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MICHAEL F. RUANE Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University - 8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA 02215 617/353-3256 Fax: 617/353-6440 mfr @bu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS Optical systems for imaging and characterization of materials. Modeling of thin film and nanostructured materials, especially with magnetic or biological features; engineering education and outreach. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION Villanova University, B.E.E., 1969 M.I.T., S.M.E.E., 1973 M.I.T., Ph.D., Systems Engineering, 1980, "Physically Based Load Modeling" Massachusetts Registered Professional Engineer #30118 (Electrical) APPOINTMENTS Professor (Tenured) Boston University, ECS Department, 2004 Associate Professor (Tenured), Boston University, ECS Department, 1989-2004 Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, ad interim, 1996-1997 Visiting Scholar, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, 1993-94 Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, ECS Department, 1988-1993 Assistant Professor, Boston University, ECS Department, 1980-1988 Sponsored Research Staff, M.I.T., Energy Laboratory, 1973-1978 SERVICE ASEE New England Region Outstanding Professor Award, 2004 ECE Department Outstanding Teaching Award 1999 Public Electricity Member, Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Council, 1990-1993 Chair, Central New England (Boston) IEEE LEOS Chapter 1996-97, 1997-98 Senior Member, IEEE; Member SPIE, LEOS Peace Corps Volunteer, Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1969-1971 RELATED PUBLICATIONS 1. M. F. Ruane, "Calculus reform, differential equations and engineering", proceedings of the 2001 ASEE National Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001. 2. M. F. Ruane, "Spacecraft instrumentation: integrating design across the curriculum", proceedings of the 2001 ASEE National Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001. 3. McKnight, S.W., Tadmor, G., Cole, W., Everbach, S.W., Ruane, M., ‘Teaching computation to engineering freshmen in a “High-Tech Tools and Toys Lab”’, proceedings of the 2001 ASEE National Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001. 4. M. Ruane, "MS in Photonics - Recrafting a curriculum", ASEE 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, PQ, Canada, June 2002 5. P. LaPlume, M. Ruane, "Using imaging to introduce engineering to freshmen", ASEE 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, PQ, Canada, June 2002 OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS 1. C. Worth, B. Goldberg, M.Ruane, S. Ünlü, “Surface desensitization of polarimetric waveguide interferometers”, IEEE J. Quan. Elec., 37, 11, (2001) 2. R. P. Morrissey, M. Redjdal, M. F. Ruane, and F. B. Humphrey, “Effects of cross grooving on a domain wall in magnetic bubble garnet”, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 6946 (2002) 3. M. Redjdal, J. Giusti, M. F. Ruane, and F. B. Humphrey, “Thickness dependent wall mobility in thin Permalloy films”, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 7547 (2002) 4. M. Redjdal, J. Giusti, M.F. Ruane, F.B. Humphrey, “Structure Dependent Stray Fields from Domain Walls in Permalloy Films”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 39, no. 5, 2684-2686 (2003). 5. M. Redjdal, J. Giusti, M.F. Ruane, F.B. Humphrey, “Stray Field Dependent Reader Noise in Thin-Film Heads”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 40, no. 4, (2004).
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES 1. NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development, PRIDE: Photonics Research and Inter-Disciplinary Education; 1995-2002, (with B. Goldberg, S. Ünlü) Design of new curriculum for MS in Photonics; undergrad photonics modules; design of new photonics instructional facilities. New curriculum and MS degree program in photonics in 2002. 2. NSF “Teaching Differential Equations using a Dynamical Systems Perspective”, 1996-97, (with P. Blanchard, R. Devaney) Team member in summer workshops for math teachers learning new methods for teaching differential equations; conducted model engineering circuit laboratories with teachers and explained differential equations in engineering curricula. 3. NSF ERC Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS); Site education coordinator for Boston University, 2000-present (with B. Saleh, M. Silevitch {Northeastern University}) Coordinate development of freshman High Tech Tools and Toys Lab, new graduate offerings, and senior capstone design projects in subsurface sensing and imaging. Designed High Tech Tools and Toys Lab. Summer REU participant and coordinator at BU. 4. Advisory Board Member, NSF Project PHOTON; project PHOTON2 (Dissemination), New England Board of Higher Education (with F. Hanes) (NSF ATE Projects) 2000-present Advise community college and high school teachers on integrating photonics laboratories into curricula. Approximately 30 schools and 300 students. 5. Co-investigator, NSF GK12 Project STAMP, 2003-present (with B. Goldberg, C. Phillips, D. DeRosa) Train and place 13 GK12 fellows in Boston area SMET classrooms with master teachers; conduct regional GK12 workshop (fall 2003).
COLLABORATORS J. Donnelly (Three Rivers Community College) Y. Fedyunin, (Boston University) B. Goldberg, (Boston University) F. Hanes, (New England Board of Higher Education) F. B. Humphrey, (Boston University) M. Horenstein, (Boston University) J. Justi, (Seagate, Inc.) R. Morrissey, (Naval Undersea Warfare Center, NUWC, RI)) M. Redjdal, (Boston University) R. Rodriguez-Solis, (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez) B. E. A. Saleh, (Boston University) T. Fritz (Boston University) B. Roystrom, (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) M. Silevitch, (Northeastern University) M. Teich. (Boston University) S. Ünlü, (Boston University) D. Wroblewski (Boston University) OWN GRADUATE ADVISOR (MS and Ph.D.) Fred C. Schweppe, MIT (deceased) THESIS AND POST DOCTORAL ADVISING R. Morrissey (Ph.D.) (NUWC, Rhode Island) K. Nelson (Ph.D.) (USAF Photonics Labs, Rome, NY) M. Redjdal (Ph.D.) (Postdoctoral, Boston University) K. W. Ng (MS) (IT Staff, Analogic Corp., Peabody, MA) K. Toussaint (MS) (Postdoctoral, U. Chicago) W. Bynoe (Ph.D.) (Lincoln Labs) S.S. Chang (MS) (current Ph.D., Boston University) R. Wotiz (Ph.D.) (current Ph.D., Boston University) M. Emsley (Ph.D. (Analog Devices) R. Wynne (Asst. Prof. Villanova University)
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