In January 2008, Dr. Jimmy H. C. Lin created the Jimmy Lin Fund for Innovation and Invention with a generous gift. The goal of the gift was to promote innovation among ECE students, staff and faculty by stimulating, encouraging and rewarding the invention and patenting process, and to help students, staff and faculty move their ideas forward through the complicated and often expensive patenting process.
Award Recipients
2016
2014
In 2014, two research teams were awarded the Innovation Award for their inventions
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Mr. Matthew Smithson
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This team was recognized for their patent:
"Method and Apparatus for Authenticating Biometric Scanners." Dr. Ivanov accepted the award on his team's behalf |
Barua and Smithson were awarded the prize for their patent: "Binary Rewriting without Location Information." Professor Barua accepted the award on behalf of himself and Mr. Smithson. |
2009
The two researchers were awarded the prize for their invention, "Wireless Communication Method and System for Transmission Authentication at the Physical Layer."
Group photo
From left to right: Dr. John Baras, Mrs. Anchen Lin, Dr. Patrick O'Shea, Ted Knight.
The Jimmy H. C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship will provide support for graduate scholarships in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) for students applying from the following universities:
Dr. Jimmy Lin attended school at Shanghai's Jiao Tong University, and this scholarship support will help encourage students from Dr. Lin's alma mater to attend the University of Maryland.
Each of the award recipients will be identified by the Chair of the ECE Department with the help of an ad hoc committee selected by the Chair, which will include staff from the University of Maryland-China Research Park.
An award ceremony will be held each year for the recipients of these awards.
Recipients of the Jimmy H.C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship
2016
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Xinyu Zhou
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Yusen Fan
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Mingliang Chen
2015
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Man Wan (withdrew from the program)
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Zeyu Zhang
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Shenli Zou
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Xiaoxu Meng
2014
Shang Li is a 2014 recipient of the Jimmy Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship. He hails from Chengde, China and is an alumnus of Jiatong University. Li joined the doctoral program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the fall of 2014 to study computer engineering. In this first semester, Li is a teaching assistant for ENEE244, an undergraduate course about digital logic design. He is responsible for managing this 4 section class, designing all quiz questions and completing the grading. Shang Li also holds office hours regularly to answer students’ questions. Li also chose to join the Cybersecurity Club, a student-run club about cybersecurity issues. Following graduation, Li plans to join industry efforts in the computer engineering sector. He enjoys making practical applications and hopes to work with tech companiesas in this endeavor; by maximizing his knowledge Li will also strive to make the world a better place. “Thank you Mrs. Lin for your generous contribution to this scholarship. I'm really grateful to receive this honorable award, without which I would never had the chance to get further education at the University of Maryland. Dr. Jimmy Lin is a great character. He made me proud to be a student of the University of Maryland and an alumnus of Jiaotong University. His wisdom and kindness will always be guiding me through my graduate study and the rest of my life.”
Chihuang Liu is a 2014 recipient of the Jimmy Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship. He hails from Shangqiu, Henan, China. Liu joined the doctoral program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the fall of 2014 where he will study computer engineering. In this first semester, Chihuang Liu has been researching computer networking and is currently working to design reliable multicast network protocol in modern data center networks. He also serves as a teaching assistant for a Computer Organization course. “I greatly enjoy sharing my knowledge with the students,” Liu said. Following graduation, Liu hopes to work in industry researching new technologies to help people live a better life. “There is still much to be improved, and I want to use my knowledge and techniques I have learned to contribute to society and make a difference.” Liu is pleased to be a recipient of this scholarship. “I can put more of my efforts and energy into study and research, worrying less about expenses and tuition. Thank you to the Lin Foundation for this generous and selfless support, I appreciate this opportunity and will do well in my studies.”
2013
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Xuanyu Cao
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Xintong Han
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Yu Jin
Yu Jin earned a bachelor’s degree in electronic science and technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 2009 to 2013. Now he is a Ph.D student in computer engineering in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park. His research interest is statistical machine learning, supervised by Professor Joseph JaJa.
