MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Since 1990 the department has issued a booklet listing awards and honors
made to its faculty, staff, and students. Starting in AY 1994-95 this booklet
has also been available on the Web.
Welcome to the Web form of this booklet for AY 1995-96. A version
with pictures is also available.
Awards and Honors for other years:
1994-95 . .
1996-97 . .
1997-98 . .
1998-99 . .
1999-00 . .
2000-01
1995 Archive . .
1996 Archive
New Faculty
DENNIS M. FREEMAN, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
AMOS LAPIDOTH,
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
PAUL A. VIOLA, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty Promotions
Promotion to Professor
WILLIAM J. DALLY
Promotion to Associate Professor
M. FRANS KAASHOEK
GREGORY W. WORNELL
Chair Appointments
Cecil H. Green Professor
TOMÁS
LOZANO-PÉREZ
Jamieson Career Development Associate Professor
M. FRANS KAASHOEK
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor
GREGORY W. WORNELL
Elected Fellows of the IEEE
JAMES G. FUJIMOTO
HAE-SEUNG
Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
GERALD J. SUSSMAN
Elected Fellow of the ACM
BARBARA H. LISKOV
Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award
STEVEN B. LEEB
Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
ALAN V. OPPENHEIM
Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
GREGORY W. WORNELL
National Medal of Science
HERMANN A. HAUS
Professor Hermann Haus received the Medal of Science from President Clinton
at the White House. Professor Haus is widely known for his pioneering research
in various aspects of electromagnetism and quantum electronics.
Frank E. Perkins Award
JAMES E. CHUNG
In recognition of a professor who has served as an excellent advisor
and mentor to graduate students
President-Elect, American Association for the Advancement of Science
MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS
IEEE 1995 Taylor L. Booth Education Award
HAROLD ABELSON
Honorary Doctorate, National Technical University, Athens
MICHAEL ATHANS
AACC Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
MICHAEL ATHANS
Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award
BARBARA H. LISKOV
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
SHAFRIRA GOLDWASSER
Open Computing Magazine, Top 100 Women in Computing in 1996
BARBARA H. LISKOV
Elected to the Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society
MICHAEL ATHANS
Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society
G. DAVID FORNEY, JR.
Richard J. Caloggero Award
MARILYN A. PIERCE
Department Head's Special Recognition Award
JAMES P. BYRNE
Warren Distinguished Service Medal, Richard C. Maclaurin Lodge of
Masons at MIT
BRUCE D. WEDLOCK
Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering
DAVID D. CLARK
Teaching Awards
Instructor-G
BABAK AYAZIFAR
Babak has been a TA for 6.041, 6.431, 6.432 (twice), 6.343 (twice), 6.344 and
6.341. Babak patiently explains material to students and is able to provide
insight into topics they do not understand. His understanding of, and
competence in the subject material is impressive; he consistently
demonstrates a strong commitment to all aspects of teaching and provides
an excellent environment for learning.
Harold L. Hazen Award
CYNARA C. WU
Cynara has been a TA three times. Faculty and students say that teaching is
Cynara's "calling." She stimulates interaction among her students by asking
questions rather than giving answers, and seeks alternative ways to help
students understand some of the more difficult examples.
Frederick C. Hennie III Award
PATRICK J. LOPRESTI
Pat has assisted in 6.004 for five terms, once as head TA and this past term
as a recitation instructor. Faculty and students call him a brilliant teacher.
Pat is invaluable as a sounding board for both technical and pedagogic ideas.
He has a knack for conveying his own insight in simple, unpretentious terms.
BRIAN M. PERREAULT
Brian has been a TA for 6.041/6.431 three terms. He is able to discover
the strengths and weaknesses of his students and provide the right balance
of encouragement. Despite the stresses of graduate student life, he always
carries a friendly, positive attitude and a warm sense of humor.
HOLLY A. YANCO
Holly has been a 6.001 TA for several terms and also has been a recitation
instructor. Holly understands her students and interacts well with them.
She communicates the class material in a clear and articulate way and has a
poised and comfortable style in the classroom.
Carlton E. Tucker Award
MATTHEW J. SECOR
Matthew has been a TA for 6.041, 6.341 and twice for 6.011. He helps
students answer difficult questions by helping them understand the major
concepts rather than just the answer to the question. He is knowledgeable,
confident, resourceful and resilient, and maintains his sense of humor throughout.
