ECE Shocker Report
Fall 2004
The Newsletter and Report of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Wichita State University.
Above is shown an artist’s rendition of the new engineering research building that will be
constructed in the Wallace Hall courtyard. At the top is a view from Perimeter Road (Wallace
Hall on the left, the wind tunnels on the right). At the bottom is a view of the same building from
the west (left side of view on the top). See article inside.
From the Chair of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering:
achievements have moved our Department closer to
realizing our vision of excellence as a
comprehensive academic unit with a strong record of
teaching, research, and service.
Since the publication of the last issue, one new
faculty member has joined our Department, offering
new courses and supervising graduate students.
Efforts of collaborative research have been
successful among our faculty within the Department
as well as with faculty in other departments and
other universities.
We have upgraded our Student Computer Lab with
state-of-the-art equipment. We also remodeled the
lab space to enhance temperature control. Several
new courses have been introduced in the areas of
communication, signal processing, wireless
networking, computer architecture, and integrated
circuit design.
Dr. M. Edwin Sawan
t is my pleasure to welcome you as a reader of
this issue of the ECE Newsletter and Shocker
Report. As you browse through the pages of
this Report, I am certain you will share my pride in
the achievements of our faculty and students. These
As the various articles and lists on the following
pages will show, our faculty members have been
successful in obtaining numerous grants to support
their research and publish the results of such
research.
I appreciate your interest in our Department and
would like to reaffirm our commitment to achieving
our goal of providing our students and the
community at large with excellent education,
research, and service.
Contents
Update on New Engineering
Research Building
ECE News
Update on New Engineering Research
Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sudharman Jayaweera Receives Best
Paper Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Joel Mehler Wins Tau Beta Pi
Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Student Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . .
New Duties for Ravi Pendse . . . . . . . . . .
John Watkins Joins Department . . . . . . . .
Mentor Graphics Integrated Circuits
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Courses in the ECE Department . . . .
ECE Roundtables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Student Branch of the IEEE . . . . . . . . . . .
Epsilon Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu . . . .
ECE Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECE Student Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
n the cover are two artist’s renditions of the new
engineering research building, showing a front
and side view. The building will have two floors
with a total, gross area, including hallways, utilities
space, etc. of about 65,000 square feet. It will house new
research labs for all four Departments in the College of
Engineering. The first floor will include new facilities
for the Optics Lab, and support the research of Dr.
Skinner. On the second floor there will be three ECE
labs. The Advanced Networking Lab will provide new
facilities for the research of Drs. Pendse, Cetinkaya and
Namuduri. The Power Quality Lab will provide new
facilities in support of the research of Drs. Jewell and
Teshome. And the Communications and Signal
Processing Lab will provide new facilities for the
research of Drs. Kwon, Jayaweera, and Paarmann. The
building will be located in what is now the grassy
courtyard area immediately south of Wallace Hall. We
are now in the architectural design stage with the design
to be completed by December 2004. Contractor bids will
be due by March 2005. Construction is scheduled at this
time to be completed by August 2006.
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Sudharman Jayaweera Receives
Best Paper Award
udharman Jayaweera, Assistant Professor in the
ECE Department, along with co-author H. Vincent
Poor of Princeton University, received the Best
Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on
Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications in
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, October 2003, for their
paper “Performance Analysis of Decorrelating Decision
Feedback Detection for MIMO Systems in Rician
Fading.”
The ECE Shocker Report is produced free
of charge and may be viewed on the ECE
web site at http://www.engr.wichita.edu/ece
Chair of the Department of Electrical &
Computer Engineering: Dr. M. Edwin Sawan
Joel Mehler Wins
Tau Beta Pi Scholarship
ECE Shocker Report Editor: Larry D. Paarmann
oel Mehler, senior in electrical engineering, has been
awarded a Ruth M. and Cleveland L. Campbell
scholarship for 2004-2005 from the national chapter
of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Each year
the society gives out 40 awards to Tau Beta Pi members
throughout the country. The scholarships are awarded
Feedback and Comments: please contact the editor:
larry.paarmann@wichita.edu
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recently been named the Interim Associate Vice
President of Academic Affairs and Research (AAR) –
Personnel and Budget. His new responsibilities include
administrating the budget for AAR and personnel for
AAR.
on the basis of academic excellence (Mehler has an
overall WSU grade-point-average of 4.0) and
demonstrated commitment to campus and community
involvement.
Mehler, currently the vice president of the WSU chapter
of Tau Beta Pi, has a long record of campus leadership
and community service. As one of WSU’s student
ambassadors, Mehler has represented the university at
many public events and actively recruited new students.
He also serves as president of the WSU chapter of
Golden Key, recruitment and tapping chair of
Mortarboard, and is among the leadership of WSU
Christian Challenge.
John Watkins Joins Department
John Watkins is the most recent new faculty member in
the ECE Department, beginning in August of this year.
