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Electrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentThe University of Alabama in Huntsville

Fall 2000

Dr. Reza Adhami

C H A I R’ SCORNER

Dr. JenniferEnglish, ECEAssistantProfessor

As you glance through this issue of Real Time, you will see a snap shot ofthe UAH ECE faculty, staff, and student activities for this year. Manychanges, improvements and new initiatives have taken place since theinception of the 2000-2001 academic year. Some of the highlights includechanges to faculty and staff appointments, an increased studentenrollment, the addition of new laboratory facilities, the initiation of a newmaster’s program, tutoring, the development and distribution ofundergraduate course lectures on compact discs, and increased donationsfrom corporations, alumni and individuals.

We have had several changes in faculty and staff appointments this year.Most changes occurred in August, with the arrival of Dr. English, and thedeparture of Dr. Banerjee, Dr. Cohen, and Cheryl McKay. Dr. JenniferEnglish, a graduate of Georgia Tech, joined the department as assistantprofessor. She has already proven to be an excellent addition to thedepartment, initiating an undergraduate laboratory to support electronicscourses as well as courses for IC and microdevice fabrication. Thislaboratory will replace the missing element in our undergraduateeducation and will greatly enhance our research capability in microdeviceand microelectromechanical systems. Dr. Banerjee, a premier member ofthe UAH optics faculty, assumed a new position as chair of the electricaland computer engineering department at the University of Dayton. Dr.Cohen, a member of the UAH computer engineering faculty, assumed anew position in industry. Cheryl McKay, a staff assistant serving thedepartment for 16 years, took a leave of absence. In October, Dr.Abushagur, a key member of the UAH optics faculty, began a one-yearleave of absence to apply his skills in industry.

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Dr. Jennifer English joined the ECE faculty in August 2000 as anAssistant Professor. She received her Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees inElectrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000,1996, and 1993, respectively.

At Georgia Tech her primary research interests were inMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMs), including the design andfabrication of silicon and ceramic sensors and actuators. She performedfunded research under contracts with AT&T, DARPA, and the NSF.

Dr. English’s thesis research, which was funded by the Army ResearchOffice, focused on using MEMs sensors to enhance the operation ofaircraft turbine engines. For this research effort, she used ceramiclaminate material, thin-film deflection theory, integrated resonant circuitryand passive telemetry to produce wireless ceramic micromachinedpressure sensors. Due to the passive nature of the device and the high-temperature compatibility of the ceramic material, the sensors may beutilized in high-temperature areas of the turbine engine. Specifically, thesensors were designed for use in the compressor area of the engine wheretemperatures are in the range of 400°C to 600°C.

Dr. English and her husband, Bill English, love spending time with their16 months old son, Jeffrey. Dr. English is a Huntsville native and aHuntsville High School graduate.

Ambrey Watkins

“Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring” WinsAmbrey Watkins received an award at the Summer 2000 annual Alabama Alliance for MinorityParticipation Conference in Birmingham. Ambrey, an undergraduate in Electrical and ComputerEngineering, received second place for her poster entitled "A Noninvasive Technique forCuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring." First place was awarded to a graduate student.

Ambrey's poster was based on research she participated in with graduate student Craig NewbornII, under the guidance of Dr. Reza Adhami. She received support from the Louis Stokes Alliancefor Minority Participation. Blood pressure fluctuates constantly, and using a cuff it takes weeksor even months to begin to develop a true representation of a person's blood pressure. Thus, formedical and research purposes, there has long been a desire for a noninvasive cuffless bloodpressure monitor that would allow for continuous monitoring.

Physics and physiology reveal that blood pressure is related to arterial blood flow rate, pulsevelocity, and heart rate, which can all be measured noninvasively. By correlating theseparameters with blood pressure, it was demonstrated that blood pressure could be determinedaccurately without a cuff.

Dr. Rhonda GaedeTenured andPromoted toAssociateProfessor

Dr. Dashen ShenPromoted toFull Professor

Dr. Rhonda Kay Gaede was hired in September, 1992 as a Visiting AssistantProfessor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. In 1994,she joined the tenure track as an Assistant Professor, earning tenure andbeing promoted to Associate Professor as of Fall 2000.

She received her BSEE degree in 1981 from Southern Methodist Universityand her MSEE and PhD degress in 1986 and 1988, respectively from TheUniversity of Texas at Austin. Her primary areas of interest are computerarchitecture, hardware description languages, performance monitoring, andoptical interconnects.

Dr. Gaede has worked for Motorola Inc. in Austin, Texas as a productengineer or 8-bit microprocessors and for IBM in East Fishkill, New Yorkin the Test Methodologies and Applications group. If not for the US Army(her husband's former employer), Dr. Gaede would probably never havediscovered the well-kept secret that is Northern Alabama.

Dr. Gaede has previously taught math and circuits part-time for JohnsonCounty Community College in Kansas and math part-time for OakwoodCollege. At UAH, she has participated actively in the ECE department insuch endeavors as graduation certification, faculty advisor for Eta Kappa Nu(department honorary), engineering open house committee, computerengineering advising, chair search committee member, and serving on theBits and Bites committee.

Dr. Gaede pretty much gave up free time when she had her children 11 and 9years ago but does enjoy ringing handbells, singing, and going to the theater.

Dr. Dashen Shen has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor ofECE in Fall 2000.

After receiving his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 1988, ProfessorShen spent three years as a staff scientist in the R&D group of a hightechnology company in Denver, Colorado. He joined the ECE Departmentat UAH in 1991 where he has taught 9 different courses in thedepartment. He has extensive research experience in thin film semi-conductor devices and materials, and flat panel displays. Dr. Shen hasbeen PI or key personnel in 11 funded research projects, publishedmore than 80 research papers. His work was cited in many journals.

His research experience includes: amorphous silicon and polycrystallinesilicon thin film transistors, integrated amorphous silicon image sensors, highefficiency amorphous silicon single junction solar cells, high efficiency a-Si/a-Si tandem solar cells, and high-deposition-rate amorphous silicon solarcells. Some of his amorphous silicon solar cells hold record high efficienciesin their categories in the USA.

His current research interests include thin film materials such as amorphoussilicon and polycrystalline silicon, SiN, SiO2 and a-C:H (diamond-likecoating); devices such as thin film transistors, imaging sensors, solar cells andhybrid devices of amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon. Dr. Shen isdirecting a research project on new concepts on active matrix liquid crystaldisplay (AMLCD) fabrication with DARPA support.

Dr. Reza Adhami – Chair’s Corner Continued…Student enrollment in both graduate and undergraduate programscontinues to increase, as it has for the past three years. The currentstudent enrollment of approximately 750 is largely attributed to thewealth of job opportunities in electrical, computer and opticalengineering, and the improved instructional facilities provided by theECE department in these high demand areas. Improved instructionalfacilities take the forms of new laboratories providing hands-onexperience with state-of-the-art equipment in industry growth areas,employment of advanced techniques for presenting instructionalinformation, and the availability of new degreed programs designed toprovide the student with highly marketable skills.