Zhe Wu received his B.S. in Control Science and Engineering Department from Zhejiang University in 2010. He received his M.S. degree from the Department of Automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2013. In the fall of 2013, Wu began his Ph.D. candidacy in Electrial and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. His research interests include computer vision, pattern recognition and machine learning.
Xu graduated from Xian Jiaotong University in 2013 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. While there, he focused his studies in the area of power, and now has a solid background to analyze power electronics problems. Zu began a Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland In 2013, studying computer engineering with emphasis on embedded systems. In addition to academics, Xu also pursues interests in singing, playing the piano and dancing. "I really appreciate this scholarship and I am impressed by our Jiaotong University alumnus Professor Lin. I hope I can follow his steps to study hard and make more contributions," said Xu.
Yantao Zhang is from Shanghai, China. He finished his bachelor’s degree in information engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Ziyun Zhu is from Wuhan, China. He received his bachelor's degree in information engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2013. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland.
2012
Wentao LuanWentao was born in 1990 in Shandong Province in China. He spent his childhood in Taian, the city where Mountain Tai is located, then moved to Weifang with his family. At age 18, he was enrolled by Shanghai Jiaotong University due to his perfect performance in the college entrance exam. From the passion of real world application in Jiaotong University, he chose Electrical and Computer Engineering as his major. After four years study, he got a good math and programming background and was admitted successfully to the Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland. From there, he has started his new career in the area of networking research.
Ren Mao is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. He graduated with his Masters degree in June 2012 and Bachelors degree in June 2010 from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China in electrical engineering. His research focus has been on multimedia application in communication systems and embedded systems design. During his master's study, he designed and implemented the Frame Rate Conversion System(FRC) for HDTV which was accepted by National Engineering Research Center of Digital Television. He was awarded the Jimmy H.C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship in recognition of his outstanding academic records from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Jimmy Lin's alma mater.
Yangyi received his B.S. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in July 2012. He is now pursuing his PhD degree at Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, while working with Professor Agis Iliadis in the Semiconductor Device Research Laboratory. His current research interests lie in surface acoustic wave devices and semiconductor sensors. He was awarded the Jimmy H. C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship in recognition of his outstanding academic records from Xi’an Jiaotong University, an alma mater of Professor Jimmy Lin.
2011
Faheng Zhang Faheng received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China in 2008 and 2011, respectively. His research focused on RF MEMS devices during his master's study in the 3D Non-silicon Micromachining Lab, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, SJTU. For another research project, he designed, conducted analysis, and simulation of a carbon nanotube (CNT) field emitter with focusing electrodes. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the Jimmy H. C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship in recognition of my outstanding academic records from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Jimmy Lin's alma mater.
Xiangyang LiuXiangyang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland. In 2011, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in EEE at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he conducted research in the Biocomputing and Bioinformatics Laboratory. He expects to complete his Ph.D. studies at the University of Maryland in 2016. He was awarded the Jimmy H. C. Lin Graduate Scholarship for Entrepreneurship in recognition of his outstanding academic records from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Jimmy Lin's alma mater.
The Jimmy H. C. Lin Entrepreneur Internship Award will help students in the A. James Clark School of Engineering develop valuable professional experience by providing an award to support student internships with start-up companies in the University of Maryland-China Research Park.
Each of the award recipients will be identified by a committee that will include staff from the Clark School of Engineering and the University of Maryland-China Research Park.
An award ceremony will be held each year for the recipients of these awards.
Jimmy H.C. Lin Entrepreneur Internship Award Recipients
2016
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Tingzhen Du, Electrical Engineering, Working for Inforvellor
Tingzhen is a graduate student in Electrical Engineering who interned at Inforvellor. As a Web Software Engineer he designed and developed a shopping cart function based on J2EE, Maven and Spring MVC frameworks, wrote Java code that enabled a data model to interact a MySQL database using myBatis., and modified the current controller and service layers to create more efficient web-based performance. He was also in charge of project deployment on an Amazon AWS EC2 Linux server and RDS database. Tingzhen was on the IEEE Signal Processing Cup team while working on his Bachelor’s degree at North Carolina State University.
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Paige Chan, Bioengineering Working for VitaScientific
Paige is a bioengineering student who will graduate in May 2017. She interned at VitaScientific where she assisted in the daily operations of the Commercial Operations Team and researched products to respond to customer inquiries. VitaScientificsupplies application tools to biomedical research labs. She has also been a resident advisor for the Department of Resident Life, studied abroad in China, and worked on a research project “Inducing Attenuation in Tuberculosis” for her Gemstone project. She is also a mentor for United InnoWorks Academy.
2015
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Sam Parrott, Mechanical Engineering, Working for The Loccioni Group
Sam is a Mechanical Engineering student who will graduate in the spring of 2016. At the end of his junior year, he was hired by Loccioni USA and has been dedicating much of his time to them ever since. The Loccioni Group is an international, Italian-based automation and testing engineering company. Thanks to the Jimmy-Lin foundation he was able to go to Italy for an internship at the company headquarters during the summer of 2015. In Italy, he lived with international interns from many different countries and was exposed to engineering practices from all over the world. His internship experience has led to a continued relationship with the company, including a return trip to Italy in the winter of 2016 and a spring co-op during his final semester in the spring of 2016. His interests moving forward include international business with an increased interest in the eastern-Asian engineering markets.
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Ruchika Satalkar, Telecommunications, Working for GigaSpaces Technologies
Ruchika is a graduate student in Telecommunications and expects to graduate with her Master’s degree in May 2016. During the summer of 2015, she worked as a Software Development Intern for GigaSpaces Technologies in their Cloudify-Azure team. She was involved in developing plug-ins in Python for their cloud orchestration platform to enable users to easily deploy their complex applications on Microsoft’s public cloud - Azure. She will continue working on implementing new features in the field of Network Functions Virtualization for GigaSpaces in the next term as a part-time intern. In addition, she is working as a part-time Graduate Research Assistant in
Robert H. Smith School of Business on a project focusing on Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks in their Center of Complexity in Business. The Jimmy Lin internship allowed her to gain valuable work experience and knowledge in the Cloud Software as well as Network Engineering domain and she hopes to pursue her career further in the same field.
2014
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Charles Liu, Bioengineering Working for Signalway Antibody, UMD China Research Park
Charles is an undergraduate student majoring in Bioengineering. He interned at Signalway Antibody in the summer of 2014. While there he redesigned the company’s supply chain method in collaboration with a team of MBA candidates. He also optimized office work flow by consolidating and localizing product data sheets and used his bilingual skills to serve as the liaison for Signalway Antibody’s regional offices in the US and China. Charles has also conducted research for Maryland's Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility and with the Cellular Biomedicine Group in Shanghai. In the future he hopes to bridge the gap between engineering and global businesses in the biotech industry as it continues to grow at such an accelerated rate. In his free time, Charles enjoys weight lifting, reading, networking, and writing music.
2013
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Joan Zhang, Bioengineering, Working for Glodon USA, UMD China Research Park
Joan is a sophomore bioengineering major pursuing a minor in computer science. She hopes to graduate in 2015. Since coming to the University of Maryland, She has worked in many different departments. She was a community assistant for Resident Life and a student advisor for the Clark School of Engineering. She has worked in two campus labs; the Plant Sciences Department and the Cell Biophysics Lab. She recently worked with a team to complete a mobile application for community service, placing first in the competition and earning mention in the Diamondback. When she is not in class, she spends her time tutoring, reading about personal finance, learning how to dance, and performing at the arts center on campus. For her Jimmy Lin internship, she will be working for Glodon USA in the summer of 2013.
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Wenqi Han, Bioengineering, Working for Signalway Antibody, UMD China Research Park
Wenqi is a bioengineering major, pursuing a minor in project management. She will graduate in May 2015. She has two jobs at the University: one is at the Recreation Center and the other is at the Language Partner Program, where she practices speaking Chinese with other students. She is also a member of the Society of Bioengineers, where she has helped with Maryland Day projects and open houses. Next semester she will be working in a lab, determining DNA melting points. She is proud that her ENES 100 hovercraft team won first place, completing the entire task in only 32 seconds! She is also very excited that the Jimmy Lin internship will allow her to work for Signalway Antibody this summer.
