There will be three "Distinguished Lectures," each representing one of the major areas of the EE Department.

            Dr. Robert A. Soni, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, Inc. (3/27/08)
            Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President of The National Academy of Sciences (05/02/08)
            
      

Each registered student in EE500 is required to attend at least two of the Distinguished Lectures, and we encourage all students to attend all three if possible. The Distinguished Lectures will be presented by high profile external speakers and distributed throughout the semester. In addition, each of the three departmental Area Committees will organize a minimum of six area-based colloquia, for which the speakers will be a combination of internal speakers from Penn State, and speakers visiting from other institutions. The three Area Committees who are organizing the area-based seminars are the Communications, Control, Circuits, and Signal Processing (SS) Area, the Electronic and Optical Materials and Devices (EOMD) Area, and the E&M, Remote Sensing, and Space Sciences (EMRSSS) Area.

Area 1: Signals and Systems
    Prof. John Doherty, Area Chair
    Prof. Ken Jenkins, Seminar Series Organizer
    Subareas: Communications, Control, Circuits, Power, and Signal Processing
    Colloquia will be held in room EE225 West on Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. (alternate weeks)

Area 2: Materials and Devices
    Prof. Stuart Yin, Area Chair
    Prof. Zhiwen Liu, Seminar Series Organizer
    Subareas: Optical Materials and Devices, Electronic Materials and Devices
    Colloquia will be held in room EE225 West on Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. (alternate weeks)

Area 3: Electromagnetics, Remote Sensing, and Space Sciences
    Prof. Kultegin Aydin, Area Chair
    Prof. Raj Mittra, Seminar Series Organizer     Colloquia will be held in room EE225 West on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m.

The EMRSSS seminars will be held at 4:00 on Tuesdays, whereas the EEOMD and SS seminars will share time at 4:15 p.m. on Thursdays. Overall registered students must attend two of the distinguished Lectures and nine area seminars that may be selected from areas of the student's choosing.

Brief written reports will be submitted to the EE590 Colloquium webpage, where the title of the seminar and the corresponding speaker must be clearly identified.

Please note that the EMRSSS, SS and EEOMD seminars will not begin until the second week of classes. We hope this new structure will provide increased flexibility so students can spend more time learning about their areas of primary interest.