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News for year: 2006

December 20, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Lang Tong receives prestigious Lockheed grant and is named Jacobs Professor in Engineering"

“Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Lang Tong has received a $50,000 university research grant from Lockheed Martin. Representatives from the company were on campus Dec. 4 to officially award him the grant.


Tong will ... [Read more!]

October 11, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Prof. Paul Kintner and graduate student Alexander Cerruti warn that solar flares cause GPS failures"

Paul Kintner and his graduate student, Alexander Cerruti, have discovered that strong solar flares cause the signal to Global Positioning Systems (GPS) receivers to significantly fade, which can lead to loss of signal and failure of the system for ... [Read more!]

October 11, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Sheila S. Hemami will initially serve as the Programming Director of the CU-Advance Center"

The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell $3.3 million over five years to increase the recruitment, retention, and promotion into leadership positions of women in engineering and the sciences. The award will create a new office called th ... [Read more!]

September 18, 2006 News Category: Engineering

"College of Engineering 2006 Engineering Research Showcase"

Join College of Engineering faculty, students and staff for the 2006 Engineering Research Showcase on Monday, September 18th, from 3:00 - 7:00 PM in the Duffield Hall Atrium. There will be over 100 PhD Poster Presentations, Master of Engineering Prog ... [Read more!]
August 23, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Michal Lipson and José Martínez Receive 2006 IBM Faculty Awards"

Assistant Professors Michal Lipson and José Martínez received 2006 IBM Faculty Awards in recognition of the quality of their research programs and their importance to industry.
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August 22, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Two ECE Students win Student Paper Contest at 2006 ICASSP"

Two ECE graduate students working under the direction of Professor Lang Tong, Animashree Anandkumar and Parvathinathan Venkitasubramaniam, won the Student Paper Contest at the 2006 IEEE Int'l. Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (IC ... [Read more!]
August 9, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Rajit Manohar invited to attend NAE's 12th Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium"

Assoc. Prof. Rajit Manohar will take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 12th Annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Dearborn, MI, Sep 21-23. The event will bring together 81 of the nation's top young engineers ages 30 to 45 who are p ... [Read more!]
August 2, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Lester Eastman Conference"

The 2006 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices will be held on campus August 2-4. Sponsors include the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Office of Naval Research, DARPA, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Rese ... [Read more!]
July 19, 2006 News Category: ECE

"Sandip Tiwari Receives 2007 IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award"

Professor Sandip Tiwari was named the 2007 recipient of the IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award with the accompanying citation: "For pioneering contributions to nano-crystal memories and to quantum effect devices". The Brunetti Award recognizes outstanding con ... [Read more!]
March 1, 2006 News Category: ECE

"AMD DAY"

Breakfast with AMD and Resume Drop, AMD Booth in Duffield Atrium (9-11 AM)
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Duffield Study Alcove (10 AM)
AMD Exhibition in Duffield -- Meet AMD Recruiters and Resume Drop (2-4 PM)
Talk by Dirk Meyer, AMD President, "Mic ... [Read more!]

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