2005 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
William Trager – Rockefeller Institute
William Trager, Ph.D., achieved the first continuous cultivation in vitro of the human malaria parasite. This scientific breakthrough paved the way for research to understand the physiology, biochemistry, and immunology of the deadly parasite and to ultimately develop a vaccine to prevent or control malaria.
Dr. Trager's principle research contributions to parasitology span three main areas: insect physiology, host-parasite relationships, and the physiology of the erythrocytic stages of malaria parasites. He developed the first bacteria-free culture system for mosquito larvae which led to a series of papers on larval nutritional requirements and devised culture methods for silkworm, mosquito, and tsetse fly tissues.
In addition to making numerous groundbreaking discoveries, Dr. Trager found time to support the scientific societies to which he belonged. He served as President of both the American Society of Parasitologists and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and also served in an advisory capacity for the World Health Organization, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
William Trager is a founding member of the Society of Protozoologists and was the first Editor of The Journal of Protozoology. He has had a distinguished career in protozoology research, publishing more than 210 scientific papers, authoring two books, and earning numerous prestigious awards for his many outstanding achievements.
In 1998, the Society of Protozoologists established The William Trager Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year, in recognition of his revolutionary discoveries and prolific contributions to the field.
Dr. Trager's principle research contributions to parasitology span three main areas: insect physiology, host-parasite relationships, and the physiology of the erythrocytic stages of malaria parasites. He developed the first bacteria-free culture system for mosquito larvae which led to a series of papers on larval nutritional requirements and devised culture methods for silkworm, mosquito, and tsetse fly tissues.
In addition to making numerous groundbreaking discoveries, Dr. Trager found time to support the scientific societies to which he belonged. He served as President of both the American Society of Parasitologists and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and also served in an advisory capacity for the World Health Organization, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
William Trager is a founding member of the Society of Protozoologists and was the first Editor of The Journal of Protozoology. He has had a distinguished career in protozoology research, publishing more than 210 scientific papers, authoring two books, and earning numerous prestigious awards for his many outstanding achievements.
In 1998, the Society of Protozoologists established The William Trager Award for Outstanding Paper of the Year, in recognition of his revolutionary discoveries and prolific contributions to the field.
Howard J. Ellison – Rutgers University
Professor Howard Ellison was the founder of the modern asparagus-breeding program at Rutgers University. He pioneered a number of innovative asparagus breeding strategies and methods, including all-male hybrid breeding. Asparagus is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants. Studies have shown that the male plants live longer, begin production earlier, are more resistant to disease and significantly out yield the female plants. Although asparagus breeders have recognized the advantages of male plants for some time, they've had difficulty breeding all-male hybrids until Prof. Ellison developed an innovative breeding strategy. Prof. Ellison meticulously identified the growing and environmental conditions conducive to the development of hermaphrodite flowers. He was then able to use the hermaphrodite flowers to produce seeds for "supermales." Since the supermales could only produce male seeds, this allowed asparagus breeders
to produce all-male hybrids.
Twenty-one of the all-male hybrids with superior traits such as high yield, high disease resistance, and good spear morphology, were patented. Several of these hybrids, including Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight, and Jersey King, are among the most productive and adaptable asparagus hybrids ever developed and are now being grown all over the world.
Prof. Ellison's innovative breeding strategies have allowed asparagus growers to increase their yields and profitability, and have helped to spawn a highly successful New Jersey seed company, Jersey Asparagus Farm, one of the top three asparagus seed companies in the world.
to produce all-male hybrids.
Twenty-one of the all-male hybrids with superior traits such as high yield, high disease resistance, and good spear morphology, were patented. Several of these hybrids, including Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight, and Jersey King, are among the most productive and adaptable asparagus hybrids ever developed and are now being grown all over the world.
Prof. Ellison's innovative breeding strategies have allowed asparagus growers to increase their yields and profitability, and have helped to spawn a highly successful New Jersey seed company, Jersey Asparagus Farm, one of the top three asparagus seed companies in the world.
Clarence D. Chang, Anthony J. Silvestri, William H. Lang – Mobil Central
Research Division
Research Division
Mobil research team, Clarence Chang, Dr. Anthony Silvestri and William Lang, were charged with doing exploratory research to open new frontiers in fuel and petrochemical technology. In 1972, while conducting an investigation of the reaction pathways of polar organic compounds on acidic zeolites, the key experiment was conceived that led to the discovery of the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons, including gasoline-range, high-octane aromatics, over the synthetic zeolite ZSM-5.
