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Democrats are committed to ensuring all Americans have access to a high-quality education. If our nation is going to remain the world's leader, we must not lag our global competitors in education. Democrats are focused on making higher education and skills training more accessible, reducing high school dropout rates, and providing students with the support they need to secure well-paying jobs.
From day one, the Trump Administration has undermined protections for and disinvested in America's students. President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposes to cut teacher training and literacy programs and reduces funding for the schools and communities most in need. Congressional Republicans have also proposed extreme funding bills that dramatically cut education and job training programs, threatening our ability to build a competitive workforce and help more Americans find good-paying work.
Democrats are fighting to protect families from these harmful cuts and have a strong record of making investments that will strengthen education. During the worst of the Great Recession, Democrats helped prevent 300,000 layoffs of teachers and other important school personnel across our nation - layoffs that would have crowded our classrooms and harmed the quality of our kids' education. We also helped save additional jobs across the country when Congress approved additional aid for K-12 educators in 2010.
While Republicans voted to cut Pell grants, which would affect nearly 10 million students, Democrats have been committed to making higher education more accessible and affordable for students. During the 111th Congress, under a Democratic majority, Democrats increased Pell grants, cut red tape in the loan process and made it easier to repay student loans once students join the workforce. We enacted a major reform bill that ended wasteful taxpayer subsidies to big banks and directed the savings to helping students instead. Democrats also made record investments in community colleges and minority-serving higher education institutions.


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Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects: Characteristic Features for Vision-Based Detection of Contact State Transitions (2003)
This paper deals with the handling of deformable linear objects (DLOs), such as hoses, wires, or leaf springs. It investigates usable features for the vision-based detection of a changing contact situation between a DLO and a rigid polyhedral obstacle and a classification of such contact state transitions. The result is a complete classification of contact state transitions and of the most significant features for each class. This knowledge enables reliable detection of changes in the DLO contact situation, facilitating implementation of sensor-based manipulation skills for all possible contact changes.
Handhabung deformierbarer linearer Objekte: Programmierung mit verschiedenen Manipulation-Skills (2002)
Diese Arbeit beschreibt verschiedene Bewegungsprimitive zur Lösung einiger häufig auftre-tender Probleme bei der Handhabung von deformierbaren linearen Objekten. Anhand der beispielhaften Montage einer Feder wird die Nützlichkeit der verschiedenen Manipulation-Skills im einzelnen, aber auch deren Kombination dargestellt.
Robotergestütztes Fräsen an der lateralen Schädelbasis: Kraft-basierte lokale Navigation bei der Implantatbettanlage (2002)
Die Domäne der Operationsroboter liegt heute in Fräsarbeiten an knöchernen Strukturen. Da Roboter über eine extreme Präzision verfügen und nicht ermüden bietet sich ihr Einsatz ins-besondere bei langwierigen und zugleich hochpräzisen Fräsvorgängen im Bereich der later-alen Schädelbasis an. Aus diesem Grunde wurde ein Verfahren entwickelt, welches aus einer geometrischen Beschreibung des Implantates eine geeignete Fräsbahn errechnet und eine kraftgeregelte Prozesskontrolle des Fräsvorganges implementiert. Mit einem 6*achsigen Knickarmroboter erfolgten die Untersuchungen primär an Tierpräparaten und zur Optimierung an Felsenbeinpräparaten.
Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects: Manipulation Skill for Active Damping of Oscillations (2002)
While handling deformable linear objects (DLOs), such as hoses, wires or leaf springs, with an industrial robot at high speed, unintended and undesired oscillations that delay further operations may occur. This paper analyzes oscillations based on a simple model with one degree of freedom (DOF) and presents a method for active open-loop damping. Different ways to interpret an oscillating DLO as a system with 1 DOF lead to translational and rotational adjustment motions. Both were implemented as a manipulation skill with a sepa-rate program that can be executed immediately after any robot motion. We showed how these manipulation skills can generate the needed adjustment motions automatically based on the readings of a wrist-mounted force/torque sensor. Experiments demonstrated the effectiveness under various conditions.
Point-to-Point Trajectory Planning of Flexible Redundant Robot Manipulators Using Genetic Algorithms (2001)
The paper focuses on the problem of point-to-point trajectory planning for flexible redundant robot manipulators (FRM) in joint space. Compared with irredundant flexible manipulators, a FRM possesses additional possibilities during point-to-point trajectory planning due to its kinematics redundancy. A trajectory planning method to minimize vibration and/or executing time of a point-to-point motion is presented for FRM based on Genetic Algorithms (GAs). Kinematics redundancy is integrated into the presented method as planning variables. Quadrinomial and quintic polynomial are used to describe the segments that connect the initial, intermediate, and final points in joint space. The trajectory planning of FRM is formulated as a problem of optimization with constraints. A planar FRM with three flexible links is used in simulation. Case studies show that the method is applicable.
This article presents contributions in the field of path planning for industrial robots with 6 degrees of freedom. This work presents the results of our research in the last 4 years at the Institute for Process Control and Robotics at the University of Karlsruhe. The path planning approach we present works in an implicit and discretized C-space. Collisions are detected in the Cartesian workspace by a hierarchical distance computation. The method is based on the A* search algorithm and needs no essential off-line computation. A new optimal discretization method leads to smaller search spaces, thus speeding up the planning. For a further acceleration, the search was parallelized. With a static load distribution good speedups can be achieved. By extending the algorithm to a bidirectional search, the planner is able to automatically select the easier search direction. The new dynamic switching of start and goal leads finally to the multi-goal path planning, which is able to compute a collision-free path between a set of goal poses (e.g., spot welding points) while minimizing the total path length.
Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects: Force/torque Sensor-Based Adjustment-Motions For Vibration Elimination (2001)
The vibration induced in a deformable object upon automatic handling by robot manipulators can often be bothersome. This paper presents a force/torque sensor-based method for handling deformable linear objects (DLOs) in a manner suitable to eliminate acute vibration. An adjustment-motion that can be attached to the end of an arbitrary end-effector's trajectory is employed to eliminate vibration of deformable objects. Differently from model-based methods, the presented sensor-based method does not employ any information from previous motions. The adjustment-motion is generated automatically by analyzing data from a force/torque sensor mounted on the robot wrist. Template matching technique is used to find out the matching point between the vibrational signal of the DLO and a template. Experiments are conducted to test the new method under various conditions. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the sensor-based adjustment-motion.
The task of handling non-rigid one-dimensional objects by a robot manipulation system is investigated. Especially, approaches to calculate motions with specific behavior in point contacts between the object and environment are regarded. For single point contacts, motions based on generalized rotations solving the direct and inverse manipulation problem are investigated. The latter problem is additionally tackled by simple rotation and translation motions. For double and multiple point contacts, motions based on Splines are suggested. In experimental results with steel springs, the predicted and measured effect for each approach are compared.
Manipulating Deformable Linear Objects: Attachable Adjustment-Motions for Vibration Reduction (2001)
This paper addresses the problem of handling deformable linear objects (DLOs) in a suitable way to avoid acute vibration. Different types of adjustment-motions that eliminate vibration of deformable objects and can be attached to the end of an arbitrary end-effector trajectory are presented. For describing the dynamics of deformable linear objects, the finite element method is used to derive the dynamic differential equations. Genetic algorithm is used to find the optimal adjustment motion for each simulation example. Experiments are conducted to verify the presented manipulating method.

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Key matchups for Saturday's game between Ohio State and Illinois.
Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde vs. Illinois LB Jonathan Brown
This is a defense that allowed 371 yards on the ground vs. Indiana, 250 against Penn State, 269 to Michigan State, 289 to Wisconsin and 335 vs. Nebraska. Hyde should have his way today. But Brown is on three national awards watch lists and he is 20th in the country in tackles and first in the Big Ten. He is coming off his best game of the season in which he had a sack, two tackles for loss and picked off a pass. The problem for Illinois is, it has only one Jonathan Brown and needs about four more of him. Hyde is hitting his stride. His season high is 168 vs. Northwestern. He could go for 200 today.
Ohio State C Corey Linsley, Gs Andrew Norwell and Marcus Hall vs. Illinois NT Teko Powell
Linsley is responsible for a lot of the line calls, and doesn't often have the guy over him in OSU's read-option offense. Norwell and Hall will find themselves matched up against the 295-pound Powell, who can be disruptive. For Hyde to have a day running the ball, Powell is going to have to be neutralized. He is Illinois' best lineman and how well Brown plays at linebacker is a result of the success Powell is having up front. Hall has caught Urban Meyer's eye and may be the player who has transformed himself the most since last season.
Illinois QB Nathan Scheelhaase vs. Ohio State CB Bradley Roby
Scheelhaase leads the Big Ten and is in the top 25 in the country with 22.1 completions and 268.9 passing yards per game. The Illini offense relies on him for most of the production. Roby is starting to find his 2012 form and is becoming the kind of cover player Meyer wants. He isn't gambling on throws, and instead is playing good coverage. If Roby gets confident and gambles, he could give up a big play today. That would be a setback for OSU's improving pass defense.


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Hearn has been a fierce critic of West Ham's bid to become stadium tenants after the Olympics but said recently he would consider a ground-share arrangement for his League One club.
West Ham say there have been no talks about such a possibility - nor will there be.
A West Ham statement said: "West Ham United has not held talks with Leyton Orient in respect of ground sharing and nor is it our intention to do so.
"We do not wish to comment on recent statements made by Barry Hearn not least because we can't keep up with his ever-changing position. They continue, however, to provide us with a constant source of amusement."
The Hammers said the demand from fans for tickets for the recent Championship play-off final at Wembley showed the Olympic Stadium will not be too big for their supporter base.
The statement added: "We are the only football option able to fill the stadium to capacity on a regular basis.
"Our recent Wembley play-off final win, which secured our promotion back to the Premier League, saw a level of demand from our supporters that could have sold out Wembley Stadium to West Ham fans alone.
"The noise and atmosphere created by our fans on May 19 gave a mouthwatering taste of what the Olympic Stadium could offer to supporters week in, week out.
"We also bring the opportunity for the regeneration of the Olympic Park - people, prosperity, opportunity, exposure, economy and expertise from our very first match in 2014. This provides far wider benefits for the local community and the nation as a whole."


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I am part of a large family, at least by modern standards. Nancy and I have five adult children and a growing number of sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren. We have five siblings between us, each with spouses and children, so there are cousins spread across the country.
Given the realities of life, it's a rare time when someone in the extended family isn't experiencing difficulties or challenges. There is no shortage of suffering, no lack of need for prayer. This is simply true. So you pray, you care, you weep together in those moments.
But a wise man once counseled me about large families. He was a parishioner who also had many children. It was years ago, when one of our then-teenagers was in the midst of a rough patch. He said to me, "Sure, Rick, with a large family somebody or other is struggling most any time. But the more important thing is that, at any given time, at least one somebody is healthy and strong. And you can get through stuff together."
That isn't only true for large families. It is also true for those "large families" called congregations and communities, places served and cared for by pastors and interns. At any given time in a congregation, somebody is in pain, someone is struggling. There are those you love who need prayer and with whom you will weep. But even more important, at any given time, there are those in the congregation—the family if you will—who are strong and healthy. And you will get through the dark days together.
Those of you who are at midway into an internship year will surely be growing close to some who are suffering. You will experience that pain—perhaps loss, too—and tears will flow. That is part of what it means to love. But deeper still is the promise that together you will live through the hard times, and experience Easter on the heels of Good Friday.
May you love. May you weep. May you know the painful joy of walking with the wounded. And then may you know the profound promises that hold us together with one another, and with our Lord, whatever may come our way.
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I am in a Greek fraternity (Phi Delta Theta if you really care to know) and at my campus there has been a big push in the greek community towards getting official recognition from the student union. Now our comunity is very small maybe 1 percent of students are in a greek society if that. I'm basically starting this thread to gauge where the perception of these groups is from not only atheists but also people from outside the demographic of a university student.
I'll briefly state my position, the four main criticisms we tend to face are sex bias, alcohol, hazing and discrimination of homosexuality. I find sex bias absurd because there are also sororities, and the student union recognizes several different ethnic and religious groups (or both in the case of Chinese Christians.) With alcohol, many university students drink and while we have a good time just like any other student we also know there's a time and a place for it. The fraternity I'm in has several people
on the dean's list and mandatory study halls so we're not just a bunch of drunken idiot frat boys. Although I can't speak for all Greek societies the one I'm in has a zero tolerance hazing policy and
I was never once hazed during my pledge period. As for treatment of homosexuals this one's harder to prove. although we don't have any current gay members I'm told we have a gay alumni although I've never met him.. In any case, if a homosexual came to us we wouldn't turn him away cause of that.
So any thoughts? Have you had any experiences with Greek life in the past? What's your perception?
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In addition to capitalizing on the unprecedented popularity that superhero movies currently enjoy, the upcoming series reboots The Amazing Spider-Man and The Man of Steel will no doubt attempt to breathe new life into familiar mythos by approaching the heroes' origin stories from some new, audacious angle.
But recent plot revelations regarding both films are beginning to raise the question: how many changes to the source material are too many?
It goes without saying that, from here on out, we'll be presenting MILD SPOILERS for both The Amazing Spider-Man and Man of Steel - so, if you don't want to know anything about the films, best to turn away now.
The Amazing Spider-Man
For fans of the Sam Raimi trilogy, the decision to scrap the entire franchise and start over (at first) seemed rash, to say the least. On the other hand, many followers of the comics likely wanted a darker, grittier, more brooding tone than that of Raimi's often-cartoony adaptations. In that respect, at least, The Amazing Spider-Man seems sure to deliver, if the trailers are any indication.
What's less-certain is exactly what the filmmakers mean when they say that the film tells the "untold story" of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Previous reports suggested that marketing spin referred to Peter's search for information about his long-missing father (something Raimi's films never bothered to touch on), and the previews seem to support this plot point.
However, according to Badass Digest, The Amazing Spider-Man also tinkers with the hero's long-established origin story. Apparently, this time around, Peter is not imbued with superpowers by the bite of a radioactive spider, but rather by some sort of dormant mutation for which his father is responsible - and the spider bite merely triggers it. This detail could potentially alter the entire dynamic of the Spider-Man character and story. Instead of some timid high-schooler who has to struggle with and adapt to the hand which fate has dealt him, is he now some sort of "chosen one," or genetic super-soldier? Because that's how it's starting to sound.
The Man of Steel
The issue of "destiny" also crops-up in the forthcoming Zack-Snyder- helmed, David S. Goyer/Christopher-Nolan-penned Superman reinterpretation The Man of Steel. Think McFly Think reports that this time around, Kal-El isn't just any Kryptonian refugee, but rather a full-fledged prince, who is somehow preordained to save Earth from destruction. This isn't necessarily as significant an alteration to the legend as the aforementioned Spider-Man re-envisioning, but it may add a layer of mysticism that will feel out of place in what's supposed to be straight sci-fi/comic book movie. Then again, Superman has never been the most complex or compelling superhero, as Brian Singer's underwhelming Superman Returns made painfully clear, so maybe a new layer to his backstory could actually provide some much-needed depth. These deviations from the accepted Superman origin mythology are reportedly holdovers from an earlier J. J. Abrams script, Superman: Flyby, which apparently contained other, far more radical, plot elements.
