Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Alabama in Huntsville Spring 2004

Dr. Johnson’s 40-Years UAH and Dynetics Inc. Establish Information of Teaching, Service

Assurance Engineering Lab Dynetics Inc. and The University of Alabama in Huntsville have established a laboratory that will improve efforts to maintain secure information over wired and wireless networks. Discussions between the Huntsville-based company and UAH have been taking place since last fall to establish The Laboratory for Education and Research in Information Assurance Engineering. Dynetics CEO Marc Bendickson, who earned a Ph.D. from UAH, said the company's $100,000 gift will help start what he envisions as a world class facility that is designed to replicate a "real world" wired and wireless information network infrastructure.

Distinguished Professor of ECE, Dr. C. D. Johnson, and his wife LaRhue at the 2004 Service Awards luncheon.

Dr. Carroll Johnson has moved into a new area where only a select few UAH employees and no UAH faculty have ventured. He is celebrating his 40th year of full-time teaching at UAH. Carroll joined the faculty of UAH in 1963 while it was still a one-building branch campus of UA, Tuscaloosa. He had recently graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D.) where he was a National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellow, A Ford Foundation Fellow, and an Instructor in Purdue's School of Electrical Engineering where he established and served as director of the School's Analog Computer Simulation laboratory.

Dr. Wernher von Braun being briefed by Dr. C. D. Johnson (ECE) on his Minimax Control Technique for load-relief control of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle (1965). (Continued on page 5)

Marcus Bendickson of Dynetics Inc. presenting a donation for the Information Assurance Engineering Lab to UAH President Frank Franz.

The laboratory will be located in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department within UAH's College of Engineering. UAH Dean of Engineering Dean Jorge Aunon said the establishment of this laboratory creates numerous opportunities for researchers and students. The laboratory will provide: • A facility for students to effectively gain hands-on experience in computer and network protection. • For the education and training of engineers who will design and develop future trusted systems. • A workforce that is well educated in cyber trust issues. • Ethical responsibilities to those who will manage, configure, and operate such systems, and to provide fundamental cyber security education for all citizens to secure systems of the future. • UAH with a world-class facility in which to conduct research in the design and implementation of effective information warfare techniques. Dynetics Inc. is a privately held company based in Cummings Research Park. The company has 800 employees in eight locations around the United States. The company is primarily involved in research and development, engineering services, information technology, and guided missiles and space vehicles.

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Commencement 2003-2004, ECE Graduates Doctors of Philosophy

Masters of Science, Thesis

Robert Daniel Adams Balsam, NC Field: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: “Mathematical Modeling of Electrocardiographic Applications” Advisor: Dr. Nagendra Singh

Mohammad M. Al-Shurman (Computer) Irbid, Jordan Thesis: “Performance Study for Route Maintenance in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks” Advisor: Dr. Seong-Moo Yoo

Joonwan Kim Field: Dissertation: Advisor: Dejan Raskovic Field: Dissertation: Advisor: Antonios Valkanas Field: Dissertation: Advisor: Seunghyun Kim Field: Dissertation: Advisor:

Changwon-Si, S. Korea Electrical Engineering “Adaptive Filtering Based on Variable Step Size and Signal to Noise Ratio” Dr. Alexander Poularikas Fairbanks, Alaska Computer Engineering “Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Processing in the Network Of Wireless Intelligent Sensors (WISE)” Dr. Emil Jovanov Athens, Greece Electrical Engineering “Adaptive Space-Frequency Coding for MultipleInput and Multiple-Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Systems” Dr. Alexander Poularikas Anyang, S. Korea Optical Science and Engineering “Hybrid Photonic Crystal and Conventional Waveguide Structures” Dr. Gregory Nordin

Li Lixia Field: Dissertation:

Madison Optical Science and Engineering “Compact Waveguide Bends and Application in a Waveguide Depolarizer” Advisor: Dr. Gregory Nordin ________________________________________________________________

Masters of Science, Non-Thesis Keedong Ahn (Electrical) Seoul, Korea Hussein Rashid Al-Zoubi (Computer) Irbid, Jordan Aditya Arthamala (Electrical) Tirupati, India Sai Venkata Rao Avasarala (Electrical) Kakinada, India Matt Becker (Electrical) Huntsville Alexander C. Boctor (Electrical) Huntsville Christopher M. Cornelius (Electrical) Toney Brian Lamar Cummings (Electrical) Sterling, VA Salia Ali El-Biely (Electrical) Huntsville Mohamed A. El-Saidny (Electrical) Huntsville Bushra Izzeldin Elsayed (Electrical) Huntsville Padmaja Guggilla (Electrical) Huntsville Matthew Blake Haynes (Electrical) Athens Cheng Chien Huang (Electrical) Huntsville Keith A. Jadus (Electrical) Huntsville Vamsi Krishna Kamani (Electrical) Patamata Viayawada, India Seunghyun Kim (Electrical) Anyang, S. Korea Nanda Kishore Kommana (Electrical) Hyderabad, India Denny Dharmawan Lie (Computer) Sukabumi, Indonesia Javier A. Lopez (Electrical) Madison Mitesh Mehta (Electrical) Salem, India Scott Lamar Morgan (Electrical) Huntsville Trilok Chand Mummareddy (Electrical) Huntsville Veera Swamy Mutakana Giddalur, India Donald Lee Neal, Jr. (Electrical) Madison Srilatha S. Pagadala (Electrical) Hyderabad, India Vijay Ramanikumar (Electrical) Cupertino,CA Sruthi P. Ramineni (Electrical) Huntsville Senthil Kumar Rangaswamy (Electrical) Cimbatore, India Vommina Chiranjivi Ravi Kumar (Computer) Vijayawada, India Ronald William Seagrave (Electrical) Huntsville Amit Seth (Computer) Gurgaon, India Anil Kumar Tipirneni (Electrical) Huntsville Srikanth Venkateswaran (Electrical) Tiruchirapalli, India Mark Thomas Zeien (Electrical) Madison Xiuqing Zhang (Electrical) Beijing, China

