Status Goals and Plans For Dec 17, 2009

Main Goal:  Spend winter break reading literature and find both an area and a niche to fill.

Accomplished

• Accumulated a list of papers
• Read some of the papers (and a book)
• Met with Bill/Gang/Matt/Seokjoong regarding project.

Longer Term Goals

• Complete DoE Fellowship Application
• Investigate DHS Fellowship & NASA GSRP
• Assist Kal in getting started
• Electrical Engineering Labs Book
  

Short Term Planned

• Keep reading
• Think of 223 projects

Read
[1] K. Topalli, Z.A. Civi, S. Demir, S. Koc, and T. Akin, "A
Monolithic Phased Array Using 3-bit Distributed RF MEMS Phase
Shifters," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol.
56, 2008, pp. 270-277.
[2] B. Moore, C. Backhouse, and M. Margala, "Design of wireless
sub-micron characterization system," 22nd IEEE VLSI Test, 2004.
[3] Y. Rahmat-Samii and J. Kim, "Implanted Antennas in Medical
Wireless Communications," Synthesis Lectures on Antennas, vol. 1,
2006, pp. 1-82.
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[4] P. Groeneveld, N. Shenoy, and D.A. Conference, "How to review a
DAC Paper," Program, 2009.
[5] R. Hitchcock Sr, "Timing verification and the timing analysis
program," Proceedings of the 19th conference on Design automation,
IEEE Press Piscataway, NJ, USA, 1982, p. 594–604.