The success of The Avengers and intense anticipation for The Dark Knight Rises have both, no doubt, weakened interest in The Amazing Spider-Man, but who's to say it can't still turn out to be a dark horse success? All anyone really has to go on are a few trailers and blind conjecture. Predictions about The Man of Steel are even more futile, given that it's not scheduled for release until summer 2013. That said, the project has a powerful asset in Nolan. Hopefully he can redefine and reinvigorate the last son of Krypton as he did with Batman.
The Amazing Spider-Man hits theaters on July 3rd, 2012. The Man of Steel is tentatively scheduled for release in the U. S. on June 14th, 2013.
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Carrie Fisher confirms Star Wars 7 role?
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Carrie Fisher has hinted that she will reprise her role as Princess Leia in 'Star Wars: Episode VII' after admitting that she would like to wear her original costume
Carrie Fisher has hinted she will return to 'Stars Wars: Episode VII'.
The 57-year-old actress appears to have confirmed she will reprise her role as Princess Leia alongside original cast members Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford in the space opera franchise.
Fisher said that filming is expected to kick off in March or April and she is keen to wear her signature style again.
Speaking to TV Guide, she said: "I'd like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again - but with white hair. I think that would be funny."
Rumours have been circulating over the last year about who the cast will involve and it is believed Michael Fassbender, Michael B Jordan, Saoirse Ronan, Jesse Plemons, Adam Driver and Hugo Weaving may also be in negotiations for a role.
J.J. Abrams is yet to confirm any members of the cast, but recently admitted that the script he'd been penning with screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan has been completed.
He said previously: "We're working really hard and we've got our script and we're in deep prep. We're full steam ahead."
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Trial Over Rams Stadium Battle Begins in 2 Weeks
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Arbitration over the future of the St. Louis Rams is scheduled to begin in January, pitting the Rams, who want a much-improved football stadium, against the agency that runs the Edward Jones Dome, which wants a renewed lease.
The matter goes to arbitration January 14.
The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, which runs the dome, and the Rams are at odds over bringing the dome up to top-tier status among the 31 NFL stadiums. Otherwise, the Rams could break their lease and potentially move after the 2014 season.
Kathleen Ratcliffe, president of the CVC told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/Z1k9XK ) the CVC thinks it's important to have an NFL team in St. Louis and wants it to be the Rams.
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In October 2007, Chris Akerley (BSE CE '00) along with college roommate and former Wolverine Jeremy Nelson (BSE CE '00), started Afia, Inc., a Healthcare IT Strategy and Electronic Health Record design company. Currently, Afia is focusing on the behavioral health field and bringing Information Technology strategy and expertise to a field which he describes as long overdue for the benefits of technology. Afia has clients in Michigan, Virginia, and Missouri and is growing nationally. More information can be found at: www.afiahealth.com. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
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Joshua P. Carroll ('02)
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Egor Alekseev (MSE PhD EE '95 '00) a senior design engineer at MCE Inmet, Ann Arbor, MI, is delighted to announce the birth of his baby daughter, Tess Elisabeth, born March 2, 2002. [EECS News 2003]
Alekseev is engineering manager for Aeroflex/Inmet, in Ann Arbor. He is involved in all aspects of design, development, and support of high-frequency and high-power attenuators, bias tees, dc-blocks, adapters, equalizers and other microwave components. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Farrokh Ayazi (MSE PhD EE '97 '00) is associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His current research interests are in the areas of low and high frequency micro and nano electromechanical resonators, RF MEMS, VLSI analog integrated circuits, MEMS inertial sensors, and microfabrication technologies. Prof. Ayazi is a 2004 recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the 2004 Richard M. Bass Outstanding Teacher Award, and the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Cutting Edge Research Award for 2001-2002. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Tucker Dean Berckmann (BSE CE '05) received a Fulbright Scholarship to work with the FORBIAS project at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he is studying computer systems in self-guided automobiles. Tucker has been interested in Germany even as a youth, and spent a year in Munich at TUM during his junior year at U-M. The photo shows Tucker in front of the Rathaus (City Hall) on Marienplatz (Main Square) in Munich. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Tanay Bhatia (BSE CE '04) is a software test engineer in the Data and Business Intelligence department of Microsoft, in Redmond, Washington. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Joanna [Borders] Bonjour (BSE CS '05) married Andy Bonjour May 28, 2005. They live in Steubenville, OH. Joanna is currently doing freelance web development. They are expecting their first child. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Timothy Brandt (BSE CE '02) stayed at U-M after graduation to take a graduate course in 'Geometric Modeling' while working on a computer animation project. That led to a short gig with CIS: Hollywood, working on visual effects for the movie 'The Core'. He then worked for Warner Bros. Animation, a small post house called 'Ring of Fire', and since May 2004 has been at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He worked as Look Development Technical Director on their first CGI feature, 'Open Season,' and will be moving into the software department to help with the new proprietary lighting / compositing tool, Katana. Using Katana, he will help the current shows (Spiderman 3 / Beowulf / Surfs Up) find a good workflow, and help write specific tools that they need. Next Fall, he will start work on the third Sony Pictures Animation film, 'Cloudy, With a Chance of Meatballs,' as a shader writer. Timothy tells us, "after being put on academic probation my sophmore year, I became very serious about school and realized all the wonderful opportunities available at The University of Michigan. I am eternally grateful for how well the University prepared me for my career. Thank You and Go Blue!" [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Joshua P. Carroll (MSE EE:S '02) is a project engineer in the Dryer Global Product Development section of Whirlpool Corporation. He recently completed a 3 year technical excellence program, and spent a 6 month assignment in Italy. He married his undergraduate sweetheart, Julie Harrison, Nov. 10th, 2001. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2004]
Gregory Carver (BSE CE '01) has been streamlining and digitizing patient information at GE Healthcare's facilities at the U-M Medical Center since 2001. He has put his software development skills to use improving ED, ICU and Anesthesiology Department functionality through the development of digital whiteboards and other care-tracking systems. He recently stepped down from his position at GE to pursue another healthcare software venture, Care Evolution (headed by Dr. Vik Kheterpal, another U-M alumnus), which he says is creating new and exciting connections in electronic health records. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Kai-hui Chang (PhD CSE '07) received the 2009 ACM SIGDA Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award in Electronic Design Automation for his dissertation, "Functional Design Error Diagnosis, Correction and Layout Repair of Digital Circuits." Kai-Hui previously received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the European Design and Automation Association. [EECS News 2009]
Joy Chatterjee (BSE EE '02) is working for Intel Corporation at the Washington site. She is a circuit board and logic design engineer. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2004]
Eric Chmielewski (BS CS '00) is a web and information systems developer for enrollment at Carnegie Mellon University. Before coming to CMU, he was a system analyst and programmer at Cornell University. Eric is currently working on a Master of Science in Information Technology with a focus on information security assurance. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Michael Cho (BSE EE '05) is currently at UC Berkeley conducting research in carbon nanotubes fabrication. He is also working on an Internet project he hopes to turn into a startup that he calls a cross between Facebook and YouTube. It's a place where the school population can share videos (e.g., school projects, student films, student group performances, protests, etc.). You can see what he's doing on his blog. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Eugene Daneshvar (BSE EE '05), pictured left with Dr. Duna Raoof-Daneshvar and Steve Koski, is CEO and co-founder of SynapTech, a new startup company that specializes in the design, fabrication, and development of movable microelectrode arrays for neural interfaces. The company was launched in 2011, after winning the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) E-Teams Business competition for their technology focused on treating blindness. That same year they were awarded tenancy in TechArb, the local student business incubator. The other team members of SynapTech all have EECS or Michigan ties. Steve Koski (BSE EE '04) is in charge of business development and marketing for the company. Dr. Duna Raoof-Daneshvar is the chief resident physician in ophthalmology at U-M's Kellogg Eye Center, and she also received her undergrad and medical degrees from U-M. Eugene is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in biomedical engineering, and is working on characterization of electroactive polymer actuators in Prof. Khalil Najafi's lab. [EECS News 2012]
Koushik Das (MSE PhD EE '00 '03) is Manager of the High-Performance Circuit Design Department at TJ Watson Research Center (IBM Research Division). [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Rami Debouk (PhD EE:S '00) has a new position as Staff Research Engineer with the Electrical and Controls Integration Lab., GM R&D and Planning. He conducts research in the areas of fault tolerant architecture design and system safety. He was the recipient of a Best Paper Award at the 22nd International System Safety Conference, held this past August. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2004]
Chris Deline (BSE MSE PhD EE '03 '05 '08) is an engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, specifically at the National Center for Photovoltaics which is part of the Solar Energy Technologies Program.