The ECE department has received a sizeable donation to develop anano-fabrication/MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) facility.Nanofabrication/ EMS is an emerging technology with a multitude ofapplications. The fabrication facility will be unique to thesoutheastern region, and is expected to attract exceptional students andresearchers. The facility, housed in 5000 square feet of the OpticsBuilding, will produce its first nanochip prototype in Fall 2001.

Additionally, a new communications laboratory made available foruse in 2000 with undergraduate and graduate courses, will be utilizedin a newly developed communications course offered Fall 2000.Special thanks are extended to Dr. Stensby, Dr. Joiner, Dr. Berinato,the National Science Foundation, and local industry for theircontributions to the establishment of this valuable educationalresource. Two more laboratories scheduled for addition to thecurriculum are a control laboratory to be complete by Fall 2001 and amicrofabrication laboratory.

A new program, Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE),will be added as an ECE graduate program effective Fall 2001. Theprogram is a joint effort by the ECE and Computer Sciencedepartments; however, each department will offer its own track for

program completion. Details of the MSSE program will be provided inthe next issue of Real Time.

ECE department sponsored tutors are now available on a regular basis.Individuals designated as tutors will be available to answer questionsper the hours and locations posted by the ECE Lab Manager each term.

Three courses, EE100, CPE197, and EE300, were made available onCD in Fall 2000. The CDs were developed within the ECE departmentand contain video lectures. They were well received by the students,encouraging the department to seek funding for the development ofsimilar CDs for other courses.

Finally, all undergraduate programs in the ECE department are againpreparing to be reviewed for accreditation. The ABET 2000(Accreditation Board of Engineering and Education) review of theprograms is scheduled for the year 2003. In 1997, the ECE programswere reviewed and given accreditation by ABET. The new ABET2000 criteria for accreditation is somewhat different than the traditionalABET criteria. It requires each engineering program to consult with itsvarious constituents, University and College administration, industrialemployers, faculty, alumni, students and parents - to define itsobjectives and to create a curriculum to achieve these objectives. Yourinput to this process is of a great importance to the continuousimprovement of our programs. Soon, you will be requested tocomplete questionnaires regarding our programs’ curricula. I wouldlike to thank you in advance for taking a few minutes of your busy timeto respond to the questionnaires and return them to the department.

A special congratulations is extended to the ECE students who wonfirst place in the annual IEEE Car Competition, and many thanks to theECE faculty for their tremendous job in implementing new labs,publishing, and attracting funded research.

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Dr. Richard ForkTenured as FullProfessor of ECE

New Sun LaboratoryEngineering students enrolled in programming and VLSI courseshave a new lab designed with their needs in mind. The EB246 Sunlab has been upgraded to use the latest in thin client computing,the Sun Ray 1 Network Appliance. Thin client computing is a verycost-effective means of providing high power, a large number ofstations, and reliable equipment for the least cost per station.

Dr. Richard L. Fork of the Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment at UAH became tenured as full Professor this fall.

Professor Fork teaches Optoelectronics and manages the LaserScience and Engineering Research (LS&E) Group. He also teachesoptical communications, communication theory, electromagnetictheory, and random signals and noise. The LS&E group includesPhD students Lisa Gamble, Spencer Cole, Andrew Keys, BrianRobinson, and Wesley Walker.

Professor Fork joined the ECE Department at UAH in 1994. Hegraduated summa cum laude from Principia College, receiving aBachelor of Science degree with specialization in physics andmathematics.

Dr. Fork received his PhD in Physics from Massachusetts Instituteof Technology in 1962. His PhD degree addressed experimentaland calculational atomic physics. After working for 27 years inthe Communication Science Department at AT&T BellLaboratories (now Lucent Technology), he taught for 4 years inthe physics department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prior tocoming to UAH. Dr. Fork’s work at AT&T had a seminalinfluence on the generation of short optical pulses and the use ofthose pulses to examine the dynamics of a variety of phenomena,including solid state and biological materials.

Professor Fork’s current work at UAH emphasizes technology insupport of laser power beaming for applications such as spacesolar power. Work by the LS&E group includes: design of opticalamplifiers for space based lasers, novel all reflective gyroscopes,femtosecond metrology of photonic structures, photonic structuresfor optical beam pointing and tracking, laser power beaming, andanalysis of safety issues related to laser power beaming in supportof space solar power.

The LS&E group, under Dr. Fork’s direction, is exploring the taskof interfacing work on high power lasers relevant to AMCOM andNASA interests. The work addresses issues encountered intransitioning this technology to space in ways that will support theeconomy, enhance the environment and address relevant defenseinterests.

Dr. Fork is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow ofthe American Optical Society and a member of IEEE. He haspublished more than 90 peer-reviewed papers, received the 1983Laser Focus award for the best invention of the year (CollidingPulse Laser, the first femtosecond laser), and the award for themost referenced technical paper of 1964 (on scanninginterferometry). From 1987 to 1997, Dr. Fork held the worldrecord for experimental work producing the shortest optical pulse,6 femtoseconds.

Dr. Fork has four children: Carl, Heather, David, and Katherine.His wife Donna is currently employed at the Huntsville Times as acopyeditor and music reviewer. She is also a student in theComputer Science Department at UAH. Dr. Fork enjoys playingracquetball and tennis and watching the Chargers soccer teamsplay. His principal hobby is fine-tuning his legendarily flawedsense of humor.

The equipment located in the lab is the physical interface betweenthe users and the system and consists of 24 Sun Ray 1 networkappliances, a printer, and a legacy SPARCstation acting as adedicated print server. The server that provides the computationalhorsepower behind this interface is a Sun Enterprise E250R server,and the infrastructure that ties it all together is a private 100baseTEthernet and the Sun Ray enterprise server software.

One major advantage of the system is the reduction in systemadministration overhead. There is only one computer system toadminister for the entire Sun Ray workgroup. In the case of theEB246 lab the number of computers dropped from 12 to one,while the number of stations available actually doubled.

The server has the power to support even more Sun Ray users, soadding stations is as simple as taking the Sun Ray out of the boxand plugging it in - a few seconds later it is ready for use. The SunRays are much less expensive than a desktop system, so addingstations is cheaper.

The Sun Ray is a robust device. It has no moving parts to fail – nofans, not even a power switch! It comes with a standard 5-yearwarranty. Most desktop systems come with warranties of a year oreven less, unless you pay for an extended warranty.

It uses much less power than a desktop computer, so the cost ofelectrical power and air conditioning are lower, too. The absenceof a cooling fan also results in an unusually quiet system.

