{"id":139863,"date":"2023-05-12T10:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?p=139863"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:43:18","slug":"out-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2023\/05\/12\/out-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with a Bang"},"content":{"rendered":"

by A.J. Kleber
\n<\/em>photos by Frank Curran and A.J. Kleber<\/small><\/p>\n

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Professor Tali Moreshet surprises William Krska ’23 with his Outstanding Research Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ECE Day<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s an annual spectacle on the ninth floor of the Photonics Center in early May: the ECE senior class exhibits the capstone projects they\u2019ve toiled over together for the past year, armed with the array of skills and theory they\u2019ve been studying for the past four. Faculty, peers, and volunteer alumni judges wind their way through tables and posters displaying feats of engineering designed for use in everything from healthcare to motorsports. There\u2019s an element of competition, of course, with a slate of awards at stake, but equally, there\u2019s an air of celebration. These students are ready to take their place as societal engineers in their own right, as <\/span>Professor Alan Pisano<\/a> declared in his welcome speech this year; Commencement might be a couple of weeks down the road, but <\/span>ECE Day<\/span><\/a> is the true site of that transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexander Johnson ’23 models his team’s Design Award-winning Brain 4CE device.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year, the four Design Excellence Awards<\/strong> were presented to teams who created a computer brain that can be played with only the player\u2019s mind, a brushless DC motor controller, a cyber-physical in-flight recording system for aerobatic pilots, and an interface system for computer users whose inhibited fine motor skills\u00a0interfere with standard mouse and keyboard use. The Entrepreneurial Award<\/strong> went to a team of app designers whose product would allow a user to design their own custom application without technical training, and the Best Senior Design Project<\/strong> was an inclusive video game controller \u201cdesigned specifically to fit the needs of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis,\u201d according to the students\u2019 abstract. Benyamin Trachtenberg<\/strong>, a member of the business-savvy app design team, won the Michael F. Ruane Award for Excellence in Senior Capstone Design<\/strong>.\u00a0Two Undergraduate Outstanding Research Awards were given to Vikrant Sharma<\/strong> for his senior thesis, \u201cArtificial Hearts: Photoacoustic-mediated heart organoid development for cardiovascular disease modeling,\u201d and to William Krska<\/strong> for his work with <\/span>Professor Vivek Goyal<\/a>\u2019s lab, as published in <\/span>IEEE <\/span>Xplore<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Graduate Student Awards<\/h3>\n

Of course, the season\u2019s laurels were not reserved for undergraduate students alone; an award ceremony was held for ECE graduate students a few days later, recognizing both research acumen and dedicated community service among Masters and PhD students at all stages of their respective programs. Professors Chen Yang<\/strong><\/a> and <\/span>Vivek Goyal<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the respective Associate Chairs of the two graduate programs, made the presentations with pomp and enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ECE Chair Professor W. Clem Karl and Yuan Sui (MS’23)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two MS Research Awards<\/strong> were given, for best MS Thesis and best MS Project. The former was awarded to Yuan Sui<\/strong> for \u201cDeveloping a Scanning System for Intraoperative Deep-Margin Assessment of Oral Cancer Tumors Using Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy,\u201d under the advisory supervision of <\/span>Professor Irving Bigio<\/a>. Advised by <\/span>Professor Gianluca Stringhini<\/a>, Angela Castronuovo<\/strong>\u2019s winning project was \u201cTracking the Evolution of Android Malware.\u201d Taken together, the two award winners are an excellent demonstration of the significant variety of research topics undertaken by ECE students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Chen Yang, PhD candidate Joseph Greene, and Professor W. Clem Karl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>MS students Haochuan Hu<\/strong>, Luis Ivey<\/strong>, Priyank Negi<\/strong>, Yifan Wu<\/strong>, and PhD student Joseph Greene<\/strong> were recognized with ECE MS Community Service Awards for their assistance with this year\u2019s Masters Open House.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s PhD Dissertation Awards<\/strong> were given to Zihao Yuan<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cModeling and Optimization of Emerging On-Chip Cooling Technologies via Machine Learning,\u201d and Yuyao Chen<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cAn Integrated Neural Network and Optimization Framework for the Inverse Design of Optical Devices;\u201d CE and EE theses advised by Professors <\/span>Ayse Coskun<\/a> and <\/span>Luca Dal Negro<\/a>, respectively. The inaugural Doctoral Achievement Awards<\/strong>, which recognize PhD students\u2019 outstanding contributions in both service and research, were bestowed on Havva Begum Kabagoz<\/strong> and Sheila Seidel<\/strong>. Kabagoz, advised by <\/span>Professor Siddharth Ramachandran<\/a>, served as co-founder and officer of the ECE Graduate Student Association, as a key member of the BU Optica\/SPIE student chapter, and developed outreach to students at Roger Williams University, in addition to writing her dissertation on multimode optical fibers. Seidel, an advisee of <\/span>Professor Goyal<\/a><\/strong>, was particularly noted for her mentorship of undergraduates and outstanding student teaching. Her thesis addressed non-line-of-sight imaging.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Vivek Goyal, Sheila Seidel (PhD’22), and Professor W. Clem Karl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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PhD Candidate Ashley Antony Gomez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashley Antony Gomez<\/strong> was honored as well, for the 2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award<\/strong>, presented previously at ECE Day in the presence of some of her former EC 410 pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ECE Department once again congratulates these award winners, and all of our hard-working, creative, and dedicated students and impending graduates, on the completion of a successful academic year!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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