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Inventive Thinkers at NREL Reach Record Number – National Renewable Energy Laboratory, December 17, 2015
Jill Dimond (BSE CS '05) is working at a usability firm in Seattle working as a user interface designer (designing the look and flow of software and websites) and as a usability engineer (testing the software with actual users). She has been working with clients such as Microsoft, Amazon, and small dot com startups. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Dmitri Dolgov (MSE PhD CSE '02 '06) was named to the 2008 edition of the IEEE Intelligent Systems "Ten to Watch." Dolgov is currently Senior Research Scientist in the AI & Robotics group at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, MI, and visiting research scientist at Stanford University. While a student at Michigan, he studied artificial intelligence with Prof. Ed Durfee. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Eric A. Durant (MSE PhD EE:S '99 '02) joined Milwaukee School of Engineering as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in March 2002. [EECS News 2003]
Durant is the Program Director of the Computer Engineering program at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he has been an Assistant Professor in the EECS Department since March, 2002. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Sébastien Fricker (MSE EE '02) is an optics engineer at STIL (Sciences et Techniques Industrielles de la Lumière) in Aix en Provence, France. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2005]
Joe Fairchild (BSE CE '06) is running across the United States, an estimated 3,400 miles, to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis, an auto-immune disease that attacks the central nervous system. He covers 25-30 miles per day, pushing all of his essentials—a tent, sleeping bag, clothes, food, water—in a stroller. "To me the run is a spiritual journey. I hope to discover more about myself while taking in the beauty of this great country."
Joe started his run in Boston on August 8, and he will finish in Los Angeles. According to his blog, he reached Prescott Valley, AZ, after 174 days on the road, and 3,001 miles. His original goal was to raise $25,000 for the MS Society by the end of the journey. Fans can view pictures, read journal entries, and monitor his progress on his website, www.runsomemore.com. [EECS News 2009]
Kinjal Ashok Gandhi (BS CS '03) Ashok started his degree in Fall 2000, and after completing a coop at Convergys for his final term, graduated Summer 2003. He was hired Fall 2003 at Convergys, the youngest person ever hired at that company. He is an associate programmer/analyst for the Information Management Group (IMG). [EECS News Spring/Summer 2004]
Hannah Goldberg (BSE MSE EE '03 '04) is a Senior Systems Engineer at Planetary Resources, Inc. With investment funding from Google, Planetary Resources is the leading company in the new field of asteroid mining. Hannah went from working at one of the premiere labs associated with NASA, to being one of the earliest team members of this young company. The resources found on asteroids, including water and rare metals, could one day be used to refuel spacecraft mid-mission.
Hannah Goldberg: Crazy About Asteroids – EECS News, 2013
Dhruv Gupta (BSE CS '03) is an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Cincinnati, OH. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Gupta moved to New Delhi, India last year. After working with PwC in Cincinnati, he co-founded a social networking site, www.desimartini.com, in 2006, which recently was sold to HT Media. He now works as DesiMartini's business head. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Ryan Haag (BSE EE '04) completed extensive nuclear technician training after his graduation and enlisted aboard the nuclear fast-attack submarine USS Hampton, for which he now serves as the Communicator and Assistant Operations Officer. He participated in an overhaul of the Hampton's reactor control and combat systems before setting sail around the globe on four major operations. He and his wife, Rachel, are expecting their first child in July. They live in Chula Vista, CA. Haag is pictured here at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Andrew Hamel (BSE CE '01; MSE CSE '03) and fellow EECS alumnus Laura N. [Carter] Hamel (BSE CE '00; MSE CSE '01) tied the knot. Hamel and Carter met as EECS undergraduates and were married on August 17, 2002. They live in Ann Arbor. [EECS News 2003]
Laura N. [Carter] Hamel (BSE CE '00; MSE CSE '01) writes that, "Two EECS geeks tied the knot." Andrew Hamel (BSE CE '01; MSE CSE '03) and Laura Carter met as EECS undergraduates and were married on August 17, 2002. They live in Ann Arbor. [EECS News 2003]
Scott Hanson (BSE MSE PhD EE '04 '06 '09) is co-founder of Ambiq Micro, which has developed and will sell the world's most energy-efficient microcontroller. The new startup has lined up over $2 million in venture capital commitments, with the goal of having sample units in the hands of potential customers in 2011.
Scott Hanson Receives 2014 Arbor Networks Ph.D. Research Impact Award – EECS Website, October 29, 2014
U-M startup Ambiq Micro develops energy-efficient microcontrollers to power breakthrough technologies – U-M Office of Technology Transfer, August 10, 2011
Generating High-Level Attention with Low-Power Microprocessors – EECS Website, December 21, 2010
Ambiq Micro Taking the Startup to the Next Level – EECS Website, June 4, 2010
Millimeter-scale, energy-harvesting sensor system developed – Michigan News, Feb 08, 2010
Phoenix 2 Chip [Video] – EECS, April 14, 2010
Rice Business Plan Competition [Video] – Rice University, 2010
Steve Hechtman (BSE EE '09) former project manager and driver on the U-M Solar Car team, is currently working at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab on the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO). As part of his work on this NASA Long Duration Balloon project, he traveled to the Southern Hemisphere via New Zealand and Australia before ending up in Antarctica. When he disembarked from the plane, he was treated to a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains. [EECS News 2012]
Jason Hemak (BSE CS '04) moved to Cincinnati, OH after graduation to take a role with GE - Aviation in the Information Management Leadership Program. For the last six months, he has been living in Brussels, Belgium working for GE Corporate. He will be returning to Cincinnati soon to start a new IT project management role within Aviation's engineering division. Hemak is pictured here in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Wyatt Galen Houtz (BSE CE '02) currently works at Jackson National Life as a software engineer in the IT-Curian department, Lansing, MI. He was an assistant photographer for the New York Times last year, and has just completed a Literary Fiction novel, titled "One Wing," which he hopes to publish in the near future. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2004]
Wan-Thai Hsu (PhD EE '01), Chief Technology Officer of the U-M spin-off start-up company Discera Inc., received the EE Times 3rd Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) award for Innovator of the Year. The award is given to an individual who brings leadership, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to a technology, a product or a business. For years the concept of using MEMS as a replacement for quartz had been theorized by academics but there were few who thought it would be possible to overcome the challenges required for real world use. Beginning in 2001, Hsu and his team moved the technology far beyond academic research, focusing on solving real world problems. Under Hsu's technical vision and guidance, Discera successfully developed, qualified and began producing silicon MEMS devices for timing applications in high volume, targeting to displace a decades-old, $3.5B per year quartz crystal market. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2007]
Hsu was recently named "Innovator of the Year" by EE Times. Hsu's work on a MEMS replacement to quartz technology has revolutionized timing-applications devices. The EE award is given for "leadership, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to a technology, a product or a business." Wan-Thai Hsu (left) receiving the EE Times ACE award for Innovator of the Year from Ross Ayotte of the EE
Times. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Alpesh Jain (MSE EE '00) is a component design engineer in the Wireless Computing and Communications Group at Intel Corporation, Austin, TX. Alpesh writes, "Austin doesn't have a UM Alumni Association chapter, and I would love to get together with other Wolverines in town, to start one. So, if you are one, drop me a line ASAP!! Go Blue!!" Write to Alpesh at firstname.lastname@example.com. [EECS News 2003]
Hyun-Jeong Kim (BS CS '03) works for LGE as a software engineer in Korea developing cell phones. She recently was able to return to visit North Campus and Central Campus. She recalled, "I was so happy at that time. Go blue!" [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Smita Krishnaswamy (BSE CE '04; MSE PhD CSE '04 '08) received the 2009 Outstanding Dissertation Award in the area of "New directions in circuit and system test" from the European Design and Automation Association (EDAA) for her dissertation, "Design, Analysis and Test of Logic Circuits under Uncertainty." [EECS News 2009]
Prema Kumar (BSE CE '03) and Suraj Mansukhani (BSE EE '02) tied the knot November 25, 2005 in Dearborn, MI. They both work for the Boeing Company in Houston, TX. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Mark V. LaRosa (BSE CS '05) is finishing his Master's in Human-Computer Interaction at the U-M School of Information. He recently accepted a job offer from Google's Mountain View office as a User Experience Researcher and Systems Engineer, and will start his new job in late May. He is interning out of the Ann Arbor office until he finishes his degree. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2007]
G. Robert Malan (MSE PhD CSE '96 '00) is Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Arbor Networks. Dr. Malan has successfully transferred cutting- edge research from his days as a graduate student into a fast-growing network security company that provides products and solutions for protecting network service providers and large enterprises against cyber-threats. Arbor Networks was recently recognized by Inc. magazine as the 9th fastest-growing private company in America. Dr. Malan founded the company Arbor Networks in 2000 with his thesis advisor, Prof. Farnam Jahanian. When Rob was on campus, he visited his friends and colleagues in CSE and said, "I thought the new building was fantastic! I really liked the amount of natural light that pervades both the public and personal areas."
