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April 23, 2004

Brian Gold: Scaled to Serve System Solutions

March flew by in a whirlwind for ECE graduate student Brian Gold, a member of the Computer Architecture Lab at Carnegie Mellon (CALCM) working on the Total Reliability Using Scalable Servers (TRUSS) project. Although he is only in his second semester, the Newport News, VA, native found out he won two selective awards — the Northrop Grumman Fellowship for 2003-2004 and the 2004-2005 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.

Creating Carnival Magic: Behind the Scenes with Divya Jesuraj

Thousands of students, alumni, faculty, staff, children and parents visited Carnegie Mellon "To Be a Kid Again" during our annual spring carnival, April 15-17.

The ECE students on the committee who brought this year's childhood festival to life were junior Divya Jesuraj (Assistant Chair and Treasurer), graduate student Fred Merkle (Midway Co-Chair), sophomore Chris Marshall (AB Tech Co-Chair), and senior Matt Theisz (Telecom Chair). They planned an eclectic schedule which mixed familiar campus traditions — the Kiltie Band, buggy races, booths, and Scotch 'N Soda theater — with today's music, games, and fireworks. Meet one of the key players from the committee.

April 21, 2004

James Auwaerter: Working Hard & Playing Hard in ECE

ECE and Biomedical Engineering junior James Auwaerter was featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on zany college clubs around the nation.

"We work hard, so we need to play hard," said James. "Pretty much any interest you have, you can find a club, or start one."

ECE Students Connect With Women’s Issues

ECE students Russell Borum, Soila Pertet, and Shuheng Zhou volunteered for Mosaic 2004, Carnegie Mellon's sixth annual conference on women's issues. Russell, a senior, helped set up the sessions and promote the event through the planning committee. Graduate students Soila, from Nairobi, Kenya, and Shuheng, a Chinese native, spoke on a panel about the roles of women in their cultures.

Flying High With Ryan Kerekes: ECE Graduate Student

ECE graduate student Ryan Kerekes was flying high even before he won the Northrop Grumman Corporation Fellowship and honorary mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship competition. A pilot in his spare time, he enjoys researching Automatic Target Recognition (ATR), a technology that can be applied to surveillance aircraft. Come and find out what soars inside the mind of an ECE student!