Dr. K. R. Rao, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Multimedia Processing Laboratory, is reaching an academic milestone , supervising the progress of his 100th graduate student.

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Professor of Electrical Engineering J. C. Chiao is working with Yuan Bo Peng, M.D., an associate professor of psychology in the College of Science, on the pain management systems. Professor Chiao has developed wireless sensors for the monitoring of gastroesophageal reflux and foresees new uses for wireless implantable devises, especially through collaborations with Dr. Peng, whose expertise is in the neurophysiological mechanisms of sensory transmission, mainly pain.

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Dr. D. Vrabie and K. Vamvoudakis win the IJCNN Best Paper Award at Int. Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Barcelona. The Paper title was "Adaptive Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Finding Online the Equilibrium Solution of the Two-Player Zero-Sum Differential Game"

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Dr. J C. Chiao, a UT Arlington electrical engineering professor, has been honored by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas with an O'Donnell Award in Engineering for his pioneering achievements in developing implantable sensors that can help treat severe acid reflux.

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The Nanotechnology Research and Teaching Facility at The University of Texas at Arlington is set to receive one million dollars in improvements that will enable researchers there to integrate nano- and micro-scale optical, electronic and mechanical devices and systems onto the same platform. The improvements are being made possible by University funds and a $535,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Electrical Engineering Professor Frank L. Lewis, the Moncrief-O'Donnell Endowed Chair at the Automation & Robotics Research Institute, has received the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the IEEE Region 5, which encompasses seven central U.S. states.

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The second edition of "Radio Frequency Circuit Design" by Alan Davis has now been published. This 2011 edition contains several techniques for design of RF filters and impedance matching circuits, small signal and power amplifiers, oscillators, RF mixers, and phase lock loops. Information on noise and stability are needed for Low noise amplifier design, while efficiency and power handling capability are needed for power amplifiers. These are the major subjects covered in the text, which is being used in our EE 5348 class.

David Wetz, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, is a recipient of the 2011 Young Investigator Research Award from the Office of Navy Research. Dr. Wetz's proposal, "Investigation of Aging Phenomena in Electrochemical Storage Devices when Cycled at Elevated Rates," was one of only 21 chosen from a pool of more than 250 applicants. The award is part of the ONR's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program, worth $170,000 annually for three years.

J.-C. Chiao, UT Arlington electrical engineering associate professor and principal investigator, for 'A Wireless Micro Gastro-Stimulator for Treatment of Severe Gastric Dysmotility'. Dr. Dan Popa, UT Arlington associate professor of electrical engineering, and Nicoleta Bugnariu, a UNTHSC associate professor, wins the award for creating a human robot interaction system, which will be used for early diagnosis and treatment for children suffering from autism spectrum disorders.

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A team of UT Arlington researchers is designing a new, time-of-flight detector that could one day significantly boost measurement capabilities at the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. Physics Professor Andrew Brandt, who is part of the High Energy Physics Group at UT Arlington, is leading the team. Dr. Ronald Carter and Dr. Alan Davis from the Department of EE are co-principal investigators on this project.

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Senior Lecturer Nikolai Stelmakh died suddenly at his home on December 8th 2010 of a heart attack. He was 49 years old. Dr. Stelmakh was recognized as a leading research authority of short-pulse semiconductor lasers, having set the records for ultra-short pulse duration and highest pulse energy in mode-locker and Q-switched diode lasers, and as a pioneer in the development of ultrafast, saturable absorbers. In 2000, he was a recipient of the Blondel Medal from the Société des Electriciens et des Radioelectriciens. Dr. Stelmakh became a faculty member at UT Arlington in 2003. His most recent work concentrated on the investigation and manipulation of the spatial modes of broad-area laser diodes and optical parametric amplifiers as well as on nanoscale single-photon sources. The Department of Electrical Engineering has established the Nikolai Stelmakh Memorial Outstanding Student Research Award fund in his honor. The Department is utilizing the Maverick Match program, which leverages UT Arlington's natural gas royalty funds to support student scholarships. The program matches, dollar for dollar, all endowment commitments of $25,000 or more. The endowment currently has $50,000 and all additional contributions until December 2011 will be matched by this fund. Please contact Ellis Pope (at 817-272-0775 or epope@uta.edu) to learn more or to donate.

