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 1994-95. A version
without pictures (text only) is also available, for
faster viewing.
Awards and Honors for other years:
1995-96 . .
1996-97 . .
current
New Faculty
AKINTUNDE I. AKINWANDE, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (left)
ANANTHA P. CHANDRAKASAN, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (right)
DAVID R. KARGER, Assistant
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (left)
SETH TELLER, Assistant
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (right)
Faculty Promotions
Promotion to Professor
DAVID K. GIFFORD (left) and W.
ERIC L. GRIMSON (right)
Promotion to Associate Professor
JAMES E. CHUNG (left) and QING HU (right)
Chair Appointments
Analog Devices Career Development Assistant Professor
ANANTHA P. CHANDRAKASAN
Ford Professor of Engineering
ALVIN W. DRAKE
Cecil H. Green Professor
NANCY A. LYNCH
KDD Career Development Assistant Professor
MITCHELL D. TROTT
Appointed Provost
JOEL MOSES
Professor Joel Moses was appointed Provost by President Charles M. Vest, who
called Professor Moses an outstanding institutional leader, widely recognized
as a national leader in engineering education,
but "first and foremost a citizen of the Institute."
Elected Members of the National Academy of Engineering
ARTHUR B. BAGGEROER (left), JOHN
G. KASSAKIAN (center), WILLIAM F. SCHREIBER (right)
Elected Fellows of the IEEE
HAROLD ABELSON (left),
ARVIND (right)
JEFFREY H. SHAPIRO (left),
CHARLES G. SODINI (right)
Elected Fellow of Optical Society of America
JIN A. KONG
Elected to American Philosophical Society
MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS
IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
HENRY I. SMITH
NSF Faculty Career Development Award
SETH TELLER (left),
GREGORY W. WORNELL (right)
Graduate Student Council Teaching Award
MUNTHER A. DAHLEH
Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award
LYNN ANDREA STEIN
Association for Computing Machinery Doctoral Dissertation Award
DAVID R. KARGER
IEEE Distinguished Lectureship, Power Electronics Society
JOHN G. KASSAKIAN
Royal Society of Medicine, Rank Prize for Opto-electronics
MARVIN L. MINSKY
AACC Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
MICHAEL ATHANS
Bodossakis Foundation Prize
JOHN N. TSITSIKLIS
Honorary Degree, Tel Aviv University
ALAN V. OPPENHEIM
Adler Scholars
STEPHEN D. SENTURIA
HENRY I. SMITH
ICCA 8th Computer Chess World Championship, Second Prize
"Socrates 2.0"
CHARLES E. LEISERSON
BRADLEY C. KUSZMAUL
DONALD DAILY
YULI ZHOU
MATTEO A. FRIGO, G
CHRISTOPHER F. JOERG, G
KEITH H. RANDALL, G
Elected Fellow of the IEEE
STEPHEN D. UMANS
Northeastern University, Outstanding Alumni Award in Education
JOHN A. TUCKER
Acoustical Society of America, Silver Medal in Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics
NATHANIEL L. DURLACH
Teaching Awards
Instructor-G
JOHN OFORI-TENKORANG
In the past four years John has been a teaching assistant for 6.071, 6.013,
6.334, 6.012 and 6.101. John is dedicated, friendly and patient and goes out
of his way to help students. He has shown that with effort, dedication and
skill, a teaching assistant can make a difference in the students'
learning process.
DAVID R. SHOEMAKER
David has been a teaching assistant for 6.101, 6.001 and 6.004. In spring term
1994 he taught two recitation sections of 6.004 and received rave reviews
from both students and faculty. David has the combination of
showmanship, personality, and technical insight that
characterize our best teachers.
Harold L. Hazen Award
BABAK AYAZIFAR
Babak won praises from students for his accessibility, dedication,
and enthusiasm. He is self-motivated, clear and thorough
in his teaching. Babak has been a teaching assistant for
the subjects 6.041, 6.343, 6.344, and 6.341.
