.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;He has served as PI on several\u0026nbsp;Unmanned Systems programs developing novel enabling technologies including advanced control and power systems on underwater, ground, air and space platforms.\u0026nbsp;West developed the first-of-its-kind under-ice vehicle, Icefin, in order to gather information about the changing polar ice and provide insight into areas of climate science, as well as biology and planetary science. The vehicle has been deployed over five seasons through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica and provided never before seen images and scientific data of the Antarctic seafloor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;I believe that I have chosen an exciting career path for myself as a university electrical engineering researcher and instructor.\u0026nbsp;This has placed me in a unique position to contribute to answering some of our world\u0026rsquo;s toughest problems from climate change to [extraterrestrial life]. For over 28 years, I have strived to pass on knowledge gained from these endeavors to other researchers.\u0026nbsp;But, more importantly, I have sought the audience of students to pass these skills to the next generation.\u0026nbsp;As someone who has practiced in the electrical engineering profession for a number of years, I believe that it is an important\u0026nbsp;duty to impart our lessons learned onto inquisitive\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech ECE students that are eagerly going into the challenging and demanding engineering workforce.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Learn more about the School\u2019s newest academic members below and hear why they\u0027re excited to be joining one of the country\u2019s top ECE programs. "}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-16 18:46:39","changed_gmt":"2022-08-29 17:52:16","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"660259":{"id":"660259","type":"image","title":"ECE\u2019s newest academic members Fall 2022","body":null,"created":"1660753186","gmt_created":"2022-08-17 16:19:46","changed":"1660753186","gmt_changed":"2022-08-17 16:19:46","alt":"ECE\u2019s newest academic members (L-R; top row): Amirali Aghazadeh, Suman Datta, and Shanthi Rajaraman; (L-R; middle row): Fabian Monrose, Oluwaseun (Seun) Sangodoyin, and Michael (Mick)\u00a0West; (L-R; bottom row): Jacqueline Rohde, Visvesh Sathe, and Saman Zonouz.","file":{"fid":"250218","name":"New Faculty Graphic Fall 2022_B.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/New%20Faculty%20Graphic%20Fall%202022_B.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/New%20Faculty%20Graphic%20Fall%202022_B.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1254452,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/New%20Faculty%20Graphic%20Fall%202022_B.png?itok=A6CXM0Xr"}}},"media_ids":["660259"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"191061","name":"Amirali Aghazadeh"},{"id":"191062","name":"Suman Datta"},{"id":"191063","name":"Shanthi Rajaraman"},{"id":"191064","name":"Fabian Monrose"},{"id":"191065","name":"Oluwaseun (Seun) Sangodoyin"},{"id":"191066","name":"Michael (Mick) West"},{"id":"191067","name":"Jacqueline Rohde"},{"id":"191068","name":"Visvesh Sathe"},{"id":"191069","name":"Saman Zonouz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"660541":{"#nid":"660541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2021 TNANO Best Paper Award Goes to ECE Researchers Led by Shimeng Yu","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of Georgia Tech researchers led by Shimeng Yu, associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won the 2021 IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (T-NANO)\u0026nbsp;Best Paper Award. Co-authors of the award-winning paper are Ph.D. candidate Yuan-chun Luo\u0026nbsp;and postdoctoral researcher Jae Hur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, T-NANO selects a paper that appeared in the Transactions publication during the previous calendar year for its Best Paper Award. Candidate papers are nominated by members of the editorial board. Evaluation is done by members of the senior editors panel, with criteria including technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of presentation, and practical significance for applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team\u0026rsquo;s paper, \u0026quot;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9380227\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9380227\u0022\u003EFerroelectric Tunnel Junction Based Crossbar Array Design for Neuro-Inspired Computing\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026quot; appeared in volume 20, pp. 243-247 of the publication. It details a promising candidate for the implementation of low-power and area-efficient neuro-inspired computing called a ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) based crossbar array. Past research has shown that the on-state current density is too low to realize a FTJ crossbar array for neuro-inspired computing. To overcome this problem, the team has proposed a stacked FTJ to increase the effective area so that desirable current level can be achieved. A HSPICE simulation with projected 1 nm thick FTJ based on the concept of stacked DRAM capacitor at 20 nm node was ran, and to make the distribution of on-state and off-state devices realistic within the array quantized weights of VGG-8 to the FTJ crossbar array were mapped. The evaluation of summed current, accuracy, and delay suggests that FTJ crossbar array should be a promising candidate for neuro-inspired computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2021\u0026nbsp;TNANO\u0026nbsp;Best Paper Award is the latest research from Yu\u0026rsquo;s Laboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits to receive high recognition. This year, five papers were accepted by the IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, one of the premier conferences in the microelectronics. Additionally, Yu was recognized with ECE\u0026rsquo;s 2022 Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award for his research in machine learning hardware design leveraging in-memory computing, as well his strong teaching record.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2021 TNANO Best Paper Award is the latest research from Yu\u2019s Laboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits to receive high recognition. 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The ELATES program is a national leadership development program designed to promote women in academic STEM fields, and faculty allies of all genders, into institutional leadership roles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Class of 2022-2023 ELATES Fellows is a prestigious cohort of 30 faculty members from over 25 institutions of higher education across the U.S. and Canada. The ELATES Fellows include experts in engineering, mathematics, and science, all of whom have significant administrative experience on top of their scholarly accomplishments. Bhatti was nominated by senior leadership for this intensive, yearlong program, which includes eight to 10 hours per week of personal and leadership development work as well as three series of on-site work in the Philadelphia area.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBhatti is an expert in in translational engineering in health and medicine and co-founded a medical startup company (Camerad Technologies). Funded by both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, her interdisciplinary research and education program focuses on addressing unmet clinical needs in healthcare including hearing implants, and sensing systems to enhance detection of cardiovascular disease. Importantly, her program strives to overcoming critical gaps in engineering innovation and entrepreneurial education for both students and faculty. Bhatti has served as an associate chair focusing on innovation and strategic areas for ECE since 2019. Notably, she has played a pivotal role in streamlining the Master in ECE entrepreneurship course and supporting faculty with technology translation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am thrilled for the boost to my leadership capabilities that this opportunity provides, while engaging with a powerful and impressive cohort of ELATES Fellows, instructors, and allies. I heartily thank Georgia Tech leadership for this opportunity,\u0026rdquo; said Bhatti.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFacilitated by leaders in the fields of STEM research and leadership development, the ELATES curriculum is focused on increasing Fellows\u0026rsquo; personal and professional leadership effectiveness, from the ability to lead and manage change initiatives within institutions, to the use of strategic finance and resource management to enhance organizational missions. Pairing online instruction and discussion with intensive, in-person seminar sessions, the program encourages Fellows to apply what they\u0026rsquo;ve learned at their home institutions. Ultimately, it aims to create a network of exceptional faculty who bring broad organizational perspectives and deep personal capacity to the institutions and society they serve.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am delighted\u0026nbsp;to welcome this talented new cohort of ELATES fellows as they join the community of distinguished alumnae who are committed to lifelong learning and leadership development.\u0026rdquo; said Sharon Walker, executive director of the ELATES program and dean of Drexel University\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;I am excited to see what impact they will not only have this year on their home campuses, but more broadly to the higher education STEM community in the future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about ELATES at Drexel, visit ELATES online at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/drexel.edu\/provost\/priorities\/initiatives\/elates\/\u0022\u003EDrexel.edu\/ELATES\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ELATES program is a national leadership development program designed to promote women in academic STEM fields, and faculty allies of all genders, into institutional leadership roles."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-25 14:58:27","changed_gmt":"2022-08-25 14:58:27","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617316":{"id":"617316","type":"image","title":"Pamela Bhatti","body":null,"created":"1549373723","gmt_created":"2019-02-05 13:35:23","changed":"1549373723","gmt_changed":"2019-02-05 13:35:23","alt":"photograph of Pamela Bhatti","file":{"fid":"234951","name":"131104AR145.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/131104AR145.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/131104AR145.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":537798,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/131104AR145.jpg?itok=RzDykc3w"}}},"media_ids":["617316"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/pamela-t-bhatti","title":"Pamela Bhatti"},{"url":"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/provost\/priorities\/initiatives\/elates\/","title":"Drexel University\u2019s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12070","name":"Pamela Bhatti"},{"id":"191159","name":"associate chair for strategic initiatives and innovation in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"191160","name":"has been selected for the Class of 2022-2023 of Drexel University\u2019s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology"},{"id":"191161","name":"Engineering and Science (ELATES) program. 