{"63357":{"#nid":"63357","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Faculty Members Elected as IEEE Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESix Georgia Institute of\nTechnology faculty members have been elevated to Fellow status by the Institute\nof Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world\u2019s leading\nprofessional association for the advancement of technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE grade of Fellow is\nconferred by the board of directors upon a person with an extraordinary record\nof accomplishments in any IEEE field of interest.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech faculty\nmembers promoted to IEEE Fellow, effective Jan. 1, 2011, include three\nprofessors from the College of Engineering\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer\nEngineering, one from the college\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular\nEngineering and two from the College of Computing\u2019s School of Computer Science.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark G. Allen, \u003C\/strong\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor and Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer\nEngineering, received his IEEE Fellow citation \u201cfor contributions to micro and\nnanofabrication technologies for microelectromechanical systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAllen, who joined Georgia\nTech in 1989 and also a joint appointment with\u0026nbsp;the School of Chemical and\nBiomolecular Engineering, researches new approaches to fabricate devices in the\nmicro- to nanoscale from both silicon and non-silicon materials. He has\npublished about 100 journal articles and 200 conference proceedings articles,\nand holds roughly 40 patents. Allen is co-founder of several companies,\nincluding CardioMEMS, which commercializes wireless implantable microsensors\nfor treatment of aneurysms and congestive heart failure, and Axion Biosystems, which\ndevelops microelectrode arrays for in-vitro neural interfacing. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMary Jean Harrold\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Computer Science in the College of\nComputing, earned her IEEE Fellow status \u201cfor contributions to software\nsystems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHarrold\u2019s research involves developing\nefficient techniques and tools that will automate or partially automate\ndevelopment, testing and maintenance tasks. Her focus is on the investigation\nof the scalability issues of these techniques through algorithm development and\nempirical evaluation. Harrold is the ADVANCE Professor of Computing and former\nassociate dean of the College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJay Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E,\nan adjunct professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,\nwas elevated to IEEE Fellow status \u201cfor contributions to model-based predictive\ncontrol applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2000, Lee joined the\nSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, after serving on the faculty\nat Auburn and Purdue universities. In 2010, Lee became the head of the Chemical\nand Biomolecular Engineering Department at Korea Advanced Institute of Science\nand Technology in Daejeon, Korea.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was a 1993 recipient of\nthe National Science Foundation\u2019s Young Investigator Award. The author of more\nthan 120 manuscripts in SCI journals with more than 2,500 ISI citations, Lee\u2019s\nresearch interests are in the areas of system identification, state estimation,\nrobust control, model predictive control, and approximate dynamic programming. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Papapolymerou\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was\nawarded the IEEE Fellow citation \u201cfor contributions to flexible, microwave and\nwireless components and systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPapapolymerou has been\ninstrumental in the development of conformal, flexible and lightweight radio\nfrequency hardware for wireless communication systems and radars. The focus of\nthis work is to build high performance but low profile and low cost radio\nfrequency components (e.g. antennas, transmitters and receivers) and front ends\nthat can be used in high speed commercial wireless systems, radars for\nenvironmental sensing and defense applications, and sensors and communication\nmodules for smart grid systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGabriel Rinc\u00f3n-Mora, \u003C\/strong\u003Eassociate professor in the School of Electrical and\nComputer Engineering, earned the IEEE Fellow citation \u201cfor contributions to\nenergy- and power-integrated circuit design.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERinc\u00f3n-Mora researches\ndesign and development of system-on-chip and system-in-package integrated\ncircuits that derive energy and power from miniaturized fuel cells, thin-film\nlithium-ion batteries, wireless microsensors, and other mobile and portable\napplications.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA senior integrated\ncircuit designer for Texas Instruments from 1994-2003, Rinc\u00f3n-Mora served as an adjunct\nprofessor at Georgia Tech from 1999-2001 before joining the faculty in 2001. He\nhas written eight books, one book chapter, and more than 120 scientific\npublications. He holds 37 issued patents and more than 26 commercial power chip\ndesigns.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E,\nprofessor and chair of the School of Computer Science in the College of\nComputing, was elevated to IEEE Fellow status \u201cfor contributions to disruption-tolerant\nnetworking.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EZegura\u2019s research focuses on\ndevelopment of wide-area (Internet) networking services and mobile wireless\nnetworking.\u0026nbsp;Her focus is on services implemented both at the network\nlayer, as part of network infrastructure, and at the application layer.\u0026nbsp;In\nthe context of mobile wireless networking, she is interested in challenged\nenvironments where traditional ad hoc\nand infrastructure-based networking approaches fail.\u0026nbsp;Zegura is one of the\nprime movers behind the College\u2019s Computer for Good initiative.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor a full list of the IEEE\nClass 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