Two EE Professors Win Research Awards for 2005 - 2006
The Electrical Engineering Department is proud to announce that two of our tenure track faculty have been
recognized by the College of Engineering and Information Technology for the academic year of 2005 – 2006
Dr. Roger Dougal was presented the Research Achievement Award for 2005 – 2006.
     - For his outstanding research achievement in the field of  modeling and simulation with the Virtual Test Bed
     - For his continuous top level funding achievement for the Virtual Test Bed and its applications
     - For having brought the Virtual Test Bed to the level of commercialization and adoption by the major shipbuilder  
       contractor of the US Navy
     - For his outstanding research achievement in the field of hybrid sources, in particular, fuel cells
Dr. Dougal, Associate Chair, has previously been awarded a Carolina Research Professorship from1986-1995 and the
Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor of Engineering. He is the director of the Virtual Test Bed research project which focuses on interdisciplinary simulation and visualization of modern power sources and systems, especially isolated or mobile power systems incorporating new power technologies such as fuel cells.  Dr. Dougal is a senior member of  IEEE and has current research grants totaling more than  $10M from government and industrial sponsors.  He graduated from Texas Tech with his Ph.D. in 1983 and joined the USC faculty the same year.
Dr. Mohammod Ali was presented the Young Investigator Research Award for 2005 – 2006.
     - For his outstanding research achievement in Flexible, Ultra-Thin, Packaged Antennas and Arrays for Future    
       Generation Wireless Applications
Dr. Ali’s research is supported by an NSF Early Career Award (2003 – 2008). He has previously been awarded the Ericsson Management Award for outstanding performance in simultaneous multiple projects 2001, nominated for the Governor General's Gold Medal Award for outstanding Ph.D. research, Canada, 1998. Dr. Ali graduated from the University of  Victoria,    BC,  Canada, with  a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1997.  He began his career at Ericsson, Inc., in Research Triangle Park, NC, before joining USC as an Assistant Professor in 2001.  His current research interests are in electromagnetic bandgap structures and their antenna applications, fractal, broadband, and multiband antennas, circuits using GaN devices, and wireless power beaming. Dr. Ali is a senior member of IEEE and has been granted four U.S patents.
Dr. Roger Dougal
Research Achievement Award
Dr. Mohammod Ali
Young Investigator Award