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Ashkan Ashrafi (Electrical) Tehran, Iran Thesis: “Mapping From Phase to Sine Amplitude in Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizers Utilizing Chebyshev Polynomial Interpolation” Advisor: Dr. Reza Adhami David G. Crandall (Electrical) Huntsville Thesis: “Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis of an Embedded Current Source in a Planar Dielectrical Slab” Advisor: Dr. John Jarem Tiffany Davis (Computer) Huntsville Thesis: “Alex: An Efficient Computer Network Based Education System” Advisor: Dr. Rhonda Gaede Chakravarthy M.C. Deverapalli (Computer) Guntur, India Thesis: “Automobile Related Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks” Advisor: Dr. Seong-Moo Yoo Damien Galzi (Electrical) Orly, France Thesis: “Experimental Investigation of ‘Optimum’ Observer-Pole Placement in Specific DisturbanceAccommodating Control Designs” Advisor: Dr. C. D. Johnson Swathi Tanjore Gurumani (Computer) Chennai, India Thesis: “An Intellectual Property Core to Support Communicating Sequential Processes” Advisor: Dr. B. Earl Wells Tadeusz Janik (Electrical) Huntsville Thesis: “Reconstruction of Digital Images from their Instantaneous Mixtures by the Blind Source Separation Algorithms” Advisor: Dr. Reza Adhami Ajayshanker Krishnamurthy (Computer) Secunderabad, India Thesis: “Distributed Reliable Multicast Protocol for the Some-Bus Network” Advisor: Dr. Rhonda Gaede Bardhyl Mehmeti (Electrical) Huntsville Thesis: “Transfer-Function Formulation of Analysis and Design Problems for Discrete/Continuous Control Theory” Advisor: Dr. C. D. Johnson

Suhir Vijay Pandkar

Pune, India Thesis: “ Experimental Evaluation of a Sensor-Imperfection Compensation Technique” Advisor: Dr. C. D. Johnson

Michael Walter Payton (Electrical) Huntsville Thesis: “A Physically-Derived Large-Signal Nonquasi-Static Mosfet Model for Computer Aided Device and Circuit Simulation” Advisor: Dr. Fat. D. Ho Thomas A. Phillips (Electrical) Madison Thesis: “Modeling of a Double-Gate Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET)” Advisor: Dr. Fat. D. Ho Sergey Plekhanov (Electrical) Huntsville Thesis: “Analog-To-Digital Converter Design Using Sliding Mode Control Theory” Advisor: Dr. Yuri B. Shtessel Leif J. Sandstrom (Electrical) Harvest Thesis: “A Theoretical Analysis of Mimo Processing Over Copper Twisted-Pair Channels” Advisor: Dr. Laurie Joiner 2

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2003-2004 Bachelors of Science Erik Abromitis (Electrical) Gladstone Michael Adderley II (Computer) Shaun C. Annis (Electrical) Esteban Arango (Electrical) Kristi Leann Armstrong (Computer) *David Lee Ashby (Electrical)

Fort Payne Huntsville Pikeville, TN Huntsville Red Bay Winchester, TN

Osama M. Babiker (Electrical) Yaya O. Bamba (Computer) Shelby E. Basham (Electrical) Chad M. Brouillette (Computer) *Nicholas Stephen Bryant (Computer) Lynn LeMay Buckle (Electrical)

Huntsville Huntsville Somerville Madison Trussville Decatur

*Matthew C. Cabaniss (Electrical) *Stephen Mark Cagle (Computer) Phillip M. Campbell (Electrical) *Eulice Chapman (Electrical) Barbara Jo Clark (Electrical) Mark A. Coble (Electrical) Charles Jason Connor (Computer) *Lloyd Lee Copeland II (Electrical) Eva P. Courtney (Electrical) Andrew Patrick Cusack (Electrical)

Florence Huntsville Vinemont Huntsville Huntsville Madison Harvest Lewisburg,TN Huntsville New Market

Ellsworth St. Clair Dacon (Electrical) Abouzar Dastmalchi (Computer) *Thu Thi Duong (Electrical)

Huntsville Birmingham Madison

*Joseph Egbe Egbe (Electrical) Melissa Dianne Evans (Computer) John Thomas Ferguson (Computer) James David Hargrave II (Electrical) Katherine Hellen Heningburg (Electrical) Stephanie Herring (Electrical) Matthew Van Hester (Electrical) Jill Marie Hollins (Computer) Jennifer Lynn Howard (Computer) Deniece Maarie Jones (Computer) Zachary Strub Jordan (Computer)

Memphis, TN Leighton Clinton, TN Athens Prattville Huntsville Russellville Athens Albertville Rogersville Huntsville

Emesto Ryuki Kawamoto (Electrical) *David Courtney Keith (Electrical) Allis Marie Kennedy (Computer) Christopher Lee Kramer (Computer)

Ogasa-kun, Japan Chattanooga, TN Huntsville Scottsboro

Ka Fung Lam (Electrical) Jared Lee Lawson (Computer)

Hong Kong, China Priceville

Wade A. Makin (Electrical) *Rodge Maxwell (Computer) Brandon Allen May (Electrical) Christopher James Meacham (Computer) Jonathan Alexander Mills (Optical) Scott Cameron Montgomery (Computer) Anthony Ray Moore (Computer) *Douglas Eric Moore (Computer) Amanda Beth Mosher (Optical) Courtney Clay Mount (Electrical)

Zanesville, OH Madison Killen Madison Toney Decatur Madison Huntsville Madison Huntsville

Sang Ngoc Nguyen (Electrical) Daniel Weber Nielsen (Computer) James Robert Nore (Electrical) Sutton Lowe O'Neal II (Electrical)

Huntsville Birmingham Huntsville Hazel Green

John Douglas Phillippe (Electrical) Sean Patrick Pollard (Computer) Eric Wayne Potter (Electrical) Paul Marion Robinson (Electrical) Austin James Rogers (Electrical) *Roy James Seaton, Jr. (Electrical) Daniel J. Sharpe (Computer) *Dustin Donavon Sierk (Computer) *Seung-mi Son (Electrical) Thomas C. Sullivan (Computer and Electrical) Wendy Ling Sweatt (Computer)

Scottsboro Huntsville Hazel Green Huntsville Huntsville Newton Jacksonville, FL Huntsville Madison Huntsville Huntsville

William N. Tallman (Computer) Fayetteville, TN *Daichi Tanaka (Electrical) Anniston Deliah Graham Terry (Computer) Trinity James Daniel Tidwell (Electrical) Oneonta Gregory Thomas Trammell (Comp. & Elec.) Fayetteville, TN Jason L. Waddell (Electrical) John Mark Weber (Electrical) Brandon Lee Williams (Electrical) Airrion St. Auburn Wisdom (Electrical) *Elfatih Gariballa Yousif (Electrical)

Lexington Mobile Cleveland, OH Pomona, NY Huntsville

*Graduation in Summer 2004

National Defense Industry Association Software Engineering Scholarship Gregory Reed was awarded a National Defense Industry Association Software Engineering Scholarship in March 2004. The Scholarship was presented by Joel F. Thomas, President, National Defense Industry Association, Tennessee Valley Chapter. Gregory graduated from Grissom High School in 2002, and is currently an Electrical Engineering major in his junior year, minoring in Mathematics. He will enter his second term as a co-op in ADTRAN's Test Design department, working on various hardware and software projects relating to the testing of ADTRAN's telecommunication products. Gregory Reed (center) accepts award from Joel F. Thomas (left), President, National Defense Industry Association, Tennessee Valley Chapter, with Reza Adhami, ECE Dept. Chair.

