Professor Shuvra Bhattacharyya is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, in the area of Signal Processing Systems.
Dr. Bhattacharyya joined the department last summer from Hitachi America's Semiconductor Research Lab in San Jose, California. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. His primary research interests are in computer-aided design for embedded systems, VLSI signal processing, parallel computation, and software synthesis. At Hitachi, and earlier as a graduate student in the Gabriel and Ptolemy projects at UC Berkeley, he was involved in research on compilation techniques for mapping dataflow programs for digital signal processing into efficient uniprocessor and multiprocessor implementations.
The NSF CAREER Award is a foundation-wide program that encourages the integration of education and research. In particular, this award emphasizes the "early development of academic careers dedicated to stimulating the discovery process in which the excitement of research is enhanced by inspired teaching and enthusiastic learning."

Prof. Victor Granatstein received the Robert L. Woods Award "for leadership in the Vacuum Electronics Community." The award was presented on May 12 at the 1998 Microwave Vacuum Electronics Devices Conference, in Monterey, Calif. This award was created by the Secretary of Defense. Winners are selected by the Advisory Group on Electron Devices.

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Helicopter Society selected the CONDUIT research team (Dr. Mark B. Tischler, Mr. Jason D. Colbourne, Mr. Kenny K. Cheung, Mr. Chad Frost, and Prof. William S. Levine) as the recipients of the 1998 Schroers Award for Outstanding Rotorcraft Research. The AHS Local Chapter Awards are given annually to recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals within the local rotorcraft community.