ECE Overview

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An overview The Department of Electrical
Computer Engineering May 13, 2005 Power
Affiliates Program Annual Review
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ECE snapshot

• Largest department in College
• 93 faculty
• 2,160 students
• More than 19,000 alumni worldwide
• 150 courses unmatched by peers
• 25.5 million research expenditures

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U.S. news rankings (undergraduate)

• Electrical Engineering program4th
• MIT
• Stanford
• UC-Berkeley
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Computer Engineering program4th
• MIT
• UC-Berkeley
• Stanford
• Illinois (was 5th last year)
• Carnegie Mellon

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U.S. News rankings (graduate)

• EE grad program 4th
• MIT Berkeley
• Stanford
• Illinois
• CalTech
• GaTech Michigan
• Carnegie Mellon
• Cornell
• Princeton Purdue

• CompE grad program tied for 4th
• MIT
• Stanford Berkeley
• Carnegie Mellon Illinois
• CalTech GaTech Michigan
• Cornell Purdue Texas

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ECE research

• Breadth and depth unmatched by peers

• Biomedical imaging
• Cryptography and information protection
• Communications
• Compilers and operating systems
• Computer networks, and distributed systems
• Computer systems Architecture and dependability
• Computer vision and robotics
• Decision and control
• Electromagnetics and optics

• Integrated circuits
• Lasers, electro-optics, and plasmas
• Microelectromechanical systems
• Nanotechnology and quantum devices
• Power and energy systems
• Remote sensing and wave propagation
• Semiconductor materials, devices, and physics
• Signal, image, and speech processing

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ECE faculty recognition

• Awards
• U.S. National Medal of Science - 2
• U.S. National Medal of Technology - 1
• Japan Prize - 1
• Russian Energy Prize - 1
• IEEE Medal of Honor - 1
• Academy members
• National Academy of Engineering - 7
• National Academy of Sciences - 2
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 2
• Professional society fellows
• IEEE - 45
• AAAS - 11
• APS - 10

• ACM - 5
• OSA - 9

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ECE faculty alumni inventions

• Sound on film
• Integrated circuit
• Frequency-independent antenna
• Light-emitting diode
• BCS theory of superconductivity
• CMOS technology
• Quantum-well laser
• Flat-panel plasma screen display
• Automated external defibrillator

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Nobel Prize connection

• Jack Kilby (BSEE 47) wins 2000 Nobel for
  invention development of IC
• John Bardeen, physics ECE faculty member, was
  two-time Nobel laureate
• Affiliate Professor Paul Lauterbur wins 2003
  Nobel Physics prize for MRI invention

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ECE news

• Record-setting season
• Mens basketball team ties NCAA record winning 37
  games
• First Illinois team to play for national
  championship
• Electrical engineering senior Jack Ingram key to
  success

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ECE news

• SuperGrid 2 workshop
• Energy experts gather on campus to discuss
  high-capacity superconducting energy pipeline
• Develop research road map for moving concept
  forward
• Workshop organized by ECE Professor Tom Overbye

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ECE news

• Alumni elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Mark Bohr (MSEE 78), director of process
  architecture at Intel, for leadership in
  defining, developing, and implementing a
  manufacturable CMO/BiCMOS technology for
  microprocessor and logic products

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ECE news

• Alumni elected to National Academy of Engineering
• Per Kristian Enge (MSEE 79, PhD 83),
  aeronautics and astronautics professor at
  Stanford University, for leadership in the
  development of augmentations to marine and
  aviation global positioning systems that have
  become worldwide standards

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ECE news

• Illinois honorary doctorate
• Archie Clemins (BSEE 66, MSEE 72), owner and
  president Caribou Technologies, to receive degree
  at May commencement
• Retired four-star admiral, commander Pacific
  Fleet
• Brought Naval operations into electronic age

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ECE news

• College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni
• Henry Magnuski (BSEE 65), inventor of PC-to-fax
  technology, received award in April on campus
• Founded company that was first to provide
  Internet video service
• Established Henry Magnuski Endowed Professorship
  in ECE

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ECE news

• Professor Adesida named interim Engineering dean
• Will replace David Daniel in May
• Currently director of Micro and Nanotechnology
  Laboratory
• ECE faculty member since 1987

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ECE news

• New chairs
• Professor Weng Chew appointed Y.T. Lo Chair in
  ECE
• Milton Feng appointed Nick Holonyak Jr. Chair in
  ECE
• Alumni generosity key to new chairs

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ECE news

• New faculty Yun Chiu
• Research Integrated circuits, VLSI signal
  processing, Device modeling and CAD, Wireline and
  wireless communications
• PhD 04, University of California, Berkeley

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ECE news

• New faculty Jonathan Makela
• Research Remote sensing and wave propagation,
  Ionospheric and space physics
• Previously at Naval Research Laboratory
• PhD 03, Cornell University

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ECE news

• New faculty Michael Oelze
• Research Ultrasound backscatter microscopy,
  Imaging techniques, Biological and dose effects
  of ultrasound
• PhD 00, University of Mississippi

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ECE news

• Mark Kushner leaves
• Becomes engineering dean at Iowa State University
  in January
• Illinois ECE faculty member since 1986
• Former interim ECE head

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ECE news

• Ricardo Uribe retires after 27 years
• Played key role in developing ECE 110 laboratory
• Ran popular Advanced Digital Systems Lab where
  students invented own projects

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ECE news

• Holonyak elected laureate of Lincoln Academy
• Only 200 inductees during last 40 years
• Honors Illinois natives in arts, sciences,
  politics, medicine, finance, etc.
• Other ECE affiliated laureates Bardeen, Bitzer,
  Lauterbur

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Campus news

• B. Joseph White becomes 16th university president
• Replaced James Stukel in February 2005
• PhD business administration 1975, University of
  Michigan
• Interim Michigan president 2002
• Dean of Michigan business school 1991-2001

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Campus news

• Richard Herman becomes chancellor
• Chancellor is chief executive of campus
• Interim chancellor since June 2004
• Illinois provost and vice chancellor for academic
  affairs 1999-2004
• PhD mathematics 1967 University of Maryland

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Campus news

• Micro Nanotechnology Lab expansion
• 18 million renovation expansion
• Construction complete in 2006
• Additional 12,000 sq. ft. office space for more
  faculty and student offices
• Additional 45,000 sq. ft. to study photonics,
  nanotechnology, biotechnology microelectronics