Of his time at Michigan, Dr. Malan said, "There is no doubt that one of the main reasons Arbor has been so successful stems directly from the experience that I gained as a graduate student at Michigan. The University of Michigan and its partnership with Merit Networks provided a unique network research and operations environment. This environment led to the development of technology that was applicable to real-world problems on a realworld scale. This type of technology is the foundation for any successful commercial enterprise, Arbor included." Malan received the College of Engineering Alumni Society Recent Engineering Graduate Award in 2006. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2007]
Julie Anne Mayfield (BS CS '01) tells us, "I'm working on Shark Tale for Dreamworks SKG as a software technical director, and 3D lighting artist. The movie is a 3D animated comedy about a little fish, his big white lie, and mobster sharks starring Will Smith and Robert DeNiro. It will release in October this year. I am also currently producing a short, animated film with a diverse group of people gathered from all the different studios in town. This short will be submitted to festivals around the world by the end of this year. It has given me incredible insight to the producing world, as well as complimenting my technical side with my co-role as a character technical director." [EECS News Spring/Summer 2004]
Mayfield left research and development at Dreamworks Animation to pursue effects animation and development. Over the Hedge (May 2006) was her first movie credited in effects, and she is working on her next movie, Flushed Away, to be released November 2006. She was recently married in Malibu to Thierry Brame, and says, "Flushed Away is my last movie as Julie Anne Mayfield, with many more coming credited as Julie Anne Brame." [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Suraj Mansukhani (BSE EE '02) and Prema Kumar (BSE CE '03) tied the knot November 25, 2005 in Dearborn, MI. They both work for the Boeing Company in Houston, TX. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]
Michael McCorquodale (MSE PhD EE '00 '04) was recently named General Manager, Silicon Frequency Control Business Unit, Communications Division, for Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (ITD). Formerly he was CTO and founder of Mobius Microsystems. McCorquodale founded Mobius based on his doctoral research in precision analog integrated circuits for frequency generation and quartz replacement at Michigan. He holds inventorship on more than 30 issued and pending U.S. patents. Governor Granholm awarded Mobius for the Largest High-Tech Job Creation in Michigan in 2005, and the Small Business Administration recognized Mobius for developing the Innovation of the Year in Michigan in 2006. EDN recognized Mobius' all-silicon spread-spectrum clock generator as one of the "Hot 100 Products" of 2008. McCorquodale received the College of Engineering Alumni Society Recent Engineering Graduate Award in 2009. [EECS News 2009]
Alumni Who've Made a Difference - Michael McCorquodale – EECS News, 2009
Patrick McDaniel (PhD CSE '01) led a recent study of electronic voting systems in use in Ohio. The investigation concluded that "all of the studied systems possess critical security failures that render their technical controls insufficient to guarantee a trustworthy election," and was widely cited in the New York Times and other publications. McDaniel is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State University. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Samuel C. Miller (BSE CE '02), a Captain in the USAF, recently returned from a six-month deployment in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served at International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Headquarters. As Chief of the Electronic Warfare Coordination Cell, he coordinated over 3000 air support requests for coalition forces scattered throughout the country of Afghanistan. He also flew combat missions as a Weapons Systems Officer aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle. He is currently stationed at RAF-Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. Miller is pictured on the left. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Jeremy Nelson (BSE CE '00) In October 2007, along with college roommate and former Wolverine Chris Akerley (BSE CE '00), Jeremy started Afia, Inc., a Healthcare IT Strategy and Electronic Health Record design company. Currently, Afia is focusing on the behavioral health field and bringing Information Technology strategy and expertise to a field which he describes as long overdue for the benefits of technology. Afia has clients in Michigan, Virginia, and Missouri and is growing nationally. More information can be found at: www.afiahealth.com. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Electrical engineer and Google Glass creator Babak Parviz (MSE PhD EE '97 '01; also MS Physics '97) is widely recognized for revolutionizing communication technology through advances in optics, self-assembly, and miniaturized electronics. Dr. Parviz, who lives in Seattle, holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran and a B.A. in literature from the University of Washington (UW). He studied micro-electro-mechanical systems at the University of Michigan, where he earned a M.S. degree (1997) in physics and M.S.E. (1997) and Ph.D. (2001) in electrical engineering. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in chemistry and chemical biology and developed self-assembly techniques to fabricate nano-scale devices and systems as a UW faculty member. He continues to serve as an affiliate professor in UW's Department of Electrical Engineering. In 2010, two years after developing a bionic contact lens prototype, he joined Google, where he initiated and led the Glass project until 2013. He also founded Google's robotics surgery initiative, which became Verb Surgical, an independent company, and co-founded Google's Smart Contact Lens program. Dr. Parviz joined Amazon in 2014, and, in 2015, was elected a SPIE fellow by the International Society for Optics and Photonics. He has received many accolades, including Time magazine Best Inventions of the Year honors in 2008 and 2012, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award, Design News Golden Mousetrap Lifetime Achievement Award, National Science Foundation Career Award, and U-M College of Engineering Alumni Society Merit Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
For his pioneering technological innovations that augment human potential, and thus improve peoples' lives, the University of Michigan presented Babak its Bicentennial Alumni Award in 2017.
Babak received the 2014 ECE Alumni Merit Award, and gave the talk, "Computers That We Can Wear" to a packed room of students and faculty, including a group of awestruck children from a local robotics school group.
Babak Parviz: The Visionary Behind the Glass – EECS Website, January 29, 2014
Meet the Alumni: Babak Parviz [Video] – EECS, Feb 12, 2015
Babak Parviz – Office of the University President, March, 2017
Oz Pearlman (BSE EE '03) is a professional magician and mentalist. His performances have made him one of the most well-known in this field, with shows on six continents and clients that would leave an A-list celebrity starstruck. In his latest endeavor, the engineer-turned-wizard took on America's Got Talent. His expertise paid off – amid 10 talented fellow finalists, American viewers voted Oz to a third place finish.
Oz also made a name for himself in the running world. In 2009, he ran the fastest 50-mile race in the world for that year. He's won the New Jersey Marathon four times, ranks within the top 30 fastest Americans for 50-mile races, and is currently pursuing a goal of shaving another 15 minutes off his record 50-mile time of 5 hours and 25 minutes.
Oz Pearlman: An Engineer's Magic Moment – EECS Website, August 14, 2015
Niels K.H.G. Provos (MSE CSE '00) joined Google in 2003 and is currently working as Software Engineer in the Infrastructure group. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2003 where he studied experimental and theoretical aspects of computer and network security with Peter Honeyman at the Center of Information Technology Integration. He is a member of the Honeynet project and an active contributor to open source projects. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2005]
Nicholas Savo (BSE EE '01) says that after graduation, "I was hired by Intel Corporation and moved to Sacramento California to join Intel's Sales and Marketing Rotation Program. During the rotational program I moved from California to Oregon and held several different jobs within Intel's core business units. I completed the rotation program in April of 2003 and was placed in Austin, Texas." Nick manages all desktop and server Intel motherboard sales to Dell. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2004]
Jeffrey Schox (MSE EE:S '04) is a Registered Patent Attorney and the founding member of Schox PLC, a small patent law firm devoted to inventors and entrepreneurs. Drawing on his experience of over ten years in the patent law field and the filing of over 150 patent applications, Jeffrey strategically advises his clients and advances their patent portfolios. Jeffrey also teaches the course "Patent Law and Strategy" at Stanford University. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Greg Sharp (PhD CSE '02) has recently completed postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital, and has been promoted to Instructor on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2005]
Abigail Short (BS CS '04) has been working as a software development engineer on Microsoft Access since she graduated. In February, she gave a presentation at the Office Developers Conference in San José. In the last few years she has taken up ballroom dancing, which is how she met Adam Welborn, also a development engineer at Microsoft and now her fiancé. The wedding will be in November of this year. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Jay Sivagnaname (PhD EE '05) and his wife Bhavani are happy to announce the birth of their second child "Akshara" (means either 'a syllable' or 'eterna' in Sanskrit). She was born November 30, 2008 at 9:43 am. The baby weighed 5 lb 13 oz at birth. Bhavani and the baby are doing fine. [EECS News 2009]
Nikiforos Stamatakis (BSE CE '00) moved to Austin, TX upon graduation, where he worked as a software engineer in the Product Development Group for Dell. He developed patent-pending software used to manage the product testing process for all Dell hardware and software products. After two and a half years in Austin, he moved to New York City to work for the NFL as a software engineer. He has designed and developed a wide range of software, including a web application for NFL Officials, and credentialing software for Super Bowl 38. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2004]
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts (MSE EE '01, PhD Applied Physics '04) received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Stiff-Roberts is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. [EECS 2011]
Timothy Strong (MSE PhD EE '97 '04) is happy to announce his engagement to Rebecca (Becky) Palmer, a registered nurse at Oakwood Southshore Surgery Center. They will be married in January. Tim is a senior R&D engineer at General Electric Analytical Instruments, formerly Sensicore, in Ann Arbor. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2008]
Rahul A. Sumant (BS CS '07) is currently consulting with Capgemini (global French IT consulting firm) out of their Chicago office. "Lots of travel, lots of work, lots of frequent flyer miles! I'm having a blast though." [EECS News Spring/Summer 2007]
Raj Vable (BSE EE '09) graduated, magna cum laude, in December 2009. During his time at Michigan, Raj initiated a project that aims to power a computer lab at Jnana Bodhini School in India, using only solar power. Last summer, the school installed a 750 watt prototype system to drive three computers for five hours. Now, he and his team are working to power all 20 of the school's computers for the full school day. Vable will continue his engineering studies in a graduate program in sustainability. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2009]
Raj Vable: EE Major [Video] – EECS, May 25, 2010
EE UG sets up a Solar Powered Lab in India [Video] – EECS, February 25, 2010
Erin Wakefield (BSE CE '05) is currently living in Hillsboro, OR, and has been working for Intel for over a year as a Validation Engineer in Post-Silicon debug. She is very active in volunteering with animal rescue groups, snowboarding, and does pilates and yoga. Erin returned to Ann Arbor to recruit last February and will continue to do so in the future. Wakefield is pictured left with fellow alum Vaidehee Padgaonkar (middle), and friend Chris Hopkins (right) on a visit to Seattle. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Scott Wright (PhD EE '09) pictured right and Allan Evans (PhD EE '10) pictured left are exploring different parts of the world in 2010, with trips planned for Taiwan, China, Thailand, Israel, Egypt, India, Nepal, and South America. They won't simply be travelling as a way to take in the sites, however. Along the way, they'll be connecting with a variety of public service organizations to help children and adults in need at the locations they visit. This includes teaching English in rural Thailand; teaching math and science in English to Sudanese refugees in Cairo; and helping to rebuild Pisco, Peru, which is still hurting from an earthquake a few years ago.
Believing that others share a similar passion for travel combined with a social consciousness, they formed the non-profit company Globe Shares; their mission is to facilitate global generosity. Globe Shares will connect travelers with places that could use their help, and they will help raise funds for the communities in need of building supplies and other basic needs. Allan and Scott will sit on the board of Globe Shares and continue the work even after they return and continue their careers as professional engineers. For more information, visit www.globeshares.org. [EECS News 2009]
Michael Xia (BSE CE '05) works for Accenture as a reporting analyst, and lives in the DC area. [EECS News Fall/Winter 2006]
Prof. Ping-Cheng Yeh (PhD EE:S '05), teaching at the National Taiwan University, is one of the world's leading innovators in modern education and e-learning. Prof. Yeh has pioneered many educational experiments and designs:
• He is the first to win the Overall Award and E-Learning Award in Wharton-QS 2014 Stars Awards: Reimagine Education, the "Oscars" of innovations in higher education.
• He is the first in the world to design a MOOC-based multi-student social game to enhance the learning experience of the MOOC students on Coursera.
• He is the first the design a serious game with mutli-student social features that can be applied to any courses, used by UPenn. and other universities.
• He has set a record of more than 2,200 teachers attending one of his speeches on flipped teaching.
• He is the engineering professor with the largest number of students in a Chinese MOOC course in Chinese with over 50,000+ students.
• He is the first to design various experiential learning schemes that enables college students to be graded by elementary school students on their presentation skills.
• He is the first to create and promote the style of designing mathematical problems with creative literary writing.
Since 2010, Prof. Yeh has been the strong advocator of his teaching philosophy: "For the students, By the students, Of the students". It states that students can be motivated to learn if the teachers can share more responsibility with the students, for instance, let students design their own homework problems. Prof. Yeh's speeches have motivated tens of thousands of teachers in Asia to start thinking differently in teaching.
