Summer 2005 Awards:

(Selected from 11 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Engineering Excellence Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Joe Kunst and Adam Reinke (Power Line Communications)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Daniel Yao (Piano Synthesis by Digital Waveguides)

Spring 2005 Awards:

(Selected from 44 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Shivani Jain and Jason Skowronski (Ultra Power Glove 3000)
Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois.	Jessica Asinugo and Tushar Mehrotra (Prototype for a micro plasma unit)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Rachel Adaniya, Kristin Jones, and Jason Witek (Thrill Ride Enhancement: Seat Sensors)
Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process.	Farsheed Hamidi-Toosi, Anthony Mangognia, and Alex Spektor (Touchpad-Controlled Parametric Equalizer)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution.	Kyle Cline, Wes McClain, and Rich Walther (RFID-based parking meter system)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Hyun Jeong and Jason Mitchell (Disturbance detection system) Adam Ariffin, Alvaro Gutierrez, and Nija Joshi (Weatherized Coats)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Art + Music	Andy Latham, Omar Khan, and Daniel Pfeiffer (Continuous-frequency Synthesizer)
Area Award: Bioengineering	Robert Slavicek and Andrew Wassef (EOG for REM sleep detection)
Area Award: Controls	Grace Chi, Joshua A. Hausbach, and Brian Hunter (Segbot)
Area Award: Embedded Systems	Sung Taek Kim and David Werner (Consumer-Oriented ECM scanner)
Area Award: Radio Frequency	Ryan Hubbard and David Ng (Portable NMR magnet)
Area Award: Robotics	Allan Rudwick, David Schmitz, and Robert Tao (Controller for PaintBOT) Tao Shen and Aurthur Tang (CheckerBot)
Area Award: Sensors	Jerome Kao and Bryan Ko (Data Recorder for SIDS Research)
Area Award: Wireless	Christos Bais, Mike Cristiano, and Tim Eggerding (Point-to-Point RF Communication for Wildlife Project)

Fall 2004 Awards:

(Selected from 41 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Mert Dikmen, Seb Neumayer, and Brian Shirley (Bird Accelerometer II)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Kuangwei Hwang, Diane Limsui, and Lianhan Zhao (Wireless Heart Attack Detector with GPS)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Stuart Chen and Matthew Gore (Intelligent Thermostat)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Bioengineering	Nick Chang and Vikas Gupta (PS/2 mouse control using EOG/EMG signals)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Tejash Patel and Nishad Soni (Motion detection using a camera) Geoffrey Herman, Thomas A Miller, and Stephen Stetak (Monophonic music to midi/sheet music)
Area Award: Electromagnetics	Joe Banasiak and Jeremy Seuring (Car rooftop antenna)
Area Award: Embedded Systems	Ishaan Gupta and Akhilesh Khanna (Image compression on FPGA)
Area Award: Power	Atiya Ismail and Punam Mahajan (Developing a low cost charge controller)
Area Award: Teamwork	Jonathan F. Bean, Gregory P. Hudson, and Ryan P. Marry (The Freedom Chair)

Spring 2004 Awards:

(Selected from 44 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Michelle Graden and Edgar Roman (Demonstration Circuit for Blackout Mitigation)
Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois.	Uppiliappan Krishnamachari (Vertical Cavity Laser with Top Dielectric Mirror Stack)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Michael Hoffmann, Karen Wang, and Chun-Yi Wei (CD Controller/Playing Device for the Handicapped)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution.	Jon Donenberg and Barry Horwitz (Electronic Weightlifting Spotter)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Robert Schoonover, Ryan Simpson, and Hans Voigt (Active Car Seat Baby Protection)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Margaret Hsu and Arjun Kulothungun (MIDI FM Synthesizer)
Area Award: Power	David Maggio, Laurel Bolhouse, and Natalie Robles (A Power Budget for Field Gear)
Area Award: Robotics	Jason Ching, Michael Mar, and Clayton Chan (Acoustical Beam Forming Car) Michael Hendrickson, Nick Keating, and Greg McRobbie (Autonomous Vehicle System)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Forest Dixon and Kurt Cimino (Low Temperature Characterization of Sub-micron Transistors)
Area Award: Sensors	Joseph Beard and Michael Caro (Cell Culture Monitor)

Fall 2003 Awards:

(Selected from 36 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Antonios Giannopoulos (Photonic Crystal Waveguides)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Suneil Hosmane, Ethan Byrd (IR LED Matrix Controller) Graham Alvey, Noah Hughes, Yi Zhang (Narrowband RF Receiver)
Best Designer - This award goes to the person that exemplifies the engineering design process.	Rodrigo Martinez Duarte (Photometer for the TEST nanosat)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Richard Cantzler, Grant Farrand (Wireless KAVM Switch)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Greg Sorenson, Robert McKenzie, John Flink (Bird Accelerameter)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Patrick Aucher, Mark Paul (DSP Pulse Detection System)
Area Award: Robotics	Matt Pennell, William Jonatan, Hubert Hu (Glove-Controller Lunar Construction Robot)
Area Award: Sensors	Keith Thompson (Liquid Li Level Monitor)

