Selected Faculty Honors and Achievements

Dr. Sergul Aydore, Electrical & Computer Engineering (SES), gave two presentations at Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), the top AI conference.

Drs. Mary Bone (SERC), Mark Blackburn (SERC) and Benjamin Kruse (SSE) published their paper, "Toward an Interoperability and Integration Framework to Enable Digital Thread," in Systems.

Dr. Lainie Fefferman (CAL), performing as a one-woman electroacoustic band, premiered White Fire, a "feminist meditation on her Jewish heritage through processed vocals and live electronics."

Drs. Kristyn Karl, Ashley Lytle and Alex Wellerstein (CAL) authored a piece in The Washington Post on how to respond to a nuclear explosion. The article included a video interview with Wellerstein.

Dr. Stephanie Lee, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science (SES), won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her work in making solar panels portable, affordable and easy to manufacture.

Dr. Hongbin Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering (SES), was elevated to IEEE Fellow.

Dr. Yehia Massoud, Dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises, was named to the IEEE Rebooting Computing steering committee and IEEE Fellows Selection committee. He was also named an official nominator for the Japan Prize.

Dr. William Rouse (SSE) recently co-edited a special issue on Modeling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Dr. K.P. Subbalakshmi, Electrical & Computer Engineering (SES), and Dr. EH Yang, Mechanical Engineering (SES), were elected National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

Dr. Kelland Thomas, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and his research partners from 17 universities, broke into the third round of the four-year IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition.

Dr. Ramana Vinjamuri, Biomedical Engineering (SES), has won an NSF CAREER Award.

Dr. Lei Wu, Electrical & Computer Engineering (SES), who joined the faculty in January, is an NSF CAREER Award winner.

New Research Awards, November-December 2018

• December 13: Dr. Mark Blackburn (SERC) - Department of Defense, $4,567,854 - Transforming Systems Engineering Through Model-Based Systems Engineering
• December 7: Dr. Philippos Mordohai (Computer Science, SES) - Department of Energy, $24,567 - SBIR Phase 1: Innovative Technologies to Mitigate Experienced-Workforce Shortages
• December 1: Dr. Antonio Barbalace (Computer Science, SES) - Office of Naval Research, $180,721 - Scalable Hypervisor for Commodity Heterogeneous Multicore Computers: Popcorn Xen
• November 18: Dr. Enrique Dunn (Computer Science, SES) - IBM Corp., $224,330 - Deep Learning Methods Within the Context of Object Tracking Techniques
• November 7: Dr. Paul Grogan (SSE) - Lockheed Martin Corp., $300,000 - Future Engineers as Augmented Teams (FEAT)
• November 1: Dr. Igor Pikovsky (Physics, SES) - ETH Zurich, $299,106 - Quantum Technology and Gravity (Branco Weiss Fellowship - Society in Science)

November 1, 2018 through January 25, 2019

NEW HIRES AND JOB CHANGES

School of Engineering and Science

• Nina Cheung, Academic Advisor, Engineering and Science, Center for Student Success
• Adriano Di Luzio, Visiting Scholar, Computer Science
• Joah Han, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering & Material Science
• Lazaro Herrera, Program Coordinator for Graduate Programs
• Kristen Martinez, Administrative Assistant, Physics
• Nguyen Nhat Minh Ngo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Computer Science
• Igor Pikovsky, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Elnaz Banan Sadeghian, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Hoda El Safty, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Davidson Laboratory
• Lei Wu, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Antonia Zaferiou, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

School of Business

• Ashley Solgere, Corporate Outreach Manager
• Jeffrey Hedrick, Assistant Dean of Operations
• Jordan Suchow, Assistant Professor

School of Systems and Enterprises

• Alparslan Emrah Bayrak, Assistant Professor
• Leslie Jenkins, Assistant Dean for Administration, Finance, and Faculty Affairs
• Kelsey Kozak, Academic Counselor

Office of the Provost

• Christina Dzwonczyk, Coordinator, Strategic Initiatives and Planning
• Tamanna Mohapatra, Project Manager, Workday Student
• Veronica Ortega, Assistant Director, Web Content Management
• Frances Salvo, Assistant Director, Academic Event Management

Office of Academics

• Connie Au, Program Coordinator, Office of International Programs
• James Gilligan, Student Records Assistant, Office of the Registrar
• Justin Machain, Student Records Specialist - Veteran Certifying Official, Office of the Registrar

International Student & Scholar Services

• Jean Lee, Interim Associate Dean

Office of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Michelle Venezia, Lead Pre-Award Specialist, Office of Sponsored Programs

PROMOTIONS

• Cindy Chin, Associate Provost, Office of the Provost
• Donna Gearhardt Healey, Senior SFCC Faculty Coordinator, Office of Graduate Education
• Patricia Sanchez, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Academics, Office of Undergraduate Academics
• Yangzi Mao, Senior Institutional Research Analyst, Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Undergraduate Students: Watch for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

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