Dr. Watkins received his B.S. degree from the University
of Nebraska, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The
Ohio State University, all in electrical engineering.
From August 1995 until joining WSU in August of this
year, he was a faculty member in the Department of
Systems Engineering at the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Watkins area of
expertise is Control Systems.
For Mehler, a fifth-year senior, the $2,000 scholarship
couldn’t have come at a better time. “I was starting to
wonder how I’d pay for my fifth year of school, so this
award was very good news,” he said.
Mehler will graduate in spring 2005 and plans to attend
graduate school to continue his studies in
nanotechnology.
New Student Advisory Board
eginning with this Fall Semester, a new advisory
board has been formed for the ECE Department.
The Board consists of five students, representing
various levels within the ECE Department’s educational
spectrum, three undergraduate and two graduate, and is
expected to meet with the faculty once each semester to
provide input on issues including curriculum, class
scheduling, advising, facilities and professional societies.
The Board for this school consists of the following five
students:
Dr. John Watkins
Brett Thomas Solon
Timothy James Harder
Christine A. Fiser
Joseph Warner
Nagaraja Thanthry
Mentor Graphics
Integrated Circuits Software
entor Graphics, through their Higher Education
Program, and also with the assistance of
Mentor Graphics employee, WSU ECE
alumnus Taylor Shull (BSEE 1996), has donated to the
ECE Department a very substantial software system for
the design, analysis, testing, and fabrication of integrated
circuits; analog, digital, and mixed-signals. The system
is substantial in that it includes licenses for twelve
workstations, supports research as well as classroom use,
New Duties for Ravi Pendse
avi Pendse, Associate Professor in the ECE
Department, CISCO Fellow, Director of the
Advanced Networking Research Center, Director
of the Center for Teaching and Research Excellence, has
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of members. The officers of the WSU Student Branch of
the IEEE for the 2004/2005 academic year are:
and includes a wide array of software options. The
number of workstations and software components is
greater than any industrial installation would likely have.
The estimated fair-market value is in excess of $37M.
This software will support the classroom teaching and
research primarily of Drs. Paarmann and Meyers and
opens new avenues for the ECE Department.
President: Amarnath Jasti
Vice President: Purna Kharel
Treasurer: Talha Hashmi
Secretary: Radhika Hirannaiah
If you have any questions or comments, contact us at
ieee@wichita.edu.
You can also visit us at
www.engr.twsu.edu/ee/ieee.
New Courses in the ECE Department
new course introduced for the Fall Semester is
ECE777A, Design of Analog Integrated Circuits.
This will be followed in the Spring Semester
2005 with ECE877, Fabrication of Analog Integrated
Circuits. Both of these courses will be taught by Dr.
Paarmann. Dr. Meyer will introduce ECE777, VLSI
Yield, in the Spring of 2005 and ECE877, VLSI Testing,
in the Spring of 2006.
Epsilon Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu
ta Kappa Nu is the honor society for electrical and
computer engineering students. The officers of
the Epsilon Xi Chapter (the WSU Chapter) of Eta
Kappa Nu for the 2004/2005 academic year are:
President: Akinnikawe Ayorinde
Vice President: Jason Niblack
ECE Roundtables
Inducted into the organization at the Spring 2004
initiation ceremony were the following students:
Kavindya Deegala
M.H. De Silva
Timothy Harder
Nhien Hoang
Harun Nganga
Jason Niblack
Chibuzor Nwoke
Jeremy Rudkin
requently on Friday afternoons the department will
hold an ECE Roundtable. As currently planned,
some of these Roundtables will be open, and
students will be encouraged to attend, while others will
perhaps not be open. The purpose of the Roundtables
will be for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of
information about the programs and activities of the
department. Check the web site for announcements
about open Roundtable discussions:
http://www.engr.wichita.edu/ece/ecert.html
To be eligible for Eta Kappa Nu membership, a third
year student must be in the top one fourth of his class,
and a fourth year student must be in the top one third of
his class. Invitations to new members are sent out each
semester. The Fall 2004 invitations will be sent out in
late October or early November.
Student Branch of the IEEE
he Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) is the largest professional organization in
the world with about 300,000 members and is the
professional organization for electrical and computer
engineers. Actually, the IEEE is the parent organization
for many (over 35) technical societies, such as the
Communications Society, the Computer Society, Control
Systems Society, Power Engineering Society, Signal
Processing Society, Solid State Circuits Society, etc.
Many universities have a student branch of the IEEE.
WSU has had a student branch of the IEEE in continuous
operation since 1957. Activities include field trips,
guest speakers, tutoring, and professional development
ECE Graduates
(from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004)
uring the time frame indicated above, the ECE
Department had 66 B.S. graduates, 123 M.S.
graduates, and 2 Ph.D. graduates.