2012
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Boheng Ma, Chemical Engineering, Working for Glodon USA, UMD China Research Park
Boheng is a chemical engineering major and will graduate in 2014. In the summer of 2012, he worked for Glodon USA. During his internship he conducted construction market research. He explored construction software products currently available in the US to allow Glodon to customize its software offerings to target the US construction market. He has also been involved in a demolition waste recycling project with the Office of Sustainability. He was the teaching assistant for Terrapin Takeoff in China, which is a study abroad program that explores the engineering challenges that China faces and the solutions developed through innovation and technology. He is a member of the Gemstone Team PRESSURE, a research group that is seeking to efficiently harness wind energy through the use of piezoelectric materials. He hopes to have a career in renewable energy and sustainable development.
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Liang Qiao, Civil Engineering, Working for Parasat USA, UMD China Research Park
Liang is a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering and graduated with his Masters degree in May 2013 in project management. His research focus has been on BIM Applications in construction engineering, project risk management, and cost estimating in building construction. He is also very interested in the United States market entry level for Chinese companies. It was an honor for him to receive the Jimmy Lin Internship for the summer of 2012. He worked for Parasat USA, where he researched and obtained information on renewable energy technology companies for Kazakhstan. He contacted more than 20 companies and several started to build a relationship with the UMD China Research Park. Before working for Parasat he was with the Maryland International Incubator program.
The Jimmy H. C. Lin Invention Competition Award will promote inventions in the ECE Department by providing an award to the faculty/staff/student team that achieves the highest level of recognition in the annual University of Maryland Invention of the Year competition.
Each of the award recipients will be identified by the Chair of the ECE Department with the help of an ad hoc committee selected by the Chair.
An award ceremony will be held each year for the recipients of these awards.
Jimmy H.C. Lin Invention Award Recipients
2016
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Dr. Rajeev Ranjan
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Dr. Vishal Patel
2014
2013
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ECE Alumnus Feng Han
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ECE Alumnus Yongle Wu
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ECE Alumnus Beibei Wang
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ECE Ph.D. Candidate Yu-Han Yang
University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award Winner in the Information Science Category for "Time-Reversal Division Multiple Access for Wireless Broadband Communications"
2012
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Alumnus Avinash Varna (EE, Ph.D., '11)
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Ph.D. Student Ravi Garg
University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award Winner in the Information Science Category for "Environmental Signatures for Forensic Analysis and Alignment of Media Recordings"
2011
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Research Associate Wan-Yi Lin
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Ph.D. student Nathan Goergen
University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award Winner in the Information Science Category
for "Active Sensing for Dynamic Spectrum Access"
More information about the University of Maryland Invention of the Year Awards.
The Jimmy H. C. Lin Entrepreneurship Competition Award promotes entrepreneurship in the ECE Department by providing an award to the student/staff/faculty team that achieves the highest level of recognition in the annual University of Maryland Business Plan Competition.
Each of the award recipients is identified by the Chair of the ECE Department with the help of an ad hoc committee selected by the Chair.
*This award was discontinued in 2015 because the University discontinued the annual University of Maryland Business Plan Competition.*
Jimmy H. C. Lin Entrepreneurship Competition Award Recipients
2013
Drs. Baras and Ivanov received the 2013 Jimmy H.C. Lin Entrepreneurship Competition Award in recognition of their business plan, "Secure Mobile Devices."
2012
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Professor Shuvra Bhattacharyya
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Assistant Research Scientist Chung-Ching Shen
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Assistant Research Scientist William Plishker
Dr. Shuvra Bhattacharyya and his assistants received the 2012 Jimmy H.C. Lin Entrepreneurship Competition Award in recognition of their business plan, "Streamlined Embedded Technologies."
2011
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Professor Pamela Abshire
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Ph.D. Student Marc Dandin
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Ph.D. Student David Sander
Dr. Pamela Abshire and her students received the first Jimmy H. C. Lin Entrepreneurship Competition Award in recognition of their business plan Ibis Microtech, a new entrepreneurial venture aiming to equip medical professionals, food quality control technicians, first responders, and national defense agencies with cost-effective diagnostics devices capable of performing laboratory-grade analyses on-site, and in record time.