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The results have groundbreaking potential for high-power electronics, optoelectronics, and more.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past 80 or so years, aluminum nitride (AlN) has been thought of as nothing but an electrical insulator. Because of its high electrical insulating and thermal conductivity properties, it is used frequently in electronic applications to dissipate heat quickly and maintain efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/william-alan-doolittle\u0022\u003EAlan Doolittle\u003C\/a\u003E, are discovering that there is a lot more to AlN than meets the eye, and their promising research shows the material has the potential to transform the semiconductor industry. By leveraging the advantages of AlN, ultra-wide bandgap\u0026nbsp;(UWBG)\u0026nbsp;semiconductors\u0026nbsp;can\u0026nbsp;be used\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;high-power and high-temperature\u0026nbsp;levels\u0026nbsp;never seen before.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s rare to see such encouraging early results,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle, the\u0026nbsp;Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the School for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u0026ldquo;To put things into perspective, AlN has the ability to handle over five times the voltage of other existing wide bandgap semiconductors. It really is the birth of a new semiconductor field.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor electrical devices, there are two types of semiconducting materials needed: one that carries positive charges (p-type) and one that carries negative charges (n-type). The Doolittle group was able to improve current conduction in p-type AlN by 30,000,000 times and n-type AlN by 6,000 times than prior best results.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings, recently published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u0022\u003EAdvanced Materials\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/jap\/info\/focus\u0022\u003EJournal of Applied Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, received the Most Valuable Contribution\u0026nbsp;Award\u0026nbsp;at the 2022 Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Materials \u0026amp; Devices, a premier workshop in the U.S. on high performance electronic materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUltra-wide Bandgaps Equal Ultra-wide Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s AlN-based semiconductor findings\u0026nbsp;represent an emerging new area of interdisciplinary research covering materials, physics, and devices with promising applications for future generations of high-power electronics and optoelectronics, as well as quantum electronics and harsh-environment applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESemiconductors can both conduct and insulate electricity, meaning they are necessary for all electronic appliances to operate. Scientists make semiconductor materials by using pure elements (most frequently silicon) and adding intentional impurities to make crystals with the desired electrical, thermal, and optical prosperities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bandgap is one of the most important properties of a semiconductor, as it represents the minimum\u0026nbsp;energy required for electrical conduction. It is also the largest factor in determining the voltage at which a device fails (called breakdown), as well as represents the energy\/wavelength of light emanating from the semiconductor.\u0026nbsp;UWBG\u0026nbsp;semiconductors can operate at high temperatures, frequencies, and voltages, meaning less semiconductor devices are needed in high voltage circuits which increases performance and efficiency, while reducing costs. Doolittle\u0026rsquo;s AlN-based semiconductor has the highest bandgap ever demonstrated to have both p and n-type conduction needed for electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The new AlN-based semiconductor appears to have the ability to withstand voltages at incredibly high levels,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;Levels that can even withstand some sections of the national utility grid, something no other semiconductor can do.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the ability to withstand high voltage and high frequency, AlN-based semiconductors can be utilized in power electronic devices found in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. The technology could also allow utility grids to more effectively control how much power to transmit and where, a growing demand as old systems integrate with other smart grid innovations and renewable energy sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team used a much lower temperature to grow the AlN crystals than what is normally utilized to create semiconductor materials. The low heat process allows for more precise control of the material\u0026rsquo;s surface chemistry during creation and is potentially a groundbreaking innovation in its own right.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That kind of out of the box solution caught a lot of people off guard,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;It was thought that you couldn\u0026rsquo;t grow good quality material at this low of temperature, but we\u0026rsquo;ve shown that it\u0026rsquo;s possible and has broad applicability.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlN\u0026rsquo;s Impressive Optical Properties\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike an incandescent light bulb where a filament is heated to glow and produce light, light-emitting diodes (LEDs)\u0026nbsp;emit light when an electric current flows through a layered semiconductor device. The wide bandgap semiconductor material gallium nitride\u0026nbsp;(GaN) was used to create the first LED blue light in the early 1990s by Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura (for which they won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics). Creating the high energy blue LED challenged scientist for decades, as it was the final piece needed to create white light and full-color LED displays that have now revolutionized lighting technology and is predicted to save nearly 20% in energy consumption in the U.S. when fully deployed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike GaN, AlN\u0026rsquo;s wide bandgap means it has enormous light energy which results in the short light wavelengths needed to produce high energy deep ultra-violet (DUV) light beyond the ability of the eye to see. Because AlN has an even larger bandgap than GaN, it produces a DUV light with a wavelength of only 203 nanometers (compared to GaN\u0026rsquo;s ~365 nm) \u0026ndash; nearly twice the energy as light from GaN.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026#39;re really excited about the optical properties of this material,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle. \u0026ldquo;Researchers have been attempting to get LEDs under 270 nanometer wavelengths for a while now because it opens up an enormous range of applications.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne such potential application for AlN-based LEDs is light disinfection, a growing focus in research and industry. Unlike current ultraviolet (UV) lights \u0026mdash; a light disinfectant plagued by power\/efficiency limitations \u0026mdash; DUV LEDs use higher energy electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed in the dead layers of human skin instead of being absorbed in live tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This light gives us a pathway to make light emitters that can kill viruses and bacteria with significantly less \u0026mdash; if any \u0026mdash; damage to human skin and eyes.\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime to Engineer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the team\u0026rsquo;s encouraging early studies showing AlN having the potential to be a revolutionary semiconductor material, they now turn to prototyping and optimization. While the new technology is a leap forward and largely solves the most difficult science problems that have roadblocked using AlN as a semiconductor, engineering challenges remain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince such a wide bandgap semiconductor has never been created, a solution to make good electrical contact to the material (for electrical current to be transported to devices) is essential. All known metals are poorly suited to contact AlN,\u0026nbsp;so metal alloys and exotic contacts will be needed, according to Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarly prototypes have shown some resistance to current flow that must be improved if AlN is to reach the efficiencies it potentially can achieve. Likewise, thicker devices will need to be engineered to use in the high voltages needed to impact utility grids.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We have ideas as to how to push this forward and view most of these issues as engineering challenges requiring only time and resources, not fundamental science limitations,\u0026rdquo; said Doolittle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E***\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation I:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;H. Ahmad, J. Lindemuth, Z. Engel, C. M. Matthews, K. Motoki, W.\u0026nbsp;Alan\u0026nbsp;Doolittle, \u0026ldquo;Substantial P-type Conductivity of AlN Achieved via Beryllium Doping,\u0026rdquo; Advanced Materials 33 (42), 2104497, September 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDOI:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u0022\u003Edoi.org\/10.1002\/adma.202104497\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECitation II:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;H. Ahmad, Z. Engel,\u0026nbsp; C. M. Matthews, S. Lee, and\u0026nbsp; W.\u0026nbsp;Alan\u0026nbsp;Doolittle, \u0026ldquo;Realization of homojunction PN AlN diodes\u0026rdquo;, J. Appl. Phys. 131, 175701 (2022)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDOI:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/full\/10.1063\/5.0086314\u0022\u003Edoi.org\/10.1063\/5.0086314\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFunding:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis work was supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI) Program entitled, \u0026ldquo;Leveraging a New Theoretical Paradigm to Enhance Interfacial Thermal Transport In Wide Bandgap Power Electronics\u0026rdquo; under Award No. N00014-17-S-F006 administered by Dr. Mark Spector and Lynn Petersen. This work was also in part supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Award number FA9550-21-1-0318 administered by Dr. Ali Sayir.