Benson Yeh Earns Overall 1st Place at Reimagine Education Awards for First Chinese MOOC – Remagine Education, 2015
Carmela [Barnes] Young (BSE CE '03) is an embedded software engineer at Smiths Aerospace in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She tells us, "It will be 3 years in May since I've been at Smiths and I really enjoy my position! In May, 2004 I was married, and my husband, Eann, and I reside in Grand Rapids. I enjoy my field so much that I am planning to further my education by obtaining a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Architecture/Embedded Systems from Michigan State University beginning this summer of 2006. I will continue to work full-time to take advantage of my company's tuition-assistance program. I'm really excited about my Master's opportunity and I am thankful to the U-M EECS Department for helping me to obtain a solid Computer Engineering foundation to do well within my career, and to God for blessing me with the opportunity to attend. I would like to extend special thanks to Prof. Martha Pollack, Prof. Toby Teorey, and Prof. Todd Austin who have been great mentors and provided excellent guidance and support of my goals and aspirations while I was at U-M and beyond. [EECS News Spring/Summer 2006]


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Choose one or more areas that need to be cleaned and organized, then dedicate the next four weeks to making space using this three-phase plan. If you're still having problems, see Common Obstacles to Clearing Your Clutter, below.
Phase 1: Stop, Look, Listen
Resist your impulse to dive right in; first, take a deeper look at your clutter and listen to what it's telling you.
1. Answer this question in a journal or notebook: If my environment were a reflection of what's going on in my head and in my life, what would it be saying? Write down everything that occurs to you, no matter how crazy it seems. The answers may point you in the direction of positive life changes.
2. Next, review the items in one small, cluttered area of your home (a desk, a nightstand, a corner in the living room) for 15 minutes. Using a pad of paper, rate each item on a scale from 1 to 3:
I love it and/or absolutely need it.
I'm not sure if I love it or need it.
I don't love it or need it anymore.
This will help you get a more objective perspective on your stuff and give you an idea of what will need to go.
3. Finally, write a wish list of three new things (possessions, opportunities, or experiences) you'd like to bring into your life using this question as your guide: If eliminating things from my life would make the space for something more important, what would I want? Hang your list near the bathroom mirror so you have a daily reminder of what you want to make space for.
Phase 2: Make a Plan
Before you start cleaning house, you'll need a plan to prevent future clutter and a plan for moving out existing clutter.
First, to eliminate clutter at its source, take a hard look at where it's coming from. If you have a tendency to buy too many clothes or knickknacks, say, you'll need to rethink those purchases. You might use the following question as a guide: Is this item worthy of taking up precious space in my life? To buy the item, the answer needs to be a resounding "Yes!"
Next, find a new home for categories of valuable items that you know you'll be getting rid of. For example, before you start going through closets, locate a nearby consignment shop or homeless shelter. Or find a health club, nursing home, or hair salon for those stacks of magazines.
Phase 3: Clear It Out
Now you're ready to act. Choose one area and schedule 30 minutes a day to sort through the stuff.
When going through items, keep the mantra "when in doubt, throw it out" at the forefront of your mind. Challenge yourself to keep only the items you absolutely love or need (remember the rating system).
When you feel stuck about whether or not to keep something, ask yourself the "Is this item worthy of taking up precious space in my life?" question. Unless the answer is an absolute "Yes!" let it go.
Common Obstacles to Clearing Your Clutter
Here is advice on handling three common obstacles you may encounter while clearing out your clutter.
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the task at hand. When you find yourself tempted to slip into procrastination mode, try taking tiny steps -- five minutes or less -- that will move you toward completing your project. Want to clean out a file drawer? Start with three folders. Anxious to tackle that chaotic cabinet? Focus on one shelf.
The Paper Trail
Other than certain financial and legal documents (rules vary by state), there are very few papers we need to hang onto. Yet most of us become overly attached to all kinds of information -- unused recipes stuck in a file, old magazine articles. With access to just about anything on the web, challenge yourself to let go of questionable papers.
The Past
Often people avoid going through their stuff out of a fear of reliving emotional pain. There are the notes that represent dreams gone by, or the divorce papers that conjure up old wounds. But hanging onto these items keeps us attached to the past. Ask yourself, what do I need to do to complete the past and let go? Maybe it's burning old letters from a painful relationship or making a list of lessons learned from a lost job.
Get more great tips for clearing out your clutter.


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|The Washington State Ferry serves Whidbey Island at two points - Clinton and Coupeville. Here's the schedule of times and general information.
|The Sounder train is an ideal way to travel from the island to downtown Seattle. Ride the ferry to Mukilteo and catch the Sounder for a pleasant trip without the hassle of traffic.
|Island Transit is a FREE bus service. Park your car at one of the local park-n-ride lots and travel to your job, shopping, school, or fun almost anywhere on the island. What could be easier!
|Whidbey Seatac Shuttle provides fast, direct, and daily transportation between Whidbey Island and SeaTac Airport. There are currently 8 round trips per day.


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It was my last day of public school, June 1969, I was hanging out in the gymnasium, loving the freedom before me yet dealing with the ambiguity of where was my life going? I really had a case of the blues. All around me various members of my senior class were putting up the decorations for our senior prom, which we were attending the following night.
In the middle of the gym floor was a record player, I walked over with my copy of Super Session, placed it on the platter, dropped the needle and shuffled back over to the bleachers to sit and listen. The sound of Mike Bloomfield's guitar and Al Kooper's organ filled the gym with the stinging sound of "Albert's Shuffle" which filled my void masterfully. My angst about the future slipped away as the intensity of the music appeased my concerns. It was then I knew that music would carry me through the next phase of my existence.
Ratchet ahead 41 years to when I purchase the remastered edition of Super Session. What a tour de force to hear a cleaner, enhanced edition of this historic work. It all comes flooding back in waves of sound that envelops the listener and finds me at another major fork in the road.
Al Kooper had left Blood, Sweat and Tears, after making a monumental recording with them Child is the Father to the Man (Al Kooper signed this album for me a few years back at Stage One in Fairfield!).
Mike Bloomfield had just left The Electric Flag. Another recording that helped define the music of the 60s in terms of Texas blues mixed with R&B. Mike brought with him to the Super Session recording session two ex-Flag band mates Harvey Brooks on bass and Barry Goldberg on electric piano (Barry contributed to tracks 1 & 2).
The Super Session recording was rounded out admirably by "Fast" Eddie Hoh on drums and Steve Stills on guitar who filled in for Mike Bloomfield who left after one day's recording to deal with his insomnia. Steve Stills was in the process of leaving Buffalo Springfield and he turned out to be the perfect complement to completing Super Session. It ended up fitting that Super Session would usher in the era of the super groups, representing a transitional portal for Kooper, Bloomfield and Stills in their respective careers.
Al Kooper in the liner notes states about Super Session, "…amazingly found itself timeless….making this one of the most rewarding projects I have ever worked on."
Super Session Tracks
Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield Side
1. Albert's Shuffle
2. Stop
3. Man's Temptation
4. His Holy Modal Majesty
5. Really
Al Kooper/Steve Stills Side
6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, IT Takes A Train To Cry
7. Season of the Witch
8. You Don't Love Me
9. Harvey's Tune
Bonus Tracks
10. Albert's Shuffle – without horns
I like the edginess of this song without the horns, but I can perfectly understand why Al Kooper had arranger Joe Scott add them.
11. Season of the Witch – without horns
The sound of this recording without the horns is echo ridden and almost hollow at points (dynamically impaired Al Kooper called this, rightfully so).
12. Blues for Nothing – outtake with Mike Bloomfield
13. Fat Grey Cloud (Live), (Previously Unreleased) – Recorded 1968 at the Fillmore West (probably from The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper sessions)
There were two live recordings of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper that took place, the first was at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, September 26-28th 1968, featuring the first live recording of Carlos Santana released when he was 22 years old* This live performance also stars Elvin Bishop. It was released by Columbia Records in 1969.
Then later in the year at the Fillmore East in New York City they recorded, Fillmore East: Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68 (featuring Johnny Winter)
* Carlos Santana was recorded in 1967 on Santana Live at the Fillmore in 1967 but it was not released commercially until January 1, 1997


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The Athenaeum has been a consistent champion of the best local artists, and the Art Prize exhibition continues that commitment (as does a small show now on view of "beatniks" art by Raul Guerreo). It will show last year's Art Prize winners, Arline Fisch and Jeffery Laudenslager, who each selected an "emerging artist" to share an exhibit (Fisch selected Vincent Robles and Laudenslager choose Deanne Sabeck).