Spring 2003 Awards:

(Selected from 42 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Emily Wu and Sri Parvathaneni (Smart Parking)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Kevin Meneou (Antimonide Materials)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Tyrus DeJarnett and Mark Griffith (Positionally "A Wearable" System)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Jon Boley, John Horstman and Paul Carlson (Audio Spatializer)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Controls	Michael Frutiger and Charles Kim (Digital Autopilot Test Platform)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	John Bang and Michael Kelly (Vocal Pitch Correction)
Area Award: Electromagnetics	Xiaobo Zhao, Peter Chen and Jiajun Wang (Robotic Tracker)
Area Award: Power	Brett Nee, Paulus Yulianto and Dane Barhoover (F.E.C. 500 Watt, 3-Phase Inverter) Mark Wu and Matt Pagendarm (F.E.C. PF Corrected Input Boost Rectifier)
Area Award: RF	Paul Lee and Garvin Cung (RF/Microwave Circuit for Phase Shifting in Phased Antenna Arrays)
Area Award: Robotics	Niraj Nayak and David Yang (Robotic Maze Solver)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Nick McDonnell and Jay Pasquesi (Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Using Cobalt)
Area Award: Teamwork	Jeffrey Cheng, Chris Chang and Jeff Bruggemann (Parking Meter Enforcer)

Fall 2002 Awards:

(Selected from 26 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Joon Hyung Chung (Differential Pair Crosstalk Study)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Joseph Rutherford and John Bertram (Underground Utility Detection)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Girish Mulye, Kevin Changela and Hamza Rampurawala (Wireless Glove Commander)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Jeffrey Rodenkirch (Battery Charge Limiter and Calibration/Test Fixture)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Jason Mariquina, Siev Ty Ear and Ross Sayre (Estimated Time of Arrival System for Campus Buses)
Area Award: Power	Jeffrey Rodenkirch (Battery Charge Limiter and Calibration/Test Fixture)
Area Award: Remote Sensing	Jason T. Bryan and Andrew M. McAllister (Autonomous Sensor Platform)

Spring 2002 Awards:

(Selected from 42 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Steve Lapen, Nithin Cherian and Nick Sears (High Power Bass Amplifier)
Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Philip King, Suketu Kamdar and Ryan Wang (Portable Function Generator and Power Supply) Patrick Toops, Micheal Roessler and Owen Doyle (Active Battery Life Test System)
Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process.	Stephan Nalywajko and Brian York (Non-lethal Electrical Defense)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Samit Patel, Jerry Kao and Nick Bafaloukos (Relative Localization of GPS Tracked Vehicles Communicating Through a Wireless LAN)
Area Award: Controls	Wojciech Indyk and Slawomir Kielian (Electromagnetic X-Y Coordinate Programmable Positioning System)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Joseph Wicks and Benjamin Etling (Digital Pitch Harmonizer)
Area Award: Electromagnetics	Meghan Bradley (Magnetic Field Imaging System for ICs)
Area Award: Power	Darnell Smith, Shaun Anders, Ryan Niemerg (Low Voltage Fuel Cell Converter Group A) Jennifer Urbance and Sheila Ray (Low Voltage Fuel Cell Converter Group B)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Kirk Price and Ann Lehman (Simulation and Design of GaN-based Schottky Junctions)

Fall 2001 Awards:

(Selected from 26 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Piortr Kondratko (Scanning Optical Microscope for VCSEL Characterization)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Grant Hamada and Shailesh Ingale (PC/Caller ID Convergence)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	John Hebda, Bill Ho and Jeff Vyduna (Mobile Choons)
Best Teamwork - This award goes to the group that exemplified team effort.	John Hebda, Bill Ho and Jeff Vyduna (Mobile Choons)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Controls	Anand Babu, Jim Gill and Esther Yow (Fuel-efficient Cruise Control)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Brad Griffis, Sung Kim and Ron Roth (Voice Activated Switch)
Area Award: Sensors	Scott Oetke and Alan Wu (Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle with Ultrasound Remote Sensing)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Timothy Day and Tyrone Hill (Feasibility of Carbon Nanotube Circuits)

Spring 2001 Awards:

(Selected from 50 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Nam Cho and Jinwoo Kim (3-D Interactive Exercise / Game Hardware) Kin Ma and Joseph Lee (3-D Interactive Exercise / Game Hardware)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Todd Michael Konecny, Insoo Shin and Jay Michael Burgett (Digital Audio Controller 2302)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Brian Kominiarek and Dima Moussa (Wireless Handshaker)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Sean Davis and Kevin McMahon (Surround Sound Decoder) Preston White, Viron Soni and Chris Shank (Automobile Performance Meter)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Courtney Koberg and Mazen Ghalayini (Ethernet to Optical Link)
Area Award: Controls	John Szwast, Marci Meingast and Lillian Chan (Bench Top Unwind)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Erik Stauffer, Dhaval Patel and Joseph Golat (BPSK RF Transmitter)
Area Award: Optics	Michael Bastin and Patrick Cox (Compact Semiconductor Laser Microphone and RF Transmitter)
Area Award: Power	Todd Grotbeck and Paul T. Kim (Automotive Electrical System)
Area Award: RF	Judy Feng, Varun Juneja and Lawrence Elugbadebo (Low-noise Dielectric Resonator Oscillator)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Curry Taylor and Michael McCoy (Design and Fabrication of GaP / Al-oxide DBRs for use in RCLEDs and VCSELs)