Gregory was recently inducted into Tau Beta Pi with a 4.0 GPA. He received the UAH Foundation Presidential Scholarship and is on the College of Engineering Dean's List and Honor-Scholar list. He is also an Engineering Representative for the University's Student Government Association, webmaster for the SGA, and a volunteer for the Campus .NET project.

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Distinguished Engineers – Alumni Awards 2004 Emily Vandiver Dickson Emily Vandiver Dickson received the 2004 College of Engineering Distinguished Engineer Alumni Award for her outstanding contributions in Electrical Engineering. Ms. Dickson graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, with a degree in Electrical Engineering. She is currently the Director of the Applied Technology Initiatives (ATI) Directorate in the Research, Development, and Engineering Center (RDEC). ATI is the technology executing activity for development and integration of advanced technologies with evolving user requirements in coordination with user organizations. Additionally ATI conducts experiments, demonstrations, and analyses to transition major non-project management system developments or product improvement efforts to validation phase decision points in a streamlined acquisition process. Ms. Dickson also served as the Technical Program Manager for the Rapid Force Projection Initiative (RFPI) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). She was responsible for the integration of Advanced Technology Demonstrations, Technology Demonstrations, and other less well-established weapons systems development efforts from this and other RDECs into a system-of-systems that was tested in a largescale field experiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. This system-of-systems was designed in conjunction with the appropriate TRADOC battle labs to enhance the lethality and survivability of early entry forces. Testing these systems in the field experiment included the first ever, seamless integration of live and virtual entities on a test battlefield. Ms. Dickson worked in the Infrared Technology Area, Advanced Sensors Directorate of the RDEC at MICOM. She was lead engineer on the Two Color IR Seeker (TCIRS) Program, and the Infrared Terminally Guided Submunition (IRTGSM), a candidate smart weapon for the Army Tactical Missile Block II. Ms. Dickson provided technical management for three major imaging infrared (I2R) technology investigations including VISMIR, a visible and mid IR sensor, and a Wide Field-of-View (WFOV) seeker. She served as the technical manager for the development of an imaging infrared seeker for The Army Combined Arms Weapon System (TACAWS).

George T. O’Reilly Dr. George T. O’Reilly received the 2004 Distinguished Engineer Alumni Award for his outstanding contribution in Electrical Engineering. Dr. O’Reilly received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1962. He received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1970, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1973. Founder of Phase IV Systems Inc., Dr. O’Reilly is currently its Vice President and Director of DoD Programs. He provides overall management and technical direction of both hardware and systems engineering efforts, including the design, manufacture and testing of radar calibration equipment, fiber-optic data links, communication simulators and laser beam rider, receiver and electronics, and missile wing modification. System engineering efforts include HAWK, PATRIOT, Fiber-Optic Guided Missile (FOG-M), Forward Area Air Defense (FAADS), Ground Based Sensor (GBS), FAADS Aerial Sensor and Combined Allied Defense Experiment (CADE). He is responsible for the development of the microelectronics laboratory and the installation of the clean room facilities. He has developed techniques for the design, fabrication and test of microwave receivers and transmitters for very small applications. At the US Army Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama, Dr. O’Reilly served as an Electronics Engineer, providing technical support to C21Project Manager in the development of sensor requirements and interfaces with C21 communication links. He designed, tested and conducted detailed test planning for SGT YORK, ADATS BLAZER, STINGER, and FARR/CHAPARRAL. Dr. O’Reilly supported the HAWK Project Manager during numerous efforts including radar product improvements, performance analysis in ECM environment, acceptance testing at WSMR and Letterkenny Arsenal, CWAR upgrade, HPI upgrade, and Battery Compatibility Communication Command and Control Program. He served as Team Leader of an exploratory development program to develop techniques to increase the survivability of radars when encountered by anti-radiation missiles. He participated in the conception, analysis, design, fabrication, and testing of an advanced anti-radiation missile RF seeker for interception of bi-phase coded signals.

Gregory D. Miley Mr. Gregory D. Miley received the 2004 College of Engineering Distinguished Engineer Alumni Award for his outstanding contributions in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Miley received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in 1979. Mr. Miley is currently with Systems Development Corporation, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, where he has developed X-Windows based GUIs applications for controlling and processing Tactical Digital Information (TADIL A/B/J, TIBS and TRAP) and Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) data. These applications were developed to support tactical data collection during Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Family of Systems (FoS) test and evaluation exercises. He served as field support engineer for the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) project. His duties included the fielding plan, fielding of the latest releases of the FAAD software, and training of personnel on new releases at CONUS and OCONUS military sites. He supported field training exercises, including All Service Combat Identification Evaluation Team 99 (ASCIET 99) and Roving Sands 99. Mr. Miley was previously with Hilton Systems Incorporated (HSI), Huntsville, Alabama, where he provided engineering support to the Product Assurance Directorate (PAD) at MICOM, analyzed and reviewed Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Test Program Sets (TPSs) on HAWK, PATRIOT, AVENGER, MLRS, CHAPARRAL, JAVELIN, ATACMS, and UAV, including analyzing military schematics and specifications and providing comments on Technical Data Packages (TDPs). He participated in Formal Qualification Testing (FQT) for JAVELIN; Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) for MLRS IFTE; Software Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) for UAV (OCONUS); MLRS Fire Direction Data Manager (FDDM) FQT; and Chaparral Depot Manual Verification. He provided support to the PATRIOT Command Post Automation System (PCPAS) program, and was responsible for the hardware engineering changes and modifications and the configuration management tasks relating to PCPAS. He was also responsible for hardware testing and modifications to the PCPAS unit, and fielding of prototype PCPAS units, both CONUS and OCONUS. ECE Dept., UAH

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Dr. Reza Adhami

CHAIR’S CORNER

2004 Alumni of Achievement Award Winner – Dr. G. S. Sandhu

Information Assurance Engineering

Alumni of Achievement Awards recognize UAH graduates who exemplify the high standards of the university through their professional and personal accomplishments. The Alumni Association's highest honor, the award was created in 2001 as part of the university's 50-year anniversary celebration. Alumni of Achievement Award winners are honored with an engraved paver permanently embedded near the M. Louis Salmon Library.

Beginning Fall 2004, both undergraduate and graduate students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will have the opportunity to take courses and perform research in the newly created area of Information Assurance Engineering. Courses available to our undergraduates are Information Assurance Engineering I and II. At the graduate level, the program of study for an MSE degree with emphasis in Information Assurance may include 12 semester hours in:

Germej S. Sandhu was born in India. After graduating from college there he earned a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Ten years later in 1979 he received his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Electrical Engineering from UAH.