Of the M.S. students who wrote a thesis, the details are
as follows:
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Chaitra Keshavamurthy Belur, Low Complexity Model
for Packet Monitoring in Ad-Hoc Networks, January
2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Ravi S. Kuchibhotla, Design and Analysis of a Pure
Feed-Forward Architecture for Sigma-Delta Analog-toDigital Converters, August 2003. Advisor: Larry D.
Paarmann. Currently employed by Texas Instruments.
Ilaiyarasan Elangovan, Energy Aware Distributed
Sensors, January 2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Ramanathan Valliyappan, A Scalable and Distributed
Security Model for Mass Storage Systems, September
2003. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri. Currently
employed at LSI Logic.
Kirubashankar Ramakrishnan, Discrete Wavelet
Transform Based Joint Source Channel Coding, January
2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Thakur Gyawali, An Inverse Problem Based Estimation
for Ultra Wideband Communication Systems, November
2003. Advisor: Hyuck Kwon. Currently a Ph.D.
student in the ECE Department at WSU.
Ranjani Bharadwaj, Class Based Routing Algorithm,
March 2004. Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
Joseph R. Blount, The Use of Genetic Algorithms in
Adaptive Disk Caching Exploring the Cost vs Benefits,
April 2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Viveknath Penmatsa, Performance of Pseudonoise Code
Tracking Loop Using Smart Antenna under Multipath
Fading Environment, November 2003. Advisor: Hyuck
Kwon. Currently a Ph.D. student in the ECE Department
at WSU.
Vinod Raman, Combined Source-Channel Diversity
Scheme for Image Transmission Over Wireless
Channels, April 2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Vipul Bahety, Scalable QOS Provisioning for Mobile
Networks using Wireless Sensors, December 2003.
Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
Vinay B. Subbarao, Butterworth MASH Architecture,
April 2004. Advisor: Larry D. Paarmann.
Phanikrishna Gomatom, Economics, Performance and
Feasibility Evaluation of Distributed Generation
Technologies, December 2003. Advisor: Ward Jewell.
Rajesh Bollepally, Load Aware Multipath Load
Balanced Ad-Hoc Routing Protocol, May 2004.
Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
Siddartha Gundeti, SARP: An Enhancement to AODV
Routing Protocol, December 2003. Advisor: Ravi
Pendse.
Sunchanan Charanyananda, Performance of Varied
Voice and Telephony Traffic Over Asynchronous
Transfer Mode Networks, May 2004. Advisor: Ravi
Pendse.
Yew Han Lim, Pseudo Cache in an out-of-order
Execution CPU, December 2003. Advisor: Ravi
Pendse.
Sabitha Darsi, A Cascode Architecture which Implements
a Fourth-Order Chebyshev Type II Highpass NTF in
Delta-Sigma Converters, May 2004. Advisor: Larry D.
Paarmann.
Muhammad Sabeeh Ali, Impact of Block Replacement
Algorithms on Hard Disk Performance in a Multiple
Disk Environment, December 2003. Advisor: Ravi
Pendse. Currently a Ph.D. student in the ECE
Department at WSU.
Ramprasath Dorairaj, Compact Description and
Combination of MPEG-7 Visual Descriptors, May 2004.
Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
Saravanan Shanmugam, Performance Analysis of Locti
and Netlink Sockets – Forces Architecture Perspective,
December 2003. Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
Muruganandam Jayabalan, An Improved Quasi-Cyclic
Low Density Parity Check Code, May 2004. Advisor:
Hyuck Kwon.
Stacey L. Bailey, Enhancements on the Route Discovery
Process of Dynamic Source Routing, January 2004.
Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
Deepti Joshi, Secure, Redundant and Fully Distributed
Key Management for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, May
2004. Advisor: Kamesh Namuduri.
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Laxminarayana S. Pillutla, Capacity of MIMO Systems:
A Theoretical & Practical Perspective, May 2004.
Advisor: Sudharman Jayaweera. Currently a Ph.D.
student at the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver, Canada.
Engineering Open House Awards for 2004
Aquila Award (presented by the Open House
Committee), the IEEE Wichita Professional Section
Third Place Award for Best Electrical and Computer
Engineering Project, and the Westar Energy Award.
Power Distribution System Protection. John Murrell,
Brandon Thompson, Roman Yezhov, and Minh Cao.
Advisor: Dr. Ward Jewell.
Vijay Krishna Veeramachaneni, Adaptive Signal
Processing for Energy-Limited Distributed Wireless
Sensor Networks, May 2004. Advisor: Sudharman
Jayaweera.
ECE Department Design 1 (ECE585) First Place Award.
Flame Sensor. William Goheen, Paul Sprauge, and
Marlon Stocking. Advisor: Hendra Valiandi.
Vivek Gupta, An Improved Dual Mode Detection
Scheme, June 2004. Advisor: Hyuck Kwon.