This discovery became the basis of the Mobil Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) Process, the first synfuel process to be commercialized in 50 years, and sparked worldwide interest and research that continues to this day. In 1985, it was commercialized in New Zealand as the Gas-to-Gasoline Process, in response to the Arab Oil Embargo and the ensuing energy crisis. The process operated successfully for a decade before being suspended due to the end of the energy crisis and declining crude oil prices. However, because methanol can be made from any gasifiable carbonaceous material, such as coal and biomass, the MTG process may again play a vital role in a future of dwindling oil and gas resources.
This patent and associated patents revealed a new way to manufacture gasoline, bringing greater security and self-sufficiency to gasoline-reliant consumers, nations and the world at large.
A graduate of Harvard, Clarence D. Chang is the author of over 60 papers and encyclopedia chapters, as well as a book, Hydrocarbons from Methanol. For his discovery, he was awarded the American Chemical Society 1992 E.V. Murphree Award and the North American Catalysis Society 1999 Eugene J. Houdry Award among other honors. He holds over 220 U.S. patents.
Dr. Silvestri authored or co-authored about 60 papers. In recognition of his professional accomplishments, Dr. Silvestri received the New York Catalysis Society Award for Excellence in Catalysis in 1984 and was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 1995. He holds 28 U.S. patents.
This discovery became the basis of the Mobil Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) Process, the first synfuel process to be commercialized in 50 years, and sparked worldwide interest and research that continues to this day. In 1985, it was commercialized in New Zealand as the Gas-to-Gasoline Process, in response to the Arab Oil Embargo and the ensuing energy crisis. The process operated successfully for a decade before being suspended due to the end of the energy crisis and declining crude oil prices. However, because methanol can be made from any gasifiable carbonaceous material, such as coal and biomass, the MTG process may again play a vital role in a future of dwindling oil and gas resources.
This patent and associated patents revealed a new way to manufacture gasoline, bringing greater security and self-sufficiency to gasoline-reliant consumers, nations and the world at large.
A graduate of Harvard, Clarence D. Chang is the author of over 60 papers and encyclopedia chapters, as well as a book, Hydrocarbons from Methanol. For his discovery, he was awarded the American Chemical Society 1992 E.V. Murphree Award and the North American Catalysis Society 1999 Eugene J. Houdry Award among other honors. He holds over 220 U.S. patents.
Dr. Silvestri authored or co-authored about 60 papers. In recognition of his professional accomplishments, Dr. Silvestri received the New York Catalysis Society Award for Excellence in Catalysis in 1984 and was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 1995. He holds 28 U.S. patents.
Gerard A. Alphonse – RCA Laboratories (now Sarnoff Corporation)
Gerard Alphonse, Ph.D. joined RCA in 1959 and has been a pioneer in a wide variety of technical areas. He worked on the development of superconductive devices and made numerous original contributions in the development of photochromic cathode ray storage and projection tubes, holography in photo-refractive media, broadband acoustic-optic deflectors, holographic data storage, ultrasonic imaging for medical diagnostics, video discs, and optical disc media development.
In 1986 he invented and demonstrated the world's highest performance super luminescent diode (SLD.) This device is a broadband semiconductor light source
and a key component in the next generation of fiber optic gyroscopes, low coherence tomography for medical imaging, and external cavity tunable lasers with applications to fiber optic communications.
Dr. Alphonse has also been involved in education and taught engineering for 16 years in the Electronic Physics Department of LaSalle University's Evening Division, and served four years as Department Head. He also taught electrical engineering at the College of New Jersey.
Dr. Alphonse is the author and co-author of over 120 technical papers and holds over 50 U.S. patents. He has received four David Sarnoff Outstanding Achievement Awards, among many other awards and honors. He retired from Sarnoff in January 2003 to pursue his interest in consulting for high tech start-up companies.
In 1986 he invented and demonstrated the world's highest performance super luminescent diode (SLD.) This device is a broadband semiconductor light source
and a key component in the next generation of fiber optic gyroscopes, low coherence tomography for medical imaging, and external cavity tunable lasers with applications to fiber optic communications.