Master's Thesis Awards
Charles and Jennifer Johnson Thesis Award
DANIEL K. HARTMAN
"M-Machine Floating - Point Multiplier Datapath"
MATTHEW N. CONDELL
"A Security Model for the Information Mesh"
Ernst A. Guillemin Thesis Award
STEVE J. STEINER
"Mapping and Sensor Fusion for an Autonomous Vehicle"
JAYSON D. STRAYER
"Underwater Sound Pulse Generator, USPG"
ANANT SAHAI
"Handwritten Character Recognition using the Minimum Description Length Principle"
William A. Martin Thesis Award
RUSSELL S. SCHWARTZ
"A Multi-Threaded Simulator for the Kinetics of Virus Shell Assembly"
David Adler Memorial Thesis Prize
NAIMISH S. PATEL
"High Speed All-Optical Switching Based on a Single-Arm Interferometer"
George M. Sprowls Award
The Sprowls Award is given by the department for outstanding research
contributions in the field of electronic computer and investigation research.
PAUL A. VIOLA
PhD 1995
"Alignment by Maximization of Mutual Information"
Association for Computing Machinery Programming Contest
MATTHEW S. LEVINE
Morris Joseph Levin Memorial Award, Best Master Works Oral Thesis
Presentation
Spring Term 1996
RAYMOND C. CHANG
"An Improved Approach to Model-Based Arterial Diameter
Estimation from X-Ray Coronary Angiograms"
JAMES T. KAO
"Remote Microscope for Inspection of Integrated Circuits"
MOHAMMAD J. KHAN
"Gain-distributed Feedback Filters"
EDWARD C. F. LOVELACE
"A Mechanical-State Observer for High-speed Variable-reluctance Motor Drives"
THOMAS E. MURPHY
"Design of Grating-Based Filters for Optical Communications Systems"
SU W. TEOH
"The Role of pars flaccida in the Middle Ear Acoustic Transmission"
Northern Telecom/BNR Project Award
The Northern Telecom/BNR Award is given each term for the best 6.111 project.
Spring Term 1995
HSIANG C. CHUU, '97
STEVEN E. CZERWINSKI, '97
STEPHEN J. SCHLUETER, '97
"OSCAR"
Fall Term 1995
CHARLES J. CAVAZOS, '96
SUSAN M. DACY, '97
ALICE WANG, '97
"The Accompanist"
Robert M. Fano UROP Award
DANIEL L. ROSENBAND, '97
"Star-T-Voyager Hardware Design"
George C. Newton Prize
The Newton Prize is given for the best undergraduate laboratory
project of the year.
AMIT G. BAGCHI, '96
CHRISTOPHER
A. FUCHS, '96
TAN T. TRINH, '96
"Intelligent Picture-in-Picture Video"
David A. Chanen Writing Award
DEBAJIT GHOSH, '97
"IHTFP: An Improved HyperText Filing Proxy"
Reinhold Rudenberg Memorial Prize
For an outstanding undergraduate thesis relating to energy conversion
TIFFANY K. BUFFALOE, '97
Boit Manuscript Prize
For outstanding works of substantial length (fiction, poetry, drama),
completed or in progress
LAWRENCE K. CHANG, '97
First Prize - Drama
DeWitt Wallace Prize
For exceptional writing by undergraduates, addressed to lay audiences, on
issues and developments in science, medicine, and engineering
PATRICK J. MCCORMICK, '98
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Awarded to a student who has outstanding potential and intends to pursue
a career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or those engineering
