Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Tao Liu, was awarded third place in the 16th annual ISC symposium.
Pictured left to right: Dr. Frank Liou, Dr. Donald Wunsch II, Sasha Petrenko, Ramin Rahimi, Behzad Farzanegan, Tao Liu and Dr. Ming Leu.
Each year, the Intelligent Systems Center holds a Graduate Research Symposium where all ISC-funded graduate students present on their research and findings. Pictured to the right are the three ISC students who placed at the 2021 Graduate Research Symposium.
Twenty presenters participated in the 16th annual Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) Graduate Research Symposium on April 13. The winners are:
• Sasha Alexander Petrenko, doctoral student in computer engineering, won first place. His paper is titled “Lifelong Context Recognition via Online Deep Clustering.”
• Ramin Rahimi, doctoral student in electrical engineering, won second place. His paper is titled “An Interleaved High Step-Up DC-DC Converter with Built-in Transformer for Renewable Energy Applications.”
• Tao Liu, doctoral student in mechanical engineering, won third place. His paper is titled “In-Situ Infrared Thermographic Inspection for Local Powder Layer Thickness Measurement in Laser Powder Bed Fusion.”
The winners’ advisors are Dr. Donald Wunsch II, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of electrical and computer engineering; Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dr. Pourya Shamsi (co-advisor), associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Each student received an award certificate at a luncheon held May 13. The certificates were signed by Dr. Frank Liou, interim ISC director and the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; Dr. Sajal Das, the Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair Professor of computer science and symposium chair; and Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and symposium co-chair at an awards ceremony luncheon held on May 13. In addition, awardees received $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $350 for third place.
A T-shirt design contest was held prior to the symposium. The winner, Behzad Farzanegan, doctoral student in electrical engineering, received a $200 monetary award. He is advised by Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani, the Rutledge-Emerson Distinguished Professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Posted by Kimber Crull
16th annual ISC Graduate Research Symposium winners announced