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Connections The Department of Electrical and Computer Newsletter for Alumni and Friends l Fall 2007 Daniels Wins IBM Faculty Award Aluru Named Finalist for 21st Century Achievement Award Student Shares Experience at Johnson Space Center

MORE NEWS: • Grad Programs Rank in Top 25 • New IT Institute Established • Alumni Return to Recruit

www.ece.iastate.edu departmentNEWS In this issue

departmentNEWS Letter from the Chair New IT Institute ...... page 4

Four Professors Retire Dear alumni and friends, Ken Kruempel ...... page 4 xcitement is in the air in the Department of Electrical John Lamont ...... page 5 and Computer Engineering! Many of our faculty have Steve Russell ...... page 6 E Ralph ‘Pat’ Patterson ...... page 7 won prestigious awards for their highly innovative research (pages 10 and 11), our program has been reaccredited ECpE’s Iowa State Visionaries ...... page 5 (page 6), and several of our students enjoyed a successful summer season participating in and co-ops ECpE Reaccredited ...... page 6 around the country (page 12). Plus, our new bachelor’s degree program in software Software Engineering engineering, which we administer jointly with the Department of Computer Science, is in Program Takes Off ...... page 6 full swing (page 6). In May, we said goodbye to four influential professors in our department—Ken Virtual Reality Lab is Kruempel, John Lamont, Ralph “Pat” Patterson, and Steve Russell. These World’s Most Realistic ...... page 7 four professors all were extremely dedicated educators and truly exemplified the teaching element of our educational mission. Read about each professor’s career and retirement New Faculty & Staff ...... page 8 plans beginning on page 4. Calendar of Events ...... page 16 To help us maintain a balanced department, we’ve hired three new faculty— Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Sumit Chaudhary, and Liang Dong. These faculty researchNEWS members’ duties will equally emphasize teaching and research (see page 8 for more details Daniels Wins on new faculty and staff). IBM Faculty Award ...... page 10 Our building addition also is continuing smoothly and the first phase should be Aluru Named Computerworld completed in spring 2008. You can get a sneak peek of the building’s interior on page 16. Laureate and Finalist ...... page 11 While the university is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, our department is gearing up for our 100th birthday celebration that will begin in the spring. During Kim Seeks to Improve our birthday year from 2008 to 2009, we’ll have fun events for alumni and students to Cell Phone Technologies ...... page 11 participate in. We’ll also be publishing a new book about our department’s history. If you studentNEWS would like to submit pictures or stories about the department for the book, please Student Shares Experience contact our communications specialist, Dana Schmidt, at (515) 294-3071 or schmidtd@ at Johnson Space Center ...... page 12 iastate.edu. In the meantime, read about eight ECpE alumni and professors who were named to VISIONS magazine’s list of the top 150 visionaries at Iowa State (page 5). n ECpE’s Critical Tinkers ...... page 13

Student Awards ...... page 13 Best wishes, alumniNEWS Alumni Achievements ...... page 14

Alumni in the News ...... page 14 Arun K. Somani Department Chair Class Notes ...... page 14 Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Jerry R. Junkins Chair Professor Alumni Return to Recruit ...... page 15

In Memoriam ...... page 15 Photo courtesy of Craig Carroll Photography.

Fall 2007 | Vol. 24 Issue 1 Cover photo: Asst. Professor Tom Daniels on campus. Photo by Dana Schmidt.

If you’re planning a gift to the ECpE department, please visit Department Chair: Arun K. Somani www.foundation.iastate.edu/gift or contact Keith Fortmann, Newsletter Editor: Dana Schmidt (515) 294-4280 or [email protected]. Faculty Newsletter Coordinators: Murti Salapaka and Srinivas Aluru does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, Published twice a year by the Department of Electrical and Computer religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital Engineering, 2215 Coover Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2230; status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to www.ece.iastate.edu; [email protected], (515) 294-2664. © 2007 the Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 3680 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.

2 ECpE Connections Fall 2007 departmentNEWS Departmental Honors and Awards

he Department of Electrical and superior service to the college, as well TComputer Engineering (ECpE) as good will to the university and larger congratulates the achievements of the community. following faculty and staff members: n Ken Kruempel, associate professor, n Tom Daniels, assistant professor, received the Iowa State University Division received a 2007 IBM Faculty Award. (See of Student Affairs’ Faculty Recognition page 10 for more details.) Award. The award honors Kruempel for his Vicky Thorland-Oster (right), who won n Aleksandar Dogandzic was collaboration with the Division of Student the College of Engineering’s Superior promoted from assistant professor to Affairs in serving students and supporting Engineering Adviser Award, works associate professor with tenure. student success. with a student. n Yong Guan, assistant professor, was n Palmer Chair Professor Chen- Professor in Engineering, the highest awarded the Iowa State University Award for Ching Liu, Professor James McCalley, academic honor bestowed by Iowa State. Early Achievement in Research. The award and Associate Professor Gary Tuttle The title of distinguished professor, first acknowledges faculty members who have each received the 2007 Warren B. Boast awarded in 1956, recognizes faculty demonstrated outstanding accomplishments Undergraduate Teaching Award. The annual members for exemplary performance in at in research and/or scholarship unusually award recognizes outstanding faculty in the least two of the following areas: teaching early in their professional career. Guan also ECpE department. and advising; research, scholarship, or was named the Litton Assistant Professor in n Professors John Lamont and artistic creativity; and extension, university Electrical and Computer Engineering. James McCalley each received the 2007 service, or professional practice. n Doug Jacobson was promoted Mervin S. Coover Distinguished Service n Jiming Song and Zhengdao from associate professor with tenure to Award. This annual award is given to faculty Wang both were named Harpole-Pentair professor with tenure. and staff for their outstanding service to the Assistant Professors in Electrical and n David Jiles, collaborating professor, ECpE department. Computer Engineering. has been named a Fellow of the United n Mani Mina, senior lecturer, was n Vicky Thorland-Oster, academic Kingdom’s Institute of Materials, Minerals, named a Memorable Teacher by the Center adviser, was named the College of and Mining. for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Engineering’s Superior Engineering Adviser, n Steven Kovarik, computer Mina’s students nominated him for the award. an award that acknowledges demonstrated support manager, received the Dean’s n Arun K. Somani, ECpE superior advising performance as evidenced Staff Excellence Award, which recognizes department chair and Jerry R. Junkins by past or present student evaluations, College of Engineering staff members who Chair Professor, was named an Iowa State faculty evaluation, and evaluation by the have exhibited contagious dedication and University Anson Marston Distinguished Engineering Classification Officer.n

