2008-2009 ECE Awards and Graduates


ECE Outstanding Student Awards
Scholarships
Doctoral Graduates
Master's Theses
Master's Graduates
Bachelor Graduates
Graduate Slideshow
Graduation Pictures

The ECE Department held its 3rd annual inter-departmental Graduation and Awards Ceremony on June 12th for its 2008-2009 grads. Ivan Sutherland was was the keynote speaker and Jin Zhang, ECE PhD 2006, was the alumni speaker. Dr. Zhang's speech has been published in the EE Times weekly. Click here to view.


Listed below are the ECE graduates and award recipients for 2008-2009.

Congratulations!


ECE Outstanding Student Awards

Ph.D. Student
Jorge Quijano

M.S. Student
Gabe Kniffin

Undergraduate Student
Ai Ling Chen
Andrew Chuinard
Jeff Hoffman
Pasang Sherpa
Eric Sorensen  

Lecture TA
Haera Chung

Lab TA
Ed Katz

Joel Rieger

Student Service
Rajeev Nain
Ken Roberts

Senior Capstone Project
Optical Elastography of Skin (sponsored by OHSU)
Timothy Chairet
Andrew Chuinard
Forest Kernan
Eric Lochbrunner

Staff Member
Jay Penev
Phillip Wong


Scholarships

ECE Endowed Scholarship
Sunghan Kim

Maseeh Fellowship
Rehman Ashraf

H. Chik Erzurmlu Endowed Scholarship
Jeff Hoffman

Frank & Danice Terraglio Annual Scholarship
Donald Tornquist

Harry J. and Rhoda White Endowed Scholarship
Kurt Schab

Intel-MCECS Undergraduate Scholarship
Ashley Murray


Doctor of Philosophy

Hardware Architectures and Implementations for Associative Memories -- the Building Blocks of Hierarchically Distributed Memories
Changjian Gao
Adviser: Dr. Dan Hammerstrom

Classical Search and Quantum Search Algorithms for Synthesis of Quantum Circuits and Optimization of Quantum Oracles
Sazzad Hossain
Adviser: Dr. Marek Perkowski

Quantum Logic Synthesis and Inductive Machine Learning
Martin Lukac
Adviser: Dr. Marek Perkowski

Financial Engineering for Energy System Capital Budgeting
Chin-Chuen Teoh
Adviser: Dr. Gerald Sheblé

Methodology for Developing a Functional Multiscale Architecture Model System towards Future Integrated Circuits
Yamini Yadav
Adviser: Dr. Shalini Prasad


Master's Theses

Feasibility Study on the Use of Existing Satisfiability Algorithms in CUDA
Wail Busaied
Adviser: Dr. Xiaoyu Song

Energy Systems-Finite Element Application
Parvathy Chittur Ramaswamy
Adviser: Dr. Gerald Sheblé

Optimal FIR Filter Design to Compute the Mean of Cardiovascular Pressure Signals
Timothy Ellis
Adviser: Dr. James McNames

Non-Parametric Statistical Analysis on Wafer Sort Parametric Data for SPQL Optimization
Ramakrishna Gudavalli
Adviser: Dr. Robert Daasch

Portable Ceria Nanomonitors for High Temperature Trace Oxygen Monitoring
Shilpi Gupta
Adviser: Dr. Shalini Prasad

Enhanced Kalman Tracking Algorithm Using the Invariance Principle and the Multi-Frequency Tracking Algorithm
Chensong He
Adviser: Dr. Lisa Zurk

Intrinsic Fault Tolerance in Embedded Systems with Evolvable Hardware
Christopher Jorgensen
Adviser: Dr. Garrison Greenwood

Comparison of Population Based Method and Correlation Based Methods of Evolving Hardware
Makarand Joshi
Adviser: Dr. Garrison Greenwood

Dynamic Task Prediction for an SpMT Architecture Based on Control Independence
Komalan Jothi
Adviser: Dr. Douglas Hall

Engineering Models and Design Methods for Quantum State Machines
Manjith Kumar
Adviser: Dr. Marek Perkowski

