Paul Daniel, an engineer with CUH2A, Inc., in Princeton, New Jersey, works in lighting design. 

Daniel’s firm specializes in the design of complex facilities for science research organizations. He is currently working on a research laboratory for a federal health agency. Laboratories generally use direct, recessed lighting. His challenge is to design indirect lighting that provides uniform illumination source light reflected against the ceiling. This will eliminate shadows, reduces eye fatigue and resulting headaches, and create a pleasant ambiance. 

Andrew D. Greenwood, Ph.D., an engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, is an expert in computational electromagnetics.

Greenwood’s soon to be published research led to the implementation of an improved algorithm to mitigate the effects of numerical dispersion errors that plague particle in cell simulations. He serves as chair of the Electromagnetic Code Consortium, a joint Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, and Federal Communication Commission organization whose mission is to develop and transition basic computational electromagnetics technology. Recently he was selected to lead a new Air Force technology thrust modeling the integration of antennas for high power microwave applications. 

Brian Noble is the Morris Wellman Faculty Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

Noble developed a security system to protect sensitive information on laptop computers. This technology may be useful in protecting national security information from falling into the wrong hands. His research focuses on software supporting mobile computing systems, including networking, infrastructure, and end-system concerns.

Jeremy Pinson, an engineer with IBM in Tucson, Arizona, creates microcode for sophisticated mainframe disk drive storage. 

Pinson specializes in device adapter “firmware.” This makes it possible to write data on the physical medium of a hard disk drive. 

Daniel Prorok, an engineer with IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, guides and develops test processes to ensure that the subsystems of mainframe computers work flawlessly after assembly. 

Prorok is an expert in the Linux operating system and how it runs in a mainframe environment. Using that, combined with his knowledge of hardware and software, Prorok looks for new ways to make the testing processes even more efficient. 

Matthew Rankin, an engineer at IBM Corporation in Austin, Texas, provides design recommendations to ensure electromagnetic compatibility of IBM’s server systems.

Rankin performs simulations and measurements to verify current design practices and to create new design rules. Recently, he authored an article entitled “Determining the Characteristic Impedance of a Transmission Line When Modeling in the Frequency Domain,” which was published in the newsletter of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society. 

Peter Sandvik, an engineer with General Electric in Niskayuna, New York, works in the rapidly evolving field of wide bandgap semiconductors. 

Sandvik developed a novel photodetector that monitors the wavelengths of ultraviolet light emitted by a combustion flame. This new diagnostic tool has the potential to be used in the control of turbine engines for a cleaner, more efficient power generation process. This technology may help conserve tons of fuel, greatly reduce pollutant emissions and increase the efficiency of electricity generation. 

Dennis Sylvester is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 

As a graduate engineering student, Sylvester developed a computer chip performance simulator that is available online and is heavily used by engineers and universities around the world. After working for a year in industry, he returned to his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Michigan, to educate students and conduct independent research. In recognition of his research potential in microprocessor design, he received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award for his proposal, “Improving technology-EDA integration through interconnect design tools for nanometer design.” 

Keri Urbanek, an engineer with Agilent Technologies in Loveland, Colorado, is on the design team of the Flash Memory Tester. This device tests a form of memory used in cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and a variety of other electronic devices.

Urbanek worked on the design of the AC power distributor unit of the Flash Memory Tester and consulted to the rest of the design team regarding the design of power distribution throughout the entire design process.

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