Dr. Alphonse has also been involved in education and taught engineering for 16 years in the Electronic Physics Department of LaSalle University's Evening Division, and served four years as Department Head. He also taught electrical engineering at the College of New Jersey.
Dr. Alphonse is the author and co-author of over 120 technical papers and holds over 50 U.S. patents. He has received four David Sarnoff Outstanding Achievement Awards, among many other awards and honors. He retired from Sarnoff in January 2003 to pursue his interest in consulting for high tech start-up companies.
INNOVATOR AWARD
Lillian M. Gilbreth – Gilbreth Inc., General ElectriC
Lillian Moller Gilbreth was an inventor, author, industrial engineer and mother of twelve children. An industrial engineer for General Electric, Ms. Gilbreth worked on improving the design of kitchen appliances and patented the electric food mixer, shelves inside refrigerator doors, and perhaps most famously, a trash can with a foot-pedal lid opener.
Lillian Gilbreth is best known, however, for her work with her husband, Frank Gilbreth, on Time and Motion Studies. The Gilbreth's pioneering work in ergonomics, which is essentially fitting the workplace to the worker, focused on work simplification and industrial efficiency, factors affecting efficiency and how to improve them. From these studies, they developed a number of tools including flow process charts, Therblig Analysis, micro-motion studies using motion pictures, and more.
Ms. Gilbreth was one of the first scientists to recognize the adverse effects of stress and lack of sleep on workers, and was a pioneer in making the environment easier to navigate for the physically handicapped.
After the death of her husband in 1924, Lillian continued their studies and turned her attention to the household worker, increasing the efficiency of household appliances and applying business methods to home economics. Ms. Gilbreth served as a consultant to numerous firms in America and abroad, and collaborated on several books and articles. She wrote four books on her own and taught industrial engineering at Purdue, Bryn Mawr, Rutgers and the Newark College of Engineering.
The Gilbreth's family life was famously chronicled by two of the Gilbreth children, Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, in the books and subsequent movies, Cheaper by the Dozen (1949) and Belles on Their Toes (1950.) Lillian Moller Gilbreth died in 1972 at the age of 94.
Lillian Gilbreth is best known, however, for her work with her husband, Frank Gilbreth, on Time and Motion Studies. The Gilbreth's pioneering work in ergonomics, which is essentially fitting the workplace to the worker, focused on work simplification and industrial efficiency, factors affecting efficiency and how to improve them. From these studies, they developed a number of tools including flow process charts, Therblig Analysis, micro-motion studies using motion pictures, and more.
Ms. Gilbreth was one of the first scientists to recognize the adverse effects of stress and lack of sleep on workers, and was a pioneer in making the environment easier to navigate for the physically handicapped.
After the death of her husband in 1924, Lillian continued their studies and turned her attention to the household worker, increasing the efficiency of household appliances and applying business methods to home economics. Ms. Gilbreth served as a consultant to numerous firms in America and abroad, and collaborated on several books and articles. She wrote four books on her own and taught industrial engineering at Purdue, Bryn Mawr, Rutgers and the Newark College of Engineering.
The Gilbreth's family life was famously chronicled by two of the Gilbreth children, Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, in the books and subsequent movies, Cheaper by the Dozen (1949) and Belles on Their Toes (1950.) Lillian Moller Gilbreth died in 1972 at the age of 94.
Albert I. Schatz (1920 to 2005) Rutgers University
In 1943, a 23-year-old graduate student named Albert Schatz co-discovered streptomycin, a powerful antibiotic hailed as a "miracle drug," and the first effective treatment against tuberculosis, a disease that killed more than a billion people over the last two centuries. One of the first in an emerging class of drugs derived from actinomycetes, streptomycin was also found to be effective against a number of gram-negative organisms, including those that cause typhoid, tularemia and plague. This discovery further increased the significance of his work as gram-negative organisms did not typically respond to the arsenal of penicillin and sulfa drugs available at the time.
At the time of his discovery, Dr. Schatz was working in the Rutgers University laboratory of Selman A. Waksman, an eminent microbiologist whose laboratory was working on developing new antibiotics. Dr. Schatz volunteered to search for one that could be used to fight tuberculosis, and worked by himself in the basement, to reduce the risk of infection to his colleagues. After three and a half months, he isolated the antibiotic that became known as streptomycin and wrote the first paper announcing the discovery.