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Dan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhotography\u003C\/strong\u003E: Marion Crowder\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Dan Watson |\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E###\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, is a top 10 public research university developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute offers business, computing, design, engineering, liberal arts, and sciences degrees. Its nearly 44,000 students, representing 50 states and 149 countries, study at the main campus in Atlanta, at campuses in France and China, and through distance and online learning. As a leading technological university, Georgia Tech is an engine of economic development for Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation, conducting more than $1 billion in research annually for government, industry, and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alan Doolittle is doing what was once thought impossible: turning an electrical insulator into an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor. 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Getting students oriented and helping them succeed will require innovative new approaches to student support. Under the leadership of ECE Chair Arijit Raychowdhury, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/ece-cares-comprehensive-student-support\u0022\u003Ehas developed ECE Cares\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to capture initiatives aimed at strengthening student well-being and community building, as well as the infrastructure and technology support needed for academic success. ECE Cares will be incorporated throughout the many levels of the School by reinforcing existing initiatives and creating new ones.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven before the Covid-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across the country were facing an extensive increase in the number of students reporting mental health struggles and seeking on-campus resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EArijit Raychowdhury,\u0026nbsp;professor and Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), knows that while the pandemic has added innumerable challenges, it has also provided an opportunity for higher-learning institutions to re-think and prioritize initiatives aimed at student support.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The Institute offers many meaningful resources for students. Due to our proximity with that community, ECE has an important vantage point to understand student needs and deliver on them,\u0026rdquo; said Raychowdhury. \u0026ldquo;We can directly ensure all students have what they need to excel, not only academically, but also personally and emotionally. We want everyone in the ECE community to know that we\u0026rsquo;re here for them and have their back.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of Raychowdhury\u0026rsquo;s top priorities since becoming chair in December 2021 has been to create sustainable, recurring student support initiatives that can be embedded within the School and live beyond a particular chair\u0026rsquo;s tenure. As the world and Georgia Tech return to more in-person activities and a new \u0026ldquo;normal,\u0026rdquo; the School has launched his new initiative, ECE Cares.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is ECE Cares?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile still in development, ECE Cares is an umbrella program to capture initiatives aimed at strengthening student support and community building. Overseen by Raychowdhury, ECE Cares will be incorporated throughout the many levels of the School by reinforcing existing initiatives and creating new ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Student\/Faculty Committee (SFC), a standing faculty committee within the School, has already played a significant role in ECE Cares. All SFC members have annual appointments and volunteer to serve. This academic year, Anna Holcomb, ECE lecturer and\u0026nbsp;assistant director of the Undergraduate Professional Communications Program (UPCP), is co-chairing the committee with Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;Chuanyi Ji.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;With the return to a bit of normalcy after the pandemic, we\u0026rsquo;ve been able to better reconnect with students and figure out their current needs,\u0026rdquo; said Holcomb. \u0026ldquo;We know that just because things may look better now, the pandemic has far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for our students that we need to respond to. That\u0026rsquo;s what we\u0026rsquo;re hoping ECE Cares can capture.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis winter, Holcomb went on a listening tour\u0026nbsp;to ECE student organizations to share ideas and get their feedback. Feedback from students was both macro and micro \u0026ndash; many students reported missing out on small details like wanting ECE swag to show their pride for the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe committee, along with ECE leadership, then identified top priorities and programs to guide ECE Care\u0026rsquo;s activities moving forward, some of which have already been implemented.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPre-Finals Student Wellness Drop-In\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne such program took place before spring semester finals on April 16, when nearly 600 ECE undergraduate and graduate students attended the first-ever Pre-Finals Student Wellness Drop-In located in TI Plaza (outside Van Leer). Students built their own care packages \u0026mdash; with study supplies, snacks, and ECE swag \u0026mdash; to prep for finals. The event was organized by SFC and the ECE Student Advisory Council (SAC).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;School is extremely stressful before finals, and everyone is cooped up studying in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and the library,\u0026rdquo; said Samay Chandna, president of the ECE Student Advisory Council. \u0026ldquo;I thought the event was a terrific way for students to take a study break, get some fresh air, and generally take a step back for a minute.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EContributions from student leaders like Chandna and ECE Ph.D. student Lakshmi Raju were essential to ensuring a successful first event, according to Holcomb. 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It also aligns with Tech\u0026rsquo;s goal to reduce waste because these loaner myDAQs will be much more beneficial than the ones collecting dust, stashed away in a desk somewhere.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking Ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the anticipated success of the loaner myDAQs, ECE Cares now plans to set up a similar offering by purchasing 450 Mbed devices for students to loan. Combined, the programs will effectively eliminate more than $500 per ECE student on course equipment fees, and will lower financial barriers for up to 4,000 students each semester across campus. The School also plans to loan out\u0026nbsp;laptops purchased from Dell\u0026nbsp;that ECE students can use on a short-term basis if their own computing equipment is being repaired.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStrengthening already existing offerings is another important factor as the School expands ECE Cares. For example, ECE 1100 (ECE Discovery Studio) \u0026ndash; a required one-credit course for ECE first-years \u0026mdash; will continue to play a significant role in preparing students for their time at Tech and ECE. Through ECE Discovery Studio, students can participate in the Peer Leader Program recently developed by Holcomb and Harris to cultivate a culture of peer mentorship. The course will also be a launchpad to introduce the resources and opportunities provided through ECE Cares to students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENumerous additional ECE Cares programs and initiatives are in the works. Most notably, the School has created an academic professional position that will focus on teaching and helping ECE students respond to mental health needs. 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The WCCI 2022 is the world\u0026rsquo;s largest technical event on computational intelligence, featuring the three flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) under one roof: IJCNN 2022, the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, and the 2022 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award-winning team includes Minah Lee, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, and Burhan Mudassar."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-18 13:29:19","changed_gmt":"2022-08-18 13:29:19","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"660305":{"id":"660305","type":"image","title":"Minah Lee, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, and Burhan Mudassar.","body":null,"created":"1660829089","gmt_created":"2022-08-18 13:24:49","changed":"1660829089","gmt_changed":"2022-08-18 13:24:49","alt":"The award-winning team (L-R): Minah Lee, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, and Burhan Mudassar.","file":{"fid":"250231","name":"IJCNN 2022_Best Paper Award_Graphic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IJCNN%202022_Best%20Paper%20Award_Graphic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IJCNN%202022_Best%20Paper%20Award_Graphic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":873692,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IJCNN%202022_Best%20Paper%20Award_Graphic.jpg?itok=mxUzhp35"}}},"media_ids":["660305"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/greenlab.ece.gatech.edu","title":"Gigascale Reliable Energy-Efficient Nanosystem (GREEN) Lab"},{"url":"https:\/\/wcci2022.org","title":"IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/saibal-mukhopadhyay","title":"Saibal Mukhopadhyay"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"183927","name":"Gigascale Reliable Energy-Efficient Nanosystem (GREEN) Lab"},{"id":"191092","name":"IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks"},{"id":"191093","name":"Minah Lee"},{"id":"191094","name":"Burhan Mudassar"},{"id":"166900","name":"Saibal Mukhopadhyay"},{"id":"191095","name":"Deep Neural Object Detection"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"660116":{"#nid":"660116","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ayazi Appointed First Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur by USG","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents has named Farrokh Ayazi \u0026mdash; along with four other Georgia Tech scholars \u0026mdash; a Regents\u0026rsquo; Entrepreneur at the board\u0026rsquo;s Aug. 9\u0026nbsp;meeting. Ayazi is the Ken Byers Professor in Microsystems in Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new Regents\u0026rsquo; Entrepreneur distinction was approved at the board\u0026rsquo;s February 2022 meeting and is granted to outstanding full-time tenured faculty members who have an established reputation as successful innovators and who have taken their research into a commercial setting. The Regents\u0026rsquo; Entrepreneur designation is bestowed by the board only upon the unanimous recommendation of the USG institution president, the chief academic officer, and the chancellor, and upon the approval of the Committee on Academic Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Farrokh is exceptionally deserving of being ECE\u0026rsquo;s first Regents\u0026rsquo; Entrepreneur,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE. \u0026ldquo;He has been a leader in establishing a culture within ECE \u0026mdash; following the Institute\u0026rsquo;s strategic goals \u0026mdash; that encourages entrepreneurship and technology transfer. I am thrilled that he has been chosen by the USG Board of Regents and the Georgia Tech administration to hold this title.