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Users of Engineering computer systems should know about thesupport web site at http://support.eng.uah.edu. Among theresources available are:

- an online help request - the online account request - online documentation for several software packages - the Frequently Asked Questions page ("the FAQ") - lab hours - support news

http://support.eng.uah.edu


ECE MOBILE ROBOT LABORATORY REPORT

James Anderson, Chair of the IEEE Huntsville Section, presents theSoutheastCon 2000 Student Hardware Competition First Place Award to (left toright) Dr. John Piccirillo, project instructor, Dr. Reza Adhami, ECE DepartmentChair, and Dr. Laurie Joiner, UAH IEEE Student Branch adviser. See winningrobot “Phoenix” below.

The UAH department of Electrical and Computer Engineering hasa long history of participating in student mobile robot contests. Duringthe last decade or so, these have been the contests sponsored by Region 3(Southeast Conference) of the Institute for Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE). With the beginning of the new millennium, the ECEdepartment brought in Dr. John Piccirillo to give this program a broaderscope and fresh enthusiasm. Normally, ECE students design and build asmall, mobile robot in the Senior Design Project course EE 412, atechnical elective open to all engineering students. During the Spring2000 semester eleven students were enrolled to build a robot for theSoutheast Conference 2000 Student Hardware Competition. The coursestructure and grading criteria of EE 412 were changed to emphasizequality in the final product, with the result that UAH took First Placeamong the nineteen competing schools.

The UAH robot, shown in above, won every round, and achieved thehighest single score and the highest cumulative score, leading JimAnderson, head of the Huntsville IEEE Section, to say, "It was awesomethe way the UAH car out performed the competition in the semifinal andfinal rounds of the competition. They walked away with first place.Congratulations to the team for a job well done."

Phoenix was such a great success that both the Huntsville Timesand local TV news stations ran coverage of the robot. Phoenix was alsodemonstrated at the annual Technical And Business Exposition andSymposium (TABES) at the Von Braun Center South Hall (May 30 toJune 1) and at the local IEEE Computer Fair (August 25 and 26). Articleson Phoenix ran on the front page of the Exponent, in Real

Time, in the IEEE Huntsville Section’s newsletter Live Wire, and a fulllength article is in preparation for Robot Science & TechnologyMagazine. The First Place plaque is on display in the ECE departmentoffice. This Spring the ECE department will again enter the IEEESoutheastCon Student Hardware Design Competition. The 2001 eventwill be held at Clemson University on Sunday, April 1. The rules havebeen published and a test arena has been built and is ready for action.Contest rules and information is available at:

http://people.clemson.edu/~dpnewli/.

EE412’s Team Rocket &Fire Fighting Robots

Team Rocket: (left to right) Jim Saare, Warren Glave, Corey Carter, andHoward Chin, with some of the class fire fighting robots.

During Summer Session 2000, a new project was added to theEE 412 repertoire. Fourteen students divided into three teams to designand build mobile robots for the 8th Annual Home Robot Fire FightingContest, held each spring at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.This is a very challenging contest which last year drew over 120 teamsfrom around the world, including teams from Israel, Palestine,Australia, Brazil, and Canada. The EE 412 class designed robots thatcan navigate an 8’ by 8’ model floor plan of a house to find andextinguish a lit candle, which represents a small fire that has juststarted in a home. The fire fighting arena the class used for testing it’srobots is shown in below.

A couple of the teams are currently upgrading their robots totake advantage of newly modified contest rules by which a robot canscore additional points by competing in operating modes withincreased difficulties. The contest will be held April 22. For contestrules and information visit: www.trincoll.edu/robot.


Intelligent Ground VehicleCompetition

A new, ambitious robot project has begun this semester. Ateam has been organized to design and build a robot for theIntelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, an annual eventconducted by the Association for Unmanned VehicleSystems International (AUVSI). Contest sponsors includethe US Department of Transportation, Ford Motor Company,United Defense, General Dynamics, the Society forAutomotive Engineers, and Fanuc Robotics.

In this event, an autonomous robot navigates around anoutdoor course about 300 feet long laid out on grassy terrain.The robot is required to stay within the painted lane markers,traverse a ramp, and avoid the potholes and obstacles put inthe path. This year 15 teams competed at Walt DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida on July 8. In addition to the USteams, there were also teams from Canada and Japan.

The AUVSI ground robot competition is actually four events– a Vehicle Design Competition, an Autonomous ChallengeCompetition, a Road Debris Competition, and a Follow-The-Leader Competition. The vehicles for these competitionsnormally include a vision system, independent obstacleavoidance sensors, PC-type processors, and a motorizedplatform. The vehicle platform can be electric or gasolinepowered, purchased or home made. The contest will takeplace at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on June2–4, 2001. Contest rules and information are posted at:www.secs.oakland.edu/SECS_prof_orgs/PROF_AUVSI/2000igvc.htm.

UAH has a strong initial team with ten studentsfrom various disciplines, including Electricaland Computer Engineering, Mechanical andAerospace Engineering, and Computer Science.

The Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition is a multi-yearproject and most of the participating teams have vehicles thatthey have been working on for several years. UAH has astrong initial team with ten students from various disciplines,including Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, andComputer Science. A volunteer faculty advisory teamincludes Drs. Corsetti, Johnson, Joiner, Pollock, Shtessel,and Wells from the ECE department and Dr. Frederick fromthe MAE department. We are also fortunate in having agenerous contribution to the project from the HuntsvillePathfinder chapter of the AUVSI. The US Army UnmannedGround Vehicle/Systems Joint Program Office on RedstoneArsenal has also indicated support.

Electrical and Computer Engineering students are nowinvolved in three mobile robot contests of varying degrees ofdifficulty. These robots are fully autonomous and requiremany different skills to be integrated into the final design.The majority of the building and testing of these robots takesplace in the EB124 laboratory area. The lab has beenupgraded this year with the addition of lab benches, newtools, and additional test equipment. The addition of newcontests for students to participate in has transformed theIEEE Car Project Lab into the ECE Mobile RobotLaboratory.

Dual Major? Of Course!The ECE Department provides the opportunity for a doublemajor with primary major in CPE, EE, or OPE, and adistinctly different secondary major selected from EE, OPE,or CPE. None of the secondary major courses are permittedas primary major electives. The request for a double majorshould be submitted to the ECE Information/Advising Office.Listed below are the possible double major combinations.

CPE-EE: EE100, 307, 313, 384, and two courses from EE424, 425, 426, or 448.

EE-OPE: OPE 451, 454, 455, OPT341, 342, 411, and EE447as an EE Option elective.

OPE-EE: EE100, 416, 425, 448, 494.

EE-CPE: CPE 203, 302, 352, 353, 433, and one course fromCPE403, 468, or 492.

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The secretaries of ECE gathered with faculty, staff andstudents to bid a fond “farewell-for-now” to Cheryl McKay(front row, left) as she prepares to take a 3-month medicalleave of absence. Also shown here are Jackie Siniard (frontrow, right) and Linda Grubbs, Pat Smith, and Helen Foster(back row, left to right).


Laboratory News from Dennis Hite, ECE Lab Manager

Dennis Hite

With the fall 2000 semester off andrunning I hope all the ECE laborator-ies are in good operational condition.Just as a reminder, if there are anyequipment or software problems in theElectronics, Digital Signal Processing,Rapid Prototyping, Real-TimeSystems, Communications, Micro-computer, ADTRAN or Multi-medialabs please report them as soon as

Traditionally monitoring of physiologicalsignals (such as heart or brain electricalactivity) requires numerous wires andconnections between the electrodesattached to a patient’s head/chest and themonitoring unit. This is an especiallyundesirable situation when prolongedmonitoring is required. We are developingan original concept of a wireless personalarea network, which includes physiologi-cal sensors for medical applications in Dr. Emil Jovanov

possible to your instructor or me. The sooner we know about problemsthe quicker we can correct them. Some of you may have noticed thatseveral new Oscilloscopes and Digital Multimeters have been added tothe Electronics labs. One of my goals for the 2000/2001 academic yearis to acquire several more Oscilloscopes and Digital Multimeters sothat all 24 stations in the Electronics laboratories are outfitted with newequipment. This will complete the Electronics Laboratories upgradesand free up several 60Mhz scopes for the Rapid Prototyping andMicrocomputer laboratories.

I would like to bring to your attention that there are undergraduateresearch opportunities available in the ECE department. Manyprofessors have expressed an interest in having undergraduate studentshelp with their current and future research. This is an excellentopportunity. The experience gained from being involved in researchcan provide for a deeper understanding of course material. It can bridgethe gap between the theory learned in the classroom and the applicationof theoretical concepts in the laboratory. Also, some research projectscan lead to publication. Students can be paid for their work, subject tothe project funding and conditions, or earn 1 to 3 credit hours whileworking on the project. See Dr. Corsetti for details on course creditrequirements. If you are interested in finding out more, go to the newweb page link “Current Research Opportunities “ by following theResearch link on the ECE Homepage (http://www.ece.uah.edu). Thislink has been provided for the Electrical and Computer Engineeringfaculty to post research opportunities for both graduate andundergraduate students.

Some recent projects in the ECEdepartment are described here bystudents Shuaib Hanief, Lisa Gamble, andProf. Emil Jovanov.

telemedical environment. Intelligent wireless sensors perform dataacquisition and are capable of limited processing. Individual sensorsmonitor specific physiological signals (such as EEG, ECG, GSR, etc.)and communicate with each other and the personal server. The personalserver then integrates information from different sensors andcommunicates with the rest of telemedical system acting as a standardmobile unit using a low-range wireless link or a cellular phone unit. Thedevice we are developing is called the Wireless Intelligent SEnsor(WISE), shown here.

WISE is based on a very low power consumption microcontroller.Currently, the project involves graduate students John Price and DejanRaskovic under the direction of Emil Jovanov. There will be a fewundergraduate students joining the project soon. We expect to integrateall the components of WISE on a single chip for use in a variety of newmedical applications and sophisticated human computer interfaces. Formore information, please contact Dr. Jovanov at 824-6632.

Shuaib Hanief

How many of you have gotten traffictickets while unknowingly exceedingthe speed limit? This is the motivationfor a new product called The SpeedAwareness Device. The device alertsyou to the posted speed limit and yourcurrent speed. This device is beingdeveloped by Geoff Oltmans (ECEUndergraduate), Shuaib Hanief (ECE

Ultra-short pulses can be used tocharacterize the optical properties ofdielectric materials or devices over abroad bandwidth using the method ofspectrally resolved cross-correlation.An ultra-short probe pulse propagatesthrough the sample under test, and isthen mixed with a reference pulse in anon-linear crystal.

Lisa GambleMasters Student) and Dr. Kavi (ECE) at the CRASH Laboratory. Thereare two major components for this device - a transmitter and a receiver.

The transmitter, located along the roadway, repeatedly transmits speedlimit data. The Speed Awareness Device can be reprogrammed (afterauthentication) to transmit any given speed limit. The receiver, placedin an automobile, receives these signals and compares them with yourcurrent speed. A warning is issued if you are exceeding the speed limit

(Yes, you do have the option to turn it off.). Issues such as powerconsumption, size, error correction and protocols are still being refined.

For more information on this project and many others, including thedevelopment of intelligent mail filters and advanced compilers, contactDr. Kavi at 824-6380.

The generated second harmonic signal is analyzed with a spectrometerto determine the group delay of the probe pulse as a function ofwavelength. By comparing the group delay of the probe pulse after itpropagates through the sample to its group delay before it propagatesthrough the sample, the group delay imparted by the sample can berecovered.

Currently this method is being used by Lisa Gamble (OSE Ph.Dstudent) to characterize an electrically controllable optical delay devicemade from a photonic band gap structure. According to Dr. Forkundergraduate students have been involved on this project in the past.Please contact Dr. Fork (824-2523) for more information about thisproject and others.


SPRING 2001 ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING COURSE LISTCourse Credit

Hrs.Short Title Course Credit

Hrs.Short Title

Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering

EE100 3 Concepts in Digital Signals and Sys EE506 3 Communication Theory

EE201 1 Digital Logic Design Lab EE509 3 Microcomputers

EE202 3 Intro to Digital Logic Design EE510 3 Selected Topics in ECE

EE300 3 Electrical Circuit Analysis I EE516 3 Digital Electronics

EE301 1 Circuits and Measurements Lab EE527 3 Electromagnetic Waves

EE302 3 Design Digital Computers EE528 3 Analy & Comp Methods Elec Engr I

EE305 1 Electronic Devices and Design Lab I EE534 3 Optical Fiber Communications

EE307 3 Electricity and Magnetism EE542 3 Physical Optics

EE310 3 Solid State Fundamentals EE548 3 Intro to Computer Networks

EE313 3 Electrical Circuit Analysis II EE570 3 Optic & Photonic Systems Design

EE315

EE382

EE383

3

3

3

Intro Electronic Analysis & Design

Analytical Methods for Continuous-Time Systems

Analyt Meth for Multivariable & Discrete-Time Sys

EE603

EE604

EE605

3

3

3

Random signals in Communication

Digital Image Processing

Classical Control Design

EE384 1 Digital Signal Processing Lab EE610 3 Selected Topics: Antennas

EE410

EE410

3

3

Selected Topics in ECE

ST: Communications Engineering Lab

EE612

EE615

3

3

Graduate Design Project

Analog Circuit Design

EE412 3 Sr. Design Project: IEEE

EE414

EE416

EE420

EE425

3

3

3

3

Analog & Digital Filter Design

Electronics II

Random Signals & Noise

Intro to Control and Robotic Systems

EE620

EE628

EE632

EE634

3

3

3

3

CMOS Analog Circuit Design

Anal & Comp Methods Elec Engr II

Fourier Optics

Optical Communications

EE426 3 Communications Theory EE642 3 Data/Digital Communications

EE429 3 Microcomputers EE670 3 Optomechanical Design & Manuf II

EE436

EE437

3

3

Digital Electronics

Electronics Manufacturing Process

EE691

EE692

1

1

Graduate Seminar I

Graduate Seminar II

EE447 3 Electromagnetic Waves EE697 3 Master’s Project for Plan II

EE448 3 Analytical and Computational Methods Elec Engr I EE699 3 Master’s Thesis

EE468 3 Intro to Computer Networks EE701 3 Advanced Linear Control Theory

EE493 3 VLSI Design II EE703 3 Modern Control Design

EE494

EE500

EE505

3

3

3

EE Design Projects

Random Signals & Noise

Intro Control/Robotic Systems

EE710

EE745

EE748

3

3

3

Sliding Mode Control

Mod / Phase Lock Tech Comm

Digital Sig Proc Alg / App

EE799 3 Doctoral Dissertation

Computer Engineering Computer Engineering

CPE197 3 Computer Methods in Engineering CPE610 3 ST: Programming for Comm

CPE203 3 Fundamentals of Software Engineering CPE642 3 Parallel Computation

CPE302

CPE352

CPE353

CPE403

3

3

1

3

Design Digital Computers

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Lab

Software Design & Engineering

CPE699

CPE784

CPE799

3

3

3

Master’s Thesis

Tools for VLSI Design

Doctoral Dissertation

CPE429 3 Microcomputers Optical EngineeringCPE437 2 Computer Engineering Design II

CPE468 3 Intro to Computer Networks OPE442 3 Interference & Diffraction

CPE493 3 VLSI Design II OPE455 2 Optical Engineering Lab

CPE548 3 Intro to Computer Networks OPE456 2 Photonics Lab

CPE582 3 Intro to VLSI Design OPE459 3 Optical Engineering Design


Publications, Presentations and AwardsCONTROL

Yuri Shtessel, Associate Professor

Journal Articles

I. A. Shkolnikov and Y. B. Shtessel, "Aircraft Nonminimum PhaseControl in Dynamic Sliding Manifolds," AIAA Journal on Guidance,Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 23, No.6, 2000 (in press).

Conference Papers

Y. Shtessel and I. Shkolnikov, "Robust Missile Autopilot Design viaSliding Mode Control," U.S. Army SMDC, Huntsville, AL, pp. 1-50,(2000).

Y. Shtessel and I. Shkolnikov, "Sliding Mode Control Design forMissile Autopilot," U.S. Army SMDC, Huntsville, AL, pp. 1-32,(1999).

Contracts AwardedGrant “Development of Virtual Control and Dynamic SystemsLaboratory”, 01/10/00 – 01/09/02, NSF, (PI: Dr. Hampton, Co-PIs: Dr.Shtessel, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Frederick, Mr. Middleton).

HonorsRecipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal for outstandingcontribution to control theory, 2000.

Conference Papers

Nagendra Singh, S. M. Loo, B. Earl Wells, C. Deverapalli, “Three-dimensional Structure of Electron Holes Driven by an Electron Beam,” AGUWestern Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 27-30, 2000.

Nagendra Singh, S. M. Loo, B. Earl Wells, C. Deverapalli, “NonlinearBehavior of Electron-Beam-Driven Waves in a Magnetotail Plasma,”AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, June 27-30,2000.

Guest Scientist at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism for the monthof May 2000.

ELECTRON DEVICES

Fat Duen Ho, Professor

Journal Articles

“A Drain Current Data Capture System for Metal- Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors,” Mark Bailey and Fat Duen Ho,Integrated Ferroelectrics, in press, 2000.

“I-V Characteristics of a Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor,” T. C.McLeod and Fat Duen Ho, Integrated Ferroelectrics, in press, 2000.

ELECTROMAGNETICS HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

John Jarem, Professor

Journal ArticleP. P. Banerjee and J. M. Jarem, “Convergence of Electromagnetic FieldComponents across Discontinuous Permittivity Profiles," J. Opt. Soc.Amer. A, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp 491-492, March 2000.

Conference PaperJohn M. Jarem and P. P. Banerjee, "BIOELECTROMAGNETICS: ARigorous Coupled Wave Analysis of Cylindrical Biological Tissue,"The 2000 International Conference on Mathematics and EngineeringTechniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS’2000),Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 26 - 29, 2000.

BooksJohn M. Jarem and Partha P. Banerjee, Computational Methods forElectromagnetic and Optical Systems, Marcel- Dekker, July 2000.

P.P. Banerjee and J. M. Jarem, “Numerical Analyses of OpticalPropagation and Interaction in Nonlinear Photorefractive Materials,"chapter in, Electromagnetic Fields in Unconventional Materials andStructures, in press, (approximately 25 pages), John Wiley & and Sons,2000.

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Nagendra Singh, Professor

Journal Articles

Singh, N., W. C. Leung, and G. M. Singh, Enhanced current collectionby a spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20,935, 2000.

Singh, N., S. M. Loo, B. Earl Wells, and C. Deverapalli, Three-dimensional structure of electron holes driven by an electron beam,Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2469, 2000

Singh, N., Cross-current instability generated by pick-up ions in theenvironment of a large spacecraft in low Earth orbit, in press, IEEETrans. Plasma Science, Special Issue on Space Weather, 2000.

Rhonda Kay Gaede, Associate Professor

Journal Articles

J. Rodgers, Rhonda Kay Gaede, and Jeffrey H. Kulick, “IN-Tune: An In-SituNon-Invasive Performance Tuning Tool for Multi-threaded Linux onSymmetric Multiprocessing Pentium Workstations,” Software – Practice andExperience, Volume 29(9), July, 1999, pp. 775-792.

Rhonda Gaede, Fenglei Li, David Hyde and Dashen Shen, “AmorphousSilicon Photodetector for Optical Interconnections,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Special Issue on Amorphous and MicrocrystallineSemiconductors, Editor’s letter dated September 1, 1999.

J. Rodgers, Rhonda Kay Gaede, and Jeffrey K. Kulick, “IN-Tune: AnIn-Situ Non-Invasive Performance Tuning Tool for Multi-threadedLinux on Symmetric Multiprocessing Pentium Workstations,” Software– Practice and Experience, Volume 29 (9), pp. 775-792, September,1999.

Conference Papers

D. L. Hecht, K. M. Kavi, R. K Gaede, C. Katsinis, “Fault-Tolerance UsingCache-Coherent Distributed Shared Memory Systems,” Proceedeings of the1999 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, andNetworks (I-SPAN’99), June 23-25, 1999, Freemantle, Western Australia, pp.100 - 105.