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Dr. David Wetz, a UT Arlington electrical engineering assistant professor, has received a 2011 Young Investigator Research Award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Dr. Wetz, who joined The University of Texas at Arlington in August 2010, will study how new energy storage technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries, behave when current is extracted from them very quickly and at higher than normal levels.

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UTA electrical engineering professor Wei-Jen Lee can add one more honor to his already impressive list. The College of Engineering faculty member was recently featured in the July/August 2011 issue of the IEEE Applications Magazine regarding the IEEE/NFPA Arc Flash Research Project. Lee, who received his Ph.D. from UT Arlington, is the director of the Energy System Research Center. The IEEE Applications Magazine is produced and distributed by the IEEE organization, which, according to the group's Web site is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

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The Metroplex Technology Business Council has named J.-C. Chiao, a UT Arlington electrical engineering professor, a 2011 Tech Titan in the Technology Innovator category. The council has about 300 members and serves as an innovation hub and network for the North Texas technology community. The Tech Titans awards are in their 11th year of recognizing outstanding technology companies and North Texas individuals who have made significant contributions to their industries during the past year.

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Dr. Samir Iqbal, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, recently published a book called Nanopores: Sensing and Fundamental Biological Interactions, which examines the emerging research directions surrounding nanopores such as genome sequencing and early disease detection using biomarker identification.He also recently presented a low-cost, desktop device idea at National Institutes of Health's first conference on Cancer Detection and DiagnosticsTechnologies for Global Health. The conference was organized by Fogarty International Center and the National Cancer Institute.

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Dr. Wei-Jen Lee, professor of electrical engineering, will be presenting his latest research findings on Arc Flash at the 44th Annual Transmission and Substation Design and Operation Symposium in Dallas, September 14-16. On average, approximately 5 to 10 arc flash explosions occur on the job every day in the United States. Electrical related fatality is the No. 5 leading cause of death in the work place. Proper protection is the key to reduce casualties during these incidents. The IEEE and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) have joined forces on an initiative to fund and support research and testing to improve the understanding of arc flashes. As the project manager of this collaborated effort, this presentation will cover the basic understanding of the arc flash and the procedures that have been carried out to provide information for the updating and clarifications of arc flash standards.

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Professor Weidong Zhou, associate professor of electrical engineering, recently published an article in the IOP Select: Semiconductor Science and Technology, a special collection of journal articles chosen by substantial advances or significant breakthroughs, a high degree of novelty, and a significant impact on future research. The article, "Electrical Properties of Stacking Electrodes for Flexible Crystalline Semiconductor Photonic Devices" can be found online at http://iopscience.iop.org/0268-1242/labtalk-article/46934.

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Harry Stephanou, director of the UT Arlington Automation & Robotics Research Institution, was featured on the CNN Newsroom segment, "Big I." Stephanou discussed microbotics research under way at ARRI.

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College of Engineering graduate student Jonathon Armstrong and UT Arlington faculty member Dr. George Kondraske have been awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Instrumentation and Measurement Society's 2011 Graduate Fellowship Grant. The award was presented to the duo for their project titled Steadiness/Tremor Measurement Using a General Systems Performance Theory (GSPT). The purpose of this particular IEEE grant is to support and encourage graduate-level research in the area of instrumentation and measurement.

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On September 25, Dan Popa, associate professor of electrical engineering, co-organized the Anniversary workshop ì20 Years of Microrobotics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directionsî, which was held at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), in San Francisco, CA. This year IROS 2011 featured a series of special symposia to celebrate the achievements of the last fifty years of robotics and to articulate a vision for the future of the field. The workshop invited 21 distinguished researchers in the field of microrobotics from North America, Europe and Asia. It was held into four thematic sessions: micromanufacturing, nanoscale robotics, microrobotics in life sciences, and autonomous microrobots. Speakers delivered a 20 minute presentation presenting their unique perspective on important research problems in micro and nano robotics that have been solved in the past 20 years, and the most important challenges to be solved in the next 20 years.

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J.-C. Chiao, Jenkins Garrett Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been selected as a Distinguished Microwave Lecturer by The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. The Technical Coordinating Committee each year carefully selects a group of Distinguished Microwave Lecturers who are recognized experts in their fields. Dr. Chiao is expected to give his talk, titled "Implantable Wireless Medical Devices and Systems" six or seven times over the year to local MTT-S chapters worldwide.

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Dr. Celik-Butler was honored for her contributions to the understanding of noise and fluctuation phenomena in solid-state devices.

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