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Program in Electrical Engineering
2005 Program Highlight
2005 NSR EE REU Scholars and Research Topics
2005 REU Scholars |
Research Topics |
Faculty Mentors |
|---|---|---|
Mr. Stephen Tomko |
Interactions of Electric and Magnetic Components in MetaMaterials |
Prof. Amar Bhalla |
Mr. Thomas Riccobono |
Research and Development of the LionSat Sensor System Hardware |
Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526) |
Miss Urenna Onyewuchi |
Demonstration of Distributed Sensor Networks |
Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526) |
Mr. Brian Park |
Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photolysis |
Prof. Craig Grimes (5-9142)
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Mr. Kong “Chhay” Tep |
Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photolysis |
Prof. Craig Grimes |
Mr. Jonathan Taylor |
Microwave Photonic Interactions in Piezoelectric Materials |
Prof. Ruyan Guo (3-7847) 108B RUA, MATERIALS RES LAB ryguo@psu.edu |
Miss Mintiwab Sahele |
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting |
Prof. Heath Hofmann |
Mr. Navjit Grewal |
Study of Using High Speed RNS Arithmetic for the VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks |
Prof. Ken Jenkins (3-2788) |
Mr. Scott Jobling |
Supra-nonlinear Liquid Crystalline Materials Nano-particulate Doped Nonlinear Liquid Crystals and Photonic Crystals |
Prof. I. C. Khoo (3-2299) 217 ELEC ENGR EAST ick1@psu.edu |
Mr. Kevin Deily |
High Frequency Characterization of Semiconductors |
Prof. Mike Lanagan (5-6992) |
Mr. Andrew Casperson |
System Development for a Small Sounding Rocket Payload |
Prof. J. Mitchell (5-2359) |
Mr. David Burkhardt |
Studies of Lightning Induced Electrical Discharges in the Upper Atmosphere |
Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467) |
Mr. Liang Di |
Studies of Atmospheric Gravity Waves |
Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467) |
Mr. Eric Dattoli |
Assembly and Characterization of Silicon Nanowires for Nanoelectronic Applications |
Prof. Joan Redwing (5-8665) |
Mr. Stephen Hall |
Characterization of the Dynamic Behavior of Loss Mechanisms in Thin-Film High Temperature Superconducting Resonators |
Prof. Jeff Schiano (5-5422) |
Mr. Timo Mechler |
Effect of Nanomaterials on the Resonant Characteristics of MEMS Structures |
Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730) |
Mr. Vincent Hood |
Development and Analysis for Optimization of An ICP-RIE System |
Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730) |
Mr. Daniel Gallagher |
Nano Factory |
Prof. Kenji Uchino (3-8035) |
2005 REU Participants
(from back row, left to right)
- Mr. Stephen Hall (’05), Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
- Mr. Vincent Hood (’05), Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytech Institute
- Mr. Liang Di (’05), Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
- Mr. Stephen Tomko (’05), Computer Engineering, Penn State University
- Mr. Daniel Gallagher (’05), Electrical Engineering, Cedarville University
- Mr. David Burkhardt (’05), Physics, Haverford College
- Mr. Eric Dattoli (’05), Comp Engineering, Hardware University of Florida
- Mr. Brian Park (’05), Electrical Engineering, Swarthmore College
- Mr. Navjit Grewal (’05), Electr. Engr. & Applied Math, University of Rhode Island
- Miss Mintiwab Sahele (’05), Electrical engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Miss Urenna Onyewuchi (’05), Electrical Engineering, George Mason University
- Mr. Andrew Casperson (’05), Electrical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Mr. Kevin Deily (’05), Electrical Engineering, Ohio Northern Universitye
- Mr. Jonathan Taylor (’05), Electrical Engineering, Cedarville University
- Miss Amanda Skrabut (’03), Grad Student, Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
- Mr. Kong “Chhay” Tep (’04,’05), Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University)
- Mr. Scott Jobling (’05), Electrical Engineering, University of Mass – Lowell
- Mr. Timo Mechler (’05), Comp Science, Math, and Physics, Luther College
- Mr. Thomas Riccobono (’05), Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
NSF EE REU 2005 Summer Program
Weekly Scientific Seminar
Department of Electrical Engineering
Room 225 EE West, 11:00 - 11:45 AM, Tuesdays
Seminar Chairs: Prof. Jack Mitchell and Prof. Ken Jenkins
(Followed by REU Weekly Workshop on Professional Development, 12:30-1:30 PM)
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| June 7 | Topics in Digital Speech Signal Processing | Robert Nickel |
| June14 | Lightning-related Transient Luminous Events in the Middle Atmosphere | Victor Pasko |
| June 21 | Software Defined Radio Applications | Sven Bilén |
| June 28 | Semiconductor Nanowires: Building Blocks for Nanoscale Devices | Joan Redwing |
| July 5 | Sensors Using Micro and Nanoscale Structures | Srinivas Tadigadapa |
| July 12 | What’s Next? Graduate School, of Course! | Ken Jenkins |
| July 19 | Energy Harvesting | Heath Hofmann |
| July 26 | Field Trip Lab Tours | |
| July 28 | 2005 NSF EEREU Symposium (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) | REU Students |
Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu
NSF EE REU 2005 Summer Program
Weekly Workshop on Professional Development
Department of Electrical Engineering
Room 225 EE West; 12:30 - 1:30 PM Tuesdays
Chair: Prof. Andrew Lau (andylau@psu.edu)
Date |
Workshop Topic Addressed |
Weekly |
Faculty Leaders |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 | Welcome Meeting 11:00 a.m. | Week 1 | |||
| June 7 | Introduction; Types of Moral Problems; Academic Integrity | Week 2 | |||
| June 14 | Central Professional Responsibilities of Engineers – Codes of Ethics and Their Application; The Responsible Conduct of Research | Week 3 | |||
| June 21 | Global Environmental Issues: Climate Change, Oil Depletion, Sustainability | Week 4 | Prof. Aundy Lau | ||
| June 28 | Happy Valley Values - The Game | Week 5 | |||
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Week 6 | |||
| July 12 | Student Presentations of Ethical Issues in Their Research - Round 1 | Week 7 | |||
| July 19 | Student Presentations of Ethical Issues in Their Research - Round 2 | Week 8 | |||
| July 26 | Reserved for local field trips | Week 9 | |||
| July 28 | 2005 EEREU Symposium | Week 9 |
Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu