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Professor Banmali S. Rawat is the Founder/Editor-in -Chief of a new online journal, "the International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology (IJMOT)".
IJMOT News, June 29 , 2006

A new online journal (IJMOT) combining microwave and optical technology has been started by ISRAMT, a non-profit corporation registered in the state of Nevada with its head-quarters in the Electrical Engineering Department, UNR headed by Professor Banmali Rawat. The governing body of the ISRAMT is the International Advisory Committee (IAC) comprising 30-35 international experts in microwave and optical technology. The other main activity of ISRAMT is the organization of the biennial "International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology" (ISMOT) held in different countries.

Prof. Rawat always felt that there was a need for a journal which can publish full length papers for this new community combining microwaves and optics or the upcoming area of microwave photonics. His idea of starting a new journal by the name of the "International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology" (IJMOT), was discussed by the IAC during ISMOT-1999 in Malaga, Spain. Prof. Rawat was asked to investigate the possibility of this journal in collaboration with some known publishing house. Finally the Academic Press showed keen interest in this venture. Many surveys were done, a list of experts for Editorial Advisory Board was finalized and some cost evaluation was done. Suddenly the US economy took nose dive after 2001 and the Academic Press backed off from the venture. Then Prof. Rawat looked into the possibility of an online journal or e-journal under ISRAMT as it was becoming quite common in the communication industry. The IAC in its meeting during ISMOT-2003 in Ostrava, Czech Republic, decided to start this new journal and elected Prof. Rawat as its first Editor-in-Chief and Founder. [more...]

Dr. John Kleppe wins the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award
NCIIA News, April 04, 2006

Kleppe, who created and operated a successful manufacturing company while working at the University of Nevada-Reno, won the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award for his outstanding 37-year career as an engineering educator. He has received several teaching awards.

His pioneering senior capstone class, supported by UNR's Lemelson Center for Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is recognized nationally and internationally for teaching engineering students how to invent, patent, produce, market and sell inventions. Many of Kleppe's former students have either started their own companies or have assumed key responsibilities at emerging companies. In addition to his work at the university, Kleppe has taught at Northern Nevada high schools. His award includes a $2,500 prize [more...]

Electrical Engineering E-Team Wins First Business Plan Competiton in Nevada
Reno Gazette Journal, April 29, 2005

EE students Stephanie Luongo and Benjamin Haas won first prize in the Donald W. Reynolds Govenor's Cup Business Plan Competition oganized by the Center for Entreprenuership & Technology. Their E-Team, Sierra Nevada Seafood, was awarded $20,000 on April 27, 2005 at John Ascuaga's Nugget for first place.

Sierra Nevada Seafood was joined by five other finalists: DermaMAT from UNR's business school, KISMET and SimplySun from Sierra Nevada College, along with Element Salon and Uniforms-to-You from UNLV. DermaMAT came in second place and was awarded $10,000. Third place, and $5,000 went to Uniforms-to-You. Contratulations Sierra Nevada Seafood!! [more...]

Nevada Water Resources Association Chooses Kleppe
Spring 2005 Publication, Nevada Water Resources Association

Dr. Kleppe's paper: 'A study of ancient trees rooted 36.5 m (120.) below the surface level of Fallen Leaf Lake, California' has been selected for publication in the Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association. [more...]

Click here for a KOLO News Channel 8 video report on Dr. Kleppe's Fallen Leaf Lake project.

In Focus John Kleppe: Uncovering the Mysteries of Fallen Leaf Lake
October 23, 2003 article in Nevada News

John Kleppe is an excellent fisherman. Ask him at five o'clock for a fish dinner and you can count on trout frying in the pan by six. Living at Fallen Leaf Lake for 23 years does that to a man. But not just any man will figure out that something strange is going on beneath the waters when his line snags at the same place over and over.

Only a scientist would follow the mystery of the snag to its inexorable conclusion: managing water resources in the Sierra might save future generations from a devastating drought. [more...]

Unknown organisms lifted from Fallen Leaf Lake
July 15, 2003 article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune

The glowing yellow light of the rover could be seen yards from the boat. It hovered about 30 feet down in Fallen Leaf Lake next to a diver named Edward Knapp.

Knapp pulled transparent green and white blobs from a moss-covered tree floating upright in the lake. He stuffed the mysterious objects into zip-lock bags so scientists can examine and identify them. [more...]

Student inventors exhibit device in Boston
March 18, 2003 article in Nevada News

How many people drive in to a handicapped parking spot for a quick trip to the market, hoping they'll beat the 'meter maid'? If a creation from University of Nevada, Reno student inventors called 'HandiCapture,' catches on, that number will be known and every single violator will be ticketed.

HandiCapture, which was invented by electrical engineering and mechanical engineering students in their senior-year, interdisciplinary design course, is a device that assists in handicapped parking enforcement and serves as a deterrent to illegal parking. It automatically snaps pictures of any offending vehicle that parks in a handicapped parking space if the vehicle lacks the required transponder. [more...]

Dept. of Defense awards $500,000 to study radio frequency radiation
March 12, 2003 article in Nevada News

The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $500,000 over three years to two University of Nevada, Reno researchers to two University of Nevada, Reno researchers to study the biological effects of exposure to radiofrequency radiation.

Military personnel are exposed to high intensities of radio frequencies via communications equipment and radar, explained Indira Chatterjee, associate professor of electrical engineering who is co-investigator on the project along with Gale Craviso, associate professor of pharmacology. [more...]

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