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAyazi\u0026rsquo;s research, which focuses on MEMS and microsystems, has allowed him to establish two start-up companies based on intellectual property (IP) developed at Georgia Tech: Qualtr\u0026eacute; and StethX Microsystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQualtr\u0026eacute; commercialized a new class of acoustic microgyroscopes (\u0026lsquo;gyros\u0026rsquo;) integrated on a chip that operate in the ultrasonic frequency range with much improved small-scale accuracy. Applications include guidance, automotive, defense and personal navigation. Qualtr\u0026eacute; commercialized low-cost chip-scale gyroscopes for GPS-free navigation of autonomous cars and unmanned air vehicles before being acquired by Panasonic in December 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAyazi also founded and serves as managing director of StethX Microsystems, which is commercializing a wearable micro-chip for long-term recording of mechano-acoustic cardiopulmonary signals. The data recorded can identify indications of asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Ayazi, four other Tech faculty members were bestowed the Regents\u0026rsquo; Entrepreneur designation, including four in the College of Engineering (CoE). They include Kirk Bowman, professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Andrei Fedorov, Neely Chair and professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences; Mark Prausnitz, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor, J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; and Gleb Yushin, professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering. In total,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/six-faculty-honored-regents-titles\u0022\u003Esix CoE faculty members were honored with Regents\u0026rsquo; titles.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/11\/tech-faculty-tapped-regents-awards\u0022\u003ERead the press release about this year\u0026rsquo;s Regents\u0026rsquo; Professors, Researchers, and Entrepreneurs.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The new Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur distinction is granted to faculty members who have an established reputation as successful innovators."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-12 15:34:42","changed_gmt":"2022-08-12 15:34:50","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"660115":{"id":"660115","type":"image","title":"Farrokh Ayazi, Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur","body":null,"created":"1660318162","gmt_created":"2022-08-12 15:29:22","changed":"1660318162","gmt_changed":"2022-08-12 15:29:22","alt":"Farrokh Ayazi, Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur","file":{"fid":"250190","name":"Farrokh Ayazi.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Farrokh%20Ayazi.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Farrokh%20Ayazi.png","mime":"image\/png","size":541770,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Farrokh%20Ayazi.png?itok=-9m5t-on"}}},"media_ids":["660115"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/farrokh-ayazi","title":"Farrokh Ayazi"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usg.edu","title":"University System of Georgia"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/regents\/","title":"University System of Georgia Board of Regents"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12106","name":"Farrokh Ayazi"},{"id":"171841","name":"University System of Georgia Board of Regents"},{"id":"191054","name":"Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"660086":{"#nid":"660086","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Top Prize Awarded to Lim, Agnesina for 3D IC Design Methodology Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award-winning article proposes a novel hierarchical physical design flow enabling the building of high-density and commercial-quality two-tier face-to-face-bonded hierarchical 3D ICs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech professor Sung Kyu Lim and recent Ph.D. graduate Anthony Agnesina have won the top paper award at the 2022 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) for their research entitled, \u0026ldquo;Hier-3D: A Hier archical Physical Design Methodology for Face-to-Face-Bonded 3D ICs.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELim is a Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor in Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Agnesina is currently a research scientist at NVIDIA and was advised by Lim while at Georgia Tech. Co-authors include eight researchers from the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre\u0026nbsp;(IMEC), the University of Bremen, ETH Zurich, and the University of Bologna.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award-winning article proposes a novel hierarchical physical design flow enabling the building of high-density and commercial-quality two-tier face-to-face-bonded hierarchical 3D ICs. Hierarchical very-large-scale integration (VLSI) flows are an understudied yet critical approach to achieving design closure at giga-scale complexity and gigahertz frequency targets.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors significantly reduced the associated manufacturing cost compared to existing 3D IC implementation flows and, for the first time, achieved cost competitiveness against the 2D reference in large modern designs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExperimental results on complex industrial and open manycore processors demonstrate in two advanced nodes that the proposed flow provides major power, performance, and area\/cost (PPAC) improvements of 1.2 to 2.2\u0026times; compared with commercial 2D ICs, where all metrics are improved simultaneously, including up to 20% power savings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EISLPED was held at the Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department \/ Photonics Center on August 1-2, 2022. The symposium is the premier forum for presentation of innovative research in all aspects of low power electronics and design, ranging from process technologies and analog\/digital circuits, simulation and synthesis tools, system-level design, and optimization, to system software and applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award-winning article proposes a novel hierarchical physical design flow enabling the building of high-density and commercial-quality two-tier face-to-face-bonded hierarchical 3D ICs. 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Molzahn is an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CAREER award is NSF\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious award in \u0026ldquo;support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMolzahn\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER project, \u0026quot;Overcoming Nonlinearities, Uncertainties, and Discreteness to Mitigate the Impacts of Extreme Events on Electric Power Systems,\u0026rdquo; aims to develop fundamental theory and algorithms for addressing the heavily stressed conditions inherent to power systems during extreme events such as wildfires, hurricanes, evacuations, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe educational and outreach efforts in this project involve the Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Projects team \u0026ldquo;Gaming for Electric Power Grids\u0026quot; comprised of undergraduate students who are creating video games that task players with operating power grids during extreme events. In the spirit of citizen science, the players\u0026#39; solutions to the video game simulations will form a crowdsourced dataset that will be used to train the machine learning models in the project\u0026#39;s research efforts, closing the loop between research and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMolzahn joined the faculty of ECE in Spring 2019. Prior to this position, he was a computational engineer at Argonne National Laboratory in the Center for Energy, Environmental, and Economic Systems Analysis (CEEESA), where he currently holds an affiliate position. He was a Dow Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and the Master\u0026rsquo;s of Public Affairs degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The project aims to develop fundamental theory and algorithms for addressing the heavily stressed conditions inherent to power systems."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-11 14:35:51","changed_gmt":"2022-08-11 14:37:43","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"660085":{"id":"660085","type":"image","title":"Daniel Molzahn, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).","body":null,"created":"1660228634","gmt_created":"2022-08-11 14:37:14","changed":"1660228634","gmt_changed":"2022-08-11 14:37:14","alt":"Daniel Molzahn, assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).","file":{"fid":"250174","name":"Molzahn Headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molzahn%20Headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Molzahn%20Headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":578180,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Molzahn%20Headshot.jpg?itok=CJE50iok"}}},"media_ids":["660085"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/daniel-molzahn","title":"Daniel Molzahn"},{"url":"https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/faculty-early-career-development-program-career","title":"NSF CAREER Award"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Projects"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180346","name":"Daniel Molzahn"},{"id":"7842","name":"NSF CAREER Award"},{"id":"191048","name":"Georgia Tech Vertically Integrated Projects"},{"id":"191049","name":"Gaming for Electric Power Grids"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"659659":{"#nid":"659659","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Faculty and Students Win Awards, Present Research at Design Automation Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 59\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;Design Automation Conference (DAC), a premier event devoted to the design and design automation of electronic chips and systems, was held in San Francisco on July 10-14.