Dr. Schatz received his doctorate from Rutgers in 1945. He has published several books and more than 700 scientific papers and taught at Brooklyn College, the National Agricultural College in Doylestown, PA, the University of Chile and Temple University. His other work included research on the toxic effects of fluoridated drinking water. In 1994, Dr. Schatz was awarded the Rutgers University Medal, the university's highest honor, for his work on streptomycin.
At the time of his discovery, Dr. Schatz was working in the Rutgers University laboratory of Selman A. Waksman, an eminent microbiologist whose laboratory was working on developing new antibiotics. Dr. Schatz volunteered to search for one that could be used to fight tuberculosis, and worked by himself in the basement, to reduce the risk of infection to his colleagues. After three and a half months, he isolated the antibiotic that became known as streptomycin and wrote the first paper announcing the discovery.
Dr. Schatz received his doctorate from Rutgers in 1945. He has published several books and more than 700 scientific papers and taught at Brooklyn College, the National Agricultural College in Doylestown, PA, the University of Chile and Temple University. His other work included research on the toxic effects of fluoridated drinking water. In 1994, Dr. Schatz was awarded the Rutgers University Medal, the university's highest honor, for his work on streptomycin.
Michael L. Recce – New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael Reece, Ph.D., developed a new technology to identify and imprint a firearm with the owner's unique pattern of grip pressure - a biometric called Dynamic Grip Recognition™ (DGR) This technology involves detailed analysis of the amount of pressure exerted on the gun grip over time as a person squeezes the trigger to discharge their firearm.
DGR technology prevents unauthorized gun users, such as children or criminals, from operating the weapon. This method can also be used in anti-theft devices
for vehicles and for controlled entry into and out from secure locations. A follow-up patent application for a device that would prevent unauthorized pilots from gaining control of an airplane is currently under review.
To authorize the gun, the user grips the handle containing pressure sensors. A pressure signature profile is then stored, based on hand size and shape, grip position on the handle, and time variation of the pressure. The pressure measurements from the sensors are monitored by a digital signal processor embedded in the body of the handgun. When the pressure measurements match one of several stored signatures, the gun is allowed to fire. All of the processing and activation occurs during the trigger pull.
Although other methods for authenticating handguns are available, most that are currently in use are flawed. For example, the most common method is the external key ring or bracelet that requires the owner to manually unlock the gun before using it. For convenience, most gun owners keep the ring or bracelet and the gun in the same place. Unfortunately, this also makes it convenient for the gun user's child to unlock and use the gun.
By making guns operable only by authorized users, "Smart Gun" technology will prevent many deaths and save the lives of hundreds of children who are killed by accidental gunfire each year. This invention will also benefit police officers, enabling them to exchange weapons among the team, and preventing criminals from being able to use their guns, should they gain access.
DGR technology prevents unauthorized gun users, such as children or criminals, from operating the weapon. This method can also be used in anti-theft devices
for vehicles and for controlled entry into and out from secure locations. A follow-up patent application for a device that would prevent unauthorized pilots from gaining control of an airplane is currently under review.
To authorize the gun, the user grips the handle containing pressure sensors. A pressure signature profile is then stored, based on hand size and shape, grip position on the handle, and time variation of the pressure. The pressure measurements from the sensors are monitored by a digital signal processor embedded in the body of the handgun. When the pressure measurements match one of several stored signatures, the gun is allowed to fire. All of the processing and activation occurs during the trigger pull.
Although other methods for authenticating handguns are available, most that are currently in use are flawed. For example, the most common method is the external key ring or bracelet that requires the owner to manually unlock the gun before using it. For convenience, most gun owners keep the ring or bracelet and the gun in the same place. Unfortunately, this also makes it convenient for the gun user's child to unlock and use the gun.
By making guns operable only by authorized users, "Smart Gun" technology will prevent many deaths and save the lives of hundreds of children who are killed by accidental gunfire each year. This invention will also benefit police officers, enabling them to exchange weapons among the team, and preventing criminals from being able to use their guns, should they gain access.
INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
David M. Goldenberg – Immunomedics Inc.
During the last decade, several antibodies have become commercialized for use in the areas of infectious disease, auto-immune disease and cancer therapy, resulting in a new era of biological pharmaceuticals, and accounting for $10 billion in annual sales in the U.S. These biological agents are often safer and easier for patients to use than traditional drugs.