Information Assurance Engineering I Information Assurance Engineering II

Dr. Sandhu's dissertation involved using radar scattering discrimination algorithms to estimate the length of space re-entry missions. He continued his research in Missile Sensor and Seeker Signal processing and developed target discrimination algorithms for the Advanced Technology Center of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command.

Real Time Operating Systems Introduction to Data Communication Networks Two minors: The first minor includes 6 semester hours, Introduction to Computer Networks and Advance Computer Networks. The second minor includes 6 semester hours from the following courses:

In 1986, he founded Sigmatech, Incorporated and grew this high technology corporation to more than 150 professionals and over $13 million in annual revenues. He is currently Sigmatech's Chief Executive Officer. For the past five years, Sigmatech has been heavily focused on the e-learning technologies for developing Internet classrooms of the future. Dr. Sandhu has authored nearly 100 technical publications on system science and signal processing, and has been affiliated with nearly a dozen international technical societies over his 35-year career. When notified of his selection Dr. Sandhu said, “I am proud to be the product of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, my learning institution, my learning launch pad, and my alma mater.”

Probability Modeling and Analysis of Computer and Communications Systems Combinatorial Enumeration Graph Theory Combinatorial Algorithms Analytical and Computations Methods in EE I Analytical and Computations Methods in EE II

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Dr. Johnson’s 40 Years….

In addition, the program will include 12 hours of support courses from the following list:

He made his presence felt at UAH quickly. He expanded graduate course offerings in advanced control engineering, optimization, modeling and simulation at a critical time. NASA and the Army's Missile Command were then in urgent need of training to support America's space and missile projects. He supervised the first master's degree awarded in Huntsville in 1965, and the first doctorate, earned through Huntsville coursework, in 1972. Many of his students became key players at Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Army Missile Command, particularly in the fields of guidance, control and simulation technologies.

Theory of Program Development Formal Languages and Automata Theory Strategic Management Accounting ECE Capstone Courses Computer Security

“When Carroll first came to UAH, I was impressed with his high quality instruction and research. As I observed him through the years, I realized that his dedication to excellence had even strengthened many fold. UAH is fortunate to have Dr. Johnson as a member of its faculty and I am proud to call him my friend.” -Dr. Joe Dowdle, the first EE Chair

Note that this is just a suggested program of study. Graduate students’ Program of Study must be approved by an advisory committee. Courses offered in Information Assurance Engineering are hands-on, students will spend a good portion of their time in the laboratory. _______________________________________________________

Carroll chaired the faculty committee that developed engineering enrollment growth projections that eventually resulted in the construction of the Engineering Building. He also played a key role in its design. His research at UAH has established a number of control theories and techniques that have become standard topics in textbooks and in curriculum at universities across America. Twenty years ago, he discovered a fundamental conceptual mistake in the theory of sampleddata/discrete-time control that had appeared in every textbook published about the subject prior to that time. Carroll has published more than 160 scientific papers and has contributed invited-chapters in four books.

The ECE Department congratulates the graduating class of 2004 with best wishes for their continued success! The Department also expresses its sincere appreciation to the faculty and staff for their hard work and excellence in performance of duty, and welcomes the new members of the staff. Sincerely, Reza Adhami, ECE Chair

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Laboratory News… College of Engineering Outstanding ECE Student Awards 2004

Dennis Hite, ECE Lab Manager

Outstanding Student in Optical Engineering Beth Mosher

All the lab upgrades that were scheduled to take place over the past three years will be completed in the summer of 2004. The total cost of the upgrades exceeds $300,000 in equipment and computers. I am thankful that the funds were available to complete these upgrades and hope that the students and faculty make good use of the new equipment. The Electronics labs will have Pentium 4 computers and flat panel monitors installed prior to the summer term. The flat panel monitors should cure some of the resolution and heat problems the two labs have experienced in the past.

Beth Mosher completed the Bachelor of Science in Engineering requirements in Spring 2004 with summa cum laude honors. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi, a member of the new UAH SPIE chapter, and past president of Eta Kappa Nu. In June 2004, she will be begin her career as an Electronics Engineer at Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC) at Redstone Arsenal.

The Real Time Systems lab will have Pentium 4 computers and flat panel monitors installed by the Fall 2004 term. New printers will be placed in the Microcomputers and Computer Engineering Design labs, it is time for the Hp-6p(s) to be retired. Additionally, new signal generators have been purchased for the Digital Signal Processing/Microcontroller and Computer Engineering Senior Design labs. Unfortunately, we have decided not to renew the Cadence software program for the third year. Looking into its usage over the past two years the cost of renewal cannot be justified. However, we have purchased the latest version of Multisim v7.0, formally Electronics Workbench, it will be installed in the labs by mid summer 2004. There are several new tools offered with version 7.0 I encourage you to explore them.

Outstanding Student in Computer Engineering Anthony Moore In 1998 Tony Moore joined SAIC and restarted his college career at UAH, in Computer Engineering. For the next 6 years he attended school part-time and worked full-time, while raising a family of 6 (he, his wife and four children), and being very active in several areas in his church (children's choir, children's Sunday School, youth ministries, adult choir, Sunday morning praise band). While not easy, he feels he’s done a fairly good job of managing all the different tasks that have vied for his attention over the past 6 years.

The department is continually trying to improve its existing facilities and laboratory curriculum, over the past few months Mahesh Nalasani, one of the ECE graduate students, has been developing a new lab manual for the Concepts in Digital Signal and Systems (EE100) course. The purpose of the manual is to reinforce the fundamental concepts in electrical engineering covered in the lectures. The Manual starts with some basic topics such as Introduction to MATLAB, complex numbers, analog and digital design using Multisim, and matrices. The manual will also cover several intermediate topics which will include audio processing, image processing and an introduction to Simulink. The expected completion date is August 2004.

Outstanding Student in Electrical Engineering Austin Rogers Austin Rogers, a resident of Huntsville, grew up in Fort Payne, Alabama. He was homeschooled by his mother, a certified teacher, from the eighth through twelfth grades. Homeschooling provided him the opportunity to gain valuable work experience; he had worked for three computer companies in DeKalb County before coming to UAH. He continued to work for them part-time as a private contractor during his first three years at UAH. After his junior year, Mr. Rogers took an internship with Dynetics, Inc., where he continued to work part-time during his senior year. Upon graduation, he was promoted to a full-time engineer. He intends to work at Dynetics while pursuing graduate studies at UAH under Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic. Mr. Rogers loves the banjo in all of its forms. He plays and handcrafts them.