\u0026nbsp;The conference offers training, education, exhibits, and networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. It is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and is supported by ACM\u0026#39;s Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA)\u0026nbsp;and IEEE\u0026#39;s Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the span of five days, DAC provided over 300 technical presentations and sessions that were selected by a committee of electronic design and university research experts offering information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies, and technologies in the electronics industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;DAC brings together researchers across the computing stack \u0026mdash; technology, circuits, design-automation and computer architecture \u0026mdash; enabling a confluence of ideas and cross-stack research,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;said associate professor Tushar Krishna in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u0026ldquo;It provides a multitude of opportunities for researchers, students, and industry experts to collaborate and influence tomorrow\u0026rsquo;s innovations, making it a highly exciting and effective conference.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty members and students in ECE were presented with multiple awards and participated in research talks and technical sessions. 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The VIP Program was started in ECE in 2008, and while the program has grown to include schools and colleges across the Institute, VIP staff members are still recognized as ECE staff members. The Staff Innovation \u0026amp; Process Improvement\u0026nbsp;Award is giving annually to recognize and celebrate staff members who have utilized creative thinking to develop and implement a process, plan, or solution benefitting the School, College, or Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown and Sonneberg-Klein are being recognized for their reports and visualizations in Tableau \u0026mdash; an interactive data visualization software \u0026mdash; that have significantly improved business intelligence tools (data dashboards, reports, and automations) that support academic and business operations in ECE and CoE. Brown\u0026rsquo;s projects have enabled finance staff to better track available balances, view payroll charges, analyze salaries, obtain job and personnel information, generate standard letters, and manage facilities. Sonneberg-Klein\u0026rsquo;s projects have enabled staff and college leadership to access VIP enrollment information relevant to their roles, quantify VIP\u0026rsquo;s reach across campus, and monitor key indicators across the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond helping their own unit, the duo\u0026rsquo;s projects have attracted attention across academic departments on campus, increasing interest in Tableau development and helping other units implement similar solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Julie and Chance are both data enthusiasts. 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Memristive devices have extraordinary potential in neuromorphic computing \u0026mdash; a computing paradigm that mimics the biological brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings are part of the CEREBRAL (Cross-disciplinary Electronic-ionic Research Enabling Biologically Realistic Autonomous Learning) research project funded by the Department of Defense to facilitate key device innovations in implementing brain inspired low-power neuromorphic circuits. The program, launched in 2017, has expanded work on new metal oxide materials that buzz electronically at the nanoscale to emulate the way human neural networks buzz with electric potential on a cellular level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGhosh\u0026rsquo;s research has already been utilized by fellow ECE Ph.D. candidate Bill Zivasatienraj to model new memristor-based network architectures that show remarkable lifelong self-learning properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESSI-23 was held July 17-22 in Boston. 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Ivemeyer recently began her full- time career as a Transmission Planning Engineer for Southern Company in Birmingham, Ala.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIvemeyer completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in electrical engineering with a focus in power systems in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Her intern work experience while a student at Tech included two summers at Walton EMC where she developed variable rate models and implemented field data entry applications as well as two summers working in substation design engineering at Burns \u0026amp; McDonnell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe was advised by ECE assistant professor Daniel Molzahn as a master\u0026rsquo;s student. Her research focused on the outcomes and considerations that may need to be made in power system planning and operation as the penetration of distributed energy resources continues to rise. Ivemeyer\u0026rsquo;s biggest extracurricular involvements on campus, beyond the IEEE PES student chapter, were spreading joy with Ramblin\u0026#39; Reck Club and mentoring students in extended orientation programs with Wreck Camp.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award recognizes PES student members from around the world who have chosen an academic path leading to an electric power and energy engineering career."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-03 14:38:31","changed_gmt":"2022-08-03 14:38:31","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659873":{"id":"659873","type":"image","title":"Recent ECE Graduate, Abigail Ivemeyer","body":null,"created":"1659537399","gmt_created":"2022-08-03 14:36:39","changed":"1659537399","gmt_changed":"2022-08-03 14:36:39","alt":"Recent ECE Graduate, Abigail Ivemeyer","file":{"fid":"250104","name":"headshot2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":527303,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot2.jpg?itok=rQ6v7FGk"}}},"media_ids":["659873"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ieee-pes.org\/ieee-power-energy-society-outstanding-student-scholarship","title":"IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Outstanding Student Scholarship"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ieee-pes.org","title":"IEEE PES"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191012","name":"Abigail Ivemeyer"},{"id":"24181","name":"IEEE Power and Energy Society"},{"id":"180346","name":"Daniel Molzahn"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"659871":{"#nid":"659871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Saeedifard, Zhang Receive Power Electronics First Place Prize Paper Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaryam\u0026nbsp;Saeedifard and Pengcheng Zhang have received a\u0026nbsp;2021 IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL) First Place Prize Paper Award for their paper \u0026ldquo;A Field Enhancement Integration Design Featuring Misalignment Tolerance for Wireless EV Charging Using LCL Topology.\u0026rdquo; TPEL is one of the most impactful journals in the field of power electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard is a professor in the Georgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Zhang is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua University in Beijing and carried this work under Saeedifard\u0026rsquo;s supervision when he was a visiting researcher in ECE from November 2017 to December 2019. Co-authors of the paper include Omer C. Onar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Qingxin Yang, Tianjin University of Technology; and Changsong Cai, Wuhan University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper proposes a magnetic integration design for electric vehicle (EV) wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. WPT is an emerging technology that can generate electric power transmission over distances without physical contact, offering significant benefits to EVs, as well as consumer electronics, automation systems, and more. The team\u0026rsquo;s magnetic integration design for EV WPT systems features overlapping compensation and transmitting coils that share the ferrite layer \u0026mdash; which is used to control electromagnetic interference \u0026mdash; without any decoupling consideration. The magnetic field generated by both the compensation and transmitting coils are exploited to transfer power.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first-place distinction is a high honor and a tribute to the fine research quality, presentation, and potential impact that the research has to the field, according to TPEL. The publication\u0026rsquo;s rigorous selection process requires multiple review levels and votes. Each year, four first prize papers and six second prize papers are deemed best among those published in the preceding calendar year. In 2021, 1,233 regular papers, letters, and correspondence were published from 2,718 original submissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard is a leading expert on power electronics for energy conversion systems. She has been an ECE faculty member since 2014 and holds a Dean\u0026rsquo;s Professorship from Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering. In January 2022, she was\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/654486\/six-georgia-tech-faculty-named-ieee-fellows\u0022\u003Enamed an IEEE Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and was recently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/news\/659064\/saeedifard-receives-2022-nagamori-foundation-award\u0022\u003Enamed a recipient of Nagamori Foundation Awards.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZhang received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China, in 2021, and was a visiting researcher at Georgia Tech for two years. His research interests include engineering electromagnetism, wireless power transfer, and wireless power industrial applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award-winning research team will be honored by the TPEL Editorial Board during the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress \u0026amp; Expo in Detroit, Michigan on October 9-13, 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The paper proposes a magnetic integration design for electric vehicle (EV) wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. 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He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) selected him IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in 2009\u0026ndash;2010, 2018\u0026ndash;2019, and 2022\u0026ndash;2023.