2011-12 College of Engineering Awards

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Congratulations to the following recipients of 2011-12 College of Engineering Awards:
Jason Flinn
Jason Flinn
Education Excellence
Award		 Prof. Flinn conducts research in the areas of operating systems, mobile computing, storage, and distributed systems. He is currently investigating software systems that allow concurrent programs to execute more reliably on multicore computers, as well as tools that help developers and administrators troubleshoot software problems such as misconfigurations.

Jason: I would like to make some notes here regarding your activities as an educator and/or on course design.
Ted Norris
Ted Norris
Research Excellence
Award		 Prof. Ted Norris has led one of the country's leading research groups in ultrafast optics and optoelectronics for nearly 20 years. He is accredited with the creation of the world's most successful ultrafast table-top laser systems (marketed by numerous companies), and he has made numerous contributions ranging from fundamental optics to applications in biomedical optics. He is a founding member of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences (M-NIMBS), author of 5 patents, and founder of the spin-off company PhotonAffinity.

Prof. Norris is Director of the newly-established NSF Center for Photonic and Multiscale Materials (C-PHOM), which brings together faculty from across the College of Engineering and University, as well as seven affiliated educational institutions and national laboratories.
Jeff Ringenberg
Jeff Ringenberg
Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award 		Dr. Ringenberg's interests are in the areas of mobile learning software development, tactile programming, methods for bringing technology into the classroom, and studying the effects of social networking and collaboration on learning. He is the faculty advisor for the MSuite Collaborative, a cross-disciplinary student group that develops aplications for mobile devices.

Jeff: Please review the above. I'd like to add a mentioregarding your teaching activities.
Kim Winick
Kim Winick
Service Excellence Award		 Prof. Kim Winick received a Service Excellence Award in recognition of several important service activities in recent years. He had a major role in developing the lab for EECS 216 (Signals and Systems), a course taken by all EE and CE undergraduate students. As the EE Chief Program Advisor since 2009, Prof. Winick devoted a significant amount of time advising students, and responding to their inquiries and concerns. This included students from Shanghai who were part of the newly-established SJTU-JI program. Finally, he served in various other key service roles, including EE:Systems graduate student financial aid chair and member of the ECE Executive Committee and the Rackham Graduate School Divisional Board.