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ECE students win prizes during Student Research Week

Several students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M recently received prizes during the university’s Student Research Week (SRW) for either their oral or paper presentations.

The winners in the department for this year were Mohammad Asad Rehman Chaudhry, Elizabeth Wells, Hesam Amir-Aslanzadeh, Erik Pankratz, Vincent Pham, Rachel Anderson, Joel Barrera, Jamie Edelen, Justin Marshall, Zied Bouida and Sean Goldberger.

Chaudhry, a graduate student of Dr. Alex Sprintson, won the first place in his session for his research titled “Efficient Algorithms for Index Coding .” In addition to this, He also won the first place prize at taxonomy level competition competition, which is a competition between winners of the sessions. In his research, he presented some exact and heuristic approaches for Index Coding Problem.
Wells, an electrical engineering senior, received two recognitions during SRW. Wells was the session winner and taxonomy winner for her presentation titled, "Optimization of Surveys for Detection of Energized Structures to Eliminate Electrical Hazards to the Public in New York City."  She is an undergraduate research scholar. Her advisor for this work is Dr. B. Don Russell.
Amir-Aslanzadeh and Pankratz, electrical engineering graduate students, won second place for their poster titled, “A Multi-Standard, Power-Adjustable, High Linear, Continuously Tunable Active-RC LPF.” They are students of Dr. Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio.
Vincent Pham, a senior in the department, won second place for his poster titled, “Quantitative Analysis of Arterial Spin Labeling of MRI.” He is a student of Dr. Jim Ji.
Bouida, an electrical engineering graduate student, won second place for his poster titled, “Design and Performance Evaluation of Fully Joint Diversity Combining, Adaptive Modulation, and Power Control Schemes." He began his research at the Texas A&M University Qatar campus under the advisement of Drs. Khalid Qarage and Mohamed-Slim Alouini. He continued his research at the College Station campus with Dr. Jean-Francois Chamberland.
A multidisciplinary group advised by Dr. Gregory H. Huff won an SRW award for their poster titled "Multifunctional Materials Antenna Array." It included the following undergraduate students: Rachel Anderson (ECE), Joel Barrera (ECE), Amy Bolon (ME), Stephen Davis (AERO), Jamie Edelen (ECE), Justin Marshall (ECE), Cameron Peters (AERO) and David Umana (ECE). Their graduate mentors were Sean Goldberger (ECE) and Frank Drummond (AERO).
The mission of Student Research Week (SRW) is to recognize and celebrate student research at Texas A&M University by providing an opportunity for students to present research and to foster an environment for students, faculty, staff and administration to learn about the research occurring at Texas A&M University and the resources available on campus. Last year more than 500 students participated.
The goal is to promote understanding and communication about research among disciplines, as well as to the public, thereby promoting a positive university research environment.
Student Research Week exemplifies Texas A&M University’s long-standing commitment to providing educational research opportunities for students at all levels. It is one of the largest university-wide student led research week programs in the nation.
The Office of Graduate Studies, Vice President for Research, Department of Student Life, Undergraduate Programs & Academic Services, Academic Colleges, administrators, faculty, staff and students collaborate with the GSC to ensure that SRW is a continual success.