Dr. David Goldenberg is one of the recognized pioneers in the use of monoclonal antibodies. He is President of the Garden State Cancer Center and the Center of Molecular Medicine and Immunology and is founder and Chairman of the Board of the publicly held biotechnology firm, Immunomedics, Inc. and its subsidiary, IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He holds over 150 U.S. and foreign patents in the fields of disease imaging, monoclonal antibodies, use of antibody conjugates in therapy, anti-idiotype cancer and infectious disease vaccines and methods to overcome multi-drug resistance and myelotoxicity of radio-conjugates.
Many of Dr. Goldenberg's patents are for products and methods that are currently in pre-clinical and clinical development. Two products that have already been approved are: CEA Scan® for diagnostic imaging of cancer and LeukoScan® for diagnostic imaging of infection. Having been one of the first to gain patents in this new field, Dr. Goldenberg has generated much scientific and commercial interest, and received numerous awards and recognition for his pioneering work. He has written or co-authored approximately 1,400 journal articles, abstracts and book chapters on cancer immunology and cancer research, has served on the editorial boards for several respected medical journals, and is an active member of many scientific societies.
Dr. David Goldenberg is one of the recognized pioneers in the use of monoclonal antibodies. He is President of the Garden State Cancer Center and the Center of Molecular Medicine and Immunology and is founder and Chairman of the Board of the publicly held biotechnology firm, Immunomedics, Inc. and its subsidiary, IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He holds over 150 U.S. and foreign patents in the fields of disease imaging, monoclonal antibodies, use of antibody conjugates in therapy, anti-idiotype cancer and infectious disease vaccines and methods to overcome multi-drug resistance and myelotoxicity of radio-conjugates.
Many of Dr. Goldenberg's patents are for products and methods that are currently in pre-clinical and clinical development. Two products that have already been approved are: CEA Scan® for diagnostic imaging of cancer and LeukoScan® for diagnostic imaging of infection. Having been one of the first to gain patents in this new field, Dr. Goldenberg has generated much scientific and commercial interest, and received numerous awards and recognition for his pioneering work. He has written or co-authored approximately 1,400 journal articles, abstracts and book chapters on cancer immunology and cancer research, has served on the editorial boards for several respected medical journals, and is an active member of many scientific societies.
Jack R. Harford – Zero Surge Inc.
In the late 1980s, Jack Harford was designing interconnected computing equipment, when he found the current surge suppression technology was too unpredictable to support the equipment's demanding electrical needs. His response to this problem was to create his own powerful surge suppression technology, file two patents for it, and start his own company, Zero Surge, Inc.
As power supply technology improved and became capable of operating over a full 85 to 265 Volt RMS range, Mr. Harford developed and was issued another patent in April, 2004, for technology supporting a "Surge Suppressor for a Wide Range of
Input Voltages." This technology offers powerline surge suppression over the entire range of voltages with exceptional performance and worst-case surge endurance. He recently applied for a new patent to improve his wide voltage range technology, eliminating the risks associated with power-line voltage surges.
Jack Harford has been active with both the UL and federal government in establishing new standards of performance and reliability for the surge suppression industry. He holds over 41 U.S. patents, with others pending, and has over 300 patents worldwide. In 1990 he was selected as Inventor of the Year by the New Jersey Inventors Congress and Hall of Fame for his contributions to the surge suppression field.
While at RCA Corporation, Mr. Harford developed some of the first integrated circuits used in television. He won several awards, including the RCA Laboratories (David Sarnoff Research Center) Outstanding Achievement Award in 1978.
As power supply technology improved and became capable of operating over a full 85 to 265 Volt RMS range, Mr. Harford developed and was issued another patent in April, 2004, for technology supporting a "Surge Suppressor for a Wide Range of
Input Voltages." This technology offers powerline surge suppression over the entire range of voltages with exceptional performance and worst-case surge endurance. He recently applied for a new patent to improve his wide voltage range technology, eliminating the risks associated with power-line voltage surges.
Jack Harford has been active with both the UL and federal government in establishing new standards of performance and reliability for the surge suppression industry. He holds over 41 U.S. patents, with others pending, and has over 300 patents worldwide. In 1990 he was selected as Inventor of the Year by the New Jersey Inventors Congress and Hall of Fame for his contributions to the surge suppression field.
