Awards
UC San Diego Electrical Engineer Accepts Alumni Award for Alma Mater in India
University of California San Diego Distinguished Professor Mohan Trivedi in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department has accepted the Maheshwari Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
2017 Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award - Professor Eric Fullerton
FULLERTON Eric
Home institution: University of California, San Diego
Host institution: Université de Lorraine
FIeld of study: Engineering
2017 IEEE Fellow - Professor Joe Ford
Each year, the IEEE Board of Directors confers the grade of Fellow on up to one-tenth percent of the members. To qualify for consideration, an individual must have been a Member, normally for five years or more, and a Senior Member at the time for nomination to Fellow. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in IEEE’s designated fields.
2017 IEEE Fellow - Professor Nuno Vasconcelos
Each year, the IEEE Board of Directors confers the grade of Fellow on up to one-tenth percent of the members. To qualify for consideration, an individual must have been a Member, normally for five years or more, and a Senior Member at the time for nomination to Fellow. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in IEEE’s designated fields.
2016-17 Hellman Fellowship - Professor Vikash Gilja
Professor Vikash Gilja receives Hellman Fellowship for his research on brain-machine interfaces using neural signals to control prosthetic devices.
2015-16 Best Teacher Awards
The ECE Department was pleased to honor and present Professor Vikash Gilja with the Jacobs School Best Undergraduate Teacher Award, and Professors Paul Siegel and Ian Galton with the ECE Best Graduate Teacher Awards for 2015-16. These outstanding instructors continually inspire students by skillfully sharing the knowledge and expertise they have gained through their own studies.
2016 UC San Diego Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action & Diversity Award - Professor Pam Cosman
The annual Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards Program honors staff, faculty, students, departments, and organizational units or groups that make outstanding contributions in the areas of equal opportunity, affirmative action, diversity, and the UCSD Principles of Community during the year. We would like to congratulate Professor Cosman for this award!
2016 IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award - Professor Bhaskar Rao
The IEEE Technical Achievement Award honors a person who, over a period of years, has made outstanding technical contributions to theory and/or practice in technical areas within the scope of the Society, as demonstrated by publications, patents, or recognized impact on the field.
2016 NSF Career Award - Professor Piya Pal
Prior to joining the UC San Diego faculty, Professor Piya Pal received an NSF CAREER Award for a project on “Smart Sampling and Correlation-Driven Inference for High-Dimensional Signals.” The five-year award will allow Pal to develop a systematic theory of smart sampling and information retrieval algorithms for modern sensing systems.