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Fall 2004
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Information on the
Spring 2005 Applied
Science Employer
Open House
Events celebrating
SFU’s 40th
Anniversary in 2005!
Recent events
• Our Engineering Co-op Hiring Manager Panel included representatives
from Nokia, PMC-Sierra, Omnex Controls, Sierra Wireless
• Guest speakers on-campus included Dr Peter J. Smith on “The Impact
of Complexity in MIMO Channel Models”; Dr Arun Madan on “Flexible
Displays and Solar Cells Using Thin Film Silicon Technology”; and
Dr Juin J. Liou on “Evolution and Recent Advances in RF/Microwave
Transistors”
• Undergraduates who defended their theses: Aaron Ridinger on “Power
line interference minimization techniques for use in a wireless surface
EMG system”; Herman Lo on “SurgiBox: A Computerized Physical
Laparoscopic Surgery Training System”; Prashan Gunasingam on
“Simulation of Rigid Body Dynamics by Solving of Multiple Constraints”;
Jimmy Tsai on “Navigation System for a Helicopter UAV”
Winner of the first Co-op Photo Contest is from Engineering!
Yasaman Mohammadi, an Electronics Engineering student, is the Grand Prize Winner of the First Annual SFU Co-op Photo Contest.
Congratulations Yasaman!
Yasaman is currently completing a co-op work term with ATR in Japan and will receive a new Apple iBook for her winning entry.