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Achievements

Dr. Wenshen Pong received 2007-2009 NASA Administrator Fellowship Program Award.

2006 Achievements

Dr. Michael Holden was awarded $117,000 from National Security Agency for his grant proposal entitled "Autonomous Vehicles for Wireless Network Security and Research" 9/1/06 - 8/31/07.

Dr. Todor Cooklev is the recipient of the 2006 Wireless Educator of the Year Award given by the the Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC). The award recognizes distinguished college and university educators and their pivotal role in preparing tomorrow's wireless technology leaders annually.

Dr. A.S. Ed Cheng was among ten faculty across the globe who have been selected to receive SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award during the SAE 2006 World Congress in Detroit, April 3-6. For more information, please click here.

Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi received the 2006 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society VLSI Transactions Best Paper Award for his paper "A Process-Tolerant Cache Architecture for Improved Yield in Nanoscale Technologies", published in IEEE Trans. on VLSI, January 2005, pp. 27-38.

2005 Achievements

Dr Sergio Faranco's PublicationDr. Franco's highly popular textbook "Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits", published by McGraw Hill, has been translated to Chinese and Spanish in 2005.

Dr. ShyShenq Liou is one of four recipient of the Wang Family Faculty Fellowship Award, The California State University, 2005-2006.

Dr. Hamid Shahnasser received 2005-2007 NASA Administrator Fellowship Program Award.

Dr. Shyshenq Liou and Dr. Sung Hu received the Best Paper Award for their paper "Challenges Facing Engineering Education" presented in 2005 International Network for Engineering Education and Research conference held in Tainan, Taiwan, March 2005.

Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi received the 2005 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Technical Excellence Award as a research team member led by Kaushik Roy of Purdue University. The Technical Excellence Award was established by SRC as an incentive and recognition program for research of exceptional value to SRC members. Hamid Mahmoodi was a member of Dr. Roy’s research team that has achieved many best paper awards and numerous publications.

Dr. Wenshen Pong received "2005 US-PRC Collaboration on Earthquake Engineering Research Program" grant administered by the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, SUNY, Buffalo.

Dr. Todor Cooklev received a grant funded by France Telecom, Paris, France, 2005.

Dr. Ed Cheng’s "Biodiesel Combustion Research" project was funded by Sandia National Laboratories, 2005.

2004 Achievements

Dr. Wenshen Pong’s "Integrated Undergraduate Structural Engineering" proposal was funded by the National Science Foundation’ CCLI program, 2004-2007.

Mr. Mike Strange received 2004-2005 Eden Staff Appreciation Award for his contribution to the College of Science and Engineering.

Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi is selected for inclusion of his biography in the 60th diamond edition of "Who’s Who in America" http://www.marquiswhoswho.com