David W. Hyde, Rhonda Kay Gaede, “Enhancing the Undergraduate VLSIDesign Experience Using FPGA-Based Rapid Prototyping,” Proceedings ofthe Mentor Graphics International Users Group Meeting, September 27 –October 1, 1999, Portland, Oregon.

Rhonda Gaede, Fenglei Li, David Hyde and Dashen Shen, “AmorphousSilicon Photodetector for Optical Interconnections,” Proceedings of the 18th

International Conference on Amorphous and Microcrystalline Semiconductors,August 22-27, 1999, Snowbird, Utah.

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Publications, Presentations and AwardsHARDWARE & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Krishna Kavi, Professor andEminent Scholar of Computer Engineering

Journal ArticlesP.Y. Chang, D.J. Chen and K.M. Kavi. “File allocation algorithms tominimize data transmission time for real-time applications in distributedcomputing systems,” Journal of Information Science and Engineering,(Institute of Information Science, Taipei, Taiwan), To appear in May2000 issue.

K.M. Kavi, J. Arul and R. Giorgi. “Execution and cache performance ofthe Scheduled Dataflow Architecture”, Journal of Universal ComputerScience, Special Issue on Multithreaded and Chip Multiprocessors, inpress, Oct. 2000 issue.

P.Y. Chang, D.J. Chen and K.M. Kavi. “Multimedia file allocation undervirtual circuit using multipath routing,” in press, IEEE Transactions onComputers. (Target date, Dec. 2000).

Conference PapersM. Rezaei and K.M. Kavi, “A new implementation for memorymanagement,” Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastcon 2000 Conference,Nashville, TN, April 7-9, 2000. (Refereed paper)

R. Giorgi, K.M. Kavi and J. Arul. "Exploiting Thread Level Parallelism ina New Decoupled Non-Blocking Multithreaded Architecture,"Proceedings of the joint 4th World Multiconference on Systemics,Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI'2000) and the 6th InternationalConference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS'2000),Orlando, USA, in July 23-26, 2000. (Refereed paper)

K.M. Kavi and D. Mehta. "Mutual Exclusion. On Optical Networks,"Proc. of the 13th ISCA Parallel and Distributed Computing SystemsConference (PDCS-00), Published by the International Society ofComputers and Their Applications, Las Vegas, Aug. 8-10, 2000.(Refereed paper)

K.M. Kavi, R. Giogi and J. Arul. “Comparing execution performance ofScheduled Dataflow Architecture with RISC processors,” Proc. of the 13th

ISCA Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems Conference (PDCS-00), Published by the International Society of Computers and TheirApplications, Las Vegas, Aug. 8-10, 2000. (Refereed paper)

"A simplified multithreaded architecture to overcome memory latencies", H.S.Kim, K.M. Kavi and A.R. Hurson, Proceedings of the 12th ISCA Parallel andDistributed Computing Systems Conference (PDCS-99), Published by theInternational Society of Computers and Their Applications, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,Aug. 18-20, 1999, pp 231-236.

"Interactive teaching practices in small class sizes while cutting into the highcost of education," A.R. Hurson and K.M. Kavi, Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Engineering Education, Ostrava, Czech, August 10-12, 1999.

"Implementation Of Recovery Blocks On Cache-Coherent Distributed SharedMemory Systems", D. Hecht, K.M. Kavi, R. Gaede and C. Katsinis, Proceedingsof the 1999 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms andNetworks (I-SPAN-99), Fremantle, Western Australia, June 23-25, 1999., pp100-105.

"A decoupled scheduled dataflow multithreaded architecture," K.M. Kavi, H.-S.Kim, J. Arul and A.R. Hurson, Proceedings of the 1999 InternationalSymposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (I-SPAN-99),Fremantle, Western Australia, June 23-25, 1999, pp 138-143.

Book ChapterK.M. Kavi, H. -S. Kim, B. Lee and Ali Hurson, “Distributed SharedMemory Systems: A survey,” chapter in, Advances in Computers, Vol.53, (Edited by M. Zerkowitz), Academic Press, 2000, pp 55-108.

Other ContributionsABET Visitor

K.M. Kavi, Chair, Workshops and Tutorials, 2000 Conference on ParallelArchitectures and Compiler Technologies (Oct. 2000, Philadelphia, PA).

Thomas Martin, Assistant Professor

Conference Papers

Thomas Martin, Emil Jovanov, and Dejan Raskovic, "Issues inWearable Computing for Medical Monitoring Applications: A CaseStudy of a Wearable ECG Monitoring Device," in press,Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on WearableComputers, October 2000. (Refereed paper)

Jolin M. Warren, Daniel P. Siewiorek, and Thomas L. Martin,"Understanding the Interaction Between the Performance and PowerConsumption in Mobile Systems to Accurately Predict BatteryLife," in press, Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium onWearable Computers, October 2000. (Refereed paper)

Emil Jovanov, Thomas Martin, Dejan Raskovic, and Shuaib Hanief,"Environment for Energy Profiling of DSP Applications," in press,Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on SignalProcessing Applications and Technology, October 2000. (Refereedpaper)

Dejan Raskovic, Emil Jovanov, Thomas Martin, Shuaib Hanief, andPedro Gelabert, "Energy Profiling of DSP Applications: A CaseStudy of an Intelligent ECG Monitor," Proceedings of the DSPTechnology and Education Conference, DSPS 2000, Houston, TX,August 2-4, 2000. (Refereed paper)

Thomas L. Martin, Daniel P. Siewiorek, and Jolin M. Warren, "ACPU Speed-Setting Policy That Accounts for Non-Ideal Memoryand Battery Properties," Proceedings of the 39th Power SourcesConference, Maple Hill, NJ, June 12-15, 2000, pp. 502-505.(Refereed paper)

OPTICS

Richard Fork, Professor

Journal Articles

“Simultaneous measurement of group delay and transmission of aone-dimensional photonic crystal,” Lisa J. Gamble, William M.Diffey, Spencer T. Cole, Richard L. Fork, Darryl K. Jones, ThomasR. Nelson, Jr., J.P. Loehr, and James E. Ehret, 5, 267-271, OpticsExpress (1999).

“Optical Amplifier for Space Applications,” Richard L. Fork,Spencer T. Cole, Lisa J. Gamble, William M. Diffey, and Andrew S.Keys, 5, 292-301, Optics Express (1999).

Conference Papers

“Resonant Transmissive Modulator Construction for Use in BeamSteering Array,” Andrew S. Keys, Richard L. Fork, Thomas R.Nelson, Jr., and John P. Loehr, SPIE Proceedings 3787, OpticalScanning and Design Applications, 1999.

“Spatially Extended Agile Modelocking,” Darryl K. Jones andRichard L. Fork, Paper WLL137, Sept 29, Optical Society ofAmerica Santa Clara CA 1999. (presentation only, not published)

"Distributed SSP Laser System Design Driven by SafetyConsiderations," NASA Technical Interchange Meeting 3 on SpaceSolar Power, Huntsville, AL, June 19, 2000.


