Jacob Baker (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was one of the speakers in the Tour on Integrated Circuits. He is one of only 18 speakers worldwide in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Solid State Circuits Society Distinguished Lecturer Program. In September, he delivered two lectures, "Low-Power, High-Bandwidth, and Ultra-…

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) was a presenter at the third international conference on Electromechanically Active Polymer transducers and artificial muscles (EuroEAP) in Zurich in June. His presentation centered on recent progress in ionic polymer-metal composites. He was one of only a handful of speakers from the United States invited to…

Mohamed Trabia (Engineering) was a keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on Mechatronics in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last month. His presentation, "Smart Finger-Wearable Assistive Display for the Well-Being of the Blind and Visually Impaired" covered his ongoing research in advancing portable "seeing" assistive devices for the blind…

Neil Opfer (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International. A selective and prestigious honor, the designation is in recognition of his professional attainment and significant accomplishment in cost management or cost engineering. He will be officially presented…

R. Jacob Baker (Electrical and Computer Engineering) has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow. He is being recognized for his contributions to the design of memory integrated circuits, which have resulted in more than 100 U.S. patents on billions of dollars' worth of memory chips that are used by millions…

Dave James (Provost) has been named a fellow member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). The fellow member grade was established 13 years ago to honor those active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary service to their profession, their society, and their community. This honor for his outstanding service was presented…

Jonathan Deans (Theatre) recently was nominated for a Tony Award for his sound design for Pippin on Broadway.

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) is coauthor of the book, Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles, which recently was published by World Scientific. This book presents a comprehensive overview of selected robotic artificial muscles. His coauthors are professor Xiaobo Tan of Michigan State University, professor Hyouk Ryeol Choi of Sungkyunkwan…