ECpE Graduate Programs Rank Among Top 25 Nationally

owa State University’s Department of Six other Iowa State engineering “We are pleased that a number of Iowa IElectrical and Computer Engineering is departments also were ranked in the top 25: State’s graduate programs in engineering, ranked among the country’s top 25 public aerospace engineering, and industrial and education, and the sciences are being programs in electrical and computer manufacturing systems engineering ranked recognized for their quality,” says David engineering, according to the latest graduate 15th; materials science and engineering Holger, dean of Iowa State’s Graduate and professional school rankings by U.S. ranked 20th; chemical and biological College. “It is a goal of Iowa State’s strategic News and World Report magazine. engineering, and mechanical engineering plan to improve the rigor, challenge, and The magazine’s latest graduate rankings ranked 22nd; and civil, construction, and international reputation of the university’s rank Iowa State’s ECpE department 24th, environmental engineering ranked 23rd. academic programs. We’re committed to and Iowa State’s College of Engineering In addition, the magazine ranked strengthening the undergraduate, graduate, 24th among public universities. The college several Iowa State programs in science and professional education offered at Iowa ranks 45th among all 199 schools granting and education among the country’s top 25 State and to enhancing our students’ success doctoral degrees in engineering. public programs. on campus and beyond.” n

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 3 departmentNEWS Regents OK New Information Technology Kruempel Retires After 50 Years Institute at Iowa State t’s no surprise Professor Ken Kruempel a postdoctoral-like fellowship and teach Irelated well to his students during his some graduate-level classes at the University he Board of Regents, State of career at Iowa State University. After all, he of São Paulo. TIowa, has approved a new walked in their shoes 50 years earlier when Afterwards, Kruempel returned to Iowa institute that will coordinate research he came to Iowa State as a college freshman. State for good. For many years, he taught and commercialization in the area of With the exception of a few years, he’s been the sophomore-level information science and technology. Iowa at Iowa State ever since. This year, he retired course, EE 201: Electric Circuits. He says State University’s CyberInnovation from his faculty position. the class is different now than when he first Institute will build on six IT research Kruempel’s career started when he started teaching, mainly because of the use centers at the university to provide earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical of calculators, computers, and WebCT. the infrastructure that can attract large engineering in 1961 and master’s in 1963. He says developing the EE 201 course research projects from both the federal After graduating from Iowa State, he and his to the level it is today is one of his most government and private industry. wife, Beverly, joined the Peace Corps and rewarding achievements. Kruempel also says For example, Iowa State’s Executive went to Brazil for a three-year stint. he intentionally was hard on his students Vice President and Elizabeth In Brazil, Kruempel worked in the in that class because he wanted them to Hoffman told the regents Iowa State country’s electric cooperative system to take be careful with their work. “As they did it, could be a major player in the Great electricity to rural areas. “In Brazil in the they’d complain about the work,” he says. Lakes Consortium for Petascale 1960s, the people in towns used electricity “Two or three years later, they’d come back Computing, of which it already like we did in the , but lines and say they understood why I was so hard is a member. The consortium is hadn’t reached the rural areas,” he says. on them.” competing for a $500 million National While Kruempel was building the Another major achievement in Science Foundation grant to build a electric cooperative, his wife started girls’ Kruempel’s career came in the 1970s and supercomputer capable of a quadrillion clubs to teach young women—who usually 1980s when he provided a service to Iowa calculations per second. had only a grade school education—the electric utilities. “We created a large-scale Iowa State’s Vice President for basics of sewing, cooking, and childcare. computer program to analyze their electric Research and Economic Development When the couple returned to the States, systems,” he says. Because the utilities John Brighton likened the institute’s focus Kruempel went back to school, this time at couldn’t have their own computer at the to the burden on Sir Isaac Newton to the University of Wisconsin. Upon receiving time, they came to campus and purchased actually develop the math that allowed his PhD in 1970, former ECpE Department time on university computers. By the late him to explain his new theory of gravity Chair Warren B. Boast hired him as an 1980s, technology made it easier for the more than 300 years ago. assistant professor. Kruempel taught for one utilities to have their own computers, so “It’s necessary to advance the quarter, and then did something unusual— they then purchased the software Kruempel computer’s ability to the depth and he asked to take a year off. During that year, had worked on with one of his colleagues. degree that is needed in the increasingly he returned to São Paulo, Brazil, to complete Throughout the 1990s, Kruempel complicated and deeper science that is shifted gears and used his natural knack out there,” he says. for being meticulous in his various roles on James Oliver, professor of mechanical the Graduate College and Faculty Senate engineering with a courtesy appointment curriculum committees. During this time, he in ECpE, and director of the Virtual oversaw the computerization of curriculum Reality Applications Center (VRAC)—one committee activities. of the six centers in the institute—will Now that he and his wife, Beverly, an lead the institute. It will be housed in assistant professor in the College of Human VRAC and other space in Howe Hall. Sciences, are both retired, Kruempel plans The ECpE department’s Information to spend more time on a few of his hobbies: Infrastructure Institute, led by Arun K. gardening, woodworking, and refinishing old Somani, is highly involved with the new furniture. n CyberInnovation Institute. n —Anne Krapfl, University Relations and Marketing Ken and Beverly Kruempel

