The award is given to 12 students across the world and consists of a $5000 cash prize. Supradeepa works with Professor Andrew Weiner in the area of ultrafast photonics.

Professor C.S. George Lee will lead a Purdue team that will be receiving a human-size humanoid robot called HUBO and will focus research on vision-based mobility and human-humanoid interaction.

Their paper "Real-Time Model Predictive Control of the Cuk Converter" was presented at the 2010 IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics.

On June 25th the Purdue ROV team competed at the University of Hawaii in Hilo and placed 4th overall internationally. This put Purdue ahead of such universities as MIT, Georgia Tech, UNC, and Arizona State.

Graduate student Eric Naglich was awarded 2nd place in the student paper competition at the largest conference in the area of microwave and RF systems.

Students Georgios Karakonstantis, Vaibhav Gupta, and Himanshu Markandeya have won third prize in the Altera Innovate Design Contest. They developed an energy efficient camera on a chip.

Wenwen was given the award based on her project proposal, recommendations, academic record, and potential to contribute to the electromagnetics profession in the future. The award includes a $2500 fellowship. She is advised by Professor Dan Jiao.

ECE students Jianfang Zhu and Wenwen Chai have received awards for their papers submitted to the Best Student Paper competition at the IEEE International Symposium of Antenna and Propagation.

The Outstanding Student Award is sponsored by the Purdue Student Engineering Foundation and the Engineering Alumni Association. It recognizes engineering students for their excellent service to Purdue and the community.

Jonathan Schwarz, who is receiving his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, has been chosen as an outstanding graduate to be the May 2010 Commencement Speaker. Video of his speech is posted within this spotlight.