Fall 2000 Awards:

(Selected from 41 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Jason LaPenta and Jason Moschella (Vision controlled R/C car and motorcycle)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Graham Field and Ben Voegeli (Optical data link)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Eric Levene and Matthew Lieber (GPS range finder)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Cary Radebaugh, Sarah Stuckey and Nikhil Tilwalli (MP3 to wave decoder)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Education and Teamwork	Amy Devine, Catherine Harkwicke and Brian Pearson (Instrument games)
Area Award: Communications	Nicholas Wang, Michael Reddick and William Chung (Digital transmitter/receiver pair using CDMA)
Area Award: Controls	Nathan Schneider and Justin Fleming (Phone operated home control system)
Area Award: Robotics	Ryan Goedken and David Llorens (Jerry Sanders Design Competition)

Spring 2000 Awards:

(Selected from 65 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Mike Burns, Eric Harter, and Mark Rovedo (Analog/digital guitar multi-effects device)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	John Liaw and Wojciech Magda (Electronic fight judge)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Jayesh Shah, Neil Shah, and Punyabrata Ray (Talking GPS locator)
Most Marketable Hardware - This award goes to the hardware project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Tom Mathew, Dawnell Williams, and Andrew Whiting (Telemonitoring unit)
Most Marketable Software - This award goes to the software project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Tom Mathew, Dawnell Williams, and Andrew Whiting (Web based ICQ client)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Ben Wild and Josh Reynolds (Two-way radios for the hearing impaired)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Peter Shargo and Greg Bishop (MIDI synthesizer)
Area Award: Education	Jesse Chen and Yang Zheng (ECE210 in Labview)
Area Award: Optics	Falgun Kotadia and Allen Biros (CD emitter/detector)
Area Award: Power	Andy Vancourt, Brian Westendorf, and Christy Westendorf (Variable input, multiple output AC-DC power supply)
Area Award: Semiconductors	Jerry Hitchcock, Jack Huynh, and Newton Cheng (GaN wet etching optimization)
Area Award: Web	Dan Chen and Jeff Feng (Web locker)

Fall 1999 Awards:

(Selected from 30 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Christine Woo and Salizah Abdul-Aziz (Laser Diode Fabrication and Testing)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Joey R. Guerra, Juan M. Herrera, and George Valdovinos (Micropatch Antenna Array)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Gary Chen and Otto Lee (Web Based Student Registration)
Most Marketable Hardware - This award goes to the hardware project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Kevin Duda and Brian C. Huang (CD based MP3 Player)
Most Marketable Software - This award goes to the software project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Aron Fay and Robert Waldrop (Worklite Collaborative Word Processor)
Area Awards	Recipients
Teamwork Award	Chanda D. Allen, Seung Han, and Daniel Moges (Motorcyclist Safety Helmet) Grace Yan, Jeff Farris, and Takwah Tsang (Intelligent Group Management Website)

Summer 1999 Awards:

(Selected from 13 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Bill Leece and Sofoklis Nikiforos (Heart Rate Monitor and Data Aquisition System))
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Brian Krejcark and Marcelo Saraiva (N/A)
Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day.	Matthew Hinterscher, Ari Pernick, and Michael Upham (Home of the Future - Network/PC)

Spring 1999 Awards:

(Selected from 62 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion.	Stefan Mahlknecht and Michael Brown (Laser Modem)
Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner.	Han Wui Then and Boon Wah Kwan (GPS-guided Directional Antenna)
Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem.	Alex Chu and Everest Chiu (Mouse Controlled by Eye) Chris Hawk, Shawn Purnell, and Danielle Smith (Electronic Guitar Tuner)
Teamwork Award - This award go to the teams that worked with others extraordinarily well in the opinion of their Teaching Assistant.	Tim Conrad and Kevin Fuller (Dream Machine: An Enhanced Alarm Clock) Choong W. Lee, Qinyi Mary Jiang, and James H. Lee (Wireless Remote Control Camera)
Area Awards	Recipients
Area Award: Communications	Jon Spychalski, Sara Carroll, and Marc Gibbert (Home Phone Network)
Area Award: Digital Signal Processing	Erik Wise and Yiftach Eisenberg (Voice Activated Speed Dial)
Area Award: Microelectronics	Heng Jiunn Benjamin and Choon Beng Ang (Passivation of III-V Compounds)
Area Award: Wireless	Karel Vlasak and Michael Burton (Radio Receiver)
Area Award: Power	Syed Abdul and David Urbasic (Universal Power Converter)
Area Award: Special	Ashish Pandya and Justin Guinney (Call Alert)

Fall 1998 Awards:

(Selected from 46 Projects)

Special Awards	Recipients
Ernst Award - This award is given out by the ECE department to a student who has performed exceptional experimental work in one of our instructional lab courses.	Joe Willenborg ("Moon Shade")