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe new 524-page textbook, published by Springer Nature, evolved from the material Rinc\u0026oacute;n-Mora developed for ECE 6445 Power IC Design course, which he derived from field and research experience. The book uses design insight, real-life examples, illustrative figures, easy-to-follow equations, and simple SPICE code to show how semiconductor devices (diodes, bipolar-junction transistors (BJTs), and metal\u0026ndash;oxide\u0026ndash;semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistors (FETs)) work independently and collectively in switched-inductor power supplies; how these power supplies transfer power, consume power, and react and respond across frequency; how feedback loops switch, control, and stabilize them; and how the building blocks that comprise them are implemented and designed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTo learn more about the book, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-95899-2\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-95899-2\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-95899-2\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The new 524-page textbook, published by Springer Nature, evolved from the material Rinc\u00f3n-Mora developed for ECE 6445 Power IC Design course."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-07-26 00:17:38","changed_gmt":"2022-07-26 00:38:35","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659653":{"id":"659653","type":"image","title":"ECE professor Gabriel Alfonso Rinc\u00f3n-Mora has published \u201cSwitched Inductor Power IC Design.\u201d","body":null,"created":"1658795802","gmt_created":"2022-07-26 00:36:42","changed":"1658795802","gmt_changed":"2022-07-26 00:36:42","alt":"ECE professor Gabriel Alfonso Rinc\u00f3n-Mora has published \u201cSwitched Inductor Power IC Design.\u201d","file":{"fid":"250024","name":"Rinc\u00f3n-Mora_Publishes New Book on Power IC Design.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Rinc%C3%B3n-Mora_Publishes%20New%20Book%20on%20Power%20IC%20Design.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Rinc%C3%B3n-Mora_Publishes%20New%20Book%20on%20Power%20IC%20Design.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":665143,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Rinc%C3%B3n-Mora_Publishes%20New%20Book%20on%20Power%20IC%20Design.jpg?itok=2ypvGu2M"}}},"media_ids":["659653"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/rincon-mora.gatech.edu","title":"Gabriel Alfonso Rinc\u00f3n-Mora"},{"url":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-95899-2","title":"Switched Inductor Power IC Design"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"176719","name":"Gabriel Alfonso Rinc\u00f3n-Mora"},{"id":"190969","name":"Switched Inductor Power IC Design"},{"id":"188079","name":"Springer Nature"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"659565":{"#nid":"659565","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Postdoc, Jinhwan Kim, Receives Prestigious NIH Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPostdoctoral fellow Jinhwan Kim has been awarded the Pathway to Independence Award (K99\/R00)\u0026nbsp;by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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It has become one of the premier forums for Ph.D. students in design automation to get feedback on their research and for industry to see academic work in progress. Participation in the forum is competitive with acceptance rate of around 30%.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDas was recognized for her Ph.D. thesis research, \u0026ldquo;Architecture and Software for Reliable Quantum Computing.\u0026rdquo; Quantum computers promise substantial speedup for many important applications, but high-error rates of qubit devices limit running quantum programs with high fidelity.\u0026nbsp;Das\u0026rsquo; research bridges this gap by developing compiler optimizations to mitigate errors in the near-term and architecture\/system-level solutions to enable fault-tolerance in the long run.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDas is advised by Moinuddin Qureshi, professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. 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AACC recognized Ferri for her, \u0026ldquo;contributions through research in engineering education, organization of control education conference sessions and workshops, development of open online courses, textbook and book chapters, and thought leadership in higher education.\u0026rdquo; She was recently presented with the award at the American Control Conference in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve always been passionate about student-centered learning,\u0026rdquo; said Ferri. \u0026ldquo;I love being able to couple my systems expertise with the science of learning to design educational innovations that meet the needs of students in impactful ways. I am greatly honored to have received this award.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFerri was Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s first female Ph.D. graduate in electrical engineering and ECE\u0026rsquo;s first female faculty member. She has been a professor in the School since 1988 and served as its\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;associate chair for Undergraduate Affairs and associate chair for Graduate Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHaving earned both the prestigious IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award and Regents\u0026rsquo; Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, she is a celebrated innovator who pioneered mobile hands-on learning and inexpensive portable experiments in ECE courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFerri has also been active with the IEEE Control Systems Society and served two terms on its board of governors. She was the program chair for the 1998 American Control Conference and was the general chair for this year\u0026rsquo;s conference in June.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFerri received a B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. She then worked for Honeywell for two years prior to returning to school to earn her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus Egerstedt, the former Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of ECE and current dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, was the John R. Ragazzini Education Award winner in 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The prestigious award is presented annually to one individual in recognition of their contributions to automatic control education in any form. 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Centered on the master\u0026rsquo;s thesis research of Kulkarni in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the paper\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/ao\/fulltext.cfm?uri=ao-61-12-3409\u0026amp;id=471354\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Annular illumination in 2D quantitative phase imaging: a systematic evaluation\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;[1]\u0026nbsp;has received special recognition in\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;OPG\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Applied Optics\u0026rdquo; publication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to OPG, \u0026ldquo;only two papers are highlighted from [the publishing groups] respective journals each month from among the scores of fine articles published.\u0026rdquo; The notable paper discusses quantitative phase imaging (QPI), and its significant impact in biomedical research revealing heretofore invisible details of cellular composition and function.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarly onset detection of numerous diseases including breast cancer and prostate cancer has resulted from the application of QPI. The important technology is having a significant impact in the study of cells in biomedical research, however, a systematic study of QPI resolution has been missing until Kulkarni\u0026rsquo;s research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) takes another step forward\u0026nbsp;with this interesting study on the influence of annular illumination,\u0026rdquo; wrote professor David Paganin of Monash University (Australia) in his critical review of the paper. \u0026ldquo;Understood in its broadest sense, QPI has made important contributions to optics over many decades, for a variety of radiation and matter-wave fields. 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The prestigious award works to vitalize the research and development of motor, power generator, actuator, and other related technologies, and support research and development engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard, who has been an ECE faculty member since 2014 and holds a Dean\u0026rsquo;s Professorship from Tech\u0026rsquo;s College of Engineering, is being recognized for her research contributions in \u0026ldquo;highly-efficient, power-dense and fault-tolerant multilevel converter-based medium-voltage drives.\u0026rdquo; She is one of six award recipients and will be recognized at a commendation ceremony on September 4, 2022, where one recipient will be named the Grand Nagamori Award winner. Each recipient will receive 2 million yen and the Grand Nagamori Award winner will receive a prize of 5 million yen.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaeedifard is a leading expert on power electronics for energy conversion systems, and was named an IEEE Fellow in January 2022. During her career, she has developed modular and scalable power conversion circuits for medium-and high-voltage applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESome awards and achievements include:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECo-Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE\u0026nbsp;Transactions\u0026nbsp;on Power Electronics since 2021\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EU.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Technology Research \u0026amp; Innovation Award from the Department of Energy (2021)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFirst Place Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics in (2021)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award (2019)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBest Transactions Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2018 and 2016)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIEEE J. 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For the U.S. to effectively decrease carbon emissions to goals set at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the country\u0026rsquo;s electrical power grid will need substantial updating, which includes finding an alternative to SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E electrical equipment\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;High-voltage alternating current (AC) SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E-insulated circuit breakers can be found in most electrical substations in the U.S. and around the world. They are vital mechanisms for a reliable and resilient power grid,\u0026rdquo; said Lukas Graber, associate professor in the Georgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u0026ldquo;But any leaks of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;are\u0026nbsp;extremely bad for the environment due to its greenhouse gas effect.