4 ECpE Connections Fall 2007 departmentNEWS

Eight ECpE Alumni Named Lamont Retires from Iowa State Among Top 150 Iowa or Professor John Lamont, there’s signs that light up and flash automatically State Visionaries Fno better job than coordinating during class breaks. These signs are located senior design for electrical and computer next to the Leid Recreation Center, and were o celebrate Iowa State University’s engineering students. designed to increase pedestrian T150th anniversary, VISIONS And he should know. safety following an accident magazine editors compiled a list of He’s seen more than where a student was hit and the top 150 visionaries in Iowa State 2,500 students go killed by a bus. history. The individuals helped shape through the senior Prior to coordinating senior Iowa State and make it the university it design program design, Lamont served as the first is today. The following eight influential since he took it over director of the Electric Power individuals who made the cut have ties approximately seven Research Center (EPRC) at Iowa to the ECpE department: n years ago. “I’ve really State. The EPRC is an academic John Vincent Atanasoff enjoyed doing senior center that helps to achieve (MS mathematics ’26): Inventor (with design,” he says. the goals and objectives of the Clifford Berry) of the first digital In the spring, department’s electric power electronic computer; recipient of Lamont, who’s worked program: to educate students the National Medal of Technology; John Lamont at Iowa State University at both the undergraduate mathematics and physics professor n since 1987, stepped down from his role with and graduate levels to prepare them for Clifford Berry (BSEE ’39, MS senior design to begin the next phase in his employment in many different engineering physics ’41, PhD ’48): Assisted Atanasoff life: retirement. roles in electric utilities and supporting in building both the prototype of the Under Lamont’s leadership, two major industries. Lamont also taught at the first electronic digital computer and the changes were instituted to enhance the -Columbia, University full-scale machine; went on to obtain 43 senior design program: First, Lamont of Southern California, and University of U.S. patents n developed contacts with industry clients to Texas at Austin, and worked for the Electric Abdel-Aziz Fouad (PhDEE connect students with industry professionals Power Research Institute in California before ’56): Expert in power system stability on their projects. Today, nearly 70 percent of coming to Iowa State. and control; National Academy of all projects have outside clients compared to In addition to seeing 2,500 students Engineering member n only a few when he started. Second, Lamont through the senior design program and Jerry Junkins (BSEE ’59): created uniformity in the grading of senior establishing the EPRC, Lamont considers Former president and CEO of Texas design projects by doing all the grading a major accomplishment of his career Instruments n himself. to be coauthoring a report on emission David Nicholas (BSEE ’67, “I like working with small groups dispatching for the City of Los Angeles MSEE ’68, PhDEE ’71): Developed the and seeing them confront a problem they Department of Water and Power from 1968 digital encoding process that led to the haven’t seen before and successfully solve to 1973. “We were way ahead of our time,” development of the first generation of the problem,” he says. “In senior design, we he says. The paper was the forerunner of low-cost fax machines n don’t hand-hold the students.” today’s talk about the effects of car emissions Sehat Sutardja (BSEE ’83): Two of the most memorable projects on the environment. Named 2006 Inventor of the Year and Lamont’s students have worked on include Now that he’s retired, Lamont plans 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year; holds a project for a small Mason City, Iowa, to finish two research projects—one on more than 80 U.S. patents n company, MetalCraft, and a project to evaluating alternate energy sources and the Vijay Vittal (PhDEE ’82): improve pedestrian safety on Iowa State’s other on creating an inventory software for Directed the Electric Power Research campus. For MetalCraft, Lamont’s students collectors. He also plans to travel with his Center at Iowa State; member of the developed a high-tech transport system to wife, Kitty, to Australia and New Zealand National Academy of Engineering help ensure the quality of metal warranty this fall, and to visit his daughter and son- n Thomas Whitney (BSEE ’61, and serial number plates that were shipped in-law in Rochester, Minnesota. n MSEE ’62, PhDEE ’64): Led the Hewlett- by MetalCraft to its customers such as Packard group that shrank the calculator John Deere and Caterpillar. At Iowa State, to pocket size—a tenth the size of the students designed and installed crosswalk previous smallest calculator. n

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 5 departmentNEWS ECpE Programs Receive Full Reaccreditation Russell Goes West in Retirement

fficials from f you’ve traveled along the Lewis and the image-processing leg of the center, which OABET, the U.S. IClark Trail in Montana or Idaho, chances investigates ways to increase the quality of accreditor of colleges are you might have traveled across part of the pictures from X-rays and scans. and university historic trail rediscovered and recorded by While at Iowa State, Russell taught programs in applied Associate Professor Steve Russell. For the mainly electrical engineering classes, as well science, computing, last 21 years, Russell has spent his summers as CprE 310: Theoretical Foundations and engineering, camping in a tent out West and using Global CprE 489: Computer Networking and Data and technology, visited Iowa State Positioning Systems (GPS) and precision Communications. “I’ve taught almost every University’s College of Engineering and information systems to research and record electrical engineering class,” he says. ECpE department last fall. During the 260 miles of the Lewis and Clark Trail, as Russell’s favorite thing about teaching 2006-2007 accreditation cycle visit, the well as at least 350 miles of various American is working with students one-on-one. “I evaluators did not cite any shortcomings Indian trails in the region. also enjoy when students in my class ask with the electrical and computer “I solve mysteries with questions so we can engineering programs, and in August, high-tech tools,” says have discussions in ABET approved full reaccreditation for Russell. “It’s a geek’s class, and I enjoy the College of Engineering and the dream.” preparing for class to ECpE department. This work has made make sure I know the “We are very pleased that we are Russell a nationally- material,” he says. continuing to run a quality program,” recognized figure in trail Russell says he’s says Arun K. Somani, distinguished research. But Russell’s been interested in professor and ECpE department chair. n notable achievements engineering since he don’t end there. During was in first grade. “I his career, he’s received knew I wanted to build four U.S. patents—two things—as it turned Software Engineering in nondestructive Steve Russell out, mostly electronic evaluation and two in things,” he says. Program Takes Off communication systems. Most recently, Before he became a professor in the ECpE department, Russell worked on GPS owa State University’s new software he patented a technology to secure and other proprietary projects at Rockwell engineering bachelor’s degree is communications systems for commercial I Collins, as well as worked at the University being offered for the first time this fall. aircrafts. This technology would prevent of Iowa’s Physics Research Center, the Students in the software engineering individuals from eavesdropping on or interfering with communication between Olathe, Kansas-based King Radio, and degree program will learn engineering a pilot and the control tower. Using this Iowa State’s former Engineering Technology aspects—processes, techniques, and technology, Russell says it would be possible Program. He received his master’s degree principles—for developing, analyzing, and to stream information collected from an from Iowa State in 1973 and PhD in 1978. In evolving complex software. airplane’s cockpit voice recorder and digital 2003, he won the ECpE department’s Warren Nearly 20 students are currently flight recorder to a location on the ground B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award. enrolled in the program for fall, and that instead of storing the information on the Russell retired last May and plans to number is expected to grow at a fast rate. airplane only. continue his work researching and mapping The software engineering program is Russell, who began working at Iowa out American Indian trails during the administered jointly by the Department State in 1984, also started the department’s summers. In fact, he has a new book about of Electrical and Computer Engineering, communications and signals processing his trail research, Lewis and Clark Across and the Department of Computer group, and worked to get the PhD program the Mountains, tentatively scheduled for Science. The Board of Regents, State of approved in that research area. Additionally, publication later this fall. He also plans to Iowa, approved the program last fall. The he worked with former professor John continue playing the trumpet in seven local ECpE department plans to add two new Bassart at Iowa State University’s Center for jazz, community, polka, and big bands, and faculty positions in this area within the n n Nondestructive Evaluation. The duo started is learning to play the trombone.