Sravan Kumar Rachamalla, LSQR Algorithm for V-Blast
Architecture, June 2004. Advisor: Hyuck Kwon.
Ph.D. Graduates
ECE Department Design 1 (ECE585) Second Place
Award. Application Development for Distributed
Wireless Sensor Network. John Fiegel, Sharif Uddin,
Eric Miller, Chau Vu, and Wengchoon Hing. Advisor:
Dr. Kamesh Namuduri.
Tatcha Chulajata, Comprehensive Power Controls with
Pilot Channel Aided Adaptive Antennas for the 3rd
Generation CDMA Wireless Communications,
November 2003. Advisor: Hyuck Kwon.
ECE Department Design 1 (ECE585) Third Place
Award. TCP Mulipath. Justin Leming, Carl Fernandes,
Minh Vu, and Poornika Shah. Advisor: Dr. Coskun
Cetinkaya.
Noppadol Wanichworannant, A Traffic Engineering
Approach Employing Genetic Algorithms over MPLS
Networks, December 2003. Advisor: Ravi Pendse.
ECE Department Design 2 (ECE595) First Place Award,
the IEEE Wichita Professional Section First Place Award
for Best Electrical and Computer Engineering Project,
and the Society of Women Engineers Wichita Section
Award. Swim Paddle II. Talha Hashmi, Kellie Bowen,
Lam Dao, and Brandon Vu. Advisor: Dr. Steven
Skinner.
ECE Student Awards
ECE Department Awards
ECE Department Design 2 (ECE595) Second Place
Award, and the IEEE Wichita Professional Section
Second Place Award. Follow Me Robot. Robert Collins
II, Paul Rau III, and Joel Mehler. Advisor: Hendra
Valiandi.
The ECE Department Outstanding Scholastic
Achievement Award in Computer Engineering for 2004
was awarded to Andrey E. Osipov.
The ECE Department Outstanding Scholastic
Achievement Awards in Electrical Engineering for 2004
were awarded to Joseph E. Graziosi and Paul J. Rau.
ECE Department Design 2 (ECE595) Third Place
Award. Multi-Layered Network Architecture to Defend
DDOS Attack. Matt Reiter, Ann Nguyen, Matthew
Reiter, Vibhu Vijayachandran, Pavankunar Munaganti,
and Dheeshana Kaluarachchi. Advisor: Dr. Kamesh
Namuduri.
The ECE Department Outstanding M.S. Student Award
for 2004 was awarded to Raminder Pal Mann.
The ECE Department Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award
for 2004 was awarded to Nizar Tayem.
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ECE Faculty Report
(for the calendar year 2003)
K.R. Namuduri, “Feature Preserving Image
Compression,” Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 24, pp.
2767-2776, November 2003.
Journal Papers
Bing Wang and Hyuck M. Kwon, “PN Code Acquisition
Using Smart Antenna for Spread Spectrum Wireless
Communications – Part I,” IEEE Transactions on
Vehicular Technology, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 142-149,
January 2003.
J. Zhao, F.J. Meyer, F. Lombardi, and N. Park,
“Maximal Diagnosis of Interconnects of Random Access
Memories,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. 52,
no. 4, pp. 423-434, December 2003.
Bing Wang and Hyuck M. Kwon, “PN Code Acquisition
for DS-CDMA Systems Employing Smart Antennas –
Part II,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 108-117, January
2003.
Y.J. Lee, T. Kane, J.-J. Lim, L. Schiano, Y.-B. Kim, F.J.
Meyer, F. Lombardi, and S. Max, “Analysis and
Measurement of Timing Jitter Induced by Radiated EMI
Noise in Automatic Test Equipment,” IEEE
Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.
52, no. 6, pp. 1749-1755, December 2003.
K.H. Shim and M.E. Sawan, “Reduction of Computing
Time in Aircraft Control by Delta Operating Singular
Perturbation Technique,” J. of Korean Society for
Aeronautical & Space Sciences (In Korean), vol. 31, no.
4, April 2003.
Conference Papers
Kamesh Namuduri, “A Comprehensive Framework for
Screening and Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy,”
Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN)
Meeting, St. Francisville, LA, January 31 - February 2,
2003.
R. Pendse, S. Anantanarayana, and R. Bhagavathula,
“Measurement of Fax Quality on a Fax over IP
Network,” International Journal of Computer
Applications, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 73-82, June 2003.
T. Immich, Ravi Bhagavathuls, and R. Pendse,
“Performance Analysis of Five Interprocess
Communication Mechanisms Across UNIX Operating
Systems,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 68, no.
1, pp. 27-43, October 2003.
Phanikrishna Gomatom and Ward Jewell, “Fuel
Parameter and Quality Constraints on Fuel Supply and
Distribution Systems for Optimal Performance of Micro
Turbines and Fuel Cell Based DG Units,” Power
Systems 2003 Conference, Distributed Generation and
Advanced Metering, Clemson University, March 12-14,
2003.
