ECE graduate students win Herschel M. Rich Award for single-pixel camera invention
Mark Davenport, Marco Duarte, Jason Laska, Ting Sun, Dharmpal
Takhar, and Mike Wakin, received the 2007 Hershel M. Rich Invention
Award for a single-pixel camera based on compressive sensing. The
team worked with Kevin Kelly, assistant professor of electrical and
computer engineering and Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Established by Hershel M. Rich, the award is presented annually to Rice
faculty or students for an invention that demonstrates their creativity
and originality. Hershel M. Rich, a Rice alumnus, received his B.S.
degree in 1945 in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The Rice
Engineering Alumni coordinate the selection of the recipient of the
$5,000 award, which will be divided equally among the recipients.
Team members will receive a certificate during the Rice Engineering
Alumni student awards picnic Saturday, April 21, 2007, 4:30 p.m., Rice
University engineering quadrangle.