Information Assurance Engineering Lab Meetings between Dynetics, Inc, Huntsville, Alabama and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UAH to discuss the establishment of a world class Laboratory for Education and Research in Information Assurance Engineering (EAR_IAE) were initiated during the fall 2003. The purpose of these sessions was to identify a common foundation from which a UAH-based, Dynetics supported Information Assurance Engineering Laboratory could be jointly developed and operated. In March 2004, UAH and Dynetics agreed to establish the facility. With the financial support and expertise from Dynetics and UAH, a unique world-class facility, which will be a replica of the “real world” wired and wireless information network infrastructure, is now being implemented and tested in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Outstanding Graduate Student, Pete Meenen

Dr. Adhami, Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE), will be the Information Assurance Engineering Director. From Dynetics, Dr. Bill Maloney will receive corporate support while working with the ECE faculty members to develop materials for the Information Assurance Engineering. Mr. Jon Naumann and Mr. Paul Depriest, both from Dynetics, Inc., will provide support during the establishment of the laboratory and will serve as Laboratory Assistants. ECE Dept., UAH

Pete Meenen received his BS in Physics and Computer Science from Berry College in 1998 and his MSEE from UAH in 2000. His current research interests include digital image and audio processing, data compression, and pattern recognition. Pete is currently working on his PhD, researching biometric fingerprint recognition and analysis in the Engineering Department’s Integrated Biometrics Laboratory. 6

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UAH Co-op Student of the Year Stephen Cross

His supervisor writes that he shows great tenacity for learning and accomplishing the tasks assigned to him. He works with limited supervision and delivers projects on deadline. He provides valuable solutions for the customer and has gained personal and professional respect from colleagues, employees and customers.

Stephen Cross, 2004 UAH Co-op Student of the Year, is an Electrical Engineering student who worked as a Co-op at SAIC. He began his Co-op assignment during the summer after his freshmen year, when the company was known as Quality Research. As a Co-op he worked on numerous projects, including the Non-Line of Sight Launch System and other projects for the Common Missile Project Office.

Stephen is also a successful student and heavily involved in campus activities. He has held a number of leadership positions while earning a 3.7 GPA. He held various offices in the Student Government Association, including his current office as Speaker of the House. He is a UAH Lancer, and was Lancer of the Year in 2003. He has held offices in his Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and is currently the Alumni Relations Officer. He received the Outstanding Leadership Award for fraternities/sororities and from the Student Government Association in 2003. He was also the UAH Homecoming King the same year, and belongs to a number of campus honor societies.

Stephen worked in the Advanced Prototype Experimentation Lab as a System Administrator. He learned computer simulation, mostly on the high-fidelity Missile Server. He tested different combat scenarios, developed code, and analyzed test data. He was a ‘technical lead’ for a time-line analysis for the Common Missile Project Office. With the same Weapon System Simulator, he worked for the Non-Line of Sight Launch System and continued with it to the next level of fidelity. He received a letter of accommodation for his data systems effort on that project.

Stephen says that his Co-op experience helped him experience the corporate environment in a very positive way while learning valuable skills.

Pat Smith Retires with 19.5 Years of Service

Helen Foster Retires with 12 Years of Service Helen Foster, Staff Assistant, retired from UAH on March 31, 2004, with 12 years of service in the ECE Department. Helen joined the ECE staff in 1992. She produced the first brochure for the department. Her duties included budget and accounting; travel coordinating; electronic purchasing; maintaining pictorial directory of faculty, staff, and distinguished ECE alumni; being responsible for all departmental Xerox accounts; planning and coordinating functions for the department, and assisting the chairman in day-to-day duties. “The feeling has been like leaving a best friend behind and moving away, I suppose. There is so much "catch-up" work that needs to be done at home....have been busy planting tons of flowers and trying to beautify the ole home place outside...trying to add color to nature's handiwork! I miss everyone in the Dept. Thank all of you for the wonderful reception and gifts.” — Helen Foster

Pat Smith, Staff Assistant, retired from UAH ECE Department on April 30, 2004, with 19.5 years of service to the University. Pat has been on the UAH staff since 1984 and joined the ECE department in 1997 when Linda Hooper retired. Pat’s duties for the ECE Department included scheduling classes, ordering books for the department, maintaining and updating faculty files, distributing and preparing student evaluation forms for processing, maintaining undergraduate student files and helping to prepare paperwork for graduation. Pat also assisted the chairman with appointments and various other duties. “I have enjoyed knowing and working with you. As I leave UAH, I take with me many memories. Thank you for my gifts and everything you have done for me. My best wishes for you always and good luck with all your future endeavors.” — Pat Smith

Welcome to the Staff Sherri Webb

Welcome to the Staff Josephine Ferrando

Sherri Webb joined the ECE Department as a Staff Assistant in March 2004 to take over for Helen Foster.

Jo Ferrando joined the ECE staff on April 26 as the technical Staff Assistant to take over for Linda Grubbs (who took over for Pat Smith).

Sherri comes to UAH with 13 years of experience from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. There she worked in the College of Social Work, the College of Human Ecology and most recently the College of Nursing.

Jo comes to us from the private business sector where she worked in a variety of administrative areas and personnel. Jo also spent over 16 years in the military in Personnel and Logistics fields. She served as both military instructor and drill instructor in the Maryland Army National Guard NCO and OCS academies.

She moved to the Huntsville area in November 2003 after her husband accepted a new job. She has three boys and in her spare time, she likes to cross-stitch and read.

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Conference Papers Gerhard Klimeck, T. B. Boykin, M. Eriksson, M. Friesen, S. N. Coppersmith, P. von Allmen, F. Oyafuso, S. Lee , "Conduction band valley splitting in Si", March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 2226, Montreal, CA (2004).

Dr. Timothy Boykin Associate Professor

Gerhard Klimeck, Paul von Allmen, Seungwon Lee, Fabiano Oyafuso, Olga Lazarenkova,Timothy B. Boykin, "Nanoelectronic Modeling (NEMO) for Realistic Simulations of Solid-State Quantum Computing Gates", DARPA Focused Quantum Systems (FoQuS) Workshop, Falls Church, VA, Jan 2829 (2004).

Journal Articles Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, and Fabiano Oyafuso, “Valence band effective mass expressions in the sp3d5s* empirical tight-binding model applied to a Si and Ge parameterization,” Physical Review B 69, 115201 (2004).

Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, Fabiano Oyafuso, and Paul von Allmen, “Atomistic Quantum Device Simulation in the Si, Ge, and SiGe Material Systems with Realistic Bandstructure,” Presented at the Second International Workshop on Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing, Notre Dame, IN, August 6-9 (2003).

Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, Mark Eriksson, Mark Friesen, S. N. Coppersmith, Paul von Allmen, Fabiano Oyafuso, and Seungwon Lee, “Valley splitting in strained Si quantum wells,” Applied Physics Letters 84, 115 (2004).

Gerhard Klimeck, Timothy B. Boykin, Mark Eriksson, Mark Friesen, S. N. Coppersmith, Paul von Allmen, Fabiano Oyafuso, and Seungwon Lee, "Conduction band valley splitting in silicon nano-structures", Sixth International Conference on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic Structures, Fourth International Conference on Surfaces and Interfaces of Mesoscopic Devices, December 1-5, 2003, Maui, Hawaii.