Carlton E. Tucker Award
JOHN OFORI-TENKORANG
John served as a teaching assistant for a variety of subjects during the last four
years. He was praised for his dedication to students and for his
competence in the subjects he teaches.
Frederick C. Hennie III Award
YONALD CHERY
Yonald was a teaching assistant in 6.111 for three terms. He was praised for his
clarity, patience and understanding when working with his students.
He contributed a great deal to 6.111 by planning ahead of schedule
and making sure that the course ran smoothly.
KENT H. LUNDBERG
Kent has been a teaching assistant for 6.301, 6.302 and 6.331. Kent has impressed
students and faculty with his devotion to teaching and attention to detail.
He assumes the responsibility for continual revisions of the labs
and homework sets.
Master's Thesis Awards
Ernst A. Guillemin Thesis Award
CHRISTOFOROS N. HADJICOSTIS
"Fault-Tolerant Computation in Semigroups and Semirings"
SATYEN N. SHAH
"Free Standing 100nm Period Gratings Produced by Achromatic
Holographic Litography"
JONATHAN M. WALTON
"Terrain Mapping from a Mobile Platform Through Optical
Flow Techniques"
William A. Martin Thesis Award
MATTHEW W. ELDRIDGE
"SIMD Column-Parallel Polygon Rendering"
Charles and Jennifer Johnson Thesis Award
MASSIMILIANO A. POLETTO
"Path Splitting: A Technique for Improving Data Flow Analysis"
David Adler Memorial Thesis Prize
SEOK-WON A. KIM
"Modeling for Hot-Electron Reliability Simulation"
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.
DAVID P. WILLIAMSON
PhD 1993
DONALD G. BALTUS
PhD 1994
S. Klein Prize
1st Prize
For outstanding interpretive writing on scientific and technical subjects
BORIS PEVZNER
Bernard Rabinowitz Fellowship
For excellence in leadership and service in technology and policy
JUDITH B. CARDELL
Alfred Keil Fellowship
For excellence in the wiser uses of science and technology
NARASIMHA D. RAO
Edward S. Darna Award
To a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in theater arts and
made a substantial contribution to the life of the theater on campus
RICHARD C. DAVIS
AMITA Senior Academic Award
To a senior woman who displays the highest degree of academic excellence and
professional promise in her graduating class.
TRACY E. ADAMS
William L. Stewart, Jr., '23 Award
The Stewart award is given for outstanding contributions to extracurricular
life by an individual or student organization.
MATTAN KAMON
International SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems,
Best Poster Prize
DIANA S. DABBY
"Musical Variations from a Chaotic Mapping"
Morris Joseph Levin Memorial Award, Best Master Works Oral Thesis
Presentation
Fall Term 1994
KAVITA A. BALA
"Software Prefetching and Caching for Translation Lookaside Buffers"
JOHN P. MELLOR
"Enhanced Reality Visualization in a Surgical Environment"
AKBAR A. MOOLJI
"Performance Tradeoffs in Scaling InAlAs/InGaAs/InP Metal-Semi-
conductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetectors"
AARON M. SCHULTZ
"Large Signal Digital Control of a Wireless Charging System for
Electric Vehicles"
BENJAMIN VAN ROY
"Feature-Based Methods for Large Scale Dynamic Programming"
Spring Term 1995
KEVIN A. LEW
"A Case Study of Shared-Memory and Message-Passing:
The Triangle Puzzle"
ROHIT SAKHUJA
"Air Interface Standard for Digital Mobile Cellular Systems"
BRIAN M. SCASSELLATI
"High-Level Perceptual Contours from a Variety of Low-Level
Physical Features"
SUSAN A. VOSS
"What is the Effective Acoustic Stimulus for the Inner Ear?"
George C. Newton Prize
The Newton Prize is given for the best undergraduate laboratory
project of the year.
