Jacobs School hires 11 new faculty

The Jacobs School welcomes 11 new faculty members in the 06/07 academic year, bringing the school's total faculty membership to 175. The new faculty help advance the school's focus on nanoscience and nanomaterials, and compliment existing strengths in earthquake engineering, broadband communications, computer architecture, information theory, machine learning, and visualization.

	James Buckwalter, Asst. Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Broadband communication architectures, high-speed electrical and optical links, chip-level signaling, and mixed-signal and microwave integrated circuit design. PH.D., CALTECH, 2006
	Eric Fullerton, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Thin film and superlattice growth, interfacial and thin-film magnetism, magnetic recording and nano-technologies, x-ray and neutron scattering. PH.D., UC SAN DIEGO, 1991 Most recently: Sr. Manager and Research Scientist, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
	Tara C. Hutchinson, Assoc. Professor Structural Engineering Earthquake and geotechnical engineering, performance assessment of structural/ nonstructural components, and machine learning and computer vision methods for damage estimation. PH.D., UC DAVIS, 2001 Most recently: Asst. Professor, UC Irvine
	Hyonny Kim, Assoc. Professor Structural Engineering Impact effects on composite materials and structures with aerospace and other applications, multifunctional materials, nano-materials, and adhesive bonding. PH.D., UC SANTA BARBARA, 1998 Most recently: Asst. Professor, Purdue University
	Young-Han Kim, Asst. Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Statistical signal processing and information theory, with applications in communication, networking, data compression, and information processing. PH.D., STANFORD, 2006
	Jan Kleissl, Asst. Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Atmospheric boundary layer meteorology, turbulence, integrated field measurements and numerical modeling of evaporation, and wireless sensor networks. PH.D., JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, 2004 Most recently: Postdoctoral Research Assoc., New Mexico Institute of Technology
	Falko Kuester, Assoc. Professor Structural Engineering Adj. Assoc. Professor Computer Science and Engineering Scientific visualization and virtual reality, with emphasis on collaborative workspaces, multimodal interfaces, and distributed and remote visualization of large data sets. PH.D., UC DAVIS, 2001 Most recently: Asst. Professor, UC Irvine
	Melissa K. Micou, Lecturer Bioengineering Teaching courses in engineering design, bioengineering, tissue engineering, and the establishment of a NSF-supported projectbased learning center, all with an emphasis on innovation. PH.D., UC SAN DIEGO, 2001 Most recently: Asst. Professor, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
	Yu Qiao, Assoc. Professor Structural Engineering Mechanics of materials, high-performance infrastructure materials, failure analysis, protective/ energy-absorbing materials, nano-materials, and nano-fluidics. PH.D., MIT, 2002 Most recently: Assoc. Professor, University of Akron
	Lawrence Saul, Assoc. Professor Computer Science and Engineering Machine learning, pattern recognition, voice processing, neural computation, and artificial intelligence. PH.D., MIT, 1994 Most recently: Assoc. Professor, University of Pennsylvania
	Steven Swanson, Asst. Professor Computer Science and Engineering Computer architecture and system design, unconventional microprocessor design focused on integrating hardware, programming languages and software to achieve high performance computing. PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 2006