The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held its 2009 Awards Dinner on Nov. 6. Alumni and students are recognized annually for their distinguished achievements. Faculty are honored for their work in teaching.

UT ECE Professor David Z. Pan was named as a recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award.

Professors Seth Bank and Mikhail Belkin were announced among the winners of the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program, receiving almost $1.2 million in grants. The program awards approximately $14.6 million in grants to 38 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals. Over 200 proposals were submitted this year.

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a series ofconferences designed to bring the research and career interests ofwomen in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in theirrespective fields, representing industrial, academic and governmentcommunities. Leading researchers present their current work, whilespecial sessions focus on the role of women in today's technologyfields, including computer science, information technology, researchand engineering. Dr. Miryung Kim and six UT ECE students attended theconference to represent UT ECE and meet women in computing.

UT-ECE’s Professors Sanjay Banerjee, Frank Register, and Emanuel Tutuc along with Prof. Allan MacDonald, UT Physics Department, and ECE graduate student Dharmendar Reddy designed a novel graphene-based BiSFET device that could revolutionize the chip design industry. This device is discussed in more detail in a recent IEEE Spectrum article.

UT-ECE’s Professors Sanjay Banerjee, Frank Register, and Emanuel Tutuc along with Prof. Allan MacDonald, UT Physics Department, and ECE graduate student Dharmendar Reddy designed a novel graphene-based BiSFET device that could revolutionize the chip design industry. This device is discussed in more detail in a recent IEEE Spectrum article.

Jong Yeon Park, ECE Doctoral Student, received a 2009 Coventor & The Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) Scholarship Awards. He is one of only three international recipients.

Professor John Goodenough, who developed materials critical to the development of lightweight and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, ushering in the wireless revolution, has been awarded the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the most distinguished science and technology honors given by the White House.

UT-ECE professor Gustavo de Veciana has been awarded two grants by the National Science Foundation:

A $400K grant for a project entitled Dynamic coupling and flow-level performance in data networks, and, in conjunction with Professor George Kesidis from Penn State, a $300K grant for a project entitled Supporting unstructured peer-to-peer social networking.

UT-ECE professors Ali Yilmaz and John Pearce and their colleagues Professors Leszek Demkowicz and Robert van de Geijn at ICES and Dr.

Ph.D. student, Felix Gutierrez, has been named a Marconi Young Scholar. He is one of only five international recipients. The Marconi Society, an organization devoted to recognizing and encouraging scientific contributions in the field of communications science and the internet, recognized Gutierrez for his outstanding work in the field of antenna design and analog circuit design.