WILLIAM A. BAKER, '95
ADAM R. HOLT, '95
JOHN L. WALLBERG, '96
"Robotic Sheepdog"
Arnold L. Nylander Advanced Undergraduate Project Prize
For outstanding performance on the advanced undergraduate project
JOCELYN
T. NEE, '95
HOWARD W. PAN, '95
Reinhold Rudenberg Memorial Prize
For an outstanding undergraduate thesis relating to energy conversion
SCOTT A. RHODES, '95
Northern Telecom/BNR Project Award
The Northern Telecom/BNR Award is given each term for the
best 6.111 project.
Spring Term 1994
TREY E. IDEKER, '95
JEFFREY J. FOLEY, '95
"The 6.111 Pinball Machine"
Fall Term 1994
JOEL L. DAWSON, '96
JEAN-EMILE ELIEN, '96
SCOTT D. MACGREGOR, '96
"Body Oriented Sound Environment"
6.004 Design Contest
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.
Fall Term 1994
Wandy Sae-Tan, '96, Andrew L. Shultz, '96, Phillip R. Tiongson, '96
Spring Term 1995
Panayiotis Kamzysselis, '97, Christopher C. Leung, '97, Sunnia H. Lin, '97,
Christine Su, '97, Henry Tang, '96, Ernest N. Yeh, '96,
Patrick
C. Yeung, '97
6.270 Design Contest
WEIHAW CHUANG, '95
ENG KEAT KHOR, '95
TIMOTHY W. KWAN, '95
Lego robot "Nerdkit"
Robert M. Fano UROP Award
PABLO L. NARVAEZ GUARNIERI, '96
"Electromagnetically Triggered Phase Transition Gels"
Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Awards
Competition
TZU-YI CHEN, '95
Honorable Mention
Marshall Scholar
LIK MUI, '94
Burchard Scholars
In recognition of unusual abilities and academic excellence
HENRY H. W. CHONG, '96
JOEL L. DAWSON, '96
YIN-CHUN A. KAO, '96
Intel Foundation, Women in Science and Engineering Scholarship Award
HELEN RUAN, '97
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
KEVIN K. LIN, '96
Acoustical Society of America, Best Student Paper Award
BEN Y. REIS, '95
Robert A. Boit Writing Prize
For exceptional writing in the categories of short story, poetry and essay
CHRISTOPHER L. TANG, '97
Short Story - 1st Prize
GUANG-IEN CHENG, '97
Essay - 3rd Prize
David A. Chanen Writing Prize
ALEXANDER ELLWOOD, '96
"A Problem Encountered with Partial URLs in the World Wide Web"
Peter J. Eloranta Award
For outstanding student-originated or student-directed undergraduate
research in the summer months
DANIELLE G. LEMAY, '95
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Music Fund Scholarship
To an undergraduate of has exhibited a high level of talent and commitment
to private performance study
JOEL L. DAWSON, '96
Jeffrey L. Pressman Award
To support outstanding research and/or internships in law, government, or
public policy
JASON P. FIORILLO,
'96
Albert G. Hill Prize
To minority juniors or seniors who have maintained high academic standards
and helped improve the quality of life for minorities
KEITH V. BEVANS, '95
Phi Beta Kappa
For excellence in academic achievement and scholarly attainment
in the liberal arts and sciences
Class of 1995
Sumit Basu
Yassir K. Elley
Robert O. Grimm
Robin K. Huang
Joshua D. S. Koppelman
Jocelyn
T. Nee
Surajit Sarka
Emilija M. Simic
Noah Zamdmer
Qinghua Zheng
Straight T Award