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Ruscha, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, created "On the Road" in 2009. It includes paintings, drawings and photographs (some found, some taken, some commissioned) inspired by Jack Kerouac's seminal 1957 book of the same name. The balance of the set is also on view, as are some artist books inspired by Ruscha.
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- GLOW2 study showed NVA237 superior to placebo and similar to OL tiotropium in increasing lung function, improving COPD symptoms and reducing exacerbations
- Results demonstrated that once-daily NVA237 had rapid onset of action at first dose, sustained 24-hour bronchodilation, and was well tolerated over 52 weeks
- NVA237 submitted forEU approval under proposed brand name Seebri® Breezhaler®. CHMP decision anticipated in 2012. In Japan, NDA submitted in November 2011. US filing expected in 2014
Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565) confirms the information released today by Novartis that results from the pivotal Phase III GLOW2 study demonstrated that once-daily (QD) 50 mcg NVA237 (glycopyrronium bromide) was superior to placebo in improving lung function, symptom relief and quality of life, and reducing exacerbations over a one-year period. The data will be presented at the 2012 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference May 18-23, 2012 in San Francisco, CA, USA.
GLOW2 met its primary endpoint by demonstrating NVA237 provided superior 24-hour bronchodilation compared to placebo at 12 weeks measured by mean trough FEV1 (97 mL; p0.001). At this same time point, trough FEV1 for open-label (OL) tiotropium was 83 mL versus placebo (p0.001). In addition, NVA237 showed similar efficacy to OL tiotropium (Spiriva® HandiHaler®* Spiriva® HandiHaler® is a registered trademark by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh & Co. KG. /18 mcg) in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NVA237 also demonstrated rapid onset of action (within five minutes at first dose) and sustained 24-hour bronchodilation over 52 weeks.
At Day 1, Week 26 and Week 52 of the GLOW2 study, NVA237 significantly improved lung function (measured by mean trough FEV1) compared to placebo (all p0.001) and results were similar to those seen with OL tiotropium. At Day 1 and Week 12, 26 and 52, the FEV1 area under the curve (AUC) for 0-4 hr, 0-12 hr, 12-24 hr and 0-24 hr for NVA237 was superior to placebo (p0.05) and numerically greater than OL tiotropium.
Shinichi Tamura, CEO of Sosei:
"GLOW2 data further illustrate the potential benefits of once daily NVA237 for patients with COPD. NVA237 has been submitted for approval in Europe and Japan and we look forward to a decision from EU regulators that is expected in 2012."
The study also demonstrated that NVA237 improved COPD symptoms, quality of life and reduced exacerbations compared to placebo. NVA237 significantly reduced breathlessness (measured by the transition dyspnea index or TDI, p=0.002), improved health-related quality of life (measured by the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire or SGRQ, p0.001), reduced use of rescue medication (p=0.039), and increased the percentage of days with no daytime symptoms (p0.05)compared to placebo over 52 weeks.
For these symptomatic and quality of life indicators, results were numerically similar to those observed with OL tiotropium over the same time period. NVA237 also significantly prolonged the time to first exacerbation and significantly reduced the rate of moderate/severe exacerbations versus placebo over 52 weeks (p=0.001); these effects were similar to OL tiotropium (p=0.001).
Throughout the GLOW2 study, NVA237 was well-tolerated with a similar incidence of adverse events to placebo and OL tiotropium. Serious adverse events were reported less frequently with NVA237 (12.6%) than with either placebo (15.4%) or OL tiotropium (15.0%).
GLOW2 was a 52-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study involving 1,066 patients to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of NVA237 in patients with COPD. Patients were randomized into three treatment arms receiving either once-daily NVA237 50 mcg or placebo (double-blind), or once-daily OL tiotropium 18 mcg. They were also permitted to use COPD background therapy and rescue medication.
Phase II clinical trial update
Results have recently been submitted for publication from the NVA237 Phase II A2208 study. This study comparing once-daily and twice-daily dosing regimens of NVA237 met its primary endpoint by demonstrating that all treatments (12.5 mcg, 25 mcg and 50 mcg given once or twice daily and 100 mcg once daily) provided statistically significant bronchodilation over the course of the day (measured by mean trough FEV1 at Day 28) in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD compared to placebo.
Differences in lung function (measured by FEV1 AUC0-24h)between a single daily dose of NVA237 and the same total amount given twice daily were small and not clinically relevant. However once-daily dosing is known to offer the potential to improve patient adherence, an important consideration when selecting the optimum dosing regimen for a novel bronchodilator. Throughout the study, NVA237 showed an overall good safety profile and was well tolerated compared to placebo. The results of A2208 are consistent with previous NVA237 studies and support once-daily dosing of 50 mcg NVA237 in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD.
Notes for editors:
NVA237 (glycopyrronium bromide. Seebri® Breezhaler®) is an investigational long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) developed as a once-daily inhaled maintenance therapy for the treatment of COPD. Phase III data from the GLOW 1, 2 and 3 studies demonstrated that NVA237 increased patients' lung function over a 24-hour period compared to placebo with a fast onset of action at first dose, as well as improving exercise endurance. It was submitted for regulatory approval in Europe in Q3 2011 and Japan in Q4 2011, and expected US filing is in the beginning of 2014. NVA237 was licensed to Novartis in April 2005 by Sosei and our co-development partner Vectura.
Indacaterol (Onbrez® Breezhaler®) is Novartis' once daily long acting beta2-agonist (LABA). Novartis received European regulatory approval for 150 mcg and 300 mcg once-daily doses, under the brand name Onbrez® Breezhaler® in November 2009. In July 2011, Novartis announced approval of the 75 mcg once-daily dose in the US under the brand name Arcapta™ Neohaler™, and of the 150 mcg once-daily dose in Japan under the brand name Onbrez® Inhalation Capsules.
QVA149 (indacaterol 110 mcg/glycopyrronium bromide 50 mcg) is an investigational inhaled, once-daily, fixed dose combination of the long acting beta2-agonist (LABA) indacaterol, and the long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) glycopyrronium bromide (NVA237). The first four QVA149 Phase III studies in the treatment of COPD all met their primary endpoints. The results of the SHINE, BRIGHT, ENLIGHTEN and ILLUMINATE studies, which are key components of the IGNITE program, demonstrate the potential of QVA149 in the treatment of COPD. Filing for QVA149 in Europe is expected in Q4 2012.
About COPD
COPD is a progressive disease associated mainly with tobacco smoking, air pollution or occupational exposure, which can cause obstruction of airflow in the lungs resulting in debilitating bouts of breathlessness. It affects an estimated 210 million people worldwide[1]and is predicted to be the third leading cause of death by 2020[2]. Although COPD is often thought of as a disease of the elderly, 50% of patients are estimated to be within the ages of 50 and 65, which means that half of the COPD population are likely to be impacted at the peak of their earning power and family responsibilities[3].
About Sosei
Sosei is an international biopharmaceutical company anchored in Japan with a global reach. It practises a reduced risk business model by acquiring compounds from, and bringing compounds into, Japan through exploitation of its unique position within global markets.
For further information about Sosei, please visit http://www.sosei.com.
- Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Updated 2011. http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_Report_2011_Feb21.pdf Last accessed 23 March 2012.
- Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD). Global surveillance, prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases: a comprehensive approach. Available at: http://www.who.int/gard/publications/GARD%20Book%202007.pdf Last accessed 23 March 2012.
- Fletcher, M, et al. COPD Uncovered: An International survey on the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on a working age population. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:612.
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