While at RCA Corporation, Mr. Harford developed some of the first integrated circuits used in television. He won several awards, including the RCA Laboratories (David Sarnoff Research Center) Outstanding Achievement Award in 1978.
Harry T. Roman – Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G)
Harry Roman established and led PSE&G's Applied Robotic Testing (ART) facility from 1988 through 1993. The 23 robots developed there saved $10,000,000 in operating and maintenance costs, and generated $500,000 in royalty revenue to the company. One such robotic device is also being used in the nuclear industry and has been adopted and modified by the U.S. Navy.
For environmental and safety reasons, large petrochemical and other storage tanks must be periodically cleaned and inspected for corrosion. Prior to Mr. Roman's invention, highly trained technicians in bulky, non-permeable clothing and full breathing apparatus would inspect the tank from the inside. The tank would first need to be drained, and then the technicians would manually inspect the tank, searching for variations in thickness and recording the measurements. The process was time-consuming and dangerous.
This invention ensures a safer, more efficient and thorough inspection and cleaning. An additional benefit is that the tanks do not have to be drained, as the robot is lowered through a roof port.
Mr. Roman's other patents include the use of fuel cell powered automobiles for the generation of on-site electrical power, a system for determining the position and work point of a device, automated meter inspection and reading, and a method of increasing a specific chemical yield (Taxol) from a plant.
Mr. Roman is one of the premier proponents of invention in New Jersey. He has given numerous lectures and presentations on inventors, inventions and innovations to children of all ages, community organizations and professional societies. He established the Student Project Team program for NJ engineering students.
He has published/presented over 400 technical papers, monographs, books and articles and over 600 poems, prose and short stories. His many awards include "Distinguished Technology Educator 1999" and IEEE's 1996 "Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education" for creating an "Engineer's Guide to Business" book and CD series.
For environmental and safety reasons, large petrochemical and other storage tanks must be periodically cleaned and inspected for corrosion. Prior to Mr. Roman's invention, highly trained technicians in bulky, non-permeable clothing and full breathing apparatus would inspect the tank from the inside. The tank would first need to be drained, and then the technicians would manually inspect the tank, searching for variations in thickness and recording the measurements. The process was time-consuming and dangerous.
This invention ensures a safer, more efficient and thorough inspection and cleaning. An additional benefit is that the tanks do not have to be drained, as the robot is lowered through a roof port.
Mr. Roman's other patents include the use of fuel cell powered automobiles for the generation of on-site electrical power, a system for determining the position and work point of a device, automated meter inspection and reading, and a method of increasing a specific chemical yield (Taxol) from a plant.
Mr. Roman is one of the premier proponents of invention in New Jersey. He has given numerous lectures and presentations on inventors, inventions and innovations to children of all ages, community organizations and professional societies. He established the Student Project Team program for NJ engineering students.
He has published/presented over 400 technical papers, monographs, books and articles and over 600 poems, prose and short stories. His many awards include "Distinguished Technology Educator 1999" and IEEE's 1996 "Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education" for creating an "Engineer's Guide to Business" book and CD series.
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
Yuanqiu Luo – New Jersey Institute of TechnologY
Yuanqui Luo is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering and works as a Research Assistant in the Advanced Networking Laboratory at NJIT. With research interests that include high speed access networks, optical wireless, network survivability, sensor networks and queuing theory, Ms. Luo has analyzed the critical issues of broadband access network and proposed two inventions under the guidance of her Ph.D. advisor, Dr. Nirwan Ansari.
Passive optical networks (PONs) are a low cost, high-speed technology that offers a promising solution to broadband subscriber access networks. A major feature of PONs is the utility of a shared upstream channel among multiple users, making bandwidth management a critical issue. Ms. Luo’s first invention, “Limited sharing with Traffic Prediction for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation over Broadband Passive Optical Networks," provides a technique that would allocate the upstream channel bandwidth efficiently and dynamically among multiple users, by predicting the traffic arriving at the waiting time.
Another problem in PONs is service differentiation due to the differences in subscriber's service level agreements. Ms. Luo's second invention, "Service Differentiation Enhancement of Limited Sharing with Traffic Prediction for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation over Broadband Passive Optical Networks," integrates queuing, scheduling, and class-based bandwidth allocation to serve diverse end-users. If these methodologies are accepted as standard, there is potential for significantly greater widespread use of broadband access networks, since the performance and service would be greatly improved.