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers from Georgia Tech, led by Graber and in collaboration with Mississippi State University, has recently been awarded nearly $4 million from the Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a three-phase SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E-free AC high-voltage circuit breaker. Fittingly, the proposed design is called TESLA (Tough and Ecological Supercritical Line Breaker for AC), acknowledging AC electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Impact of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2008 to 2018, the annual emissions rate of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E rose from about 7,300 tons to approximately 9,040 tons, an increase of 24%, according to a 2020 study published by the European Geosciences Union. That\u202famount of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E equates to greenhouse gas emissions of approximately\u202f44 million passenger vehicles\u202fdriven for one year, or\u202f226 billion pounds of coal being burned.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to ARPA-E, equipment leaks are a major source of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E emissions from the electrical transport and distribution sector. This is particularly true for aging equipment which, due to natural deterioration, is more prone to gas leaks. Ironically, as the U.S. strives to supplant fossil fuel-derived electricity generation with cleaner wind and solar power, the power grid will become increasingly decentralized, which will require more SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E gas-insulated equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The electrical infrastructure in the US is in desperate need of upgrades to accommodate an increasing share of renewable energy, the electrification of the transportation sector, and improved resiliency against cyberattacks,\u0026rdquo; said Graber. \u0026ldquo;Existing electrical substations will require new equipment, and as part of these upgrades, a new eco-friendly generation of circuit breakers should be implemented.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELooking to Supercritical Fluids\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReplacing SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E is no easy task. While SF\u003Csub\u003E6 \u003C\/sub\u003Ehas exceedingly high global warming potential, the synthetic gas is an excellent electrical insulator \u0026mdash; a material in which electric current does not flow freely. The gas is known for its effectiveness, stability, and intrinsic non-toxic, non-corrosive, and non-flammable nature, and while non-SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E equipment has long been available for low to medium-voltage applications, there are no alternatives for high-voltage equipment ready for market.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0026rsquo;s research has shown that the key to success may be utilizing recent breakthroughs in the dielectric (or electrical insulating)\u0026nbsp;properties\u0026nbsp;of supercritical fluid. A supercritical fluid is a highly compressed fluid that combines the properties of gases and liquids, and is most frequently used for power generation. The team is currently experimenting with supercritical CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E, which has ecologically friendly attributes that could be utilized in high-voltage\u0026nbsp;equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our preliminary results show that the supercritical fluid is a better dielectric than SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E,\u0026rdquo; said Zhiyang Jin, research engineer in Graber\u0026rsquo;s Plasma and Dielectrics Lab at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;The breakdown voltage of supercritical CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E is at least three times that of SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E, and since CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E is everywhere, so a man-made gas will no longer be needed.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E circuit breakers, the design pressure needed for supercritical fluid in TESLA is significant \u0026mdash; about ten times higher than SF\u003Csub\u003E6\u003C\/sub\u003E counterparts. Achieving this design means developing a different circuit breaker chamber to maintain structural integrity during and after the fault current interrupting event. Computational fluid dynamics models have already been developed to study the pressure and temperature changes, and the velocity distribution of supercritical fluids for designs of the chamber, nozzle, and contact system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the engineering challenge of connection compatibility with existing high-voltage electrical equipment\/infrastructure, and the subsequent workforce training that will entail, market adoption is critical hurdle to clear.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;To replace existing circuit breakers, we cannot just show that TESLA passed all required tests,\u0026rdquo; said Jonathan Goldman, principal at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Venturelab. \u0026ldquo;Gaining trust from large utility companies is also one of our crucial tasks. We will seek opinions from experts from various backgrounds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoldman and electrical engineering professor Santiago Grijalva will work with several industry partners to guide the design process, explore additional application segments, and advise on the commercialization of TESLA.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGetting to Work\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interdisciplinary team will design and build the proposed circuit breaker at a high voltage rating (245 kV, 4 kA) and validate the design and functionality using a synthetic test circuit. The testbed will be modular in design and enable both high-current and high-voltage testing without needing access to a high-power source or generator. According to Graber, the development of such experimental capability is not only important for the TESLA project, but also for the power and energy industry of the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year ARPA-E-funded project will culminate in the development of a TESLA\u0026nbsp;prototype tested at the Paul B. Jacob High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University \u0026mdash; the largest university-operated high voltage facility in North America. The lab is directed by\u0026nbsp;Chanyeop\u0026nbsp;Park, who received his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team also includes Juergen Rauleder, assistant professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, and Lauren Garten, assistant professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERaulder will investigate the fluid dynamics inside the circuit breaker and\u0026nbsp;provide\u0026nbsp;guidance for mechanical designs of\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;high-pressure tank, contact system,\u0026nbsp;and arc quenching mechanism, while Garten will research metal oxide varistor\u0026nbsp;characteristics for\u0026nbsp;direct current circuit\u0026nbsp;breaker applications. 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The competition was hosted by the University of North Dakota. The team took three students to the championship, fielding a team for the first time since 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We practice for big races like this every weekend in the Burger Bowl, and put in countless hours in our simulator,\u0026rdquo; said Tanner Beard, a mechanical engineering major and vice president of racing for RotorJackets. The simulator, called Velocidrone, is run on participants\u0026rsquo; personal computers with their controllers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeard was joined at the Drone Racing Championship by teammates Matt Kelsey, a computer science major; and Luke Lawver, an aerospace engineering major; with contributions from teammate Jordan Moss, an electrical engineering major. 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McLaughlin highlighted the\u0026nbsp;VIP\u0026nbsp;program as \u0026ldquo;transforming higher education\u0026rdquo; and applauded its commitment to students, and Abdallah praised\u0026nbsp;VIP\u0026nbsp;for supporting \u0026ldquo;research that matters.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the week, participants heard from Steve McLaughlin, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Tech, Chaouki Abdallah, executive vice president for research at Georgia Tech, and\u0026nbsp;Ed Coyle, VIP co-founder and professor at the Georgia Tech School for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). 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In 2003, he won a scholarship from the Organization of American States (OAS - LASPAU) to obtain his ECE master\u0026rsquo;s degree at Georgia Tech, which he did in 2005. He then received his Ph.D. in ECE at Tech in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining NEETRAC as a full-time researcher, he was a full-time tenured professor at the School of Electrical Engineering of the University of the Andes, where he conducted undergraduate and graduate levels teaching, research, student technical mentoring and advise, curricular development, administration, and outreach support to the community in the area of power systems. The University of the Andes was established in 1810 and it is one of the more important public universities in Venezuela.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHernandez-Mejia began his work with NEETRAC as a graduate research assistant. 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Arijit Raychowdhury held the professorship until he was appointed the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair in December 2021.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRinc\u0026oacute;n-Mora\u0026#39;s history with ECE dates back thirty years, when he was a student. He earned his M.S. in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996, was inducted into Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni in 2000, and was adjunct professor in 1999\u0026ndash;2001, director of the Georgia Tech Analog Consortium in 2001\u0026ndash;2004, director of the Georgia Tech TI Analog Fellowship Program in 2001\u0026ndash;2015, Student-Faculty Committee Chair in 2008-2011, and EDA TIG Chair in 2013-2016. He has now been assistant\/associate\/full professor here for over twenty years and teaching for Georgia Tech in China almost every fall since 2008.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRinc\u0026oacute;n-Mora is Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors since 2017, Fellow of the IEEE since 2011, and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology since 2009. He received the National Hispanic in Technology Award, the Charles E. Perry Visionary Award, a State of California Commendation Certificate from Lieutenant Governor Cruz M. Bustamante, the Orgullo Hispano Award, and the Hispanic Heritage Award. His body of work includes 11 books, 8 handbooks, 4 book chapters, 42 patents issued and 1 pending, over 190 articles, 25 educational videos, over 26 commercial power-chip products released to production, and over 150 keynotes, speeches, and seminars.