CHUN-YE (SUSAN) VASANA, Ph.D.
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School of Engineering – Electrical Engineering College of Computing, Engineering and Construction University of North Florida 1 UNF Drive Jacksonville, FL 32224
Phone: (904) 620-1684(O) (904) 998-1879 (H) E-mail: svasana@UNF.edu
EDUCATION Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1994. Dissertation: “Non-Coherent Orthogonal Digital Modulation in Fading with Correlated Branch Diversity and Optimum Combining in Wireless Communications” MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1991. MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 1986. Thesis: “Circuit Faulty Diagnosis Using Fuzzy Logic” BS Electrical Engineering, Major: Telecommunication, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, 1983.
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, Jacksonville Associate Professor (2008 - Present) Assistant Professor (2003 - 2008) Visiting Assistant Professor (2002- 2003) See details below. MOTOROLA, INC., Boynton Beach, FL (1994 – 2002) System Design Engineer Innovated and designed zero-IF digital demodulator and its supporting system including symbol synchronizer, baud detector, automatic gain control (AGC) and automatic frequency control (AFC) algorithms for one-way and two-way mobile/wireless products. Designed back-end equalizer, pair correlator and clock lock detector to improve the fading and simulcast performance without degrading the static sensitivity. Designed the biased correlator, making the new receiver compatible with the old protocols. Developed antenna switch diversity scheme, reducing the correlation between two correlated diversity branches and improving system performance under fading and simulcast conditions. Integrated the soft decision decoding algorithm with BCH decoding and block de-interleaving scheme, improving the overall wireless communication performance with burst errors. Conducted research on MSK, FSK and QPSK modulation formats to increase system capacity. Modeled and simulated power control system (AOC) including sigma-delta A/D, DAC and
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DC offset correction functions in GSM, EDGE/GPRS and WCDMA IC chips. Analyzed and evaluated WCDMA down link overall system on static sensitivity, and performance under fading, multi-path and co-channel interference conditions. Measured system impairment tolerance including I-Q amplitude and phase imbalance, DC offset, frequency offset and Rx filter bandwidth effect using SPW modeling and simulation.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Boca Raton, FL (2000 – 2002) Adjunct Professor - Taught courses in Digital Signal Processing. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Montreal, Canada (1994) Scientist and Lecturer - Participated in the research team that developed Qualcomm’s CDMA system. TONGJI UNIVERSITY, Shanghai, China (1986 – 1989) Assistant Professor - Taught courses in Electromagnetic Fields and Waves. - Served as Graduate student Advisor, analog circuit diagnosis projects.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Award for Research Excellence as Shooting S.T.A.R. at UNF Faculty award reception, April 2009 Featured in Journal of University of North Florida, Spring 2009 Featured in Inside UNF – Get to Know, September 2008 http://www.unf.edu/ia/pr/marketing_and_publications/insideunf/2008/september/get-to-know.html Nominated for UNF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2007 Nominated for UNF Outstanding International Leadership Award, 2006 Featured in The Florida Times-Union (First Business Article), “You Should Know: Susan Vasana – UNF Assistant Professor Makes Case for Research”, May 31, 2004 Featured in biography book “Pride of China – History of Shanghai JiaDing Area”, 2002 Recipient of Silver Quills Award for Outstanding Contributions to Publication Objectives of the Motorola Communications Enterprise (Grandfathered Cumulative Award 1750 points), 2000 Recipient of Special Contributions Award, Motorola, Inc., 1999 Named Youngest Assistant Professor in JiaDing history book, 1995
U.S. PATENTS [1] [2] [3] Susan Vasana, Manchester Code Delta Detector, Issued 2008, PN# 7,469,023 Christopher Thomas, Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Clinton Powell, Method and Apparatus for Gain Normalization of a Correlation Demodulator, Issued 2004, PN# 6,853,693 Clinton Powell, James Hughes, Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Christopher Thomas, Mahibur Rahman, Edgar Callaway, James Kimball, Method and Apparatus for Automatic Simulcast Correlation for a Correlation Detector, Issued 2003, PN# 6,571,083
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Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Clinton Powell, Craig Wadin, Method and Apparatus for correlation detection of multi-level signals with non-standard deviations. Issued 2001, PN# 6,263,014 [5] Clinton Powell, Chun-Ye Susan Chang, David Brown, Robert Schweickert, Method and Apparatus for Accurate Synchronization using Symbol Decision Feedback, Issued 2000, PN# 6,130,920 [6] Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Clinton Powell, Method and Apparatus for Baud Detection in a Communication Device, Issued 2000, PN# 6,111,855 [7] Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Clinton Powell, James Keba, Stephen Carsello, Method in a Selective Call Receiver for Synchronizing to a Multi-level Radio Signal, Issued 1999, PN# 5,960,042 [8] Chun-Ye Susan Chang, James Webster, Clinton Powell, Method and Apparatus for Decoding a 2-level Radio Signal, Issued 1998, PN# 5,799,043 [9] Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Method and Apparatus for Demodulating a Frequency Shift Keyed Signal, Issued 1998, PN# 5,724,001 [10] Chun-Ye Susan Chang, Jian-Cheng Huang, Lu Chang, Lorenzo Ponce De Leon, David Petreye, James Keba, Clinton Powell, Communication Device Having Antenna Switch Diversity, and Method Therefore, Issued 1997, PN# 5,692,019 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA ACTIVITIES (2002 – present) Courses Taught EEL 4514: Digital/Analog Communication Systems EEL 4514L: Communication System Laboratory EEL 4750 & EEL 5513: Digital Signal Processing EEL 4750L: DSP Laboratory EEL 3701C: Introduction to Digital System and Laboratory EEL 3135: Signals and Systems EEL 3112: Electrical Network Theory EEL 4712C & ENG 5995: Digital Design and Laboratory EEL 4713: Digital Computer Architecture EEL 4713L: Digital Computer Architecture Laboratory EEL 4905: Individual Study EEL 6591: Wireless/Mobile Communications Funded Research Projects 1. UNF Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO) Grant: $6,000, Summer 2008 (Competitive). Medical Signal Classification in Collaboration with Mayo Clinic for Undergraduate Research. 2. UNF Summer Scholarship Grant: $7,500, Summer 2007 (Competitive). Joint research with Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville: Arterial Blood Pressure Signal Classification. 3. UNF Summer Scholarship Grant: $5,000, Summer 2006 (Competitive). Joint research with QingDao University of Science and Technology (QUST) in China: Adaptive Noise Canceller for Cardiac Sounds of Fetus. 4. NSF funded project for Jaguar Security Inc. in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Cox, 2006. Wireless
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PDA Data Transfer for Trucking Industry. 5. AdTec Inc. funded project: $10,000, March, 2004 Adaptive Digital-Video Filtering Requirements – Removal of video artifacts by design and implementing Brick-Wall filter (research on FIR or III filter options) and Median filter (A nonlinear filter with sorting function that filters “salt and pepper” noise but preserves the image edges). 6. UNF International Travel Grant: $1,111, Summer 2006 (Competitive). Appointed as UNF delegate to visit Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) in China to develop Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO) and joint degree program. 7. UNF Undergraduate Research Award: $1,500, April 2007 (Competitive) Arterial Blood Pressure Signal Classification 8. UNF Undergraduate Research Award: $1,500, April 2005 (Competitive) Ultra-Wide Band Radio System 9. UNF Undergraduate Research Award: $1,500, April 2004 (Competitive) Ultra-Wide Band Radio System 10. TIMS Telecommunication Lab Workstation – Additional Modules: $20,000, UNF School of Engineering, 2006 Service, School and College Level Chair: EE Faculty Search Committee (2006, 2007) EE ABET Committee (Coordination with Math Department, 2006, 2007) EE Master Program Proposal and Course Plan (2006, 2007) Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2005, 2006) Assisted in Engineering Open House and Outreach (2006, 2007) CCEC Outstanding Teaching Awards Selection Committee (2005) CCEC Symposium Committee (2004, 2005) Lab Committee and Lab Equipment Purchase Subcommittee (2003) Electrical Engineering Faculty Search Committee (2004) Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search Committee (2002) UNF SWE (Society of Woman Engineers) Advisor (2002 – 2007)
Service, University Level Asia Council leader (2008) International Council (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) UNF Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award Selection Committee (2007) Institutional Review Board (2007) Distinguish Voice Committee (2005, 2006) Library Director Search Committee (2006)
Service, International Affairs ● Led several students on a study abroad Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO) trip by attending the BIOSTEC conference in Portugal and the culture learning in Spain.
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Appointed as UNF delegate to visit Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) in China to develop Transformational Learning Opportunity (TLO) and joint degree program for undergraduate students. (May 2006) Hosted and accompanied Dr. Yun Liu, QUST Dean/Professor of College of Information Engineering during his two weeks visit to UNF. (October 2005) Accompanied UNF delegates Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez, Vice President of Student and International Affairs, and Dr. Tim Robinson, Director of the UNF International Center, to QUST to establish the connection and agreement with three distinguished universities in China. (October 2004)
Service, Professional Societies Memberships IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology for Development) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) SWE (Society of Woman Engineers) Communications Society
Professional Activities Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications Reviewer of ACTA Press Journal Reviewer of IASTED International Conferences (CSNA, WOC) International Program Committee (IPC) for IASTED conferences Session Chair in IASTED International Conference on Telehealth, 2007. Session Chair in 10th IFIP International Conference – Personal Wireless Communications (PWC’05), 2005. Chair of the session: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Session Chair in IASTED International Conference on Communication Systems and Applications (CSA 2005), 2005. Chair of the session: MIMO Systems Session Chair in IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals and Systems (CSS), 2004. Chair of the session: Communications: Circuits and Systems I
Miscellaneous Teaching FE review classes (2006, 2007) Graduate faculty in MSc. thesis committee for the School of Computing Panelist on Women in Computing and Engineering Workshop, 2006 Paper reviewer and poster judge for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Annual CCEC Symposium Commencement Marshall (Spring 2004, Summer 2004, and Fall 2006) Judge for Northeast Regional Science Fair, 2003 Being selected to be listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America and Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Technology
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PUBLICATIONS (2003-2009) Ritzhaupt, A. D. & Vasana, S. (2009). Method for supporting hybrid peer-evaluation in engineering education, Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. April, 2009. Susan Vasana and Harold Rivera, A Digital Filter Model of Cardiovascular System and its PZ Plots in Assistance of the Medical Signal Monitoring and Heart Condition Diagnosis, International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC): The First International Workshop on Mobilizing Health Information to Support Healthcare-related Knowledge Work – MobiHealthInf, Porto, Portugal, Jan. 2009. Susan Vasana, Modeling and Simulation of a Simplified Demodulation and Detection Method for Zero-If FSK Signals in Wireless Communication Systems, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Vol.28, No.3, 2008. Susan Vasana, Modeling and Simulation of the Conversion of Correlated and Unbalanced Antenna Diversity Systems, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Vol.28, No.1, 2008. Randall Tombaugh and Susan Vasana, A RAKE Receiver Employing Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) Without Channel Estimation for UWB Communications, The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP), PDPTA’07, Las Vegas, June 2007. Alexander J. Ebenal, Susan Vasana, Corry Clinton, Daniel Cox, and Timothy Shine, Arterial Blood Pressure System Modeling and Signal Analysis, The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2007), Jacksonville, Florida, June 2007. Alexander J. Ebenal, Susan Vasana, and Timothy Shine, The Essential Harmonics Of Arterial Blood Pressure Signals, The 3rd IASTED International Conference on Telehealth, Montreal, Canada, May 2007. Wang Chuan-xu, Zhang Xiang-guang, Liu Yun, (Chun-ye) Susan Vasana, Adaptive Noise Canceller for Cardiac Sounds of Fetus, IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modeling (ASM), Rhodes, Greece, June 2006. Joshua Isaacson, Robert Austria, Daniel Cox, and Susan Vasana, Wireless PDA Data Transfer for Trucking Industry, The 12th International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 2006. Susan Vasana, Soft-decision Detection of Viterbi Decoding with Correlated Diversity, The 2005 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, PDPTA’05
