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• Eight ECE students initiated into Phi Beta Kappa (May 2003)

• Four ECE Students receive ECE Best Senior Project (April 2003)

• ECE students and faculty receive Engineering Awards (April 2003)

• Vijay Pai receives NSF CAREER Award (March 2003)

• Connexions Project featured on Creative Commons website (December 2002)

• Connexions Project wins $1 milli on in funding from Hewlett Foundation (October 2002)

• Kevin Kelly (MS Applied Physics '96, PhD Applied Physics '99) will be joining the ECE Faculty as an Assistant Professor this Fall. Kevin has been Chief Scientist at Atolytics, Inc. and has been a visiting scientist at Penn State (June 2002)

• Hector Ruiz (PhD '73), President and COO of Advanced Micro Devices, has been named a recipient of the Association of Rice Alumni Distinguished Alumni Award (May 2002)

• Arun Netravali (MS '69, PhD '71) has been selected by President George W. Bush to receive the U.S. National Medal of Technology (May 2002)

• Professor Daniel Mittleman's research on terahertz imaging written up in Cleveland Plain Dealer (May 2002)

• Two ECE Students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (May 2002)

• Professor Daniel Mittleman named IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer for 2002-2003 (April 2002)

• Dean's Office recognizes ECE Faculty honors/awards for 2001-2002 at reception on April 26 (April 2002)

• ECE student wins Best Senior Project (April 2002)

• ECE Graduate Student, Zhongping Jian, recipient of GSA Service Award (April 2002)

• ECE students receive Engineering Awards (April 2002)

• Congratulations go out to
  Joseph Cavallaro, promoted to rank of Full Professor (effective July 1, 2002)
  Edward Knightly, promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure (effective July 1, 2002)
  Robert Nowak, promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure (effective July 1, 2002)

• Naomi Halas elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society! (December 2001)

• Richard Baraniuk elected as Fellow of the IEEE! (November 2001)

• Jun Kono receives NSF CAREER award! (November 2001)

• ECE Faculty members awarded 11 TATP awards! (November 2001)

• Links to webcast from 2001 Affiliates Meeting (October 2001)

• Applied Physics student, Diane Larrabee, receives RQI award for oral presentation (August 2001)

• ECE Professor Naomi Halas and Bioengineering Professor Jennifer West's work on nanoshells is featured in the upcoming issue of IEEE Institute (July 2001)

• ECE researchers awarded $1.3 million from DOE for Internet performance research (June 2001)

• Rice Team selected as a recipient of the Texas Instruments DSP and Analog Challenge 2000 Territory I (Americas Division) (June 2001)

• Behnaam Aazhang appointed J.S. Abercrombie Chair in ECE (May 2001)

• Naomi Halas appointed Stanley C. Moore Chair in ECE (May 2001)

• Naomi Halas receives Welch Foundation Grant (May 2001)

• Dean's Office recognizes ECE Faculty honors/awards for 2000-2001 at reception on April 27 (April 2001)

• ECE students win Best Senior Project (April 2001)

• ECE Sophomore student selected for Schlumberger Scholarship (April 2001)

• Nine ECE Students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa (April 2001)

• ECE students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (March 2001)

• Eyal deLara, ECE/CS Graduate Student, awarded IBM Research Fellowship (March 2001)

• New CNNfn.com column interviews Dean Sidney Burrus about Electrical Engineering Grads (August 2000)

• New Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) website on-line.

• Movers and Shakers
  
  • New Faculty:
    David B. Johnson, Associate Professor from Carnegie Mellon University (Joint CSL)
    Junichiro Kono, Assistant Professor from Stanford
    Erzsébet Merényi, Research Professor from University of Arizona
    Vijay S. Pai, Assistant Professor (Joint CSL)
    Scott Rixner, Assistant Professor from MIT (Joint CSL)
    
  • Leaving Rice:
    John K. Bennett, Associate Professor, will be joining the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder

• ECE students receive awards/fellowships (May 2000)

• Congratulations go out to
  Richard G. Baraniuk, promoted to Full Professor, awarded Duncan Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of Illinois ECE Young Achievement Award, C. Holmes MacDonald National Outstanding Teaching Award from Eta Kappa Nu (1999).
  C. Sidney Burrus, IEEE Millenium Medal
  Keith Cooper, promoted to Full Professor (Joint with Computer Science)
  Peter Druschel, promoted to Associate Professor (Joint with Computer Science), and awarded a Sloan Fellowship
  Don H. Johnson, appointed J.S. Abercrombie Chair, appointed IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Millennium Medal
  J. Boyd Pearson, Hendrik W. Bode Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society
  Rob Nowak, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator
  Willy Zwaenepoel, appointed Karl R. Hasselmann Chair
  

• Thomas A. Rabson and Hardy M. Bourland bestowed the honor of emeritus faculty. (May 2000)

• ECE ranked 16th in U.S. News (April 2000)

• ECE and CS jointly create Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) (February 2000)

• Nokia funds Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (February 2000)

• Robert Nowak awarded ONR Young Investigator award! (February 2000)

• ECE Faculty members awarded 5 TATP awards! (October 1999)

• John K. Bennett in Rice News, talking about "Sharing the Classroom with Majors and Nonmajors". (October 1999)

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) sponsoring VLSI Design Contest in Elec 422. Winners! (December 1999)

• Naomi Halas to head up new $2.5 million DOD funded
  Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). (April 1999)

• New ECE Graduate Student Council Page (June 1999)

• Don H. Johnson named new ECE Department Chair. (July 1999)

• J. Boyd Pearson, J.S. Abercrombie Professor, bestowed the honor of professor emeritus. (June 1999)

• Movers and Shakers
  
  • New Faculty:
    Robert D. Nowak, Assistant Professor from Michigan State
    Daniel Mittleman, Assistant Professor, former Faculty Fellow in ECE
  • Leaving Rice:
    Sarita Adve, Associate Professor, will be joining the faculty at University of Illinois
    Elza Erkip, Faculty Fellow, will be joining the faculty at Polytechnic University in New York
    Aria Nosratinia, Faculty Fellow, will be joining the faculty at University of Texas at Dallas
    Jan E. Odegard, Executive Director CMC, joined the faculty in Stavanger Norway
    Nora Quiocho, Department Coordinator, retired on July 12
    J. Boyd Pearson, J.S. Abercrombie Professor, retiring

• DSP30 a success! (February 1999)

• ECE students receive awards/fellowships (April 1999)

• Texas Instruments Announces New Collaborative University Network (April 1999)

• Congratulations go out to
  Bart Sinclair, promoted to Assistant Dean of Engineering;
  Sarita Adve, promoted to Associate Professor; and
  Naomi Halas, promoted to Full Professor!

• Several former "residents" (PhD students, post-docs) receive CAREER Awards. (March 1999)

• ECE/CS researchers publish papers in special IEEE Proceedings. (March 1999)

• Professor Naomi Halas written up in Rice News (September 1998)

• Professor Sarita Adve awarded a $30K IBM Partnership Award!

• Professor C. Sidney Burrus named new Dean of Engineering. (April 1998)

• ECE students receive awards/fellowships (May 1998)

• Nortel donates Companion wireless in-building system to Rice University (May 1998)

• Professor Sarita Adve awarded a Sloan Fellowship (May 1998)

• Professor Edward Knightly receives $1M grant for NSF's Special Projects in Networking program (June 1998)

• Professor Richard G. Baraniuk awarded a 1998 Rosenbaum Fellowship (May 1998)

• Professor Edward Knightly receives NSF CAREER Award (April 1998)

• ECE Faculty members sweep TATP awards (1997)