first two years of the program. Photo Courtesy of Steve Russell.

6 ECpE Connections Fall 2007 departmentNEWS Patterson Says ‘Goodbye’ to Iowa State

eing an engineer runs in Assistant Patterson dubbed the department’s Demonstration Lab for Environmental BProfessor Ralph “Pat” Patterson’s advising center “Student Services.” He Screening Technology, a unique technology family. His father was a civil engineering remained with Student Services as an for renovating soils contaminated with professor at Iowa State University for several adviser through 1995, and saw the advising lead, chrome, and radioactive materials years. His grandfather also was an engineer. center grow. During that time, Patterson developed through the Ames Laboratory’s So it’s no surprise Patterson got hooked also helped put Technology Integration Program. on Iowa State and engineering early on together the He and his colleagues when his dad brought him to campus as a design concept from multiple engineering youngster in 1946. for the electrical disciplines took lab-level Patterson’s career at Iowa State began engineering senior technology for contamination as a student in the early 1960s. After design course. This of soils and put it into a graduating in 1963 with a bachelor’s course allowed mobile lab that could be degree in electrical engineering, he was students to work used in the field. The lab has stationed by the Army in Maryland. He on real-world a robotic arm and on-site spent nine years on the East Coast working engineering projects testing system that does in the Nuclear Effects Lab and later for a during their senior in seconds what would small general instrumental and electronics year. It was a otherwise take six to eight services company. voluntary course weeks to perform, for a He returned to Iowa State in the for students until the fraction of the cost. “This Ralph “Pat” Patterson 1970s to pursue a master’s degree and electrical and computer system gave almost real-time work with the College of Engineering’s engineering senior design courses were results,” says Patterson. “It was faster, better, freshman engineering division. In 1981, integrated in the 1990s. and cheaper.” then ECpE Department Chair J.O. Koplin “I enjoy teaching, working with, and In retirement, Patterson says he plans to hired Patterson to perform student advising helping new engineers,” says Patterson. thoroughly enjoy being a full-time grandpa. and teaching roles. Shortly after, Patterson “Recently, two students in a CprE 210 class He also traveled to Colorado in June and initiated one of the first advising centers worked their hearts out. They stopped by hopes to visit Scotland this spring. “I may in the College of Engineering and on the again and again to get help. That’s the kind even bring back a set of bagpipes,” he says. Iowa State campus. “We wanted to have one of student I enjoy.” In addition to retiring from the faculty place for students in the department to get Another highlight of Patterson’s at Iowa State, Patterson is also a retired answers,” he says. career involved working on the Mobile from the Army Reserve. n

Upgraded Virtual Reality Lab is World’s Most Realistic rews recently completed nearly $5 to immerse users in images and sound. The Packard computer cluster featuring 96 Cmillion in equipment and technology graphics and projection technology that graphics processing units, 24 Sony digital upgrades that operate Iowa State made such immersion possible hadn’t been projectors, an eight-channel audio system, University’s Virtual Reality Applications updated since the C6 opened. and ultrasonic motion tracking technology. Center, C6. The enhanced room produces The difference between the original The project is supported by a U.S. virtual reality at the world’s highest equipment and the updated technology “is Department of Defense appropriation through resolution—more than twice that produced like putting on your glasses in the morning,” the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. by any other virtual reality room. says James Oliver, the director of Iowa State’s Five ECpE faculty members—Viren C6 now projects 16 times the pixels Virtual Reality Applications Center and a Amin, Julie Dickerson, Diane Rover, produced by the original C6. Iowa State’s professor of mechanical engineering with a Namrata Vaswani, and Robert C6 opened in June 2000 as the country’s courtesy appointment in ECpE. Weber—use the C6 in their research. n Photo Courtesy of the Virtual Reality Applications Center/Iowa State University. Photo Courtesy of the Virtual first six-sided virtual reality room designed The new equipment includes a Hewlett-

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 7 departmentNEWS New Faculty and Staff Join the ECpE Department