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHispanic Business magazine named him one of \u0026quot;The 100 Most Influential Hispanics\u0026quot; and featured him on their cover for the power-supply microchips he designed and released to production with Texas Instruments, for whom he worked as design team leader in 1994\u0026ndash;2003. This recognition was sparked by the number of companies (like Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung, Intel, and others) that incorporated his microchips into their cell phones and laptop products. The impact and revenue his technology generated earned him a Three-Year Patent Award from Texas Instruments.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIEEE Press and John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons published his first textbook in 2001 titled Voltage References, which was later translated into Chinese. McGraw-Hill published his first edition of Analog IC Design with Low-Dropout Regulators later in 2009 and his second edition in 2014, the first of which was the second best seller at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 2009 and the second was third best seller at the same conference in 2014 (both editions were translated into Chinese). Springer Nature is now publishing his latest textbook on Switched Inductor Power IC Design with a release date for later this year. Other book titles include Power Management ICs, Analog IC Design: An Intuitive Approach, Power IC Design, and Analog Electronics: Filters, Amps, \u0026amp; Oscillators. These and his other publications have thus far garnered 11.6k Google citations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHis impact on integrated power and energy circuits has also drawn media attention. He has been on the covers of the Official Magazine of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, La Fuente in Dallas, and three times on Nuevo Impacto in Atlanta. Electronic Engineering Times, Planet Analog, Intown in Atlanta, Summa Cum Laude by Florida International University Honors College, EEWeb, and Hong Kong Science \u0026amp; Technology Parks News \u0026amp; Newsletter also featured stories on his work and impact. He is also on the \u0026quot;List of Notable Venezuelan Americans\u0026quot; in science. The Circuits and Systems Society of IEEE selected him IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in 2009\u0026ndash;2010, in 2018\u0026ndash;2019, and again in 2022\u0026ndash;2023. He was also visiting professor at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 2011\u0026ndash;2019.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCompanies like Adtran, Analog Devices, Honeywell, Integrated Device Technology, Intersil, Linear Technology, National Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor, Raytheon, RF Micro-Devices, Schlumberger, and Texas Instruments have all sponsored his research and hired his students. The Army, Department of Energy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education have similarly supported his work. The Army Research Lab, Intelligence Community, Space and Naval Warfare System Command, Cypress Semiconductor, Dialog Semiconductor, Intel Corp., Samsung, Silicon Works Co., Spyro Technology, and Toko Inc. have also invited him to deliver research seminars and professional short courses on multiple occasions to share his research and developments on power-supply and energy-harvesting technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rinc\u00f3n-Mora\u0027s history with ECE dates back thirty years to when he was a student. 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Tech\u0026rsquo;s award-winning interdisciplinary team consists of approximately 60 undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering, College of Computing, Scheller College of Business, and Georgia State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEleven North American university EcoCAR teams gathered for the final challenge in Arizona from May 9-20, 2022. The event marked the culmination of the competition, which tasked the universities with applying propulsion system electrification, autonomous driving control, and vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity, to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer while maintaining safety, utility, and consumer acceptability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the four-year competition \u0026mdash; sponsored by the DOE, General Motors (GM) and MathWorks \u0026mdash; each team transformed its vehicle from a design concept into a reality. The final year of competition challenged teams to test, prove,\u0026nbsp;and refine their work from the previous three years, mimicking a real-world automotive product development cycle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EECE professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/david-g-taylor\u0022\u003EDavid Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E is a faculty advisor for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/vpu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s EcoCAR team\u003C\/a\u003E, along with professors Michael Leamy in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (ME), and Thomas Fuller in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The role of ECE in this competition is significant, ranging from powertrain electrification to driving automation. Our team\u0026rsquo;s vehicle excelled in these areas, winning the events concerned with energy consumption and autonomous operation,\u0026rdquo; said Taylor. \u0026ldquo;The EcoCAR program provides valuable experiences for ECE students because the real-world challenges of the project effectively supplement classroom learning.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s EcoCAR team is a $1 million research program housed under Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program\u003C\/a\u003E. VIP allows undergraduate and graduate students to participate in ambitious, long-term, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. The VIP program originated in ECE under the leadership of professor Edward Coyle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EECE graduate research assistant (GRA) Nicholas Hummel played a key leadership role on the team along with fellow GRA Nishan Nekoo in ME. Both Hummel and Nekoo received their master\u0026rsquo;s degrees this spring. Hummel also gave the first-place presentation on Connected and Automated Vehicle Systems with recent ECE bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree graduate Joyce Zhao.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;ve been on the team for the past two years, and have seen it come from a nearly fully virtual format at the beginning of the pandemic to the success we\u0026#39;ve achieved this year,\u0026rdquo; said Hummel, who led the team\u0026rsquo;s driving automation efforts. \u0026ldquo;If I had not joined this team, I would never have had the opportunity to grow so much as a leader and increase my passion for automation and robotics.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, recent ECE bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree graduate Braeden Dickson, along with recent ME bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree graduate Anna Cobb, gave the first-place presentation on Propulsion Controls and Modeling. Braeden\u0026nbsp;worked on powertrain controls to convert the conventional Chevy Blazer to a hybrid electric vehicle architecture. With his efforts, Georgia Tech vehicle was the only vehicle of the competition to improve energy consumption over the stock Blazer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/student-team-wins-department-energy-ecocar-mobility-challenge\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more about the award-winning team, view pictures from the finale, and learn about future plans.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Multiple members of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) contributed to the four-year project."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-05-26 19:35:51","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 23:22:23","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658553":{"id":"658553","type":"image","title":"In Front of Car_EcoCar Challenge","body":null,"created":"1653593153","gmt_created":"2022-05-26 19:25:53","changed":"1653593153","gmt_changed":"2022-05-26 19:25:53","alt":"Left to right: Braeden Dickson (ECE), Eric Gustafson (Woodruff School), Ed Argalas (General Motors mentor), Nick Hummel (ECE), and Nishan Nekoo (Woodruff School)","file":{"fid":"249641","name":"In Front of Car_EcoCar Challenge.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/In%20Front%20of%20Car_EcoCar%20Challenge.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/In%20Front%20of%20Car_EcoCar%20Challenge.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":155398,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/In%20Front%20of%20Car_EcoCar%20Challenge.jpeg?itok=air6Oxf_"}},"658554":{"id":"658554","type":"image","title":"Blazer_EcoCarChallenge","body":null,"created":"1653593283","gmt_created":"2022-05-26 19:28:03","changed":"1653593283","gmt_changed":"2022-05-26 19:28:03","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249642","name":"Blazer_EcoCarChallenge.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Blazer_EcoCarChallenge.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Blazer_EcoCarChallenge.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102161,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Blazer_EcoCarChallenge.jpeg?itok=TfLqqj3M"}},"658555":{"id":"658555","type":"image","title":"EcoCar Awarded","body":null,"created":"1653593340","gmt_created":"2022-05-26 19:29:00","changed":"1653593340","gmt_changed":"2022-05-26 19:29:00","alt":"","file":{"fid":"249643","name":"EcoCarAwarded.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EcoCarAwarded.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EcoCarAwarded.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":112045,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EcoCarAwarded.jpeg?itok=MXHyZEI5"}}},"media_ids":["658553","658554","658555"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/avtcseries.org\/ecocar-mobility-challenge\/","title":"EcoCAR Mobility Challenge "},{"url":"https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu\/teams\/vpu","title":"Georgia Tech EcoCAR Collegiate Competition Team "},{"url":"https:\/\/www.vip.gatech.edu","title":"Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program "},{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/david-g-taylor","title":"David Taylor "}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"50691","name":"David Taylor"},{"id":"190699","name":"EcoCAR Mobility Challenge"},{"id":"28931","name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"190700","name":"Tech\u2019s Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program"},{"id":"8673","name":"General Motors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}