Fabiano Oyafuso, Gerhard Klimeck, Paul von Allmen, Timothy B. Boykin, and R. Chris Bowen, “Strain effects in large-scale atomistic quantum dot simulations,” Physica Status Solidi b 239, 71 (2003). Fabiano Oyafuso, Gerhard Klimeck, R. Chris Bowen, Timothy B. Boykin, and Paul von Allmen, “Disorder-induced broadening in multimillion atom alloyed quantum dot systems,” Physica Status Solidi c 0004, 1149 (2003).

Sponsored Activities Gerhard Klimeck (Principal Investigator, JPL) and Fabiano Oyafuso (CoInvestigator, JPL), and Timothy B. Boykin (Co-Investigator, UAH), “Nanoelectronic Modeling (NEMO) for High Fidelity Simulation of SolidState Quantum Computing Gates,” NSA, 15 May 2002 - 14 May 2005.

Timothy B. Boykin, “Derivatives of the Dirac delta function by explicit construction of sequence sequences,” American Journal of Physics 71, 462 (2003).

Dr. Alex Poularikas Professor

Dr. Jennifer English Assistant Professor

Conference Papers

Conference Papers

Z. Ramadan and A. Poularikas, “Performance analysis of a new variable stepsize LMS algorithm with error nonlinearities,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

C.H. Newborn, J.M. English, and D.J. Coe, “A MEMS-Based High Temperature Pressure Release Valve using LTCC”, IMAPS International High Temperature Electronics Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 2004:

Z. Ramadan and A. Poularikas, “A Variable step-size adaptive noise canceller using signal to noise ratio as the controlling factor,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

C.H. Newborn, J.M. English, and D.J. Coe, “A Micromachined Ceramic Vertical Leaf Spring Actuator using LTCC Materials”, IMAPS, Ceramic Interconnect Technology: The Next Generation II, Denver, Colorado, April 2004:

Z. Ramadan and A. Poularikas, ”An adaptive noise canceller using error nonlinearities in the LMS adaptation” Proc. of the IEEE SoutheastCon, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 2004, pp. 359–364.

Congratulations, Dr. English, on your 2004 College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award!

“Adaptive space-frequency coding for MI-MO systems”, WSEAS, Corfu, Greece, 2004.

Dr. Johnson’s 40 Years at UAH

Dr. Johnson invited Prof. R. E. Kalman, discoverer of the famous Kalman-Filter and many other fundamental principles in modern system theory, to be the guest speaker at the banquet event of the 34th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST), hosted by the UAH ECE Department and held at the Huntsville Marriott Hotel on March 18-19, 2002. The 34th SSST was dedicated to Prof. Kalman in recognition of “…his unparalleled influence on the evolution of System Theory to the scientific discipline it is today.” Prof. Kalman sends his greetings for Dr. Johnson’s 40 years at UAH.

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Dr. C. D. Johnson has been a keynote speaker at a U.S. Navy symposium on Naval Weapon Systems and Modern Control Theory and at several national conferences. He has lectured at universities throughout the U.S. and in Europe. He has supervised the research for more than 30 Master's Theses and Ph.D. Dissertations and has been a consultant to numerous corporations and government-agencies. He served on two U.s. national advisory panels commissioned to study topics related to Ballistic Missile Defense.

Dear C.D., All your friends, past and present students, administrators, everyone, wish you the very best for the next forty years. As we know, life begins at forty. I imagine it works like this: no more formal duties, no committee meetings, "fun" assignments only, real-time full-pay (or more), your choice of secretaries, unlimited budget for copying, computers, telephone, publishing, travel, and the like. If needed----unlikely----we are ready to help with the minor details. We do greatly appreciate all you did in the past and offer our hopes for the future. − R. Kalman

Dr. Johnson’s scholarly contributions have been recognized in many ways, including a special-issue of a scientific Journal and specialsessions of invited technical papers held at four national conferences, devoted to his control theories. In addition, the Huntsville Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) named him the “Outstanding Controls Engineer” in 1979. He has been UAH's “Outstanding Engineering Faculty Member” twice, and he received the “Outstanding Educator Award” by the IEEE/Huntsville twice. In 1990, he was named a “Distinguished Professor” of ECE by the UA Board of Trustees. In 1996, he received the UAH Alumni Association’s Distinguished Research Award. ECE Dept., UAH

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Dr. Fat Duen Ho Professor

Dr. Richard Fork Professor Journal Article Richard L. Fork, Wesley W. Walker, Rustin L. Laycock, Jason J. A. Green, and Spencer T. Cole, “Integrated diamond sapphire laser”, Optics Express 11, 2532-2548 (2003).

Conference Papers

Barbara Robertson, Fat Duen Ho, and Tracy Hudson, “Modeling and Fabrication of RF MEMS Switches,” Accepted for presentation at the 2004 International conference on Communications in Computing, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 21-24, 2004.

Conference Papers Richard L. Fork, Wesley W. Walker, Rustin L. Laycock, Jason J.A. Green, Spencer T. Cole, “Integrated diamond sapphire laser”, Invited talk at Willis Lamb 90th birthday session, Optical Society Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 2003.

Todd MacLeod and Fat Duen Ho, “Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistor Model Using Partitioned Ferroelectric Layer and Partial Polarization,” presented in the 16th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, Gyeongju, South Korea, April 5-8, 2004. Thomas A. Phillips, Fat Duen Ho and Mark Bailey, Metal-Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Field-Effect (MFSET) Memory Cell Design,” presented in International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, South Korea, April 5-8, 2004.

Richard L. Fork, W.W. Walker, S.T. Cole, J.A. Green, R.L. Laycock, C.K. Carrington James E. Butler, “Flight demonstration of solar pumped diamond sapphire laser for power beaming in space”, NASA ASTRA Conference, Huntsville, AL, Nov 6, 2003.

“A Novel Transistor the 16th Gyeongju,

Richard L. Fork, Spencer Cole, Jason Green, Rustin Laycock, Wesley Walker, “Ultrafast Lasers for Space Solar Power,” 7th Annual Southeast Coherent Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Conference, Huntsville AL, January 16, 2004. Invited Plenary Talk.

Dr. C. D. Johnson Distinguished Professor

Dr. Emil Jovanov Associate Professor

Conference Papers

Journal Article

Johnson, C. D., “An Exact Discrete-Time Transfer-Function Representation for the Analysis and Design of Discrete/Continuous Control Systems,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

E. Jovanov, A. Lords, D. Raskovic, P. Cox, R. Adhami, F. Andrasik, “Stress Monitoring Using a Distributed Wireless Intelligent Sensor System,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, Vol. 22, No.3, May/June 2003, pp. 49-55. Conference Paper

Johnson, C. D., “On a ‘Science of Modeling’ for Dynamic-Systems; Some Fundamental Ideas and Principles,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

M. Milenkovic, A. Milenkovic, E. Jovanov, “A Framework For Trusted Instruction Execution Via Basic Block Signature Verification,” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Southeast Conference, April 2-3, 2004, Huntsville, AL.

