Wireless LAN Research Grant for Kennington, Olinick

January 20, 2009

Wireless LAN schematic

The Office of Naval Research has awarded the following research grant to EMIS faculty Jeff Kennington and Eli Olinick:

Using Optimization to Design Wireless Local Area Networks

Developing a good design for a wireless local area network for a multistory building is a challenging problem.  The designer must determine the number and location of the access points (radio
transmitters and receivers), the best power setting for these access points, and the frequency to be assigned to the access points. Since the exact location of the mobile devices (i.e. users) is not known, evaluation of a given design requires a statistical analysis over a random sample of potential locations.  Our objective is to
develop optimization-based prototype design tools for both current and future versions of these networks.

Funding level: $135,000.

Yu Awarded Research Grant on Engineering Supply Chain Systems

January 20, 2009

EMIS faculty member Dr. Junfang Yu recently received the following $85,000 research grant from Sandia National Laboratories:

Collaborative Environment Implementation, Data Management and Security in Supply Chain System

This funded research project will help Sandia to design and implement a secure and effective Electronic Component Information System (ECIS) which is being used by design and development engineers, and other personnel along their supply chain in a collaborative environment. The scope of the work includes the design and implementation of the control mechanism and management schema for the engineering release of various designs and subsystems to be used in a complex weapon system. The project will also help Sandia to design and implement their ECIS so it could be used in a secure and collaborative way.

New Graduates with M.S. in Information Engineering and Management

May 15, 2008

In May 2008, the following students received their Masters of Science in Information Engineering and Management from the EMIS Department: Read more

Tom Siems: Outstanding EMIS Executive Program Faculty

May 7, 2008

Tom Siems: OUtstanding EMIS Executive FacultyDr. Tom Siems was voted the 2008 Outstanding EMIS Executive Program Faculty Award by students in the executive-format masters classes. This is the third such award and one of many teaching awards that he has received. He is shown here with Dean Geoffrey Orsak at the April School of Engineering awards ceremony.