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2005 NSF EE REU Scholars and Research Topics
2005 REU SCHOLARS Research TOPICS (General and Tentative) Faculty Mentors
Mr. Stephen Tomko
Computer Engineering
Penn State University
(Date bachelor: 6/2007)
Interactions of Electric and Magnetic Components in MetaMaterials Prof. Amar Bhalla (5-9232)
187 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
abhalla@psu.edu
Mr. Thomas Riccobono
Electrical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Research and Development of the LionSat Sensor System Hardware Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526)
213N HAMMOND BLDG
sbilen@psu.edu
Miss Urenna Onyewuchi
Electrical Engineering
George Mason University
Demonstration of Distributed Sensor Networks Prof. Sven Bilén (3-1526)
213N HAMMOND BLDG
sbilen@psu.edu
Mr. Brian Park
Electrical Engineering
Swarthmore College
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photolysis Prof. Craig Grimes (5-9142)
217 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
cag14@psu.edu
Mr. Kong “Chhay” Tep
Electrical Engineering
Michigan State University
(Date bachelor: 6/2006)
Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photolysis Prof. Craig Grimes (5-9142)
217 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
cag14@psu.edu
Mr. Jonathan Taylor
Electrical Engineering
Cedarville University
(Date bachelor: 5/2007)
Microwave Photonic Interactions in Piezoelectric Materials Prof. Ruyan Guo (3-7847)
108B RUA, MATERIALS RES LAB
ryguo@psu.edu
Miss Mintiwab Sahele
Electrical engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Prof. Heath Hofmann (5-2229)
209K ELEC ENGR WEST
hofmann@engr.psu.edu
Mr. Navjit Grewal
Electrical Engineering & Applied Math
University of Rhode Island
(Date bachelor: 12/2005)
Study of Using High Speed RNS Arithmetic for the VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks Prof. Ken Jenkins (3-2788)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
wkj1@psu.edu
Mr. Scott Jobling
Electrical Engineering
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
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
Electrical Engineering
Ohio Northern University
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
High Frequency Characterization of Semiconductors Prof. Mike Lanagan (5-6992)
278 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
mxl46@psu.edu
Mr. Andrew Casperson
Electrical Engineering
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
(Date bachelor: 5/2007)
System Development for a Small Sounding Rocket Payload Prof. J. Mitchell (5-2359)
330 ELEC ENGR EAST
jdm4@psu.edu
and Prof. Charles Croskey (5-2357)
304 ELEC ENGR EAST
Ccroskey@psu.edu
Mr. David Burkhardt
Physics
Haverford College
(Date bachelor: 5/2007)
Studies of Lightning Induced Electrical Discharges in the Upper Atmosphere Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
vpp1@psu.edu
Mr. Liang Di
Electrical Engineering
Penn State
(Date bachelor: 5/2005)
Studies of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Prof. Victor Pasko (5-3467)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
vpp1@psu.edu
Mr. Eric Dattoli
Computer Engineering, Hardware Emphasis
University of Florida
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Assembly and Characterization of Silicon Nanowires for Nanoelectronic Applications Prof. Joan Redwing (5-8665)
jmr31@psu.edu
Mr. Stephen Hall
Electrical Engineering
Penn State University
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Characterization of the Dynamic Behavior of Loss Mechanisms in Thin-Film High Temperature Superconducting Resonators Prof. Jeff Schiano (5-5422)
227D ELEC ENGR WEST
jls32@psu.edu
Mr. Timo Mechler
Computer Science, Math, and Physics Luther College
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Effect of Nanomaterials on the Resonant Characteristics of MEMS Structures Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
sat10@psu.edu
Mr. Vincent Hood
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytech Institute
Development and Analysis for Optimization of An ICP-RIE System Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa (5-2730)
121 ELEC ENGR EAST
sat10@psu.edu
Mr. Daniel Gallagher
Electrical Engineering
Cedarville University
(Date bachelor: 5/2006)
Nano Factory Prof. Kenji Uchino (3-8035)
134 MATERIALS RES LAB BLDG
KenjiUchino@psu.edu
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2005 NSF EE REU Scholars, PSU
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NSF EE REU 2005 Summer Program
Weekly Workshop on Professional Development

Department of Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Room 225 EE West, 12:30 pm –1:30 pm, Tuesdays
Chair: Prof. Andrew Lau (andylau@psu.edu)
Date Workshop Topic Addressed Weekly Faculty Leaders
June 1 (Welcome Meeting, 11:00 am) 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. Andy Lau (Chair)
June 28 Happy Valley Values - The Game Week 5  
July 5 Intellectual Property and Proposal Writing 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 trip ‘Lab show & tell’) Week 9  
July 28 (2005 EEREU Symposium)    

Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu

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NSF EE REU 2005 Summer Program
Weekly Scientific Seminar

Department of Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

Room 225 E E West, 11:00 - 11:45 AM, Tuesdays
Seminar Chair: Prof. John Mitchell (jdm4@psu.edu)

(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
June 14 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 am – 4:00pm) REU Students

Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu

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