Ms. Luo authored three academic papers that have been accepted or published by high-level international journals and conferences, delivered technical presentations to industry organizations, and received numerous honors and awards, including a Certificate of Distinction for participation in the Provost's Student Research Day at NJIT, First Place for the IEEE Student Presentation Contest for North Jersey, and being invited to speak at the Notre Dame University Minority Engineering Program IBM Lecture Series.
Passive optical networks (PONs) are a low cost, high-speed technology that offers a promising solution to broadband subscriber access networks. A major feature of PONs is the utility of a shared upstream channel among multiple users, making bandwidth management a critical issue. Ms. Luo’s first invention, “Limited sharing with Traffic Prediction for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation over Broadband Passive Optical Networks," provides a technique that would allocate the upstream channel bandwidth efficiently and dynamically among multiple users, by predicting the traffic arriving at the waiting time.
Another problem in PONs is service differentiation due to the differences in subscriber's service level agreements. Ms. Luo's second invention, "Service Differentiation Enhancement of Limited Sharing with Traffic Prediction for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation over Broadband Passive Optical Networks," integrates queuing, scheduling, and class-based bandwidth allocation to serve diverse end-users. If these methodologies are accepted as standard, there is potential for significantly greater widespread use of broadband access networks, since the performance and service would be greatly improved.
Ms. Luo authored three academic papers that have been accepted or published by high-level international journals and conferences, delivered technical presentations to industry organizations, and received numerous honors and awards, including a Certificate of Distinction for participation in the Provost's Student Research Day at NJIT, First Place for the IEEE Student Presentation Contest for North Jersey, and being invited to speak at the Notre Dame University Minority Engineering Program IBM Lecture Series.
Shuangquan Wang – New Jersey Institute of Technology
Shuangquan Wang is a Ph.D. candidate majoring in Communications, Signal Processing and Microwave at NJIT. His patent will improve existing and future communication systems.
The multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) communication system was proposed in the mid-nineties as a revolutionary approach to achieve very fast wireless data and video communication, multi-media, web browsing, tele-medicine, etc. It is a methodology that promises to significantly increase capacity and reliability, and has been an active area of research for the last few years. However, the performance improvement offered by a MIMO signaling scheme, strongly depends on the accurate estimate of the MIMO inter-symbol interference (ISI) fading channel. Without highly complex hardware implementation, this estimation is very difficult, which is why it has not been widely commercialized.
Mr. Wang's patented methodology, "MIMO ISI Channel Estimation Using Uncorrelated Complementary Sets of Sequences," not only achieves the minimum possible estimation error, but can also be implemented with very low hardware complexity, making it the ideal channel estimation method appropriate for commercial MIMO applications. This patent will pave the way towards more successful and cost-effective deployment of all MIMObased systems.
Shuangquan Wang has authored numerous papers that have been published or accepted by professional engineering journals and conferences, and has
been the recipient of numerous scholarships. The MIMO ISI Channel Estimation Using Uncorrelated Complementary Sets of Sequences is his fourth patent.
The multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) communication system was proposed in the mid-nineties as a revolutionary approach to achieve very fast wireless data and video communication, multi-media, web browsing, tele-medicine, etc. It is a methodology that promises to significantly increase capacity and reliability, and has been an active area of research for the last few years. However, the performance improvement offered by a MIMO signaling scheme, strongly depends on the accurate estimate of the MIMO inter-symbol interference (ISI) fading channel. Without highly complex hardware implementation, this estimation is very difficult, which is why it has not been widely commercialized.
Mr. Wang's patented methodology, "MIMO ISI Channel Estimation Using Uncorrelated Complementary Sets of Sequences," not only achieves the minimum possible estimation error, but can also be implemented with very low hardware complexity, making it the ideal channel estimation method appropriate for commercial MIMO applications. This patent will pave the way towards more successful and cost-effective deployment of all MIMObased systems.
Shuangquan Wang has authored numerous papers that have been published or accepted by professional engineering journals and conferences, and has
been the recipient of numerous scholarships. The MIMO ISI Channel Estimation Using Uncorrelated Complementary Sets of Sequences is his fourth patent.