Nanocomposite Based Chemiresistive Trace Gas Sensors
Divakara Atchut Meka
Adviser: Dr. Shalini Prasad

An Unscented Kalman Filter for Orientation and Position Estimation with MEMS Sensor
Sean Pearson
Adviser: Dr. James McNames

Interdigitated Electrodes as Impedimetric Biosensors
Yaswanth Rangineni
Adviser: Dr. Raj Solanki

THz Scattering from Random Rough Surfaces
Scott Schecklman
Adviser: Dr. Lisa Zurk

Digital Predistortion Simulation of Power Amplifier. Need for External Linearization of Power Amplifier Comes from its Nonlinear Characteristic.
Ondrej Suchy
Adviser: Dr. Fu Li

Handshaking Expansion as Action Refinement
Xiuli Sun
Adviser: Dr. Xiaoyu Song

Energy System Valuation Using Decision Analysis and Real Options
Parvathy Thulaseedharan
Adviser: Dr. Gerald Sheblé

Analytical Model for Multi-Site Efficiency and Practical Implementation of Multi-Site Testing Using the Model
Naveen Velamati
Adviser: Dr. Robert Daasch

Iridium Oxide Nanomonitors for Health Monitoring Systems
Vinu Venkatraman
Adviser: Dr. Shalini Prasad


Master of Science

Wail Busaied, Parvathy Chittur Ramaswamy, Timothy Ellis, Ramakrishna Gudavalli, Shilpi Gupta, Chensong He, Christopher Jorgensen, Makarand Joshi, Komalan Jothi, Manjith Kumar, Divakara Atchut Meka, Sean Pearson, Yaswanth Rangineni, Scott Schecklman, Ondrej Suchy, Xiuli Sun, Parvathy Thulaseedharan, Naveen Velamati, Vinu Venkatraman

Master of Engineering

Jesse Armagost, Miki Backus, Zakaria Bekka, Vinay Bhardwaj, Gregory Bingham, Michael Chau, Richard Coates, Miles Downing, Praveen Grandhi, David Heffernan, Srikanth Reddy Ippala, Yedu Jathavedan, Shoaib Khan, James Kirk, Rajashekar Koteru, Amit Kulkarni, Richa Manocha, Ohnmar Nyi, Thaung-Htun Oo, Sandesh Putturaya, Yousef Qassim, Naveen Ramaswamy, Rishi Advaith ReddyReddy, Manjunath Shetty, Jayanth Siddappa, Krit Supradith, Vamshi Talla, Merwan Thota, Deepak Vedhachalam, Arunkumar Veerabadran

Graduate Certificates

John Alfredo - Computer Architecture & Design
Samy Boshra-Riad - Design Automation
Fredrick Hill - Digital Signal Processing


Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Yousef Al-asfoor, Hedhaiba Aldarmaki, Michael Cathcart, SuGeun Chae, Akshay Dodeja, James Higgins, Feng Jiang, David Loupin, Bradley Martin, Kevin Phan

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Eisa Al-Romaihi, David Arbow, Salvatore Battaglia, Christopher Byers, Timothy Chairet, Corinna Chao, Andrew Chuinard, Matthew Curren, Rebeka Davidova, Ethan Evans, Kevin Florence, William Fortuny, Jeremy Galvin, William Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez Mendoza, Nathon Gutierrez, Michael Hagen, Scott Harrison, Donald Heuer, Patrick Horner, Phetkhamphai Indra, Rachael Karandy, Forest Kernan, Alexis Korobeinikov, Tenzing Kyungratsang, Christopher LaFave, Joshua Lankford, Sochea Lim, Amra Ljucevic, Eric Lochbrunner, Nathanael Makowski, Phuc Nguyen, Tin Nguyen, Nnamdi Okeke, Ryan Palmer, Andrey Panchenko, Alan Pettengill, Daniel Pflieger, Francis Pham, Aristotle Quintos, Scott Schuehle, Jack Siebel, Douglas Smalley, Mark Spettel, Patrick Tormala, Steven Trigno, Stephen Ware, Mohammed Waritu, Kristopher Womack, Mina Yamashita, Chenxi Yan, Kenneth Zeigler

 

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