Patents/Awards/Honors
Patents Awarded
Color Image Characterization, Enhancement and Balancing (with Dr. Ming-Jung Seow), April 22, 2008(ODU News) (Patent Search) Visibility Improvement in Color Video Stream (with Dr. Li Tao), September 23, 2008
(ODU News) (Patent Search)
Teaching/Research/Advising Awards
Outstanding Teacher AwardDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
April 2002 Excellence in Teaching Award
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University
April 2004 Outstanding Researcher Award
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
April 2006 Excellence in Research Award
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University
April 2006 Old Dominion University Nominee for 2009 SURA (Southeastern Universities Research Association) Distinguished Scientist Award
(Nominated in February 2009 by Old Dominion University President John Broderick with endorsements from five distinguished scientists and organizational executives in the United States of America) Certificate of Excellence in Promoting Undergraduate Research
Old Dominion University
April 2009 Faculty Advising Award
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
April 2009
Awards to Students in the Research Group
PhD Students
PhD Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion UniversityMing Z. Zhang, April 2008 Gaduate Student Service Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Praveen Sankaran, April 2008 Honorable Mention in the ODU-NSU-EVMS-VTC Research Day Poster Competition
Richard Cortland Tompkins, April 2008 Honorable Mention in the ODU-NSU-EVMS-VTC Research Day Poster Competition
Richard Cortland Tompkins, April 2007 PhD Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Hau T. Ngo, April 2007 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Hau T. Ngo, May 2006 PhD Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Ming-Jung Seow, April 2005 2nd Place in the ODU-NSU Research Day Poster Competition
Hau Ngo, Li Tao, Ming Zhang, Adam R. Livingston, April 2005
MS Students
MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion UniversityMy Thy Tran, April 2009 MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Inder K. Purohit, April 2008 MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Saibabu Arigela, April 2007 Honorable Mention in the ODU-NSU-EVMS-VTC Research Day Poster Competition
Saibabu Arigela, April 2007 MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Adam R. Livingston, April 2006 MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Praveen Sankaran, April 2005 MS Researcher of the Year Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Hau T. Ngo, April 2003
BS Students
College of Engineering and Technology Outstanding Student Award (Faculty Award in Computer Engineering)Rupal Patel, May 2009 Outstanding Senior in Computer Engineering Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University
Rupal Patel, April 2009 2nd Place in the ECE 486 Senior Design Project Competition
Christopher Heins, December 2008 3rd Place in the ECE 486 Senior Design Project Competition
Loc Tran, Lawrence Hall, Haree Pallera and Kristina Taylor, April 2008 College of Engineering and Technology Outstanding Student Award (Faculty Award in Electrical Engineering)
Jacob D. Foytik, April 2007 Outstanding Junior in Electrical Engineering Award
Theus Aspiras, April 2007 Honorable Mention in the ODU-NSU-EVMS-VTC Research Day Poster Competition
Jacob D. Foytik, April 2007 1st Place in the IEEE Hampton Roads Student Paper Contest
Jacob D. Foytik, January 2007 1st Place in the ECE 486 Senior Design Project Competition
Jacob D. Foytik, December 2006 3rd Place in the IEEE Hampton Roads Student Paper Contest
David Oden, January 2005 College of Engineering and Technology Outstanding Student Award (Faculty Award in Computer Engineering)
Adam R. Livingston, April 2004 3rd Place in the ECE 486 Senior Design Project Competition
Ali Dashti, Mohamed Dashti, Marouane Balmakhtar, April 2003 College of Engineering and Technology Outstanding Student Award (Faculty Award in Computer Engineering)
Hau T. Ngo, April 2001
Fellowships to Students in the Research Group
University Dissertation FellowshipPraveen Sankaran, November 2008 - May 2009 Marine Engineering Scholarship (Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology)
Loc D. Tran, July 2008 Marine Engineering Scholarship (Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology)
Jacob D. Foytik, April 2008 Graduate Assistance for Advanced National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
Adam R. Livingston, 2007 – 2008 Graduate Assistance for Advanced National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
Ming Z. Zhang, 2007 University Graduate Fellowship
Praveen Sankaran, 2005 – 2006 Graduate Assistance for Advanced National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
Ming-Jung Seow, 2001 – 2005 Graduate Assistance for Advanced National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
Hau T. Ngo, 2001 – 2005
Other Awards and Honors
IEEE Senior MemberInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
June 2001 (e-Interaction) Honorary Member
International Society For Advanced Research
January 2008 Honorary Member
Research Board of Advisors: The American Biographical Institute
February 2004 Honored Member
America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
January 2002 Honored Member
Strathmore's WHO'S WHO, USA
March 2001 Member: IEEE Hampton Roads Hall of Fame
February 2001
Patents Filed
Optical Pattern Recognition Technique (with Dr. Mohammad Nazrul Islam and Dr. Mohammad A. Karim), 2008 Visibility Improvement in Color Video Stream (with Dr. Li Tao), 2005 Color Image Characterization, Enhancement and Balancing (with Dr. Ming-Jung Seow), 2005
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Old Dominion University
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