ECSE student receives Innovation in Optomechatronic Research Award

Linda Rivera, ECSE student who just recently finished her MS thesis with John Wen and currently working with Rich Radke on her doctorate, was awarded the Innovation in Optomechatronic Research Award in the International Symposium on Optomechanics Technologies, held at San Diego, Nov 17-19, 2008, for a joint paper (based on her MS thesis):

L.I. Rivera, B. Potsaid, J.T. Wen, "Multi-worm tracking using superposition of merit functions"
This research has been conducted in the Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS) and supported in part by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR). 
Read More »»

Fern Finger of Biology Department provided the worms and motivation for this work.

NIH Grant Supports Research Into Mapping the Brain With Machine Vision

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by ECSE Professor Badri Roysam has secured a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new, open source software toolkit for analyzing 3-D multichannel brain images — a critical step toward the development of a viable brain implant.

For as much as we know about the human body, the inner workings of the brain remain elusive. This lack of understanding has precluded the development of a neuroprosthetic device, or brain implant, that is truly biocompatible with brain tissue. Read More »»

Robert Degeneff Honored by IEEE

Robert Degeneff ’74, emeritus professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering, this summer received the 2008 Herman Electric Transmission and Distribution Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award honored Degeneff for his innovative and pioneering contributions to the computation and understanding of electrical systems and transformers. Read More »» and IEEE Here »»

NSF Engineering Research Center To Advance "Smart Lighting"

E. Fred Schubert, Wellfleet Senior Constellation Professor of Future Chips at Rensselaer leads the center.

A new research center at Rensselaer, funded by a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to supplant the common light bulb with next-generation lighting devices that are smarter, greener, and ripe for innovation. Read More »»