he ECpE department welcomes six new of China. Dong comes to Tfaculty and staff members: Iowa State after serving as a postdoctoral researcher at Dionysios C. Aliprantis the University of Wisconsin- Aliprantis, a native of Athens, Greece, is Madison’s Micro/Nano joining the ECpE department as an assistant Sensors and Actuators professor. He received his diploma in Research Laboratory. He electrical and computer engineering from obtained his bachelor’s degree the National Technical University of Athens in precision instrumentation in 1999, and PhD in electrical and computer from Xidian University, Xi’an, engineering from in China, in 1999, and PhD 2003. After graduation, he worked as a in electronics science and design consultant electrical engineer and technology from Tsinghua as a computer programmer for the Hellenic University, Beijing, China, in Army. Since January 2006, he has worked as 2004, where he won Tsinghua a research scientist at Purdue. His ’s Academic 2004 Top row: Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Sumit Chaudhary, Liang Dong interests include the design, modeling, and New Star Award. Dong’s Bottom row: Cory Farver, Leland Harker, Sara Harris simulation of electric machines and power research interests include systems; power electronics and controls; MEMS/NEMS, bioMEMS, laboratories, and research laboratories, and evolutionary optimization methods. In biosensors, microfluidics, lab on a chip, among other duties. He has previous 2002, Aliprantis received the SAE Power smart materials, and biomimetics, and their experience as an electronic technician and Systems Conference Best Paper Award. applications in and instructor at various companies, including health care. He holds two U.S. patents and Control Data in Santa Clara, California, and Sumit Chaudhary has one pending. Dong also is extensively the National in West Assistant Professor Chaudhary comes to the published in leading scientific journals. Des Moines, Iowa. He has an associate’s ECpE department from the University of degree from the United Electronics Institute. California, Riverside (UCR), where he most Cory Farver recently worked as a postdoctoral fellow. Farver joined the ECpE department as Sara K. Harris He earned his B.Tech. degree from the a systems support specialist in August. Harris joined the ECpE department as an Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu He works with UNIX systems and their administrative specialist in March. Her University, , in 2001, and PhD from related applications, and is responsible duties include managing the main office UCR in 2006, both in electrical engineering. for the operation and support of the and assisting the department chair with Chaudhary received UCR’s Outstanding department’s administrative and academic various projects. Prior to assuming this Teaching Assistant Award in 2002 and computing facilities, among other duties. position, she served for seven years as the Graduate Research Award in 2005. He has Farver earned his bachelor’s degree in central Iowa program manager with Kaplan been published in several peer-reviewed computer engineering from Iowa State in Test Prep and Admissions. Her primary publications and holds a U.S. patent. 2004 and is pursuing a graduate certificate duties involved coordinating, marketing, Chaudhary’s research has been featured in information assurance. He previously and staffing classes to prepare high school, by the American Institute of Physics and worked as a software developer in Des undergraduate, graduate, nursing, and American Chemical Society. His research Moines, Iowa. medical students for standardized tests and interests are organic semiconductors and licensing exams. Prior to that, Harris worked , applied to renewable Leland Harker for nine years as an administrative assistant energy conversion and optoelectronics. Harker comes to the ECpE department with the USDA’s Agricultural Research after nearly 20 years with the Ames Service, National Animal Disease Center. She Liang Dong Laboratory. Harker is now an electronics received her bachelor’s degree in economics ECpE’s new Assistant Professor Dong technician with the ECpE department. He is from the in 1991 and an recently received the 2007 National responsible for the operation and support of MBA, marketing emphasis, from Iowa State Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award the department’s electronics shop, academic University in 1998. n

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ECpE Connections Fall 2007 researchNEWS Daniels Receives IBM Faculty Award

ssistant Professor Tom Daniels models for service-oriented architectures Ahas won a 2007 IBM Faculty Award. (SOAs). “SOAs find ways to build business The IBM Faculty Awards program is an applications from networks of cooperating annual worldwide competitive cash awards services,” says Daniels. “It’s a structured program that fosters collaboration between and flexible way of organizing business researchers at leading universities and those processing.” in IBM research, development, and services The goal of the technology, Daniels organizations. It also promotes courseware adds, is to help business computer and curriculum innovation to stimulate application developers build more secure growth in disciplines and geographies models. So now instead of having enormous that are strategic to IBM. Awardees are groups of internal business applications, the Tom Daniels nominated by IBM employees. new methodology will force developers to principal investigator on a project aiming “I feel very honored that IBM would break those groups down into much smaller to analyze and understand the who, what, nominate me for this award,” says Daniels. pieces that will work together better and when, and where of computer network “I’m certainly ecstatic to get this award.” more securely. attacks so people can respond to attacks Daniels was nominated for the award In addition to collaborating with IBM more efficiently. by Garth Tschetter, manager of systems representatives, the money from the cash Daniels also is involved with research in software security development at IBM’s award will allow Daniels to hire a graduate fingerprinting network devices, technology Rochester, Minnesota, location, and Iowa student to assist with the research. that prevents users from tampering with State alumnus Sam Ellis (BSComS ’83), Last year, Brett Bode, adjunct and changing network connections, as well manager of BlueGene system software and assistant professor, won an IBM Faculty as masquerading in local area networks. stream processing development at IBM and Award, and previously, Srinivas Aluru, Daniels works with Iowa State’s IBM customer relations manager for Iowa professor, received the award. Information Assurance Center as well as the State University. This award is only one of the research Center for Information Protection, an NSF This award allows Daniels to work grants Daniels has acquired recently. In Industry/University Cooperative Research closely with Tschetter throughout the 2006, he received a National Science Center headquartered at Iowa State. n next year to conduct research on security Foundation (NSF) grant to be the single

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 researchNEWS Kim Seeks to Improve Aluru Named Computerworld Cell Phone Technologies

