Department of

Electrical Engineering

Serving society through excellence in education, research, scholarship, and public outreach


Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
Program in Electrical Engineering

2010 Program Highlight

2010 NSR EE REU Scholars and Research Topics

2010 REU Scholars

Research Topics

Faculty Mentors

Miss Heather Graffius
Physics and Engineering
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Equivalence Principle Applied to Modeling of Thunderstorm Charge Configuration

Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
vpp1@psu.edu

Miss Julie Georgiev
Electrical Engineering
Alfred University

Integrating Pressure Measurements into Wireless Sensor Systems

Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526)
213N HAMMOND BLDG
sbilen@psu.edu

Mr. Charles Perkins
Electrical Engineering
Norfolk State University

The Characterization of RF Antennas for Beamed Power

Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526)
213N HAMMOND BLDG
sbilen@psu.edu

Mr. Emmanuel Carpena
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Universidad de Turabo, Puerto Rico

Comparative Analysis of Silicon Cantilever and Micromachined Quartz Gravimetric Sensor

Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
sat10@psu.edu

Mr. Jonathan Ore
Electrical Engineering
Penn State University

VHF/UHF Radar Meteors at Arecibo: The Usual Suspects and Some Bolides

Prof. John Mathews (865-2354)
323A ELEC ENGR EAST
jdm9@psu.edu

Mr. Miloud Id Elhaj
Electrical Engineering
Southern Methodist University

Robust Video Hashing Using The Three Dimensional Discrete Cosine Transform

Prof. Vishal Monga (863-1267)
111J ELEC ENGR WEST
vmonga@engr.psu.edu

Mr. Carnell Hunter
Electrical and Computer Engineering
VA Commonwealth University

An Inventory Size Feasibility Study for Fast Algorithm Analysis-Synthesis Based Speech Enhancement

Prof. Ken Jenkins (3-2788)
209C ELEC ENGRWEST
wkj1@psu.edu
Prof. Robert Nikel (5-5315)
111H ELEC ENGR WEST
rmn10@psu.edu

Mr. Seonwoo Lee
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University

Nonlinear Optical Limiting in Fiber Array with L34

Prof. I. C. Khoo (863-2299)
217 ELEC ENGR EAST
ick1@psu.edu

Mr. Cameron Patterson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Alabama

Electrical Characterization of Conducting Materials at Microwave Frequencies

Prof. Mike Lanagan (5-6992)
278 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
mxl46@psu.edu

Mr. James McDonald
Electrical Engineering
Penn State University

Computation of Relativistic Runaway Electron Avalanche Rates Using Full Energy Range Monte Carlo Models

Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467)
211B ELEC ENGR EAST
vpp1@psu.edu

Mr. Michael Scruggs
Physics and Engineering
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Equivalence Principle Applied to Modeling of Thunderstorm Charge Configuration

Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467)
211B ELEC ENGR EAST
vpp1@psu.edu

Mr. Matthew Chang
Electrical Engineering
Penn State University

Measuring The Thermoelectric Power of Nanomaterials on A Micromachined Workbench

Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730)
228B ELEC ENGR WEST
sat10@psu.edu

Mr. Reinaldo Mulero
Electrical and Computing Engineering
University of Puerto Rico

Study of The Possible Effect of The Signal Processing in The Meteor-Head Database from Jicamarca Radio Observatory

Prof. Julio Urbina (863-5326)
315 ELEC ENGR EAST
jvu1@psu.edu

2010 REU Participants

REU class of 2010
  • Miss Heather Graffius, Physics and Engineering, West Virginia Wesleyan College
  • Miss Julie Georgiev, Electrical Engineering, Alfred University
  • Mr. Charles Perkins, Electrical Engineering, Norfolk State University
  • Mr. Emmanuel Carpena, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Universidad de Turabo, Puerto Rico
  • Mr. Jonathan Ore, Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
  • Mr. Miloud Id Elhaj, Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
  • Mr. Carnell Hunter, Electrical and Computer Engineering, VA Commonwealth University
  • Mr. Seonwoo Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
  • Mr. Cameron Patterson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama
  • Mr. James McDonald, Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
  • Mr. Michael Scruggs, Physics and Engineering, West Virginia Wesleyan College
  • Mr. Matthew Chang, Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
  • Mr. Reinaldo Mulero, Electrical and Computing Engineering, University of Puerto Rico

NSF EE REU 2010 Summer Program

Weekly Scientific Seminar

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room 101 EE East, 9:40 – 10:30 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 8 Robust Signal Hashing - Theory and Applications Prof. Vishal Monga
June 15 What’s Next? Graduate School, of Course! Prof. David Salvia
June 22 The Joy of Quadrupole Resonance Prof. Jeff Schiano
June 29 Lightning-related Transient Luminous Events in the Middle Atmosphere Dr. Victor Pasko
July 6 Integrating Nanowire-based Sensors with CMOS Electronics Using Directed Self Assembly Dr. Theresa Mayer
July 13 Software-defined Radar for Meteor Target Detection Dr. Julio Urbina
July 20 Sensors Using Mirco and Nanoscale Structures Dr. Srinivas Tadigadapa
July 29 2006 NSF EEREU Symposium REU Students

Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu

NSF EE REU 2010 Summer Program

Weekly Workshop on Professional Development

Department of Electrical Engineering

Room 101 EE East; 10:50 - 11:50 AM Tuesdays

Chair: Prof. Andrew Lau (andylau@psu.edu)

Date

Workshop Topic Addressed

Weekly

Faculty Leaders

June 8 Frameworks of Ethics Week 1 Prof. Andy Lau
June 15 Research Ethics Week 2 Prof. Andy Lau
June 22 Sustainability and Materials, Selection in Product Development Week 3 Prof. Andy Lau
June 29 Student Entrepreneur Panel: "What's it take to be an entrepreneur?" Week 4 Erik Weir, Erik Davidson, Phil Boyer, Andy Lau and Liz Kisenwether
July 6 Intellectual Property Issues Week 5 Phil Boyer
July 13 Ethics Issues in Entepreneurship Week 6 Phil Boyer
July 20 Student Presentations of Tech Transfer Ideas of Research Projects Week 7 Phil Boyer, Andy Lau and Liz Kisenwether

Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu