Faculty News dent of Cal Poly’s Amateur Radio Club. The paper outlines how amateur radio testing and project activity has been incorporated into labs and coursework in the Electrical Engineering Department. nnn Dale Dolan, Vladmir Prodanov and Taufik co-authored “Energy and Economic Losses due to Soiling on Utility Scale PV Systems to Guide Timing of Cost Effective Cleaning” presented at the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference in New Orleans. nnn Dale Dolan and Taufik co-authored Work-In-Progress: Enhancing Students’ Learning in Advanced Power Electronic Course Using a USB Solar Charger Project” presented at the ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference in San Diego. nnn Taufik co-authored and presented the following papers: • “DC/DC Boost Converter with PI Controller using Real-Time Interface” (A. A. Bakar, W. M. Utomo, Taufik, S. A. Zulkifli, Jumadril Jn), The International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Malaysia. • “Calculating Frequency and Max Duty Cycle for the TI UCC38C4X Family PWM Controllers” (S. Westdal, K. Mendoza, Taufik, A. Parastiwi), and “Calculating Frequency and Max Duty Cycle for the TI UCC38C4X Family PWM Controllers” (S. Westdal, K. Mendoza, Taufik, A. Parastiwi) 2015 National Seminar on Information Technology and Its Applications, Indonesia. • “Design Study of Zero Voltage Switching for DC/DC Boost Converter” (A. Bakar, M. Wahyu, Taufik, S. Aizam, Jumadrill), Ninth International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference, Malaysia. Taufik published the following journal papers: • “Design Study of Zero Voltage Switching for DC/DC Boost Converter” (A. B. Afarulrazi, M.U. Wahyu, T. Taufik, S. Aizam, Jumadril), Applied Mechanics and Materials (Vol. 785, pp. 136-140, April 2015). • “Study of the Effect of Air-Gap to Array Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Satellite Communications” (M. F. E. Purnomo, Taufik), Asian Research Publi-
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CAL POLY ENGINEERING
Lubomir Stanchev, left, and Bruce DeBruhl have joined the faculty of the Cal Poly Computer Science Department. They are experts in databases, Big Data and cybersecurity.
New Faculty Expand Curriculum and Research in Cybersecurity, Databases
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his fall, Cal Poly Computer Science welcomed new faculty members Lubomir Stanchev and Bruce DeBruhl who bring expertise in the critical areas of databases and cybersecurity. Stanchev, an expert in databases and data mining, earned his doctorate at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is particularly interested in semantic computing, which enables document retrieval based on meaning. He will teach and help develop undergraduate curriculum in the areas of data science/Big Data, distributed databases, knowledge representation and the semantic web. Stanchev earned his
cation Network Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2015. • “Effect of Resonant Capacitance and Inductance on Peak Capacitor Voltage and Inductor Current in SLR Converter” (M. Taufik, Taufik, J. Brinsfield, G. Bergdoll), International Review on Modeling and Simulations, 2015. In addition to his published work, Taufik was invited to 20 universities in Indonesia and one in the Philippines to give technical presentations, short lectures and workshops, and he appeared on Voice of America-Indonesia, Indonesian National TV and on the local television station in East Java, Indonesia. Taufik received a total of $32,500 from Power Integrations, Inc. (San Jose) and Enerpro, Inc. (Goleta) for a student project to develop a high-density
bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. DeBrahl’s experience and research in cyber-physical security, wireless security and software-defined communications adds depth to Cal Poly’s cybersecurity program. He has a joint appointment in the Computer Engineering Program. DeBrahl hopes to develop new courses and projects that address the issue of security in a cyber-physical world, which was the focus for his doctorate degree research at Carnegie Mellon University. He intends to continue this work at Cal Poly in collaboration with students, faculty and industry partners. n
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Kathy Chen, chair, co-authored “Lifelong Learner Growth: In what ways does College Instruction Help and Hinder?” presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015 in Portugal, and “Moving from Quantitative to Qualitative Analysis to Capture the Development of SelfDirected Learning for a Cohort of Engineering Students” presented at the ASEE Annual Conference in Seattle. Chen co-lead the MOST (Mentors in Out of School Time) course in which pre-service teachers facilitated science and engineering activities at the Bright Futures after-school program at Oceano Elementary school. She also led a hands-on activity for math teachers in Santa Maria. n
Engineering
Kurt Colvin, David Janzen (Computer Science) and Dan Waldorf directed the first cohort of students through Cal Poly’s new Systems Integration Engineering Program (SIE). Delivered online, SIE offers a professional certificate and prepares working engineers for additional responsibility and leadership positions. The SIE curriculum exposes students to broad knowledge in technical disciplines that allows them to integrate system elements into solutions to meet customer needs within budget and schedule constraints. For more information see www.sie.calpoly.edu.