ECE Ph.D. students Shahrouz Takyar (advisor: Tryphon Georgiou) and Sanjay Vijay Kumar (advisor: Sachin Sapatnekar) have been selected to receive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for 2008-2009. The purpose of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) program is to give outstanding final-year Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to complete their dissertations within the upcoming academic year by devoting full-time effort to the research and writing of the dissertation. Candidates are nominated by their Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) to an all-University competition. Further information about the program is available at the Graduate School's Fellowships for Currently Enrolled Students page.

EE seniors Eric Severson and Dominic Hogan won First and Third Prize, respectively, from the Minnesota Chapter of Sigma Xi for the posters they presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held on Friday, April 18, 2008, in the Coffman Memorial Union Great Hall. Their senior honors project, were highly rated by ten faculty reviewers for excellence in their scientific efforts and their ability to communicate their work to a wide audience. Professor Ramesh Harjani served as the faculty advisor for both projects. Sigma Xi is an international research society that promotes and honors scientific achievement. Additional information about the symposium, which included 271 posters, is available at the 2008 Undergraduate Symposium Web site.

Professor Ned Mohan has been selected the 2008 recipient of the Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award from the IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES). This highly competitive award recognizes Professor Mohan's outstanding contributions and leadership to power engineering education.