S.K. Jayaweera and H.V. Poor, “Capacity of Multipleantenna Systems with both Receiver and Transmitter
Channel State Information,” IEEE Transactions on
Information Theory, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 2697-2709,
October 2003.
Larry D. Paarmann and Vinay Subbarao, “A MASH
Architecture which Implements a Two-Stage
Butterworth Highpass NTF in Delta-Sigma Data
Converters,” International Signal Processing
Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 31 – April 3, 2003.
W.Y. Feng, F.J. Meyer, and F. Lombardi, “Adaptive
Algorithms for Maximal Diagnosis of Wiring
Interconnects,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.
52, no. 10, pp 1259-1270, October 2003.
Larry D. Paarmann and Sabitha Darsi, “A Cascode
Architecture which Implements a Fourth-Order
Chebyshev Type II Highpass NTF in Delta-Sigma Data
Converters,” International Signal Processing
Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 31 – April 3, 2003.
F.J. Meyer and N. Park, “Predicting Defect-Tolerant
Yield in the Embedded Core Context,” IEEE
Transactions on Computers, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 14701479, November 2003.
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Science and Technology (SPIE), pp. 840-848, San Diego,
CA, August 3-8, 2003.
Youssef H. Atris and Larry D. Paarmann, “Hybrid RSDCyclic-Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converter
Architecture,”
International Signal Processing
Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 31 – April 3, 2003.
N. Wanichworananat and R. Pendse, “A Traffic
Engineering Approach Employing Genetic Algorithms
over MPLS Networks,” Proceedings of the JCIS,
Raleigh, NC, September 2003.
Bagawan S. Nugroho, Raja D. Balakrishnan, Hyuck
Kwon, and Dong H. Kang, “PN Code Tracking for
STBC Transmit Diversity RAKE Receivers in Closely
Spaced Multipath Environments,” IEEE 57th Fall
Vehicular Technology Conference, pp. 2599-2603, Jeju
Island, Korea, April 22-25, 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Aircraft Wire Harness
Shield Degradation Study,” 7th Joint FAA/DOD/NASA
Conference on Aging Aircraft, New Orleans, LA,
September 2003.
Kamesh Namuduri, H.W. Thompson, and M.E. Hartnett,
“A Multiscale-Multiresolution Method for Automated
Retinal Feature Detection,” Association for Research in
Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Conference, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL, May 4-9, 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Aircraft Electrical
Shielding Degradation Study of Loosened Connector
Backshells,” 7th Joint FAA/DOD/NASA Conference on
Aging Aircraft, New Orleans, LA, September 2003.
P. Best and S. Skinner, “Improved Mathematical Model
for Scheduling Single Hop Local WDM Networks,”
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Baltimore,
MD, June 5, 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Electrical
Measurement Comparison for Shielding Inspection,” 7th
Joint FAA/DOD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft,
New Orleans, LA, September 2003.
Tish Best, Kamesh Namuduri, and Ravi Pendse,
“Quantitative Analysis of Security Protocols in Wireless
Networks,” IEEE Information Assurance Workshop, pp.
290-291, West Point, NY, June 18-20, 2003.
K. Khan and S.R. Skinner, “Alternate Methods for
Measuring Loop Resistance of a Shielded Wire Bundle,”
7th Joint FAA/DOD/NASA Conference on Aging
Aircraft, New Orleans, LA, September 2003.
C. Cetinkaya, M.C. Chan, and Y.J. Lin, “Aggregate
Based Resource Allocation with Rerouting,” IEEE ISCC,
Antalya, Turkey, June 30 – July 3, 2003.
J. O’Loughlin and S.R. Skinner, “General Aviation
Lightning Strike Report and Protection Study,”
International Conference on Lightning and Static
Electricity (ICOLSE), Blackpool, UK, September 2003.
S. Gorde, N. Thanthry, and R. Pendse, “TCP State Based
Service Differentiation in Wireless Networks,”
Proceedings of OPNETWORKS, Washington, DC,
August 2003.
H. Hashempour, F.J. Meyer, F. Lombardi, and F. Karimi,
“Hybrid Multisite Testing at Manufacturing,” IEEE
International Test Conference, pp. 927-936, Charlotte,
NC, September 2003.
N. Thanthry, A. Jasti, and R. Pendse, “Issues in
Deploying Wireless Networks,” Proceedings of
OPNETWORKS, Washington, DC, August 2003.
P. Best and R. Pendse, “Enhanced Mobility Protocol for
Wireless Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE VTC,
Orlando, FL, October 2003.
A. Jasti, A. Kalamkar, and R. Pendse, “DSL vs. Cable:
A Comprehensive Comparison,” Proceedings of
OPNETWORKS, Washington, DC, August 2003.
P. Best, S. Gundeti, and R. Pendse, “Self-Learning Ad
Hoc Routing Protocol,” Proceedings of the IEEE VTC,
Orlando, FL, October 2003.
