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CAC Director Dr. Moeness Amin Participates on
NATO Panel at the
October NATO scientific panel meeting
in Linkoping, Sweden.
CAC Receives Grant from the Department of Defense
(DOD)
The Center for Advanced Communication received a Defense University Research
Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant for
"Test and Measurement Instrumentation for Transparent Urban Structure."
Center for Advanced Communications Signs Memorandum of Agreement with Ain
Shams University - Cairo, Egypt
The Communication Systems Engineering of the New Credit Hours Program,
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt (ASU) and the
Center for Advanced Communications (CAC) in Villanova’s College of Engineering
have signed a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).
CAC Director Represents US at NATO Meeting in Pisa,
Italy
 Dr.
Moeness Amin, Director of the College of Engineering’s Center for Advanced
Communications (CAC), attended the fourth
NATO Task
Group SET-100/RTG056 meeting on Sensing Through the Wall Technologies
at the Ingegneria dei Sistemi (IDS), Pisa, Italy, November 13-15, 2007.
CAC Hosts Two International Researchers
 During
the fall of 2007, the Center for Advanced Communications (CAC) hosted two
international researchers to work with the CAC team on conducting Through-Wall-Radar
Imaging research. Pictured right with the CAC Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging
Team are Dr. Cornel Ioana from ENS Electrical Engineering of Grenobles,
Cedex, France (forth from left, bottom) and Mr. Christian Debes from the
University of Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany (first from left, bottom).
Moeness Amin Elected SPIE Fellow
Dr. Moeness Amin was elected SPIE Fellow by the International Society
of Optical Engineering in 2007. Press release can be read
here.
Award
A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Dr. Moeness Amin by Dr.-
Ing Volker Hinrichsen, Dean of Engineering, Darmstadt University of Technology,
Germany for his "valuable, distinguished, and continuing research collaborations
with the Signal Processing Group in the area of Radar, Communications, and
Sensor Signal Processing".
Notable Achievements
CAC Director Moeness Amin Serves as Guest Editor for Prestigious Journal
Paper
Grad Student Lead Author on Third Place Prize
Paper Ms. Shamsha Lakhani co-authored an award winning paper with Drs. Ahmad Hoorfar and Robert Caverly titled “Fixed and Reconfigurable Dual Wideband
and Very Wideband Antennas Using Half E-Shaped Patch Elements.” This paper
was awarded 3rd place in the best student paper competition at the 2008
IEEE Sarnoff Symposium held in Princeton, NJ held April 28-30, 2008. This
year there were close to 40 student papers in the competition.
Outstanding Faculty Research Award
Dr. Ahmad Hoorfar received the Villanova University Outstanding
Faculty Research Award at the graduation commencement on May 25, 2007.
The Outstanding Faculty Research Award is presented to a full-time faculty
member with exemplary scholarly activity. The award serves as one of the
most distinguished honors presented to a Villanova University faculty scholar.
2007 Farrell Award
Dr. Robert Caverly received the 2007 Farrell Award at the Deans
Award’s dinner on April 25, 2007. The Farrell Award was established in 1975
in memory of Rev. William F. Farrell, O.S.A. in order to recognize an engineering
faculty member who has demonstrated personal concern for students and exceptional
dedication to the College.
 Associate
Editor of the IEEE Signal Processing Letters
Dr. Yimin Zhang has become an Associate Editor of the
IEEE Signal Processing Letters as well as an Associate Editor of
the Journal of The Franklin Institute.
 Andrew
J. Viterbi, Ph.D. received the 2005 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical
Engineering
Dr. Andrew Viterbi (pictured right with Dr. Moeness Amin - right) was awarded
the medal for developing an efficient technique, known as the Viterbi Algorithm,
that has advanced the design and implementation of modern space and wireless
communication systems, including cellular telephony and digital image transmission
from the distant reaches of our solar system. Dr. Moeness Amin, Director
of the Center for Advanced Communications (CAC) and member of the Franklin
Institute’s Committee on Science & the Arts, Electrical Engineering Cluster,
initiated and sponsored Dr. Viterbi’s case nomination and also organized
a half-day workshop on Villanova University campus to celebrate Dr. Viterbi’s
technical achievements.
 Dr.
Moeness Amin and Dr. Bernard Widrow at the Franklin Institute Awards
Ceremony-Medal Presentation dinner held at the Four Seasons Hotel in
Philadelphia, April 16, 2008. Dr. Widrow received the Benjamin Franklin
Medal in Engineering for his pioneering work in Adaptive Signal
Processing as exemplified by the LMS algorithm. Dr. Amin organized a
half-day workshop on Villanova University campus to celebrate Dr.
Widrow's technical achievements.
Joseph DiGiacomo Scholarship
The Center for Advanced Communications is proud to announce the establishment
of a scholarship in memory of Joseph DiGiacomo. Joseph DiGiacomo was a 1958
Villanova University Electrical Engineering graduate who founded the Center
for Advanced Communications in 1990. Mr. DiGiacomo believed that for the
Center to accomplish its mission, it must develop a nurturing and creative
environment in advanced communications education and research that will
help, serve, and guide students by linking them to the industrial community.
This scholarship will continue Joseph DiGiacomo's vision by providing
a summer internship for a junior EE student interested in Wireless Communications.
In addition, the scholarship will provide a $2,000 grant to the student
during senior year. The scholarship is open to all Villanova EE students
with an overall GPA of 3.00 at the time of application.
The applicant must submit a brief essay describing the applicant's research
interest, particularly in the field of Wireless Communications.
The application deadline is February 15 of the applicant's junior year.
Application material (Cover letter, Transcript, and Essay) should be submitted
to the Dr. Moeness Amin, Director, Center for Advanced Communications room
119 Tolentine Hall. The scholarship winner will be selected by the Center
Director by March 1st.
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Job Openings
Postdoctoral Fellow
A position of a Postdoctoral Fellow is available in the Center for Advanced
Communications at Villanova University in the area of Array and Radar Signal
Processing.
For further information and dates please contact Dr.
Moeness Amin. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in electrical engineering
with a major in Radar Systems.
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