Publications, Presentations and AwardsOPTICS

Gregory Nordin, Associate Professor

Journal ArticleM. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, "Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers,"in press, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A., 2000.

Conference PapersJ. Jiang and G. P. Nordin, "A rigorous design tool for finite aperturesub-wavelength diffractive optical elements," in OSA Annual Meetingand Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C.,1999), p. 132.

D. M. Chambers and G. P. Nordin, "Fabrication and performance ofstratified volume diffractive optical elements," in OSA Annual Meetingand Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C.,1999), p. 76.

Y. Sun, S. T. Kowel, W. W. Chen, and G. P. Nordin, "Automaticfeedback control system for the liquid crystal adaptive lens," in OSAAnnual Meeting and Exhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America,Washington, D.C., 1999), p. 120.

Jun Yan, Stephen T. Kowel, and G. P. Nordin, "Micromirror Arrays fora Three-Dimensional, Real-Time Display," in OSA Annual Meeting andExhibit 1999 (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1999), p.81.

G. P. Nordin, P. Deguzman, J. Jiang, and J. T. Meier, "Polarizationsensitive diffractive optics for integration with infrared photodetectorarrays," in Diffractive Optics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest(Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 88-90 (InvitedPaper).

J. Jiang, and G. P. Nordin, "A rigorous unidirectional method fordesigning finite aperture diffractive optical elements," in DiffractiveOptics and Micro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society ofAmerica, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 13-15.

D. Chambers, S. Kim, and G. P. Nordin, "Fabrication and evaluation oftwo-layer stratified volume diffractive optical elements," postdeadlinepaper, Diffractive Optics and Mircro-Optics Topical Meeting, 6/00.

Dashen Shen, ProfessorJournal Article“Amorphous Silicon Photodetector for Optical Interconnections,”Rhonda Gaede, Fenglei Li, David Hyde and Dashen Shen, J. Non-crystalline Solids, in press, 2000.

Conference Paper"Semiconductor Device Characterization," June 2000, SIM, CAS.

SIGNAL PROCESSING / COMMUNICATIONS

Reza Adhami, Professor and Chair

Journal ArticleBrian J. Smith and R. Adhami, “Modeling and Simulation of ComputerizedTomography Systems,” Journal of Simulation, Volume 74, No. 6, June 2000.

Conference Papers“Features Enhancement in Low-Quality Fingerprint Images,” A. Saleh and R.Adhami, IEEE 32nd SSST, 2000.

“A Survey of Acoustic Signature Analysis,” L. Ward and R. Adhami, IEEE32nd SSST, 2000.

“Analysis of Pulse Doppler Radar Helicopter Signature Data Using Wavelets,”P. Dowdy and R. Adhami, IEEE 32nd SSST, 2000.

“Real Time ECG Waveform Detection and HRV Analysis Using Wavelets,”C.H. Newborn, E. Jovanov, and R. Adhami, IEEE 32nd SSST, 2000.

“Rolling Elements Bearing Defect Detection in Pulp and Paper ProcessControl Machinery Using Wavelets,” W. Davis and R. Adhami, IEEE 32nd

SSST, 2000.

“A Novel Approach to the Generation of Wavelet Filter Coefficients,”P. Meenen and R. Adhami, IEEE 32nd SSST, 2000.

Dr. Laurie Joiner, Assistant Professor

Conference PapersL.L. Joiner and J.J. Komo, "Errors and erasures decoding of Reed-Solomon codes for reduced M-ary orthogonal signaling," Proceedingsof 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, August1999. (Refereed paper)

L. Joiner, "Errors and erasures decoding of Reed-Solomon codes forreduced M-ary orthogonal signaling," given at 1999 IEEE Pacific RimConference on Communications, August 1999.

L. Joiner, “Improved Performance of Reduced M-ary OrthogonalSignaling Using Reed-Solomon Codes,” given at MILCOM ’99,November 1999.

Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. “Improved Performance of Reduced M-aryOrthogonal Signaling Using Reed-Solomon Codes,” Proc. MILCOM’99, November 1999. (Refereed paper)

Joiner L. L., and J. J. Komo “Soft Decision Decoding of Reed-SolomonCodes Using the Extended Erasure Magnitude Matrix,” in press, IEEE2000 Military Communications Conference, October 2000. (Refereedpaper)

Mester, T. and L. Joiner “Quick Simulation of Concatenated CodingSystems,” in press, International Symposium on Information Theoryand Applications 2000, November 2000. (Refereed paper)

Joiner, L. L. and J. J. Komo. “Nonbinary Shortened Cyclic Codes,” inpress, International Symposium on Information Theory and Applications2000, November 2000. (Refereed paper)

Emil Jovanov, Assistant Professor

Journal ArticlesD. Rakovic, Z. Jovanovic-Ignjatic, D. Radenovic, M. Tomasevic, E.Jovanov, V. Radivojevic, Z. Martinovic, P. Sukovic, M. Car, and L.Skaric, "An overview of microwave resonance therapy and EEGcorrelates of microwave resonance relaxation and other consciousnessaltering techniques," Electro and Magnetobiology, Vol. 19 (2000), pp.195-222.

A. Samardzic, E. Jovanov, D. Starcevic, "Real-time visualization ofbrain electrical activity," Real Time Imaging, Vol. 6, No. 1, February2000, pp. 69-76.

D. Rakovic, M. Tomasevic, E. Jovanov, V. Radivojevic, P. Sukovic, Z.Martinovic, M. Car, D. Radenovic, Z. Jovanovic-Ignjatic, and L. Skaric,"Electroencephalographic (EEG) correlates of some activities whichmay alter consciousness: The transcendental meditation technique,musicogenic states, microwave resonance relaxation, healer/healeeinteraction, and alertness/drowsiness," Informatica, Vol. 23 (1999), 399-412.

Conference PapersD. Raskovic, E. Jovanov, T. Martin, H. Shuaib, P. Gelabert, “EnergyProfiling of DSP Applications, A Case Study of an Intelligent ECGMonitor,” DSP Technology and Education Conference DSPS 2000,August 2-4, 2000, Houston, Texas.

C. H. Newborn, E. Jovanov, R. Adhami, "Real Time ECG WaveformDetection and HRV Analysis Using Wavelets," 32nd SoutheasternSymposium on System Theory (SSST 2K), Tallahassee, Florida, March2000, pp. 240-244.

E. Jovanov, Z. Obrenovic, D. Starcevic, D.B. Karron, "A Virtual RealityTraining System for Tactical Audio Applications," SouthEasternSimulation Conference SESC'99, October 6-7, Huntsville, Alabama.


Publications, Presentations and AwardsE. Jovanov, P. Gelabert, B. Wheelock, R. Adhami, P. Smith, “RealTime Portable Heart Monitoring Using Low Power DSP,” in press,Proceedings of International Conference on Signal ProcessingApplications and Technology ICSPAT 2000.