Mehmeti, B., and C. D. Johnson, “Analysis and Design of ‘Discrete/Continuous’-Type Discrete-Time Controllers by TransferFunction Methods; Some Examples,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

E. Jovanov, D. Raskovic, A.O. Lords, P. Cox, R. Adhami, F. Andrasik, “Synchronized Physiological Monitoring Using a Distributed Wireless Intelligent Sensor System,” 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico, 2003.

Baumann, J., and C. D. Johnson, “Global-Stabilization of the Inverted-Pendulum; An Early Solution and Hardware Implementation,” Proc. 2004 Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

A. Samardzic, E. Jovanov, D. Kovacevic, V. Burhanpurkar, “3D Visualization of EEG Evoked Response Potentials,” 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Cancun, Mexico, 2003.

Johnson, C. D., “The Need for a Science of Modeling,” Proceedings of the Huntsville Simulation Conference, Huntsville Alabama; October 29-31, 2003; available from the Society For Modeling and Simulation, P. O. Box 17900, San Diego, CA.

Ubiquitous Physiological Monitoring: Issues and Applications, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, March 2004.

Congratulations, Dr. C. D. Johnson, on your UAH 40-year Service Award! ECE Dept., UAH

Congratulations, Dr. Emil Jovanov, on being awarded Tenure at UAH! 9

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Dr. David Pan Assistant Professor

Dr. Alex Milenkovic Assistant Professor

Conference Papers

Journal Article

Pan and Adhami, “Optimal Quantization Based on Relative Entropy in Modeling Channels with Memory,” submitted to IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’03), Orlando, Fl, October 2003.

M. Milenkovic, A. Milenkovic, J. Kulick, "Microbenchmarks for determining branch predictor organization," Software Practice & Experience, vol. 34, no 4, April 2004, pp. 465-487.

Pan, “Metric Calculations for Sequential Decoders over Rayleigh Fading Channels,” submitted to IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’03), Orlando, Fl, October 2003.

S. T. Gurumani, A. Milenkovic, “Execution Characteristics of SPEC CPU2000 Benchmarks: Intel C++ vs. Microsoft VC++,” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Southeast Conference, April 2-3, 2004, Huntsville, AL.

Conference Papers

M. Milenkovic, A. Milenkovic, E. Jovanov, “A Framework For Trusted Instruction Execution Via Basic Block Signature Verification,” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Southeast Conference, April 2-3, 2004, Huntsville, AL.

El-Saidny and Pan, “Graph Transform Enabled Complexity / Performance Tradeoffs of LDPC Codes,” submitted to IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’03), Orlando, Fl, October 2003.

H. Al-Zoubi, A. Milenkovic, M. Milenkovic, “Performance Evaluation of Cache Replacement Policies for the SPEC CPU2000 Benchmark Suite,” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Southeast Conference, April 2-3, 2004, Huntsville, AL.

Pan and Ortega, “Improved Buffer Control of Fano Decoders using Channel Memory,” submitted to IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom’03), San Francisco, CA, December 2003.

Z. Pan, W.D. Pan, A. Milenkovic, “Complexity-Distortion Tradeoffs in Variable Complexity 2-D DCT,” Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Southeast Conference, April 2-3, 2004, Huntsville, AL.

2004 UAH Research Mini-Grant: “Optimal Computing Controls in Portable Mobile Communications.”

A. Milenkovic, M. Milenkovic, “Exploiting Streams in Instruction and Data Address Trace Compression,” Proceedings of the IEEE 6th Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, Austin, TX, USA, October 27, 2003, pp. 99-107.

Dr. Gregory Nordin Professor

Dr. Nagendra Singh Professor

Conference Papers

Journal Articles

J. Jiang, J. Cai, G. P. Nordin, and L. Li, “Parallel microgenetic algorithm design for photonic crystal and waveguide structures,” Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2381-2383 (2003).

Nagendra Singh and George Khazanov, “Double Layers in Expanding Plasmas and Their Relevance to the Auroral Plasma Processes,” Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 8007, 2003.

S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Cai, and J. Jiang, “Ultracompact highefficiency polarizing beam splitter with a hybrid photonic crystal and conventional waveguide structure,” Opt. Lett. 28(23), pp. 2384-2386 (2003).

Nagendra Singh and Igor Khazanov, Dynamical Behavior of Planar Double Layers: Filamentary Substructures, Electron Holes and Ion Heating, Geophysical Research Letters, in press, March 2004. Nagendra Singh, “Instabilities in a Thin Current Sheet and Their Consequences,” Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, in press, 2004.

Conference Papers Gregory P. Nordin, Seunghyun Kim, Jingbo Cai, and Jianhua Jiang, “Hybrid Photonic Crystal and Conventional Waveguide Structures,” in Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices, Manijeh Razeghi, Gail J. Brown, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5359, pp. xxx-xxx (2004). (Invited Paper)

Nagendra Singh and George Khazanov, “Numerical Simulation of Waves Driven by Plasma Currents Generated by Low-Frequency Alfvén Waves in a Multi-Ion Plasma,” J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2004.

Gregory P. Nordin, Lixia Li, Jaime Cardenas, and Jianhua Jiang, “Small-area bends and polarizing beamsplitters for compact planar lightwave circuits,” in Symposium on Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2003). (Invited Paper)

Naveen Puthumbhakum, Igor Khazanov, and Nagendra Singh “Parallel Electric Fields in a Diverging Auroral Flux Tube with Upward Current,” American Geophysical Union Annual Joint Assembly, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2004.

Conference Papers

Nagendra Singh, “A Review of Recent Studies on Double Layers Using Modeling and Simulations,” American Geophysical Union Annual Joint Assembly, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2004.

Gregory P. Nordin, “Approaches for small-area bends and splitters in low index contrast waveguides,” Paper SE 05-C1, Optics in the Southeast 2003, Orlando, Florida, November 12-13, 2003. (Invited Paper) ECE Dept., UAH

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Dr. John Stensby Professor

Dr. Yuri Shtessel Professor Journal Article

Conference Papers

Yuri B. Shtessel, Ilya A. Shkolnikov and Mark D. J. Brown, “An Asymptotic Second Order Smooth Sliding Mode Control,” Asian Journal of Control, Vol. 5, No 4, 2003, pp. 498-504.

J. Stensby, M. Tillman, “Influence of Input Band-Pass Limiting on Interference-Induced Bifurcation in a PLL,” 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, (SSST), Gerogia Institute of Technology, March, 2004.

