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Alumni Events

       
Class of ‘59 Reunion held May 7-8, 2009
The Class of '59 joined us to learn about ECE advancements and research, and recapture memories at the 50th reunion
celebration. They reconnected with colleagues and old friends at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(ECE) while they were on the University of Minnesota campus. 

 

Seattle Area Alumni Gathering
"Forever New Frontiers: A look at state-of-the-art electronics for aerospace systems" was the theme of the Seattle Area
Alumni Gathering held Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at the Lake Washington Rowing Club in Seattle, WA. A.J. Kleinosowski,
(EE Ph.D. '04/CompE M.S. '05) Boeing research scientist and University of Minnesota Alumna gave the presentation which
focused on advancements in electronics which enable today's commercial aircraft, communications satellites, and
interplanetary robotic missions.

 

Second Annual Bay Area Alumni Event 
The Second Annual Bay Area Alumni Gathering hosted by the University of Minnesota Institute
of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering was held on Thursday, Aug. 13 at the Computer History Museum,
Mountain View, Cal.

Alumni News

Daniel Sun (MSEE '93), owner of Sun Net Consulting, dies    Daniel Sun, owner of Sun-Net, Consulting of San Jose, Calif., died of liver cancer.    He is survived by his wife, Helen Hu (MSEE '94), and a daughter, Joanna. Daniel    and Helen worked for Siemens after graduating from the University of Minnesota    and then moved to California where they both worked for ABB in Santa Clara and    eventually started Sun-Net Consulting, a leader in the field of outage scheduling    and leading supplier of transmission outage applications software.     Sun-Net generously gave funds in Daniel memory to the University of Minnesota    Foundation to provide fellowships for student studying electric power systems.    (Bruce Wollenberg, advisor)

  

Prof. Brekken awarded NSF CAREER award     Assistant Professor Ted Brekken (PhD '05), Oregon State University,    Corvallis, Ore., received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER    Award: Advancing Grid Integration of Diverse Renewable Energy Sources.    (Professor Ned Mohan, advisor)

 

Prof. Lundstrom elected to National Academy of Engineering      Mark S. Lundstrom (EE ’73; MSEE ’74), (PhD, ’80, Purdue University)      Don and Carol Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and      Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., was      elected to the National Academy of Engineering for leadership in      microelectronics and nano-electronics through research, innovative      education and unique applications of cyber infrastructure.

 
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