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Researchers within College of Engineering receive CAREER awards
Each recipient is given $400,000 minimum to perform educational research
Kate Welter
Issue date: 10/21/09 Section: News
By Kate Welter
The Daily Barometer
Five OSU researchers within the College of Engineering were presented with the National Science Foundation CAREER awards this year, which puts OSU in the number 11 spot in the nation for the amount of awards given to engineering and computer science faculty.
Prior to 2009, no more than three OSU professors within the engineering department had received a CAREER award in the same year. By winning the award, each member is provided with a minimum of $400,000 to perform new research with an educational element.
"The CAREER award process works by having faculty members apply using federal grants in order to try to get their research funded," said Tracy Ann Robinson, the marketing liaison in the College of Engineering. "The National Science Foundation is one of the biggest funding organizations for junior faculty members."
This year's CAREER award recipients included assistant professors Ted Brekken, Bechir Hamdaoui and Thinh Nguyen from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Michael Scott from the School of Civil and Constructional Engineering, and Desiree Tullos from the department of biological and ecological engineering.
According to the National Science Foundation website, the CAREER awards are the "most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations."
"We are very proud. It's a wonderful recognition to the value of the great skills that our faculty holds," said Jim Lundy, the executive associate dean for the College of Engineering.
Each of the five assistant professors plan on continuing with their research within each of their specific departments.
Brekken is hoping to reduce the reliance on fossil-based power by studying the different solutions on how to take electricity from renewable resources to the power grid. Hamdaoui is working on designing algorithms for newer wireless cognitive networks. Nguyen wants to create network coding theories and practices to make technology like the Internet and other wireless networks quicker and more dependable so that the public will eventually be able to watch high-resolution videos over these sources.
The Daily Barometer
Five OSU researchers within the College of Engineering were presented with the National Science Foundation CAREER awards this year, which puts OSU in the number 11 spot in the nation for the amount of awards given to engineering and computer science faculty.
Prior to 2009, no more than three OSU professors within the engineering department had received a CAREER award in the same year. By winning the award, each member is provided with a minimum of $400,000 to perform new research with an educational element.
"The CAREER award process works by having faculty members apply using federal grants in order to try to get their research funded," said Tracy Ann Robinson, the marketing liaison in the College of Engineering. "The National Science Foundation is one of the biggest funding organizations for junior faculty members."
This year's CAREER award recipients included assistant professors Ted Brekken, Bechir Hamdaoui and Thinh Nguyen from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Michael Scott from the School of Civil and Constructional Engineering, and Desiree Tullos from the department of biological and ecological engineering.
According to the National Science Foundation website, the CAREER awards are the "most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations."
"We are very proud. It's a wonderful recognition to the value of the great skills that our faculty holds," said Jim Lundy, the executive associate dean for the College of Engineering.
Each of the five assistant professors plan on continuing with their research within each of their specific departments.
Brekken is hoping to reduce the reliance on fossil-based power by studying the different solutions on how to take electricity from renewable resources to the power grid. Hamdaoui is working on designing algorithms for newer wireless cognitive networks. Nguyen wants to create network coding theories and practices to make technology like the Internet and other wireless networks quicker and more dependable so that the public will eventually be able to watch high-resolution videos over these sources.
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