The highest award given for athletic performance
ETHAN A. CRAIN, '95
Cross Country
Indoor Track & Field
PAREEN S. DHALLA, '95
Gymnastics
NGAIRE K. MERRILESS, '97
Field Hockey
JOHN L. WALLBERG, '96
Indoor Track
Howard W. Johnson Award
To the male senior athlete of the year
ETHAN A. CRAIN, '95
Malcom G. Kispert Award
To the male and female senior scholar athletes of the year
AGNIESZKA REISS, '95
Pewter Bowl Award
To a female senior who has shown the highest qualities of inspiration
and leadership in intercollegiate athletics
PAREEN S. DHALLA, '95
Eta Kappa Nu
Electrical and Computer Engineering Honorary Society
Class of 1995
Matthew E. Antone
Sean Chiu
Thayne R. Coffman
Timothy J. Derksen
Michael R. Foster
Anil K. Gehi
Stephen S. Hau
Jimmy M. Hsu
Marta Jakobisiak
Stanislaw M. Jarecki
Chee Kian Ooi
Anthony D. Patire
Ben Y. Reis
Scott A. Rhodes
Mark R. Sadowski
Douglas A. Schreiber
Ben H. Shih
Loren
C. Shih
Nathan R. Shnidman
Jordan M. Slott
Edward C. Slottow
Brian K. Slutz
Hemraj S. Sodhi
Susan Sujono
Charles P. Tung
Owen B. Wessling
Jeffrey J. Wong
Elron A. Yellin
Elaine C. Yiu
Class of 1996
Marlon E. D. Abayan
Joseph A. Adler
Pehr C. Anderson
Peter L. Beebee
Nathan D. Boyd
Ellis Y. Chi
Henry H. Chong
Aaron S. Cohen
Steven E. Czerwinski
Ravindra V. Dalal
Joel L. Dawson
Christopher A. Fuchs
Kofi D. Fynn
Gunnar W. Hoest
Andrew S. Huang
Wing Chi Leung
Jasen C. Li
Albert C. Lin
Jonathan Z. Litt
Anthony Lu
Edo Macan
Uzma Makhdumi
Nimisha V. Mehta
Jose O. Mur-Miranda
Pablo L. Narvaez Guarnieri
Steven Niemczyk
Aarati D. Parmar
Amit R. Patel
Peter J. Sallaway
Matthew G. Sexton
Prasanna B. Tambe
Henry Tang
Christopher M. Tarr
Eva S. Tsai
Wasiuddin A. S. Wahid
Emily
L. Warlick
Eric C.
Wilkson
John J. Wuu
Benson P. S. Yang
Mario A. M. Yearwood
Alexander B. Zakharov
Tau Beta Pi
In recognition of excellence in academic studies
Class of 1995
Matthew E. Antone
Chalee Asavathiratham
Matthew E. Becker
Hovig V. Chitilian
Robert O. Grimm
Shilpa M. Hattangadi
Eng Keat Khor
Walter C. Lee
Gilbert Leung
Chung-Hsiu Ma
Arvind Malhan
Jose O. Mur-Miranda
Manish D. Muzumdar
John J. Park
Anthony D. Patire
Ben H. Shih
Loren
C. Shih
Arun M. Thomas
Charles P. Tung
Jeffrey J. Wong
Class of 1996
Marlon E. D. R. Abayan
Craig B. Abler
Joseph A. Adler
Nathan D. Boyd
Erika S. Chuang
Joel L. Dawson
John M. Fini
Christopher A. Fuchs
Andrew S. Huang
Jasen C. Li
Albert C. Lin
Uzma Makhdumi
Nimisha V. Mehta
Amit R. Patel
Ashish Sharma
Henry Tang
Mario A. M. Yearwood
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Award
CRAIG B. ABLER, '96
JOHN
J. RUSNAK, JR., '97
Reserve Officers Association Award
KARL E. KEPPELER, '95
Professor of Military Science Award
DAMANI O. WALTON, '96
General Society of the War of 1812 ROTC Award
CRAIG B. ABLER, '96
Commissioned in the Military Services
United States Navy
Nuclear Power, Submarines
CHARLES T. CURTIS, II, '95
BRIAN C. DAVISON, '95
Nuclear Power, Surface
JIN M. KIN, '95
United States Army
Signal Corps
KARL E. KEPPELER, '95
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