D. Joshi, N. Thanthry, K. Namuduri, and R. Pendse,
“Implementation of Coordinated Multihop Scheduling in
OPNET,” Proceedings of OPNETWORKS, Washington,
DC, August 2003.
R. Bhagavathula, N. Thanthry, K. Namuduri, and R.
Pendse, “Issues With Nested Mobility,” Proceedings of
the IEEE VTC, Orlando, FL, October 2003.
K.R. Namuduri, “On the Choice of Wavelet in Image
Compression,” International Symposium on Optical
S.K. Jayaweera and H.V. Poor, “Performance Analysis
of Decorrelating Decision Feedback Detection for
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Raja D. Balakrishnan and Hyuck M. Kwon, “A New
Inverse Problem Based Approach for Azimuthal DOA
Estimation,” IEEE Globecom, December 1-5, 2003.
MIMO Systems in Rician Fading,” IEEE WPMC,
Yokosuka, Japan, October 2003.
Ward Jewell, “Availability of Test and Operation Data
for Distributed Energy Resources,” Frontiers of Power,
pp. I-1 – I-6, Oklahoma State University, October 2003.
Technical Reports
K. Ramakrishnan, K.R. Namuduri, and S.K. Jayaweera,
“Multi-priority Video Partitioning for CDMA Based
Communication Systems,” IEEE Veh. Tech. Conf.,
Orlando, FL, October 6-9, 2003.
Hyuck Kwon, “Maximin Algorithm with Optimal StepLength Estimation (MOSTLE) for Frequency-Hopping
Systems,” US Army – DEPSCoR Progress Report, 68
pages, March 2003.
N. Thanthry, R. Bhagavathula, R. Pendse, and K. R.
Namuduri, “Issues with Hierarchical Mobility,” IEEE
Veh. Tech. Conf., Orlando, FL, October 6-9, 2003.
Hyuck Kwon, “PN Code Tracking and BER with
Multiple Antenna Elements in Closely Spaced Multipath
Environments,” Samsung Electronics Information &
Telecommunication R&D Center, Suwon, Korea,
Progress Report, 40 pages, March 2003.
N. Thanthry, R. Pendse, and K.R. Namuduri, “Ad-Hoc
Nodes and Internet Connectivity using Pseudo-wire
Interfaces,” IEEE Veh. Tech. Conf., Orlando, FL,
October 6-9, 2003.
Hyuck Kwon, “DOA Estimation using Iterative Least
Square Approach,” Samsung Electronics Information &
Telecommunication R&D Center, Suwon, Korea,
Progress Report, 38 pages, April 2003.
Nizar Tayem and Hyuck M. Kwon, “CONJUGATE
ESPRIT (C-SPRIT),” IEEE Military Communications
Conference, Boston, MA, October 13-16, 2003.
Hyuck Kwon, “PN Code Tracking for STBC Transmit
Diversity RAKE Receivers in Closely Spaced Multipath
Environments,” Samsung Electronics Information &
Telecommunication R&D Center, Suwon, Korea,
Progress Report, 22 pages, April 2003.
Bagawan S. Nugroho and Hyuck M. Kwon, “Adaptive
Modulation for Space Time Trellis Codes,” IEEE
Military Communications Conference, Boston, MA,
October 13-16, 2003.
Hyuck Kwon, Raja Balakrishnan, and Bagawan
Nugroho, “DOA Estimation and Downlink Beam Study
for 3GPP,” Samsung Electronics Information &
Telecommunication R&D Center, Suwon, Korea, Final
Report, 230 pages, June 2003.
Raja D. Balakrishnan and Hyuck M. Kwon, “New Beamsteering Algorithms using DELSA for FrequencyHopping Systems,” IEEE Military Communications
Conference, Boston, MA, October 13-16, 2003.
F.M. Zhang, Y.J. Lee, T. Kane, L. Schiano, M.
Momenzadeh, Y.B. Kim, F.J. Meyer, F. Lombardi, S.
Max, and P. Perkinson, “A Digital and Wide Power
Bandwidth H-Field Generator for Automatic Test
Equipment,” IEEE International Symposium on Defect
and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, pp. 159-166,
Cambridge, MA, November 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Aircraft Wiring
Harness Shield Degradation Study,” Federal Aviation
Administration, Final Report, 96 pages, August 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Shield Degradation
Effects of Loosened Connector Backshells of Aircraft
Wiring Harnesses,” Federal Aviation Administration,
Final Report, 39 pages, August 2003.
Raja D. Balakrishnan and Hyuck M. Kwon, “Estimation
of Channel Parameters using Iterative Least Squares
Approach for W-CDMA and UWB Systems,” 37th
Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and
Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 9-12, 2003.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “Comparison of Various
Impedance Measurement Techniques and Field Survey
of FADED Shield Integrity of In-service Aircraft,”
Federal Aviation Administration, Final Report, 38 pages,
August 2003.
