Fellows

2005 - 2006

Benjamin Long
Benjamin appreciates the Grainger Fellowship because it provides the means to "further my education and to pursue my passion for sustainable energy technological solutions." His undergraduate research under Professor Kai Strunz focused on the control of sustainable energy systems. Benjamin worked with the R&D department of Honeywell Defense and Space Electronic Systems on the development of an energy application MEMS acceleration sensor. He has been on the Dean's List for four years, and as an offi cer of the Etta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honors Society he has volunteered his time to tutor other undergraduates. He has won second and third place in EEIC poster contests and has held an EEIC assistantship. As a graduate student Ben would like to continue research with the Advanced Energy Systems and Technologies group. His career goals include joining either a consulting firm, an energy technology solutions group, or one of the Northwest's power technology companies. Benjamin's recreational interests are mountain climbing and soccer.

Alanson Sample
Alanson chose to attend the UW because the Electrical Engineering program is one of the top 20 in the country. For the past two years he has been working on a variety of projects in the Sensor, Energy, and Automation Laboratory. Over the last six months he has led the project on Mobile Monitoring of Underground Power Distribution Cables, with guidance from Professor Alexander Mamishev, his research advisor. Alanson is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and has won numerous scholarships and awards including fi rst place in the EEIC Poster Contest, a judge's award in the First Robotics Competition, and an NSF Student Travel Grant for the IEEE PES T&D Conference. He plans to continue graduate work at UWEE because of its great potential to help him achieve his educational goals. Alanson appreciates the Grainger Fellowship support as he undertakes the academic challenges and opportunities ahead. His future professional goal is a power engineering position in the greater Seattle area. When not studying or working in the laboratory, Alanson enjoys rock climbing, Kendo, and building robots. ite in eastern Washington.

2004 - 2005

Stephanie Lu
Stephanie has been working at Seattle City Light for the past two and a half years as a Student Engineer, where she has solidified her interest in power engineering as she sees the impact that power holds in everyone's daily lives. As an undergraduate, Stephanie has done research on different aspects of the Neptune Project since autumn 2003. After receiving her bachelor's degree, she hopes to conduct research in power markets or blackouts during graduate studies at the University of Washington. In addition, she is a leader in the University of Washington student branches of SWE and IEEE. Outside of school, she enjoys participating in a variety of sports.

Jens Nedrud
Jens is an electrical engineering student from Bozeman, Montana. His interest in EE began in his hometown, where he worked with residential electrical home design. At the University of Washington, he focused his studies on power engineering. Recently, he has been conducting research on renewable power systems involving wind turbines and hydrogen fuel cells. After graduating with his bachelor's degree this spring, Jens will be pursuing his M.S./Ph.D. at the University of Washington. Last summer he interned with Bechtel National, Inc., working on designing high voltage power systems for a nuclear vitrification site in eastern Washington. His research interests include power electronics, circuit design and power system stability. Outside of school, Jens enjoys playing the trombone and is a member of the Husky Marching Band.

2003 - 2004

Eva Kristina Brock
Kristina Brock is an electrical engineering student from Lee, Massachusetts, who is pursuing her MS/Ph.D. at the UW. While earning her undergraduate degrees from Dartmouth College, she spent a year and a half working on a power system for DARTSAT, a picosatelllite designed by Dartmouth engineering students being launched under the California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo CubeSat program. During the fall of 2001, she studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Her research interests include power electronics, circuit design, and renewable energy technologies, and, in particular, she is currently conducting research involving wind turbines and hydrogen fuel cells.

Nels Jewell-Larsen
Nels' interest in electrical engineering stems from his curiosity about how the world works, as well as wanting to gain the analytical thinking and problem solving that is learned through doing and creating. After graduating with his bachelor's degree this spring from the University of Washington, Nels will be continuing here at the UW as a graduate student in electrical engineering, where he will continue to develop a high efficiency corona pump for cooling of power and micro-electronics. Nels has been working on this research project for the past two years and over that time has accumulated a number of accolades including an NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention for 2003. He was also a 2002 Washington Space Grant recipient. At the conclusion of his graduate studies, he plans on heading to industry for several years before he initiates or joins a startup in the high tech/power sector.

Thomas Nye
Thomas graduated from Michigan Technical University in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. While there, he concentrated in energy systems coursework and also worked on a project for Kimberly-Clark to design a real-time temperature sensing system for a fast-moving conveyor. He was an intern engineer at Consumer's Energy for three summers and is currently a graduate student at the University of Washington working on real-time relay communication under Professor Chen-Ching Liu. His professional interests are in business startups, investing and commercialization of technology. His short-term goal is to work in industry either abroad or domestic and his long-term goal is a business startup. Locally, he likes to play basketball at the IMA and travel to scenic destinations.

2002 - 2003

Anders Lars Johnson
A recent Grainger Scholar, Anders is currently enrolled in his fourth year at the UW and is pursuing his MSEE. His academic and professional interests revolve around researching power system reliability and the related economic issues. This summer, Anders will be working for the Bonneville Power Administration's System Protection Group and he hopes to find work with BPA or another utility when he completes his MSEE. When he isn't at school doing research and coursework, Anders enjoys participating in golf and tennis.

Chung-I Lin
Chung-I started his studies at the UW in 1996 when he became an undergraduate student in the field of mechanical engineering. Later, he transferred to the electrical engineering department and graduated in the spring of 2001 with a background in VLSI. Chung-I found a new interest in power engineering, however, and in the fall of 2002 began a Master's program in the field where he will be focusing mostly on congestion problems and the economic factors associated with them. Outside of school, Chung-I spends time shopping for books at the Goodwill and he also collects watches and knives. Chung-I is something of an origami enthusiast as well and makes origami mobiles.

Kevin Schneider
Kevin served in the U.S. Navy on the submarine U.S.S. Los Angeles, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from 1992 to 1998. In 1998, he enrolled in the Physics Department at the UW where he worked on a gravitational research project. He received his B.S. in Physics at the end of Winter Quarter, 2001, and joined the Department of Electrical Engineering in Spring Quarter, 2001 to pursue a MSEE in power engineering. He is currently working on the NEPTUNE project with Prof. Chen-Ching Liu. Kevin enjoys rock climbing, mountain biking, and running in his spare time.