S EECS faculty were busy submitting proposals for research grants and securing funding during the 2002 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2002. The school’s departments, Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CpE) and Computer Science (CS), received more than $5.5 million in funding from a variety of federal and state government agencies as well as the private sector.
   For example, the EE department secured research awards from federal partners such as the National Science Foundation, NASA, STRICOM and Jet Propulsion Laboratory among others. Industry partners included Intel Corp., Raytheon E-Systems, Inc., Intersil Corp., TERANEX and Lockheed Martin.
   CS faculty received federal research grants from the National Institute of Health, NSF, Army Research Office and Office of Naval Research. Funding was also acquired from industry associates including ITT Industries Inc. (Systems Division), Guardian Solutions Inc., Lockheed Martin, Florida Hospital, ImageSoft Technologies and Millennium Technology Inc.
   The CpE and CS departments earned funding for several federal projects from the Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM). And both departments secured grants from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD). Also, CpE received a state-funded research project from Florida A&M University.
   "SEECS faculty and staff have worked very hard to submit proposals for research projects during the past year. The amount of successful proposals by our faculty members is rising each semester," states Erol Gelenbe, Director of SEECS. "We are continuing to push the level and quality of our research higher, and the results are showing."