S.K. Jayaweera and H.V. Poor, “MIMO Capacity Results
for Rician Fading Channels,” IEEE Globecom, San
Francisco, CA, December 2003.
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department took the initiative in developing four new
courses and collaborated with the Computer Science
department in enhancing some of their existing courses
to include security related topics. Kamesh Namuduri,
Ravi Pendse, and Coskun Cetinkaya, from the
ECE department, and Prakash Ramanan and Chin-Chih
Chang, from the CS department, contributed to these
efforts. The Committee on National Systems Security
(CNSS) at the National Security Agency (NSA)
evaluated and certified that our courses in the area of
Networks and Information Security include specific
elements of 4011 standard for Information Assurance
(IA) professionals. Kamesh Namuduri and Ravi Pendse
represented Wichita State University in the annual CNSS
conference held during April 8 -10, 2003 and received
the certificate of recognition. This certificate was signed
by John Stenbit, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Command, Control, and Communications.
S.R. Skinner and J. O’Loughlin, “General Aviation
Lightning Strike Report and Protection Level Study,”
Federal Aviation Administration, Final Report, 30 pages,
August 2003.
K.R. Namuduri, “Synergistic Integration of Image and
Text Features,” WSU - UCRA, 5 pages, October 2003.
Ravi Pendse, “Aviation Security,” NIS, Final Report, 75
pages, December 2003.
Ravi Pendse, “Aviation Security,” CISCO, Final Report,
15 pages, December 2003.
ECE Faculty Patents Awarded
Yoo S. Song and Hyuck M. Kwon, “Smart Antennas for
IMT-2000 Code Division Multiple Access Wireless
Communications,” US patent issued with number
6,587,451, July 1, 2003.
Kamesh Namuduri received the Global Learning –
Excellence in Technological Innovation Award – 2003,
by WSU for the work done in the Remote Laboratory
Project with Prof. David Koert.
Ravi Pendse was awarded the Outstanding Educator
Award from the College of Engineering for Excellence
in Continuing Education.
ECE Faculty Conference Session Chairs
Larry D. Paarmann, Session Organizer and Session
Chair, session on data converters, International Signal
Processing Conference, March 31 – April 3, 2003,
Dallas, Texas.
ECE Faculty Research Funding
Elizabeth Behrman (PI), S, Han (PI), James Steck (PI),
and Steven Skinner (PI), “Theoretical and Experimental
Investigation of Quantum Neural Computing,” NSF,
$400,000.
ECE Faculty Awards
Sudharman Jayaweera, Assistant Professor, ECE
Department, Wichita State University, and H. Vincent
Poor, Professor, Princeton University, won the Best
Paper Award, at the Sixth International Symposium on
Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications,
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, in October 2003, for their
paper: S.K. Jayaweera, and H.V. Poor, “Performance
Analysis of Decorrelating Decision Feedback Detection
for MIMO Systems in Rician Fading.”
Coskun Cetinkaya, “Opportunistic
Scheduler,” WSU-ORA, $3,000.
Multi-path
Gorur (PI) and Ward Jewell (CI), “A Novel Approach
for Prioritizing Maintenance of Underground Cables,”
PSERC, $15,000.
Ward Jewell received the WSU Engineering Student
Council Polished Professor Award.
Thomas Hrycak (PI) and Hyuck Kwon (CI), “An Inverse
Problem Approach to Channel Estimation in Wireless
Communication Systems,” WSU: Multidisciplinary
Research Project Award, $2,250.
Wichita State University received a formal recognition
for its efforts in adding several courses in the area of
Information Assurance and Security to its existing
curriculum. The Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sudharman Jayaweera (PI), Kamesh Namuduri (CI), and
D. Gruenbacher (CI), “High Performance Wireless
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Communications Using Multiple Antenna Arrays,”
Kansas NASA EPSCoR, $107,495.
Ravi Pendse (PI), “Aviation Security,” Cisco Systems,
$100,000.
Sudharman Jayaweera (PI), “Distributed and
Collaborative Signal Processing for Wireless Ad-Hoc
Sensor Networks with Aviation-Related Applications,”
NIAR Fellowship Program, $3,500.
Kamesh Namuduri (PI), Coskun Cetinkaya (CI), Ravi
Pendse (CI), Prakash Ramanan (CI), and Chin-Chih
Chang (CI), “SFS Capacity Building: Enhancing the IAS
(Information Assurance and Security) Curriculum at
Wichita State University,” NSF: Division of
Undergraduate Education, $200,000.
Sudharman Jayaweera (PI), “Energy-Aware,
Collaborative Signal Processing for Wireless Ad-Hoc
Sensor Networks,” WSU-ORA, $4,500.
