University of California, Davis
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Industrial Affiliates Conference
April 18, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast, RegistrationPoster Session I - Kemper Hall Lobby
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks - 1065 Kemper HallDean Enrique Lavernia, College of Engineering, College of Engineering OverviewMel M. Cutler, Industrial Affiliates Committee
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Presentation of Departmental Awards
“Anil K. Jain Prize” – Recipient: Lisa Poyneer, Ph.D.
Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Awards:
Teaching Assistant Award – Recipient: Kelvin Yuk
Assistant Professor Award – Recipient: Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Associate or Full Professor Award – Recipient: Stephen Lewis
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Chair’s ReportECE Department Chair, Professor Richard A. Kiehl
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Faculty Presentations I - 1065 Kemper Hall
Professor Atul Parikh, Department of Applied Science, “The Promise of Bio-E: A Few Examples”
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break & Poster Session II -Kemper Hall Lobby
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Graduate Student Presentations I - 1065 Kemper HallAhmad Rushdi “Cost-Effective Multirate DSP Models for Genomic Signal Analysis”Ataur Sarkar: “Persistent Photoconductivity: A Unique Feature of Interest in Nanowire Heterostructures for Photonic Applications”Ryan Scott: “Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation: Sources, Shapers and Measurements”
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker - 1065 Kemper HallDr. Waguih Ishak, Vice President and Director, West Coast Research, Corning Incorporated“The Digital Society of the 21st Century, The Power of Photonics, Electronic, MEMS, and Biology and Their Impact on Connecting People to the Digital World”
12:30 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Lunch - 1127 Kemper Hall
1:25 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Lab Tours/ Research Open House
2:40 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Graduate Student Presentations II - 1065 Kemper HallLihua Yuan, “ProgME: Towards Programmable Network Measurement”Haoyue Wang: “Nested Digital Background Calibration of a 12-bit Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter Without an Input Sample-and-Hold Amplifier”Stephen Bruss, “ A 5 GHz CMOS PLL with Low KVCO and Extended Fine-Tuning Range”Kunia Aihara, “Liquid crystal polymer for microwave and millimeter wave multi-layer packages and modules”
3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Coffee Break & Poster Session III - Kemper Hall Lobby
3:50 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Faculty Presentations II - 1065 Kemper HallProfessor Neville Luhmann, Department of Applied Science, " Tunable Monochromatic X-Ray Source for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy"Professor Richard A. Kiehl, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, “Biologically Assembled Nanoelectronics”
4:50 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks & Student Awards - Kemper Hall Lobby
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Reception with Faculty and Students - Kemper Hall Lobby