Conference Papers

Binbin Wu, J. Stensby, “The Stability of a First-Order Phase-Locked Loop With Interfering Signal Input,” 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, (SSST), Gerogia Institute of Technology, March, 2004.

Yuri B. Shtessel and Ilya Shkolnikov, “Integrated Guidance and Control of Advanced Interceptors Using Second Order Sliding Modes,” Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, Hawaii, December 2003.

E. Masters, J. Stensby, “Delayed-Orthogonal Signaling For Narrow-Band Data Transmission,” 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, (SSST), Gerogia Institute of Technology, March, 2004.

Congratulations, Dr. Yuri Shtessel, on your 2004 UAH Research and Creative Achievement Award!

Dr. Earl Wells Associate Professor

Dr. Sam Yoo Associate Professor Journal Article

Conference Papers

H. Choo, D. Chung, H.Y.Youn, and S.M. Yoo, "Reduction of Location Update Traffic Using Virtual Layer in PCS,” Journal of Information Science and Engineering, pp. 787-808, Vol. 19, No. 5, Sep. 2003.

“Exploiting Fine-Grain Parallelism present within the International Data Encryption Algorithm using a Xilinx FPGA,” Zexin Pan, Srikanth Venkateswaran, Swathi Tanjore Gurumani, and B. Earl Wells, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS-2003), Reno, Nevada, USA, August 13 - 15, 2003.

Conference Papers M. Al-Shurman, S. M. Yoo, and S. Park, “A Performance Simulation for Route Maintenance in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” ACM 42nd Southeast Conference (ACMSE ’04), Huntsville, Alabama, pp. 25-30, April 2004.

“The Application of Software Process Precedence Relationship Formalisms to Concurrent Hardware Systems,” Kenneth G. Ricks, D. Jeff Jackson, and B. Earl Wells, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA’ 03), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 23-26, 2003.

M. Al-Shurman, S. M. Yoo, and S. Park, “Black Hole Attack in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks,” ACM 42nd Southeast Conference (ACMSE ’04), Huntsville, Alabama, pp. 96-97, April 2004.

“An Agent Inspired Reconfigurable Computing Implementation of a Genetic Algorithm,” John Weir and B. Earl Wells, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA’ 03), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2326, 2003.

M. Nalasani, W. D. Pan, and S. M. Yoo, “Motion Estimation with Integrated Motion Models,” ACM 42nd Southeast Conference (ACMSE ’04), Huntsville, Alabama, pp. 466-467, April 2004. Editing L. H. Etzkorn and S. M. Yoo (Editor), Proceedings of the ACM 42nd Annual Southeast Conference 2004, Huntsville Alabama, April 2004.

“A Novel ROM-less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Based on Chebyshev Polynomial Interpolation,” Ashkan Ashrafi, Zexin Pan, Reza Adhami, and B. Earl Wells, Proceedings of the 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST-2004), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, pp 393-397, March 2004.

Dr. Dahsen Shen Professor

Dr. Jamshid Nayyer Professor

Journal Articles “sp3/sp2 ratio in amorphous-carbon thin film by spectroscopic ellipsometry”, W. J. Li, Z. R. Song, Y. H. Yu, X. Wang, S. C. Zou and D. S. Shen, J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 94, p.284, 2003.

Jamshid Nayyer, “Optical intersecting-waveguide type switches with built-in refractive-index difference,” Optics in the Southeast Conference, Nov. 2003, paper SE 03-B2.

“Characterization of nano-sized Si islands in buried oxide (BOX) layer of SIMOX by using conducting AFM,” K.W. Chen, Y. H. Yu, E. Z. Luo, Z. Xie, J. B. Xu, I. H. Wilson, W. Y. Bishop and D. S. Shen, Chemical Physics Lett., Vol 376/5-6 pp 748-752, 2003.

Jamshid Nayyer, “Wide deflection angle optical switches and their fabrication,” US patent no. 6711323 (03/23/2004). Jamshid Nayyer, “Fast spatial light switches,” US Provisional patent application no. 60/526,058, 12/01/2004.

“Dielectric properties of AIN thin films formed by ion beam enhanced deposition”, Z. R. Song, Y. H. Yu, D. S. Shen, S. C. Zou, Z. H. Zheng, E. Z. Luo, Z. Xie, Materials Letters, Vol. 57, pp 4643-4647, 2003. ECE Dept., UAH

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ADTRAN TDP Class of 2004

Pictured above at the ADTRAN graduation reception (left to right): Reza Adhami (UAH Chair of ECE), Kevin Schneider (ADTRAN CTO), Javier Lopez (ADTRAN TDP graduate), Mark Zeien (ADTRAN TDP graduate), Donny Neal (ADTRAN TDP graduate), Mark Smith (ADTRAN CEO), and Frank Franz (UAH President) and Jorge Aunon (UAH Dean of Engineering).

We celebrated the graduation of the fifth group of Master's students from our new ADTRAN Technical Development Program (TDP) in Electrical and Computer Engineering on June 2, 2004. Three students graduated from the TDP in Spring/Summer 2004. This was not simply a worthy achievement for these individual students, but it is a milestone for a unique partnership between UAH and ADTRAN, and a tribute to a new kind of alliance between academia and industry.

Rolla where he received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering. Javier began working at Adtran as a co-op student in 1999. After his third and last co-op term in the summer of 2000, Adtran offered Javier a full time position. Javier enjoys playing sports, especially tennis and soccer, he also loves to ride motorcycles and travel around the world. Mark Zeien is originally from Springfield, Missouri where he completed his pre-engineering work at Southwest Missouri State. He transferred to University of Missouri - Rolla where he graduated with his BS in Electrical Engineering in December 2001. Immediately after graduation he moved to the Huntsville area to begin work at Adtran as an engineer designing Carrier products. Mark enjoys the typical engineer hobbies, like experimenting with computers and tweaking his home theater setup. He also enjoys being outdoors, enjoying the warm southern weather doing things like hiking and bar-b-queuing.

The TDP is a two-year program that integrates engineering design work experience with university graduate study. TDP participants are full time employees at ADTRAN while active in the program. Participants receive paid, 50% released time from work during academic terms when taking nine semester hours. Both internal and external candidates may apply to the program (e.g., current employees, new graduates, and experienced non-employees). TDP participants are selected using the normal evaluation and selection process utilized by ADTRAN.

Donny Neal received his BS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1996. Donny began working at ADTRAN on January 4, 1993. His current position is Mixed Signal ASIC Engineer. Donny is married with two daughters, a 4 year old and an 11 month old. Donny’s main hobby is cars.

Javier Lopez is originally from Lima-Peru. Javier came to the US in 1996 on a tennis scholarship. After playing for two years in a small college in North Carolina he transferred to University of Missouri -

Congratulations ADTRAN Grads!

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