ant a smaller, lighter-weight cell Finalist for Corn Genome Work Wphone with a longer battery life? By Mike Krapfl, ISU News Service Associate Professor Sang Kim is working on a technology to make that a reality. ou’ve got tens of millions of short in the plant sciences and information Kim is developing a cooperative- DNA pieces from the corn genome technology.” Y relaying to improve the to assemble. So what do you do? Call The corn genome work is a joint project reliability of communications and reduce Srinivas Aluru, professor and Stanley of Aluru and Patrick Schnable, the director the amount of energy it takes to transmit Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering. of Iowa State’s Center for Plant Genomics information in mobile, ad hoc, and sensor Aluru and his and a professor of wireless networks. This new technique research team have agronomy. Aluru, in will increase the speed at which these come up with fact, invited Schnable wireless networks—including cell phone supercomputing to the laureate networks—can exchange information. solutions to ceremony. “When I talk on a cell phone, my voice assemble and “We work as message is sent through someone else’s cell analyze genomes. a good team and phone,” Kim says. “The basic idea is that Their answer is a he deserves the each cell phone alone may have limited software technology recognition as much as capability, but collaboratively a number called “PaCE” that I do,” Aluru says. of cell phones (aka radios) may achieve a runs on parallel Aluru says two of significant performance improvement.” computers— his doctoral students Kim’s recent research poster on this including CyBlue, also made major topic, “Concatenated Random Parity Iowa State’s IBM contributions to the Srinivas Aluru stands next to Iowa State’s Forwarding in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Blue Gene/L corn genome project: CyBlue supercomputer. The IBM Blue was chosen from a record number of supercomputer— Scott Emrich, Gene/L contains 2,048 processors and can submissions to win a Best Poster Award at and generates draft perform 5.7 trillion calculations per second. who graduated this the Institute for Electrical and Electronics genome assemblies summer, and Ananth Engineers’ Communications Society in hours or days instead of months. Kalyanaraman, who graduated last year. Conference on Sensors, Mesh, and Ad Hoc And that brings researchers that much Schnable says Computerworld’s award is Communications and Networks in June. closer to using their understanding of the great recognition for the kind of science that In the poster, Kim examines how this corn genome to increase yields, improve can happen at Iowa State. technology can be used to decrease energy nutrition, and boost biofuels production. “We’ve been able to do science that consumption and extend the wireless The Computerworld Honors Program nobody else has been able to do,” he says. networks’ lifetime. recognized Aluru’s work to crack the corn “We’re opening up the genome and putting “When the new technique is applied genome by naming him a 2007 Laureate and together the jigsaw puzzle and now we’re in cellular phones, the battery life can be a Finalist for its 21st Century Achievement seeing results.” extended, phone size and weight can be Award during the 19th Annual Laureates Every year, the Computerworld Honors reduced, and more users can talk at the Medal Ceremony and Gala Awards Evening Program brings together 100 leaders of same time without requiring additional in Washington, D.C., in June. The awards global technology companies to nominate frequency,” says Kim. honor individuals and organizations that individuals and organizations from around Kim’s research, still in its early stages, have used information technology to benefit the world whose applications of information aims to determine how to stimulate society. The program honored 50 Laureates technology promote social and economic cooperation between radios and ensure as Finalists and 10 Finalists as winners of progress. The awards are sponsored by security. This technology could impact 21st Century Achievement Awards. Computerworld, a weekly magazine and areas such as homeland security, “I’m very pleased to bring this honor Web site for the information technology emergency response communications, to Iowa State University,” says Aluru. “This industry. n wireless entertainment, and remote health is another example of the high quality Photo by Bob Elbert. care monitoring, in addition to next- interdisciplinary work we’re addressing generation cell phones. n

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 11 studentNEWS Simon Shares Johnson Space Center Co-op Experiences

omputer engineering senior, Cory at the Career Fair on campus, handed them inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis. I actually CSimon, just can’t get enough of the my resume, interviewed, and waited for a flipped switches, communicated with Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. phone call. About a month later, a woman test technicians, and was responsible for In the last two years, this National Merit called me and told me I had a position if running the test in the shuttle for a while. Scholar has completed four cooperative I wanted it, and two months later I was in In the spring 2007, I was part of the education (co-op) experiences with the Houston starting work. Division team that developed NASA center. Simon’s most recent tour and tested the Astronaut Interface Device, ended in August, and he’s already planning ECpE: Why did you want to be a co-op a wrist-mounted computer that allows to return once he completes his bachelor’s student at the Johnson Space Center? astronauts to observe and command degree. Simon recently told the ECpE Simon: Of all the companies I handed multiple robots remotely. I wrote Java department all about his memorable my resume to, the work at the Johnson graphical user interfaces to display an image experience. Space Center looked the most interesting, from and control cameras on the robot to but I didn’t realistically think I could get a move and rotate the robot; created software ECpE: How did you get your co-op at the job there. Now that I have the job, I can’t to help other programmers debug their Johnson Space Center? imagine a better place for me to be. I’ve software during development; integrated Simon: I walked up to the NASA booth done tours here in spring 2006, summer a GPS unit, push buttons, a joystick, and 2006, spring 2007, and summer 2007. camera into the software; and wrote and executed plans to test the usability of the ECpE: What have you done at your co-op? device by a person in a spacesuit. Simon: In the spring and summer 2006, In the summer 2007, I chose to work at I worked in the Avionics Systems Division a higher management level within Avionics to certify a new digital video recorder for to learn more about how larger projects are flight on the shuttle. I helped prepare it for managed and to get a different perspective. a microgravity test, performed radiation I learned about the communications and testing, ran simulation tests with NASA’s tracking system on the Orion—the new Electronics Systems Testing Lab, ran space vehicle that will replace the shuttle electromagnetic interference and emissions and take people back to the moon. tests, and traveled to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for integration testing ECpE: What was your favorite part about the co-op? Simon: At the Kennedy Space Center, I Cory Simon tests the usability of the Astronaut Interface Device he helped create during his got to go into the Space Shuttle Discovery co-op at the Johnson Space Center. while it was on the launch pad to help inspect some of our hardware that was thought to have a cabling issue. I sat in the Making a Difference commander’s chair facing straight up. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever done. When Cory Simon isn’t working at the Johnson Space Center, you’ll likely find him volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, mentoring youth, or visiting his hometown high ECpE: In April, a gunman opened fire at school in Winterset, Iowa, to spark other students’ interests in computer engineering. the Johnson Space Center. What was that experience like and how did it affect you? “Helping people that really need help and knowing that I have made a positive impact Simon: The shooting happened in on other people’s lives is the most rewarding feeling I have ever had,” says Simon. building 44, where I had worked on previous tours. It’s the avionics building, Simon also participates in several student organizations—, the computer which is separated from other buildings engineering ; , the engineering honor society; the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Robotics Club, and Club—to name a few. He’s for satellite reception. When the shooting also coordinated various team sport activities for other co-op students in Houston, and happened I was in building 32, working in Photo courtesy of Cory Simon. received numerous scholarships.

