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June 3, 2011

Bromberg, Morris Win Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

ECE Ph.D. students David Bromberg and Dan Morris have earned a 2011 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship for a research project to develop integrated electronic systems using a completely new device and circuit technology. The fellowship, presented by Qualcomm, focuses on recognizing, rewarding and mentoring innovative Ph.D. students across a broad range of technical research areas. Teams of two students each must develop an innovative project and submit a proposal to Qualcomm that outlines target one-year and long-term goals. This year, Bromberg and Morris competed against 146 teams nationwide to be named to the pool of 33 finalists who traveled to the Qualcomm corporate campus to present their proposal to a panel of executive judges. Their project was selected as one of just eight winners. (Read more.)

May 20, 2011

Radu Marculescu, Diana Marculescu Win Best Paper Award

ECE Professors Radu and Diana Marculescu, former Ph.D. student Umit Ogras and former ECE post-doc Eun Gu Jung have earned the 2011 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society VLSI Transactions Best Paper Award. The award recognizes the best paper published in the Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems publication and is based on general quality, originality, contributions, subject matter and timeliness. (Read more.)

May 12, 2011

Cowley Earns Goldwater Scholarship

ECE Junior Benjamin Cowley is among three Carnegie Mellon students to receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships to encourage the pursuit of careers in the sciences. Cowley was among 278 sophomores and juniors nationwide chosen from more than 1,000 nominations to receive scholarships this year. (Read more.)

April 22, 2011

Clarke Elected to Academy of Arts & Sciences

Edmund M. Clarke, the FORE Systems University Professor of Computer Science and professor of electrical and computer engineering, is among 212 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, business and public affairs who have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) this year. Clarke is the 17^th AAAS member affiliated with Carnegie Mellon. (Read more.)

April 21, 2011

Becker Wins SMART Scholarship

Second-year Ph.D. student Jonathan Becker has earned a Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship to support his work on evolved anti-jamming beamforming antenna arrays. The scholarship, sponsored by the National Defense Education Program, supports undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for excelling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. (Read more.)