2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Harry Courtney Powell University of Virginia [biography]

   Harry Powell is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design engineer, focusing on automation, embedded systems, remote control, and electronic/mechanical co-design techniques, holding 16 patents in these areas. Returning to academia, he earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education.

2. Prof. Ronald D. Williams P.E. University of Virginia [biography]

   Ronald Williams is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. His teaching responsibilities have typically been in the area of digital systems, embedded computing, and computer design. He has recently been actively involved in the redesign of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. His research interests have focused on embedded computing for control and signal processing.

3. Prof. Robert M. Weikle II University of Virginia [biography]

   Robert M. Weikle, II received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and physics from Rice University, Houston, Tex., in 1986 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1992, respectively. In 1993, he joined the faculty of the University of Virginia where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research group focuses on submillimeter electronics, terahertz devices, high-frequency instrumentation and metrology, and quasi-optical techniques for millimeter-wave power combining and imaging.

4. Prof. Maite Brandt-Pearce http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-2566-8280 University of Virginia [biography]

   Maite Brandt-Pearce is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. from Rice University in 1993. Her research interests include nonlinear effects in fiber-optics, free-space optical communications, optical networks subject to physical layer degradations, and biomedical and radar signal processing. She has over 150 major publications.

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