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Jerry Woodall, Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named an honorary member of the Electrochemical Society, the premier international society specializing in electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology. Since its formation in 1902, the society has granted only 72 honorary memberships, including one to Thomas Edison.

Spotlights

Professor Gerhard Klimeck and colleagues receive time on giant computer to advance high-impact studies
Professor Gehrhard Klimeck and colleagues were awarded 5 million computer hours by the U.S. Department of Energy under its INCITE - Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment - program.
Professors Datta and Pierret inducted into Purdue's 'Book of Great Teachers'
The induction honors outstanding teaching faculty who have demonstrated sustained excellence in the classroom.
Two ECE Staff receive 2008 Engineering Awards of Excellence
Lynn M. Stevenson received the Administrative/Professional Customer Service Award and Daniel E. Leaird received the Professional Achievement Award.
ECE Faculty Receive Named and Distinguished Professorships
Charles A. Bouman was appointed the Michael J. and Katherine R. Birck Professorship. Edward J. Delp was appointed the Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professorship. Michael D. Zoltowski was appointed the Thomas J. and Wendy Engibous Professorship.
Professor Muhammad Alam named an American Physical Society Fellow
For fundamental contributions to and innovative computational models for electronic transport in spatially and temporally Random Systems.
The IEEE Board of Directors appointed Professor George Lee to the 2009 Fellow Committee.
The Fellow Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the IEEE Board of Directors for nominees to be conferred the grade of Fellow. The Fellow Committee also provides a citation describing their accomplishments. The term is from January 1 - December 31, 2009.
Professors David Ebert and Oleg Wasynczuk elevated to IEEE Fellows effective January 1, 2009.
The IEEE Board of Directors, at its meeting on November 12, 2008, elevated Professor David Ebert to IEEE Fellow effective January 1, 2009 with the citation for contributions to data visualization and its applications. The IEEE Board of Directors also elevated Professor Oleg Wasynczuk to IEEE Fellow effective January 1, 2009 with the citation for contributions to modeling and analysis in power electronics.
Professor David Ebert elected to the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors
Professor Ebert received a three year term (2009-2011)
Professor Oleg Wasynczuk to recieve the 2008 IEEE Power Engineering Society Cyril Veinott Award
For his contributions to machine simulation, analysis, and education.
Professor Edward Delp to be a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nokia Reserch Center's Media Laboratory
The Nokia laboratory's mission is to innovate breakthrough media and interaction solutions for enjoyable experiences in the connected world. It carries out strategic and long term research for Nokia in the areas of personal content and media, media content representation, immersive communication, user interfaces and interaction, and human practices.
Professor Andrew Weiner awarded the R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America
For pioneering contributions to the development of programmable optical pulse shaping and its applications to ultrafast optics and photonics.

News & Events

The 2008 OECE Awards
The 17th Annual Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award recipients are Joy Arthur, Paul Arthur, Clarence Endy Jr., Donald Knebel, William Payne III, Michael Pursley
Purdue celebrates success of fund drive for new Electrical and Computer Engineering building
The 39,370-square-foot, $18 million Seng-Liang Wang Hall is named after the father of Purdue alumnus Patrick Wang, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Electric in Hong Kong.
Electrical and Computer Engineering...
celebrated the individual and collective success of ECE Faculty and Alumni by recognizing them with awards for their outstanding accomplishments over the past year

Initiatives

New "nano-positioners" may have atomic-scale precision
Professor Jason Vaughn Clark has created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives.
Professor Ray DeCarlo develops automated-steering technology that has the potential to make car travel safer.
Professor Ray DeCarlo, along with doctoral student Chad Aeschliman, has developed automated-steering technology based on lane-center tracking, which has the potential to make car travel safer.
New Research Field Promises Radical Advances in Optical Technologies
A new research field called transformation optics that may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers will be described in an article to be published in the journal Science. The article was written by Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue's Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Purdue Researchers on Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teams
William Chappell, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is on a team that will study treatments for glaucoma and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, with support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Global Exchange
Engineering our increasingly connected world.
eStadium from ECE's Center for Wireless Systems and Applications (CWSA) offers wireless experience to the fans
Purdue's eStadium is believed to be the first service to offer access to instant replays on cell phones, as well as other features that will make the game-day experience more interactive for fans in the stands.
Ultrafast Optics and Fiber Communications Laboratory Researchers Create New Technologies
Researchers in the Ultrafast Optics and Fiber Communications Laboratory create new technologies for ultrafast lightwave signal processing on the subpicosecond time scale.
Transparent transistors to bring future displays, 'e-paper'
ECE researchers use nanotechnology to create transparent transistors and circuits with applications from e-paper and flexible color screens to "smart cards" and "heads-up" displays in auto windshields.
Professor Woodall develops a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water
The new process generates hydrogen that can be used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines
'Guessing' robots find their way
Robots that use "guesswork" to navigate through unfamiliar surroundings are being developed at ECE.
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