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The Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
TThe Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
The Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) was formed in 2003 as a merger between Electrical Engineering (EE) and Systems Science and Mathematics (SSM). EE was the second-oldest electrical engineering department in the United States. Since its inception, it has made contributions to education and research in applied physics, electronics, communications, signal processing, and biomedical engineering. SSM was a unique department specializing in applied mathematics, systems, and control. Today, under new leadership, the ESE department has 17 regular faculty members, eight of whom are IEEE Fellows. ESE has about 100 undergraduate and 120 graduate students, of whom 70 are pursuing the MSEE or MSSSM degree and 50 the Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree. ESE faculty are dedicated to high-quality education and research, and are active in research programs with a wide variety of engineering and science topics. They lead national and international research teams and collaborate on interdisciplinary research projects at Washington University.
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Cloning agents
Software agents now in touch via network sensors
Nov. 9,
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| Aristo, the Washington University robot, uses sensor networks to avoid simulated "fire" - red cups - while navigating near "safe" areas,which are blue cups. |
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Agent 007 is a mighty versatile fellow, but he would have to take backseat to agents being trained at Washington University in St. Louis. Computer scientist engineers here are using wireless sensor networks that employ software agents that so far have been able to navigate a robot safely through a simulated fire and spot a simulated fire by seeking out heat. Once the agent locates the fire, it clones itself - try that, James Bond -- creating a ring of software around the fire. A "fireman" can then communicate with this multifaceted agent through a personal digital assistant (PDA) and learn where the fire is and how intense it is. Should the fire expand, the agents clone again and maintain the ring - an entirely different "ring of fire." More...
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Zapping playground problem
Engineers hope to provide smooth slide for kids with cochlear implants
May 4,
2006 --
For some deaf children, a plastic slide is a more formidable foe than the school wedgie-giver. Static electricity buildup from sliding down a plastic slide — instant summertime fun for those with normal hearing — can temporarily silence the world to cochlear implantees. Two electrical engineers at Washington University in St. Louis tested static electricity buildup — which can zap a cochlear implant — on sliding children to quantify the sparks. Thanks to some publicity and increased awareness, their research has inspired the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department to consider the problem, and an anti-static coating company to try to solve it. More...
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Engineering announces Lohman Professor
Nehorai named Eugene and Martha Lohman Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering
April 18,
2006 -- Arye Nehorai, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Washington University, was installed as the Eugene and Martha Lohman Professor on March 7, in a ceremony in Whitaker Hall.
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Ronald S. Indeck
DAS Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
Indeck earned his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. His research involves magnetic and optical components and systems, especially in the areas of information technology and security. He is working with extremely high density magnetic recording systems, fast searching of massive databases, ...
Expertise: object verification, public surveillance, magnetic information storage systems, magnetism
Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / dlutz@wustl.edu
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Joseph O'Sullivan
Samuel C. Sachs Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dean of UMSL/WUSTL Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program
O'Sullivan received his doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. He has published dozens of peer reviewed articles and is active in many international conferences and professional organizations. He conducts research in a wide range of science and technology for security applications, including ...
Expertise: electrical engineering, encryption, sensors, automatic target recognition, cybersecurity
Direct contact: (314) 935-4173
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Jonathan Turner
Barbara J. & Jerome R. Cox, Jr. Professor of Computer Science
Pioneered the development of high-speed, fiber optic packet systems with capability of sending large amounts of data from one sender to millions. Developed what many consider to be the best asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch in the world. Works on a variety of telecommunications applications. ...
Expertise: fiber optics, data transfer, telecommunications, Bell Labs, algorithms
Direct contact: (314) 935-6132
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Frank Yin
Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering; The Stephen and Camilla Brauer Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Frank C. P. Yin, M.D., Ph.D., the Stephen and Camilla Brauer Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chair of the biomedical engineering department, is a world-renowned biomedical engineer. Yin heads a dynamic, young department, not yet five years old and already ranked among the top 20 in the nation. ...
Expertise: soft tissue mechanics, cell mechanics, hemodynamics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6164
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yin@wustl.edu
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