12 ECpE Connections Fall 2007 studentNEWS New Student Group Established

In January 2007, Mani Mina, senior lecturer, along with a select group of ECpE Robotics, a block away from building 44. I students including graduate student Sasha Kemmet, started Critical Tinkers first heard of what was happening through (no, that’s not a typo), a team of undergraduate students in electrical and computer an e-mail from my division secretary. The engineering who meet weekly to use and develop their critical thinking skills to create e-mail said not to go outside and that an exciting projects and get hands-on experience. emergency had happened in building 44. “The goal is not only to have fun and learn, but also to work with the student chapter My officemates and I had no idea what of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the ECpE department to get was happening, but we closed the door more students excited about learning and engineering through cool projects and demos, and kept working. More e-mails were as well as to improve professionalism among sent out with the little detail that people students in the department,” says Mina. knew and we watched out the window as police cars assembled outside building 44. Last year, the student group developed hands- After about an hour of watching the news, on demonstrations, projects, and activities for looking out the window, calling people, VEISHEA and other events. The group also plans to visit high schools to generate excitement and exchanging e-mails, we were told it about electrical and computer engineering. was safe for us to leave, and so a few other co-op students and I left. “The group is identifying cool projects and tinkering ideas such as a more exciting tesla coil ECpE: What have you learned from your and a remote control car with different sensors,” co-op tours? says Mina. “They’re also looking at off-the-shelf Simon: I’ve learned how to work possibilities and modifications, as well as design from scratch. Four of the projects have been effectively in a team of engineers and adopted by the electrical engineering learning have a much better appreciation for Mani Mina meets with students community for laboratory activities.” n the importance of teamwork and in Critical Tinkers. communication within engineering. I’ve also learned a lot about NASA and the Johnson Space Center. I’ve worked Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards with and heard talks from the rock stars he ECpE department extends our in electrical engineering, and Daniel of NASA—Chris Kraft, the inventor of congratulations to the following Helvick, graduate student in computer mission control; , a famous T undergraduate and graduate students: engineering, received Iowa State astronaut who flew on Gemini and Apollo; n Cory Simon, senior in computer University’s Teaching Excellence Award. and Gene Kranz, the flight director during engineering, received a prestigious Tau Beta The award recognizes and encourages Apollo 11 and 13. Plus, I’ve learned about Pi scholarship. The scholarship recognizes outstanding achievement by graduate systems engineering, how to manage and undergraduate students who are members students in teaching. be part of a team, and more. of the national Tau Beta Pi honor society n Zhenhui Shen and Changyan and who exemplify high scholarship, Zhou, both graduate students in ECpE: What are your future plans? are involved in campus leadership and computer engineering, received Iowa Simon: I plan to return to Iowa State for service, and represent a promise of future State’s Research Excellence Award, which the 2007-08 academic year, then study contributions to the engineering profession. recognizes graduate students at their time abroad in the summer, and graduate in n Laura Janvrin and Vaibhav of graduation for outstanding research fall 2008. After that, I plan to do a co-op Kumar, both seniors in electrical and accomplishments as documented in their as a graduate student in Johnson Space computer engineering, received the theses and dissertations. Center’s avionics division in 2009 and William L. Everitt Award. This award For a complete list of all ECpE attend grad school at Tech. After honors outstanding seniors in electrical and scholarship and fellowship recipients, visit grad school, I’d like to start working computer engineering with an interest in our Web site at www.ece.iastate.edu/news/ full-time in the Johnson Space Center’s communications and computers. recent-news.html (click on the article called avionics division. n n Phillip Reusswig and Hakan “More Than 160 ECpE Students Receive Topakkaya, both graduate students Scholarships, Honors”). n

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 13 alumniNEWS Alumni Achievements Alumni in the News ur alumni have he ECpE department congratulates to honor individuals eminently known been making news the following alumni on their recent for their competence and creativity. Lilja O T around the country. career achievements: is currently an assistant professor in the Here’s a sampling of Iowa State newsmakers: n Robert Brayton (BSEE ’56) ’s Department of n Richard Jacobs (BSEE ’91) was presented with the Association for Electrical and Computer Engineering. recently opened an office of Jacobs Computing Machinery’s Paris Kanellakis n M. Fahim Siddiqui (BSCpE ’87) Chiropractic and Wellness Center in Gulf Theory and Practice Award. The award received the University of Missouri-Kansas Breeze, Florida. After a 10-year engineering recognizes Brayton’s groundbreaking work City’s 2006-07 Alumni Achievement career, he attended Palmer Chiropractic in logic synthesis and electronic system Award. He received a master’s degree in College of Florida and graduated as its simulation, which led to rapid circuit computer science from that university in first valedictorian.Source: Pensacola News design technologies in the field of design 1993. During his career, he has worked Journal automation. Brayton was involved in design in leadership positions at Sprint, Time n W. Anthony “Tony” Will (BSEE automation for the consumer, defense, and Warner Telecom, MCI, Enron Energy ’87) has joined CF Industries Holdings as health care industries. He is a professor at Services, and ICG Communications. vice president of corporate development. the , Berkeley. In fact, he was appointed director of Will previously was a partner at Accenture, n Vamsi Chadalavada (MSEE information systems at Time Warner vice president of business development ’91, PhDEE ’94) has won the ISU Alumni Telecom when he was only 28 years old. at Sears, Roebuck and Company, and Association’s Outstanding Young Alumni Siddiqui now runs a Denver, Colorado- vice president of strategy and corporate Award. The ISU Alumni Association based company, Sereniti, which he founded development at Fort James Corporation. He established this award in 1968 to in 2004. The company offers technology also holds a master’s degree in management recognize alumni, age 40 and under, who and support services for the management from . Source: have excelled in their professions and and security of home computers. n Business Wire n provided service to their communities. Chadalavada is the senior vice president for ISO New England in Holyoke, Massachusetts. n Fredric Ham (BSEE ’76, MSEE Class Notes ’79, PhDEE ’80) was elected by the Find out what your college classmates are doing today. International Neural Network Society members to be the society’s president for 1930s Otis Miller (BSEE ’39) of Colorado Spring, Colorado, 2007 and 2008. He will be the society’s stopped by the ECpE department office in May during the first two-year term president. Ham is a ISU Alumni Association’s Alumni Days on his way to visit his professor of electrical engineering at the grandchildren. Miller is retired from Western Electric. Florida Institute of Technology. He holds three U.S. patents and has written more 1960s than 100 technical papers and reports, Mark Muehlhausen (BSEE ’69) of Schaumburg, Illinois, Otis Miller mostly in the areas of neural networks, retired from his position as a software quality engineer at digital signal processing, and biomedical Motorola in 2006 after 34 years with the company. He also received his master’s degree in engineering. quality assurance from California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2007. n David Lilja (BSCpE ’81) received 1980s the Iowa State University College of Alireza Amiripour (BSEE ’83) has moved to Burwood, Victoria, Australia. Amiripour is a Engineering’s Professional Achievement solutions architect with FUJITSU. E-mail: [email protected] Citation in Engineering (PACE). This award recognizes superior technical or 2000s professional accomplishments in the areas Loc Pham (BSEE ’02) of Bloomington, Indiana, is now an electrical engineer with the of research, development, administration, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. E-mail: [email protected] education, and other engineering activities. The citation was established Visit www.ece.iastate.edu/alumni.html to submit an update on your latest career moves and achievements using our new online form. n

