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Orono, ME 04469, USA
Office:207-581-2231,
Lab: 207-581-2133
WiSe-Net Lab students have succesfully tested an array of wireless accelerometer sensors on board of an aerospike rocket in collaboration with California State Universty Long Beach, and Garvey Spacecraft Corporation in a project sponsored by NASA, Maine Space Grant Consortium, CSULB, GSC, and UMaine ECE department. View the photo album here.
From Left:Kale Scharder, James Knarr, Dr. Ali Abedi, Fred Schwaner
The College of Engineering at UMaine honored some of its finest at the 29th Annual Edward T. Bryand Recognition Banquet held Friday, Nov 14, in the Wells Conference center. Nearly 200 guests gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the esteemed and distinguished engineers, colleagues, students, and staff who have brought distinction to the profession of engineering. This year Early Career Research Award went to Dr. Ali Abedi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of WiSe-Net Lab.
From Left: Prof. Dana Humphrey (Dean, College of Engineering), Prof. Ali Abedi (Director, WiSe-Net Lab), Prof. Mohamad Musavi (Chair, ECE Dept)
Kale Schrader (M.Sc student) from Kansas, Tim Falkner (M.Sc student) from Maryland, Robert Strauss (Ph.D Student) from Maine, and Jun Chen (Ph.D Student) from China joined WiSe-Net Lab this September. Kale and Tim both have Physics background, while Robert and Jun are from traditional EE programs. Please join us in welcoming them to WiSe-Net.
The Dearborn Foundation is a non-profit organization created and developed in March of 1993 by Howard K. Dearborn, a successful businessman for over 50 years. Scholarships are available to qualifying United States citizens for education, research or experimentation.
This year one of WiSe-Net lab members, Fred Swchaner, was among the recipients of this prestigious award. Fred joined the WiSe-Net Lab team as undergrad research assistant under NASA/MSGC higher education program in spring'08 and shortly after got selected for a summer internship at NASA JSC.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Ali Abedi and Dr. Mauricio Pereira da Cunha from ECE Dept, UMaine; Dr. Vincent Caccese and Dr. Mohsen Shahinpour from Mech Eng. Dept, UMaine; Dr. Mariusz Jankowski from USM, Dr. Patrick Fink from NASA JSC, and Dr. Robert Romanofsky from NASA GRC.
The proposed effort combines wireless network development and shape monitoring of space structures resulting in a real-time wireless shape monitoring system serving research and educational objectives for NASA and the state of Maine. This project focuses on the research and development of a robust wireless system to address NASA’s needs in shape and dynamic response validation of deployed space structures. The system offers attractive features, namely: embedded tag design, coded access for the interrogation of multiple tags; dynamic response of deployable space structures; multiple level communications to improve the robustness and power efficiency of the data transfer links.
This project establishes an integrated, multidisciplinary research and educational program in the state of Maine involving collaborators from the University of Maine, the University of Southern Maine, two NASA field centers (JSC and GRC), the Challenger Learning Center (CLC), and ILC Dover. This proposal was among the 13 selected proposals at the national NASA EPSCoR competition.
Three WiSe-Net Lab members are selected by MSGC for summer internship at NASA centers Stephanie Duy, Fred Schwaner, and James Knarr will spend this summer at NASA field centers to conduct research in cutting edge wireless technology for next generation of space vehicles.
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Funded by NASA through MSGC workforce development program, Stephanie Duy will join the research team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA to work on the next generation of Voice Over IP (VoIP) systems for future exploration vehicle.
Fred Schwaner and James Knarr will be working at Johnson Space Center (JSC)
in Houston, TX on wireless sensor network design for next generation of space telescope. All three students are currently research assistants at WiSe-Net lab, working on development of a wireless light monitoring network.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Ali Abedi, Dr. Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, ECE Dept
Wireless communication systems with a myriad of exciting applications, are still limited in being widely deployed everywhere, due to the required environmental conditions necessary for their reliable operations and also their limited life time which depends on the battery life time.
In this project the problem of wireless communications in harsh environments, where usage of batteries are not feasible, will be addressed. This research enables usage of wireless sensors in extremely hot/cold environments to monitor specific parameters such as temperature inside shuttle engine or on the exterior of shuttle when entering atmosphere. This project cross cuts three different research areas including: Wireless Communications Systems, Coding Theory, and Sensor Devices.
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Every year the best 4 chapters in the world are selected by IEEE ComSoc head quarters. This year winners are:
In order to recognize and reward the outstanding achievements of its best chapters from among more than 170 chapters worldwide, ComSoc has established the Chapter Achievements Award Program. Regional Directors and the Membership Programs Development Director select chapters that provide their members with the highest quality of service in areas of technical activities, public relations, educational services, membership development, job placement support, and services geared toward student members. The award includes a plaque and $1000 honorariums that were presented to the chapter chairs during an award luncheon on November 27, 2007 at IEEE GLOBECOM Conference in Washington, DC.
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