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Proceeding (Vol III), 2005. Susan Vasana and Kevin Phillips, System Simulation and Performance Comparison of DS-TRD and TH-PPM Modulation Schemes for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Radio Systems, Proceedings of 10th IFIP International Conference – Personal Wireless Communications (PWC’05), Imperial College Press, ISBN 1-86094-582-1, 2005. Susan Vasana, Antenna Switch Algorithm in MIMO Systems, IASTED International Conference on Communication Systems and Applications (CSA), Banff, Canada, July 2005. Susan Vasana, Decorrelator for Antenna Diversity in Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems, the 2nd Annual Florida Research Consortium (FRC) Tech Transfer Conference, Orlando, May 2005. Susan Vasana, A Simple Demodulation Method in Zero-IF Receiver, IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals and Systems (CSS), Clearwater Florida, USA. Nov. 2004. Susan Vasana, Conversion of Correlated and Unbalanced Antenna Diversity, IASTED International Conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT), St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA. Nov. 2004. Susan Vasana, Peter J. McLane, Diagonalizer for Correlated or Unbalanced Diversity Branches in Rayleigh or Rician Fading Channels and Wireless Communication, IEEE Electro/Information Technology (EIT) Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 2004. Susan Vasana, High Sensitive Detection Method for Manchester Coded Data in Digital Communication Systems, the 1st Florida Research Consortium (FRC) Technology Transfer Conference, St. Petersburg, May, 2004. Susan Vasana, Delta Detection Method for Manchester PCM Wireless Data Communication, IEEE Electro/Information Technology (EIT) Symposium, Indianapolis, June 2003. Other Publications Susan Vasana and Harold Rivera, A Digital Filter Model of Cardiovascular System, Poster presentation, UNF Scholars Transforming Academic Research Symposium (S.T.A.R.S.), April, 2009 Susan Vasana and Harold Rivera, A Digital Filter Model of Cardiovascular System and its Associated Pole-Zero Plot using Arterial Blood Pressure (ABP) Waveform with ElectroCardioGram (ECG) Signal Impulses, UNF CCEC Annual Symposium, April, 2008. Randall Tombaugh and Dr. Susan Vasana, A RAKE Receiver Employing Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) without Channel Estimation for UWB Communications, Osprey Journal, 2007. Kevin Phillips and Dr. Susan Vasana, System Simulations of DS-TRD and TH-PPM for UltraWideBand (UWB) Wireless Communications, Osprey Journal, 2006.
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Susan Vasana and Kevin Phillips, UWB Modulation Schemes Simulation, UNF CCEC Annual Symposium, April, 2005. Tony Sambuchi and Susan Vasana, Intelligent Laundry Machine, poster presentation on UNF Research Day, 2004.
PUBLICATIONS, Prior to Joining UNF (Motorola Inc. Internal Publications Not Listed Here) C.S. Chang (Susan Vasana) and P.J. McLane, Bit-Error-Probability for Non-Coherent Orthogonal Signals in Fading with Optimum Combining for Correlated Branch Diversity, IEEE Trans On Information Theory, January, 1997. C.S. Chang (Susan Vasana) and P.J. McLane, Correlated Codes with Correlated Diversity and Noncoherent Orthogonal Digital Modulation, IEEE ICC, Seattle, 1995. C.S. Chang (Susan Vasana) and P.J. McLane, Bit-Error-Probability for Non-Coherent Orthogonal Signals in Fading with Optimum Combining for Correlated Branch Diversity, IEEE GlobeCom, San Francisco, 1994. P.J. McLane and C.S. Chang (Susan Vasana), Selection and Square-Law Combining for NCFSK with Compensated Correlated Branch Diversity (including unequal weighting case), IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, San Antonio, 1993. Chun Ye (Susan Vasana) and Bin-Qun Xiong, Fuzzy Theory Applied to the Tolerant Effect of Analog Circuit, Journal of Tongji University, February, 1988. Chun Ye (Susan Vasana) and Bin-Qun Xiong, A Novel Approach to the Evaluation Problem in the Fault Diagnosis of Analog Circuits, Proceeding of Conference, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Circuit Theory, June, 1986. Chun Ye (Susan Vasana) and Bin-Qun Xiong, On the Statistical Methods in the Fault Diagnosis of Analog Circuits, Proceeding of Conference, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Circuit and
Systems, May, 1986.
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