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Program in Electrical Engineering
2012 Program Highlight
2012 NSR EE REU Scholars and Research Topics
Scholar |
Research Topic |
Faculty Mentor |
|---|---|---|
Alfredo Bermudez |
CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS SILICON FOR MICROPYROTECHNIC APPLICATIONS |
Prof. Srinivas Tadigadapa Mr. Hwall Min |
Jeremy Pachter |
INVESTIGATION OF LONG-DELAYED SPRITE INCEPTION MECHANISM AND THE ROLE OF ELECTRON DETACHMENT |
Prof. Victor Pasko Mr. Jianqi Qin Dr. Sebastien Celestin |
Katelynn Jourdan |
GROWTH OF PYRAMIDAL NANOWIRES ON ALUMINUM DIFFUSED SILICON WAFERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES |
Prof. Joan Redwing Dr. Sarah Eichfeld |
Matthew Pyrz |
OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING IN CERAMIC RESONATORS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPLICATIONS |
Prof. Mike Lanagan Mr. Steven Perini |
Francois Rice |
THERE AND BACK AGAIN—LUNAR ROBOTIC LAUNCH AND LANDING SYSTEM |
Prof. John Mathews |
Joseph Tucker |
CORONA MODELING FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION APPLICATIONS |
Prof. Victor Pasko Mr. Jianqi Qin Dr. Sebastien Celestin |
Porter Beus |
CHARACTERIZATION OF FLUORESCENT MICROSPHERES FOR USE AS A LASER GAIN MEDIUM AND RESONATOR |
Prof. Zhiwen Liu Mr. Chuan Yang |
Amanda Sweat |
DESIGN OF THE GEOPEBBLE ACCESS POINT WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND SENSOR NETWORK |
Prof. Sven Bilén Mr. Bob Capuro |
Carlos Mulero |
ON THE ROLE OF TURBULENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF SPECULAR METEOR ECHOES: STATISTICS |
Prof. Julio Urbina Mr. Robert Sorbello |
Jamilya Sultanova |
ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS FOR REMOVING MATERNAL INTERFERENCE NOISE FROM FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS |
Prof. Ken Jenkins Prof. David Salvia Dr. Robert Nickel |
Charles Jeon |
JOINT SPARSITY BASED COLOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION |
Prof. Vishal Monga Mr. Umamahesh Srinivas |
Jazmine Claggett |
OBSERVATION OF QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE TRANSITIONS USING A CONTINUOUS-WAVE SPECTROMETER |
Prof. Jeff Schiano Mr. Xinxing Meng |
2012 REU Participants
- Alfredo Bermudez, Universidad del Turabo
- Jeremy Pachter, Brandies University
- Katelynn Jourdan, University of Iowa
- Matthew Pyrz, Bucknell University
- Francois Rice, University of Maryland
- Joseph Tucker, Penn State - University Park
- Porter Beus, Eastern Arizona College
- Amanda Sweat, University of Connecticut
- Carlos Mulero, Recinto University
- Jamilya Sultanova, Penn State - University Park
- Charles Jeon, Universirty of Pennsylvania
- Jazmine Claggett, West Virginia Wesleyan College
NSF EE REU 2012 Summer Program
Weekly Scientific Seminar
Department of Electrical Engineering
Room 101 EE East, 9:40 – 10:30 AM, Wednesdays
Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| June 6 | Integrating Nanowire-based Sensors with CMOS Electronics Using Directed Self Assembly | Theresa Mayer |
| June 13 | Sensors Using Micro and Nanoscale Structures | Srinivas Tadigadapa |
| June 20 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Jeff Schiano |
| June 27 | What’s Next? Graduate School, of Course! | David Salvia |
| July 5 | Systems Design Lab | Sven Bilén |
| July 11 | Lightning-related Transient Luminous Events in the Middle Atmosphere | Victor Pasko |
| July 18 | Emerging Techniques in Radar Remote Sensing: Cognitive Radars and Beyond | Julio Urbina |
| July 26 | NSF EEREU Symposium | REU Students |
Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu
NSF EE REU 2012 Summer Program
Weekly Workshop on Ethics and Entrepreneurship
Department of Electrical Engineering
Room 101 EE East; 10:50 - 11:50 AM Wednesdays
Date |
Workshop Topic Addressed |
Weekly |
Faculty Leaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 6 | Introduction to Ethics: The Responsible Business | Week 1 | Andy Lau |
| June 13 | Intellectual Property Issues | Week 2 | Phil Boyer |
| June 20 | Research Ethics | Week 3 | Andy Lau |
| June 27 | Sustainability | Week 4 | Andy Lau |
| July 5 | Student Entrepreneur Panel: “What’s it take to be an entrepreneur?” | Week 5 | Erik Weir and Dan Weiss |
| July 11 | Ethics Issues in Entepreneurship | Week 6 | Andy Lau |
| July 18 | Getting Funding to Pursue Your Idea | Week 7 | Phil Boyer |
| July 25 | Student Presentations of Tech Transfer Ideas of Research Projects | Week 8 | REU Students |
Suggestions and inquiries: eereu@engr.psu.edu