E. Jovanov, T. Martin, D. Raskovic, S. Hanief, “Environment forEnergy Profiling of DSP Applications,” in press, Proceedings ofInternational Conference on Signal Processing Applications andTechnology ICSPAT 2000.

T. Martin, E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, “Issues in Wearable Computing forMedical Monitoring Applications: A Case Study of a Wearable ECGMonitoring Device,” in press, Proceedings of the 2000 InternationalSymposium on Wearable Computers, October 2000.

Book Chapters

E. Jovanov, D. Starcevic, V. Radivojevic, "Perceptualization ofBiomedical Data," chapter in, Akay, M., Marsh, A., Ed., Virtual Realityfor Medical Simulation, John Willey and Sons, 2000, in press.

D. Starcevic, E. Jovanov, V. Radivojevic, Z. Obrenovic, A. Samardzic,“Virtual medical devices for telemedical applications,” chapter in, P.Spasic, I. Milosavljevic, M. Jancic-Zguricas, Eds., “Telemedicine”,Academy of Medical Sciences of Serbian Medical Association,Belgrade, Yugoslavia, pp. 218-244, 2000.

SOLID STATE

Timothy Boykin, Associate Professor

Journal Articles

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, and Thomas A.Cwik, “sp3s* tight-binding parameters for transport simulations incompound semiconductors,” Superlattices and Microstructures 27, 519(2000).

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, Carlos Salazar-Lazaro, Thomas A. Cwik, and Adrian Stoica, “Tight-binding models forSi quantum devices and parameter fitting using genetic algorithms,”Superlattices and Microstructures 27, 77 (2000).

Timothy B. Boykin, “An alternative view of the continuity equation inquantum mechanics,” American Journal of Physics 68, 665 (2000).

Conference Papers

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, and Timothy B. Boykin, “AtomisticSimulation of Quantum Dots Including Strain and Bandstructure,” givenat Electronic Materials Conference, Denver, CO, June 21-23, 2000.[UAH]

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, and Timothy B. Boykin, “AtomisticSimulation of Quantum Dots Including Strain and Bandstructure andFull Band Simulation of Hole Transport in 1-D Heterostructures,” givenat International Workshop on Computational Electronics, Glasgow,UK, May 22-25, 2000. [UAH]

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, and Tom Cwik,“sp3s* and sp3d5s* Tight-Binding Parameter Sets for GaAs, AlAs, InAs,GaSb, AlSb, InSb, GaP, AlP, and InP for quantum dot simulations,”given at March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis,MN, March 20-24, 2000. [UAH].

Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Tom Cwik, and Timothy B. Boykin,“A Prototype of a 3-D Nanoelectronic Modeling Tool (NEMO-3D),”given at Nanospace 2000, Houston, TX Jan. 23-28, 2000. [UAH]

Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, and R. Chris Bowen,“Nanoelectronic Device Calculation from an atomistic point of view:Empirical Tight-Binding Models for Semiconductor Heterostructures,”given at Nanospace 2000, Houston, TX Jan. 23-28, 2000. [UAH]

Book Chapter

Timothy B. Boykin, "Tailoring Empirical Tight-Binding Models forSemiconductor Heterostructure Calculations," in L. M. Gaggero-Sagerand S. Vlaev, eds., Some Contemporary Problems of Condensed MatterPhysics, (NOVA Science Publishers, approx. publication date: secondhalf of 2000).

Current Research Projects:

Properties of tight-binding models, calculation of optical propertieswithin the tight-binding framework.

Invited Article for Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCOsponsored), Quantum mechanical description of solids.

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NEW COMMUNICATIONS LABNew for the 2000 Fall Semester, the ECE Department offered anundergraduate class in Communications Engineering/ Laboratory. Thisthree credit-hour course resulted from funding received from theNational Science Foundation, with matching funds provided by theuniversity, and from a lot of effort provided by ECE faculty, staff, andstudents.

Dr. Laurie Joiner, Mr. Edward Masters, and Dr. John Stensby,

Dr. John Stensby and Dr. Laurie Joiner, ECE Communications Faculty,were instrumental in obtaining the NSF grant. Assisting in the proposalpreparation was Dr. Bob Berinato, of Dynetics Incorporated, who hasbeen supporting the ECE department as an instructor for several years.Development of the laboratory began during the Spring Semester whenDr. Reza Adhami assigned Mr. Edward Masters, ECE GraduateTeaching Assistant, to integrate the instrumentation purchased under theNSF grant and to develop the laboratory manual. With timely assistancefrom Mr. Dennis Hite, ECE Laboratory Manager, the laboratory was ableto open its doors this fall, with the first class being fully enrolled.

The Communications Engineering / Laboratory course is a unique mixtureof classroom lectures and laboratory exercises intended to give the studenta hands-on experience in communications instrumentation, components,and systems. Each lecture introduces a communications topic, which isthen followed by a laboratory experiment. With the assistance of Dr.Stensby and Dr. Joiner, the laboratory manual provides 14 experimentscovering topics in instrumentation, analog communications, and digitalcommunications. The laboratory provides ten stations, with each stationconsisting of a computer, instrumentation and hardware trainers.

Lecture and laboratory topics include communications instrumentation,filters, amplitude modulation, single-side band modulation, anglemodulation, phase-locked loops, frequency synthesis, digital modulation,pulse code modulation, and delta modulation.

The laboratory course, EE-410 Selected Topics – CommunicationsEngineering / Laboratory, will again be offered in the Spring Semester,with registration being limited to ten students.



EE 313 Students Tour Main Power StationOn a hot afternoon in July, the EE 313 Circuit Analysis II class went on afield trip to visit the Main Power Station of Huntsville Utilities. Mr.William Bishop, the course instructor, Jamie Woods, a student in Mr.Bishop’s class and Co-op Student with Huntsville Utilities, and Mr. MikeCounts, an Electrical Engineer with Huntsville Utilities, arranged the fieldtrip. The field trip was a tremendous opportunity for the students to seemuch of the operating physical hardware required for electrical powertransmission, distribution and control. The students had studied some ofthe mathematics and basic design principles for electrical power in theirEE 313 class. Mr. Counts led the tour through the Transformer Yard, the

Control Room where the Power Station is monitored, and other areas ofthe Power Station where power distribution takes place. The ECEDepartment encourages these types of field trips, which can be anextremely important asset for training future engineers in their chosenfields. Participating in the field trip were (see photo) left to right, backrow: Mr. Counts (Huntsville Utilities Engineer), James Romine, JamieWoods, Mr. Bishop (Course Instructor), Wade Usry, Dustin Pogue, T. J.Cumbie; front row: Tim Lindsey, Aravind Seshagiri, Saeed Kholanjani,Everett Burner. Want to learn more about electrical power? In additionto EE 313, the ECE Department offers EE 411, Electric Power Systems.

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