14 ECpE Connections Fall 2007 alumniNEWS ECpE Alumni from Rockwell Collins In Memoriam he ECpE department recognizes Tour alumni who passed away this Visit Campus, Recruit Students past year. This list includes alumni who died between October 2006 and August 2007 (arranged by graduation year, then ach year Iowa State alphabetical order). University alumni who E 1930s work for Rockwell Collins n Kendall Bower return to campus to recruit (BSEE ’38) new talent. Several electrical 1940s and computer engineering n Norman Alvis alumni—including Radu (BSEE ’47) n Richard Christian Denghel (BSCpE ’06), (BSEE ’48) n Robert Clark Tim McCormick (BSCpE (BSEE ’49) n Ward Jensen ’01), Matt Poellet (BSCpE (BSEE ’40) n James H. Miller ’87; MSECpE ’97), Adriane (BSEE ’48) n Maynard Roisen Van Auken (BSCpE ’01), and (BSEE ’49; ECpE alumni Radu Denghel (top left) and Matt Poellet MSNucE ’60) Yifei Wang (BSEE and BSCpE (top right) show students the technology they work on n Richard White ’03; MSHCI ’05)—made the trip at Rockwell Collins. (MSEE ’48) to Ames for Rockwell Collins 1950s Day, September 5. The crew n Charles Davis set up demonstrations of the (PhDEE ’54) n Donald Hedstrom technology they’re working (BSEE ’52) n William Hughes on and answered students’ (MSEE ’50; questions about internships, PhDEE ’52) n Frederick Kuhlman co-ops, and employment at (BSEE ’53) n the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Robert Stewart (BSEE ’50) n avionics company. Robert Swanberg (BSEE ’51) “It’s fun to get to campus and see people,” says Poellet, 1960s n a principal engineer for Gerald Balm (BSEE ’62; MSEE ’63; commercial systems display PhDEE ’66) n applications. Iowa State engineering alumni return to campus to recruit Everett Carter (CTCprE ’64) students for internships, co-ops, and full-time employment. n Denghel, the newest Rockwell Earle Davis (BSEE ’61) n Collins employee in attendance, John Kamm (CTCprE ’64) n Donald Klebe started his job as a software internships in college. “I had a lot of great (BSEE ’62) n Larry Latta engineer in January 2007 and develops mentors in my first couple of years, and now (BSEE ’63) n Francis Long software that displays terrain outside the I can mentor young engineers coming in,” (PhDEE ’61) n Milton Rensink cockpit. “This job is more than I imagined,” says Van Auken. (BSEE ’67; MSEE ’71) he says. “It’s like writing a computer game.” McCormick now manages Iowa State 1970s Wang, a systems engineer since 2005, students and graduates who work for him n Dennis Stoneberg says she uses many of the things she on co-ops. “They do an excellent job and (BSEE ’76) learned at Iowa State in her current job. “It’s it’s exciting to see new students coming In May, the wife of former ECpE challenging, but there are wonderful people through,” he says. Department Chair and the late Warren to work with,” she says. Many of these alumni also returned to B. Boast, Ruth Boast, passed away at Two other alumni—McCormick, a senior campus for the fall career fair September age 96. The Boasts were committed to engineering manager, and Van Auken, a 18. The career fair drew more than 310 the department and Ruth attended many senior software engineer—both got their companies recruiting Iowa State engineers. n ECpE events until her death. Warren starts at Rockwell Collins during co-ops and served as the ECpE department’s chair from 1954 to 1975. n

ECpE Connections Fall 2007 15 Calendar of Events Building Success he first phase of the Coover Hall Upcoming events sponsored by the December 7 TBuilding Project is scheduled for university, college, and ECpE department. College of Engineering completion in spring 2008. The new Alumni Holiday Party October 20 building addition will house all teaching College of Engineering Nancy and Craig Lillis’ Home, North labs, three new classrooms, and several Alumni Homecoming Tailgate Liberty, Time TBA research labs. Below are renderings of Scheman Courtyard Tent, December 14 what the inside of the building will look 3½ hours before kickoff Graduate Commencement like when it’s finished. For information on donating to the ECpE Coover Hall Building November 2 C.Y. Stephen’s Auditorium, 8 p.m. Project, contact Keith Fortmann at the ISU ECpE Fall External December 15 Foundation (515-294-4280, kfortman@ Advisory Board Meeting Undergraduate Commencement iastate.edu). n Coover Hall, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hilton Coliseum, 1:30 p.m. November 30 February 19, 2008 College of Engineering Spring Engineering Career Fair Alumni Holiday Party Hilton Coliseum, 1 to 6 p.m. In Play, Des Moines, Iowa, Time TBA April 17 & 18 ECpE Spring External Advisory Board Meeting Coover Hall, Event times vary April 24 ECpE Spring Awards Banquet Scheman Building, 5:30 p.m.

Check our Web site at www.ece.iastate.edu for additional details and up-to-the-minute information on departmental events and seminars. For information on events sponsored by the College of Engineering, The renderings above show the proposed look of the entryway in n visit www.eng.iastate.edu. the new Coover Hall addition. Students flock to the Engineering Career Photos courtesy of ISU Foundation and Facilities Planning Management. Fair each semester to network with prospective employers.

nonprofit org. u.s. postage paid Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering ames, IA 2215 Coover Hall permit no. 200 Ames, IA 50011-3060