Kamesh Namuduri (PI), Sudharman Jayaweera (CI),
Ravi Pendse (CI), and Paul York (CI), “Innovative
Learning – Secure and Robust Multimedia Services over
Wired and Wireless Networks,” WSU Information
Technology Grants, $50,000.
Ward Jewell (PI), “Evaluation of Distributed Electric
Energy Storage and Generation,” NSF, $50,000.
Ward Jewell (PI), “Undergraduate Research Experience:
Evaluation of Distributed Electric Energy Storage and
Generation,” NSF, $6,000.
Kamesh Namuduri (PI), “Synergistic Integration of
Image and Text Features,” WSU UCRA, $4,000.
Ward Jewell (PI) and McCalley (CI), “Risk-Based
Maintenance Resource Allocation for Distribution
System Reliability Enhancement,” PSERC, $25,000.
John O’Loughlin (PI) and Steven Skinner (PI), “Direct
and Indirect Lightning Effects in Composite Fuselages,”
State of Kansas, $75,000.
Hyuck Kwon (PI), “Smart Antenna for Future US Army
Frequency-Hopping Communications Systems,” US
Army Research DEPSCoR, $306,000.
John O’Loughlin (PI) and Steven Skinner (PI),
“Continued Lightning Protection Integrity of Aircraft
and Systems – Phase II,” Federal Aviation
Administration, $180,000.
Hyuck Kwon (PI), and Sudharman Jayaweera (CI),
“DOA Estimation and Downlink Beam Study for 3
GPP,” Samsung Electronics, $58,000.
John O’Loughlin (PI) and Steven Skinner (PI),
“Continued Lightning Protection Integrity of Aircraft
and Systems – Phase III,” Federal Aviation
Administration, $200,000.
Hyuck Kwon (PI) and Sudharman Jayaweera (CI), “PN
Code Tracking and BER with Multiple Antenna
Elements in Closely Spaced Multipath Environment,”
Samsung Electronics, $58,632.
John O’Loughlin (PI) and Steven Skinner (PI),
“Continued Lightning Protection Integrity of Aircraft
and Systems – Phase IV,” Federal Aviation
Administration, $135,000.
Larry D. Paarmann, “Mixed-Signals Integrated Circuits
and Signal Processing Program Software Donation
Request,” Mentor Graphics, $37M in-kind.
Steven Skinner (PI) and James Steck (PI), “Paint
Thickness Measurement over Composites,” State of
Kansas, $70,000.
Larry D. Paarmann (PI), “New Architectures for DeltaSigma Data Converters,” WSU URCA, $4,500.
James Steck (PI), K. Rokhsaz (CI), and Kamesh
Namuduri (CI), “Advanced Flight Control Systems
Safety and Certification Aspects,” Raytheon Aircraft,
$100,000.
Ravi Pendse (PI) and Kamesh Namuduri (CI), “NetworkBased Aviation Security,” NIAR/Industry/State Research
Program, $75,000.
James Steck (PI), K. Rokhsaz (CI), and Kamesh
Namuduri (CI), “Advanced Flight Control Systems
Development for Safety Enhancements and Certification
Aspects,” Federal Aviation Authority, $150,000.
Ravi Pendse (PI), “Web Based Storage,” LSI Logic,
$24,000.
Ravi Pendse, “GTA Support,” Cisco Systems, $50,000.
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Faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Coskun Cetinkaya, Assistant Professor, Computer
Networks and Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Ph.D. Rice University, 2002
Dr. Sudharman Jayaweera, Assistant Professor, Digital
Communications, Information Theory, and Signal Processing
Ph.D. Princeton University, 2003
Dr. Ward Jewell, Professor, Power Systems
and Power Quality
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
Dr. Hyuck Kwon, Professor, Professor,
Wireless and Mobile Communications
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Dr. Fred “Jackie” Meyer, Assistant Professor,
Computer Design, VLSI Testing and Yield Analysis
Ph. D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dr. Kamesh Namuduri, Assistant Professor,
Information Security and Image Processing
Ph.D. University of South Florida
John O’Loughlin, Associate Professor,
Director of CAD/CAM Lab, NIAR
M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Steven Skinner, Associate Professor,
Optics and Neural Networks
Ph.D. University of Iowa
Dr. Larry D. Paarmann, Associate Professor,
Mixed-Signals Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
Ph.D. Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Asrat Teshome, Associate Professor,
Power Electronics and Power Systems
Ph.D. Cornell University
Dr. Ravi Pendse, Associate Professor, Computer Networks,
Director of Advanced Networking Research Center
Ph.D. Wichita State University
Dr. Paul York, Professor,
Avionics, Signal Processing and Communications
Ph.D. Texas A&M University
Dr. Edwin Sawan, Professor and Department Chair,
Control Systems,
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana
Dr. John Watkins, Associate Professor,
Control Systems
Ph.D. Ohio State University