Spectra Newsletter

Ronald J. Pogorzelski[/img]Sembiam Rengarajan[/img]The college’s E. S. Gillespie Microwave and Antenna Engineering Laboratory welcomed the public July 9, for an open house that drew nearly three dozen attendees. The lab, which is used to study ways of measuring the performance of microwave antennas, is named for the late Edmond S. Gillespie, former chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the lab’s founder.

It had been six years since the facility’s last open house, and for Sembiam Rengarajan, professor of electrical engineering, and Ronald J. Pogorzelski, an adjunct faculty member in the electrical and computer engineering department, both of whom conduct extensive antenna research, it was a chance to reach out to colleagues and potential collaborators in academia and industry.

“Some companies view us as a resource for measuring their antenna products—to see how the antennas perform,” says Pogorzelski. “Others might have projects for our students, like design clinics. The open house was a way for us to maintain connections to people interested in our work. It’s important to stay in contact.”

In just a few years, the California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology (CREST) Conference has become a tradition at CSUN. As evidence of its growing importance in the energy field, the 2015 conference, held Saturday, February 21 in the University Student Union’s Grand Salon, was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and attracted nearly 90 attendees, about half of whom were students. The local IEEE chapter provided additional support.

As it had in previous years, the conference featured a mix of perspectives, disciplines and industry sectors. The morning session, which focused on advances in renewable energy technology, began with a welcome from CECS dean S. K. Ramesh and Hamid Johari, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Peter Gevorkian, president of Vector Delta Design group, followed with a plenary address about the design of large-scale solar power generation systems. [Read more…]

Distinguished Engineering Educator Awards

• Dr. Dale Conner (MSEM)
• Dr. Gloria Melara (CS)

Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award

• Dr. Anwar Alroomi (CECM)
• Dr. Shereazad Jimmy Gandhi (MSEM)
• Dr. Tzong-Ying Hao (CECM)
• Dr. Ruting Jia (ECE)

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Paper Award

Ammar Surti’s paper with Ruting Jia, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, won third place in the graduate student paper awards at the ASEE-GSW conference, held March 25-27, 2015 at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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Publication

Ronald J. Pogorzelski, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and IEEE Life Fellow, had an article titled “Analysis and Demonstration of Two Spherical Mode Expansion Resolution Algorithms” published in the March 2015 issue of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

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Ray Davidson

(August 3, 1928 – June 21, 2015)

The college extends its heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Verla Davidson and family on the passing of Raymond Davidson, emeritus professor and former chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, last June.