disciplines that contribute significantly to the technological
advances of the United States
TIMOTHY A. CHKLOVSKI, '97
Henry Ford II Scholar Award
To the senior in the School of Engineering who has attained the highest academic
record at the end of the third year and who has exceptional potential for
leadership in the profession of engineering and in society
MEHUL A. SHAH, '96
Ronald E. McNair, '77 Award
To a black undergraduate who has demonstrated strong academic performance
and who has made a considerable contribution to the minority community
BERENICE BELIZAIRE, '97
MARC A. MANDER, '97
KEITH D. SMITH, '97
Eta Kappa Nu
Inductees in 1996
Electrical and Computer Engineering Honorary Society
Class of 1996
Craig B. Abler
Andrew B. Begel
Eugene B. Belostotsky
Jeff A. Breidenbach
Yi-Hsiu Eric Chen
Danielle L. Coffing
John M. Dykes
Joseph N. Figuera
Matthew H. Fredette
Jack I. Fu
Everest W. Huang
John H. Jannotti
Todd J. Kaloudis
Rabi Karmacharya
Yin-Chun A. Kao
Nitin Kasturi
Euree Y. Kim
Joshua D. Kramer
Ionnis Kymissis
Kevin K. Lin
Jervis C. Lui
Moshe E. Matsa
Jonathan E. Michelson
Joanne M. Mikkelson
David M. Murphy
Bryan S. Robinson
Michael A. Saginaw
Mehul A. Shah
Jonathan E. Shoemaker
Marin Soljacic
Phillip R. Tiongson
Hussein M. Waljee
Daniel N. Winship
Kenneth C. Wu
Yong Zhang
Class of 1997
Anthony J. Accardi
Victor M. Aguilar
Noah J. Breslow
George M. Candea
Shelley M. Cazares
Richard
T. Chang
Dean D. Chen
Frederick W. M. Chen
Gilbert Y. Cheung
Nancy Cheung
Barbara M. Cutler
Susan M. Dacy
Debajit Ghosh
Peter C. L. Jaffe
Panayiotis
I. Kamvysselis
Daniel F. Lohmeyer
Yao Ma
Cyrus P. Master
Ameet D. Ranadive
Ryan J. Riddols
John
J. Rusnak, Jr.
Wandy Sae-Tan
Grant Y. Smith
Andrew J. Stark
Steven L. Tamm
Perry I. Tsao
Christopher H. Tserng
Ernest N. Yeh
Patrick
C. Yeung
Phi Beta Kappa
For excellence in academic achievement and scholarly attainment
in the liberal arts and sciences
Class of 1996
Marlon E. D.
R. Abayan
Nancy H. Chan
Pablo L. Narvaez-Guarnieri
Mehul A. Shah
Marin Soljacic
Tairan Wang
Marion A. M. Yearwood
Burchard Scholars
In recognition of unusual abilities and academic excellence
Martin M. Calles, '97
Lawrence K. Chang, '97
Guang-Ien Cheng, '96
David R. Montgomery, '98
Richard Y. Lee, '97
Grant Y. Smith, '97
Peter J. Eloranta Award
For outstanding student-originated or student-directed undergraduate
research in the summer months
RONALD CAO, '96
TIMOTHY A. CHKLOVSKI, '97
JACOB J. SEID, '96
William L. Stewart, Jr., '23 Award
For outstanding contributions to extracurricular life by individual or
student organization
JOSEPH M. LEE, '97
Albert G. Hill Prize
To minority juniors or seniors who have maintained high academic standards
and helped improve the quality of life for minorities
MARC A. MANDER, '97
Park A., '27 and Ann L. Hodges Prize
For best undergraduate evaluation essay
PETRA CHONG, '99
Ellen King Prize
For outstanding freshman writing
TIMOTHY A. MURITHI, '99
Honorable Mention
Tau Beta Pi
In recognition of excellence in academic studies
Class of 1997
Victor M. Aguilar
Noah J. Breslow
Jeremy S. Cohen
Peter C. Jaffe
Leaf A. Jiang
Danai Kuangparichat
Ben W.
Leong
Hussein M. Waljee
Class of 1998
Ekaterina Dolginova
Luke T. H. Fu
Ioannis Kymissis
Mukaya Panich
Bryan S. Robinson
Association for Computing Machinery Programming Contest
SCOTT T. SMITH, '97
BRIAN C. DEAN, '96
6.270 Design Contest
This year's Lego Robot Design Competition "RoboAnt" challenged
contestants to create "insect-like" robots who were supposed
to gather as much food as possible during competition.
ALONZO CASTRO, '96
JESUS M. MUNIZ, '98
"Box on Wheels"
6.004 Design Competition
Each year 6.004 students are challenged to modify the computer they build
in class and increase its speed. It must execute its original instruction,
but contestants are given a new program on the day of the competition.
REX K. MIN, '98
PATRICK E.
PELLETIER, '97
Straight T Award
The highest award given for athletic performance
BEN W.
LEONG, '97
Pistol
JOHN J. NOVAK, '96
Pistol
Betsey Shumacker Award
To an undergraduate woman for excellence in athletic competition
N. KATHERINE MERRILEES, '97
Howard W. Johnson Award
To the male senior athlete of the year
JOHN L. WALLBERG, '96
United States Navy
Military Intelligence
MARK R. SADOWSKI, G
Nuclear Submarine Officer
PETER L. GREENE, '96
WILFREDO I. SANTOS, '96
Surface Warfare Officer
GREGORY C. NEUBECER, '96
CHRISTOPHER J. SARTON, '96
United States Air Force
Pilot Trainee
SHERYL ANNE E. RISACHER, G
Development Engineer Electrical/Electronic
ROBERT F. LEPARD, G
Computer System/Software Programmer Analyst
DANIEL R.
RISACHER, G
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