They took home the "best use of TI wireless technology" award. The students, who carried out the project as undergraduates, were team leader Jacob R. Stevens, who is entering a Purdue doctoral program; team members Erik Swan, who has graduated; Manik Singhal, who is entering a Purdue graduate program; and Everett Berry, who has graduated. They were advised by Dr. Matthew Swabey, Deputy Director of Instructional Laboratories.

In January, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum establishing a first-of-its-kind federal task force to end cancer as we know it and announced a new $1 billion initiative to jumpstart the Cancer Moonshot. As part of this initiative, the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research hosted a Cancer Moonshot Summit Wednesday (June 29) in the Herman and Heddy Kurz Atrium of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.

The team, one of 12 in the competition, includes CmpE undergrad Austyn Cousins.

Professor Ye's research includes semiconductor and physics devices, nano-structures and nano-fabrications among other areas. His work in semiconductor technologies is recognized nationally and internationally, and he has been credited with a series of research breakthroughs. Each one was significant enough to be deemed "field-defining."

The paper titled "Control and Stability Analysis of Modular Multilevel Converter Under Low-Frequency Operation" was published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no.9, pp. 5329-5339, 2015, while Suman was a student in ECE. He was advised by Professor Maryam Saeedifard, who is now at Georgia Tech.

Professor Furgason earned all his degrees from Purdue (BSEE 1969, MSEE 1970, PhD 1974), and joined our faculty ranks soon after. Over the years, Professor Furgason taught almost all of our EE undergraduate courses. His specialty was ECE 255, Introduction to Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design. He was at his best in the Electrical Engineering Design Projects (Senior Design for EEs). In this course, he worked closely with students to develop their design and analysis skills. He would always challenge the students to do their best. And, with his wry sense of humor, get them to figure out what they needed to do to get to their best.

Some 40 years ago, when Hemant Thapar first considered where to attend graduate school, Purdue topped his list. For good reason. Highly ranked, the (then) School of Electrical Engineering produced some of the world's foremost research in his chosen area - circuits and systems. This year, Thapar (MSEE '77, PhD '79) is helping to make graduate school an easier option for students at his alma mater.

He also worked at LARS (the Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing). He retired at age 70, in 1990.

The Outstanding Research Award recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in research through publications, participation in professional organizations, and willingness to mentor others.

The award was presented for the paper entitled "Design and Implementation of an Intrinsically-Switched 22-43 GHz Tunable Bandstop Filter". The co-authors of the paper are Michael Sinanis and Professor Dimitrios Peroulis.