Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory

Mission Statement:

To create new sensor and automation technology applications in such fields as non-destructive testing, power engineering, and manufacturing control using latest advances in signal processing, robotics, and communications. SEAL projects are focused on design of sensor and sensor arrays using electric, magnetic, acoustic, and thermal fields. We use enabling MEMS technology to achieve enhanced performance of sensing systems. There are currently several openings on the SEAL research team for both undergraduate and graduate students. Please see the most recent announcement for undergraduates.

 

 

  News

 Student Awards and Honors 

 

March 2007

  • Gina Hicks - Grainger Scholarship
  • Luke Kearney - Grainger Scholarship
  • Dan Hemmons - Grainger Scholarship
  • Hussein Yapit - EEIC Undergraduate Award

February 2007

  • Vivi Jayanti - Mary Gates Research Scholarship
  • Dan Hemmons - Mary Gates Research Scholarship
  • Luke Keany - Mary Gates Research Scholarship

January 2007

  • Gina Hicks - Grainger Scholarship
  • Vivi Jayanty - Grainger Scholarship
  • Luke Kearny - Grainger Scholarship
  • Dan Hemmons - Grainger Scholarship
  • Hussein Yapit - EEIC Undergraduate Award
  • Sean Chen - EEIC Undergraduate Award

December 2006

  • Gina Hicks - Mary Gates Travel Scholarship

November 2006

  • Ryan Wistort - SEAL Undergraduate Research Award

October 2006

  • Dan Hemmons - Grainger Scholarship
  • Luke Kearney - Grainger Scholarship
  • Jeff Ryden - Grainger Scholarship

September 2006

  • Vivi Jayanty - EEIC-Bergseth Undergraduate Award

July 2006

  • Dan Yeager - NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Award

June 2006

  • Michael Fox - Nanotechnology Summer Research Award

May 2006

  • Nels Jewell-Larsen received LINK Energy Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention

April 2006

  • Pedro Dias e Silva  - EEIC Undergraduate Award
  • Kimberly Tran - Grainger Scholarship
  • Danier Yeager - Grainger Scholarship

March 2006

  • Gabe Rowe - Winner of 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting Student Poster Competition in Math, Technology, and Engineering

January 2006

  • EEIC Poster Contest:
    • Chi-Peng Hsu, Philip Zang, and Nels Jewell-Larsen - 1st place graduate category
    • Dan Yeager, Jesse Dannenbring, Pedro Silva, Fred Sayre, Eric Hungerford -- 2nd place undergraduate category
     
     

December 2005

  • Philip Zhang - Engineering Alumni Scholarship   

November 2005

  • Dan Yeager - Mary Gates Research Scholarship   

October 2005

  • Jun Yi - EEIC-Bergseth Undergraduate Assistantship
    Philip Zhang - EEIC Boeing Undergraduate Assistantship
     
     

September 2005

  • Diana Cheng - Grainger Undergraduate Scholarship
    Dan Yeager - Grainger Undergraduate Scholarship
     

August 2005:

  • Abhinav Mathur - SEAL Scholarship  

July 2005:

  • Alanson Sample and David Seater - First Prize at the International Student Poster Contest at the IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting. 

June 2005:

  • Congratulations to SEAL members with internships for the summer:
    • Nels Jewell-Larsen - Intel PTTL
    • Xiaobei Li - Intel PTTL
    • Kishore Sandara Rajan - Intel Research
    • Bing Jiang - Intel Research
    • Alanson Sample - Intel Research
    • Gabe Rowe - VA Medical Center
    • Brian Ma - Microsoft mobile devices group
    • Phil Zhang - Lockheed Martin / Honeywell
    • Andrew Rollins - Aerojet
    • Diana Cheng - Hewlett Packard
    • Eric Tran - Kimberly-Clark
    • Marc Hungerford - dTEC
    • Dan Yeager - Honeywell

May 2005:

  • Nels Jewell-Larsen -Yang/Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award nomination
  • Abhinav Mathur - Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistant Award nomination

April 2005:

  • David Lu - SEAL scholarship

March 2005:

  • Brian Ma - Mary Gates Scholarship
  • Abhinav Mathur - Mary Gates Research Scholarship
  • Jun Yi - EEIC Bergseth Assistantship
  • Diana Cheng - EEIC Assistantship
  • Philip Zhang - EEIC Assistantship

February 2005:

  • Alanson Sample - Grainger Graduate Fellowship
  • EEIC Poster Contest Awards:
    • Nels Jewell-Larsen, Eric Tran - 1st place graduate category
    • Philip Zhang, Brian Ma - 2nd place undergraduate category
    • Alanson Sample, David Seater, Will Biederman - 3rd place undergraduate category
  • EEIC Assistantship Awards for Winter:
    • Valerie Inclan
    • Abhinav Mathur
    • Diana Chen

January 2005:

  • Valerie Inclan - EEIC Assistantship
  • Diana Cheng - EEIC Assistantship
  • Brian Ma - Gary Kildall Endowed Scholarship
  • Brian Ma - Brian Yamasaki CSE Scholarship

December 2004:

  • Jun Yi - Chevron Scholarship
  • Nels Jewell-Larsen - Received M.S. degree

November 2004:

  • Alanson P. Sample - Mary Gates Research Award
  • Marc E. Hungerford - Mary Gates Research Award
  • David Seater - Mary Gates Research Award

October 2004:

  • Abhinav Mathur - EEIC Assistantship

September 2004:

  • Xiaobei Li - IEEE ISEI Travel Award

August 2004:

  • Eric Tran - SEAL Scholarship

July 2004:

  • Jason Tan - Sally and Donald Mack CSE Scholarship
  • Brian Ma - Donald C Whitworth CSE Scholarship

June 2004:

  • Congratulations to SEAL members with internships or teaching positions for the summer:
    • Kishore Sundara-Rajan - Intel Research
    • Xiaobei Li - Summer Instructor, EE 361, Electromagnetics
    • Nels Jewell-Larsen - Intel
    • Gabe Rowe - Kraft Foods R&D
    • Jason Tan - Boeing Phantom Works
    • Ryan Wistort - JPL
    • Brian Ma - Microsoft, Intel

May 2004:

  • Min Wang - Completed PhD, now at Intel
  • Mike Hegg - Completed MS
  • David Seater - NASA Space Grant Scholarship
  • Eric Tran - SEAL Scholarship

April 2004:

  • Nels Jewell-Larsen - NSF Graduate Student Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
  • David Seater - EEIC Award
  • Abhinav Mathur - EEIC Bergseth Scholarship

March 2004:

  • Alanson Sample, Sam Larson, and Eric Hungerford - Mary Gates Research Fellowship

February 2004:

  • Nels Jewell Larsen and Sam Larson - 1st place in the EEIC poster contest graduate category.
  • Min Wang and Gabe Rowe - 2nd place in the EEIC poster contest graduate category.
  • Alanson P. Sample and Ryan Wistort - 1st place in the EEIC poster contest undergraduate category.
  • Anna, Brian, and several non-SEAL co-authors, 3rd place, class category.

January 2004:

  • Alanson Sample, Sam Larson, and Brian Ma - EEIC Assistantship for the Winter Quarter 2004

Awards from 2003

Awards from 2002

Awards from 2001

Awards from 2000