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The School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), within the College of Engineering at OU, is proud to celebrate its excellent students.  Several recent award-winning examples are noted below.  Within ECE, students regularly engage in a variety of hands-on projects as part of their curriculum with professors who are engaged in cutting edge research.  


David Schvartzman Cohenca wins the Spiros G. Geotis Prize at the 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology held in Nara, Japan and organized by the American Meteorological Society

The Spiros G. Geotis Student Prize is awarded for an outstanding student paper presented at each technical conference on radar meteorology. The paper will be judged on content and presentation by a panel selected by the conference program committee. Entrants must be currently enrolled in high school, college, or graduate school. Students who have completed a degree but have not begun regular employment at the time of the conference are also eligible. The prize, an AMS reference book, $200, plus a certificate, was established to recognize Spiros G. Geotis' lifelong contributions to radar meteorology and the encouragement he gave to so many young researchers.


Student Awards:

N. Arefin, McNair Choice award from the Graduate College.

W. Barnes, A. Kaadan, S. Rajab, and H. Refai (professor), “Cognitive Extensions to Existing Wireless Technology,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013), Cagliari, Italy, July, 2013.  Best Paper Award.

A. Moreno was accepted into the National Science Foundation (NSF) OK LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship Cohort IV.  He will begin as an NSF Fellow starting in the Fall 2013.

Russell Kenney, Outstanding Senior in Computer Engineering, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Lauren Lusk, Outstanding Senior in Electrical Engineering, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Jered Wesson, Outstanding Junior in Computer Engineering, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Rachel Jarvis, Outstanding Junior in Electrical Engineering, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Justin Kleiber, Director’s Leadership Award, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

David Milligan, Director’s Service Award, ECE, University of Oklahoma, 2019.

ECE Distinguished Mentor Award Winners:  Chair- Julie Rider, Sarah Brown, Julie Chen, Kevin Cronch, Jessica Horner, Rachel Jarvis, David Milligan, Ryan Tullius

 

C. Justin Smith, ECE student, was awarded the Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). The purpose of this scholarship is to attract B.S. and M.S. students to the microwave and RF discipline, and to encourage them to pursue a job in the field or a Ph.D. degree in this field. Smith is currently working on high-efficiency power amplifier design for C-Band airborne telemetry supervised by Professor Hjalti H. Sigmarsson.

W. Barnes, A. Kaadan, S. Rajab, and H. Refai (professor), “Cognitive Extensions to Existing Wireless Technology,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013), Cagliari, Italy, July, 2013.  Best Paper Award.

Z. Dunn, ECE PhD student, awarded a Robert Hughes Centennial Fellowship, 2013.

D. Vreeland (ECE), A. Lee (ECE), A. Kooiman (AME) of the Sooner Competitive Robotics team took 1st place in the Mercury Robotics Challenge hosted by Oklahoma State University.