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黑料网 NAI chapter members

As innovators in their fields, 黑料网's engineering faculty together hold dozens of patents. Recently, nearly two dozen 黑料网 faculty were inducted into the university chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. Below are 黑料网 College of Engineering faculty who hold patents on their research.

S. Asgari, R. Hamilton, and X. Hu; U.S. Application No. 61709256, awarded April 10, 2014. 

E. L. Chaikof, P. Ayala, and J. Caves; filed Oct. 16, 2015.

Balali, V., Sadeghi, M.A., and Golparvar-Fard, M., 鈥淚mage-based Retro-Reflectivity Measurement of Traffic Signs in Day Time,鈥 Provisional U.S. Patent, filed Oct. 7, 2015.

J. Cepeda-Rizo, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 20060113662, June 1, 2006.

J. Cepeda-Rizo, M. Esmailpour, N.J. Teneketges, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 7285851, Oct. 23, 2007.

J. Cepeda-Rizo, G.B. Ganapathi, "," U.S. Patent No. 549856 B1, Oct. 8, 2013.

J. Cepeda-Rizo, G.B. Ganapathi, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 9464638 B2, Oct. 11, 2016.

Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Oxide to Replace EVA Encapsulation for Photovoltaics (Caltech, patent pending)

Cooling Spoon Utensil (Provisional patent on file and licensed)

Home Water Heater Recuperator (Caltech provisional patent)

High-performance, Low-cost Flat Micro Heat Pipe with Constrained Vapor Bubble Wick Structure (Patent pending)

IR Sensing Pneumatic Baseball Pitching Machine (Provisional patent on file)

Ninja Chopsticks (Provisional patent on file and licensed)

Unique Thermal Energy Storage System Enabling Full Spectrum Solar Power (Caltech, patent pending)

F. Golshani & T.H. Howell, 鈥淥perating System Translator Incorporating Unix Piping Capability for a Proprietary Operating System,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5619699, awarded April 8, 1997.

F. Golshani & T.H. Howell, 鈥淥perating System Translator Incorporating Unix Aliasing Capability for a Proprietary Operating System,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5623667, awarded April 22, 1997.

F. Golshani and T.H. Howell, 鈥淥perating System Translator Incorporating a Verbose Mode of Operation,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5671418, awarded Sept. 23, 1997.

F. Golshani and T.H. Howell, 鈥淎utomatically Invoked Operating System Translator,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5678047, awarded Oct. 14, 1997.

F. Golshani, Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淢ethod of Graphically Displaying an Object-oriented Schema,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5774128, awarded June 30, 1998.

F. Golshani, O.D. Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淢ethod for Generating SQL Commands to Create an Integrated Global Schema,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5819277, awarded Oct. 6, 1998.

F. Golshani, O.D. Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淢ethod for Providing a Graphical Interface for the Specification of Relationships between Two Schemas,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5850631, awarded Dec. 15, 1998.

F. Golshani, O.D. Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淢ethod of Integrating Schemas of Distributed Heterogeneous Databases,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 5806066, awarded June 28, 2000.

F. Golshani, O.D. Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淰erfahren Zum Integrieren von Schemas von Verteilten Heterogenen Datenbanken鈥 German Patent No. 5806066, June 28, 2000.

F. Golshani, O.D. Friesen, and T.H. Howell, 鈥淧rocede pour Integrer des Schemas de Bases de Donnees Reparties Heterogenes,鈥 French Patent No. 5806066, June 28, 2000.

F. Golshani and Y. C. Park, 鈥淢ethod for Computerized Indexing and Retrieval of Digital Images Based on Spatial Color Distribution,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 6594386, awarded July 15, 2003.

C. Loi, K. Nuntha, I. Khoo, K. Liew, and J. Xia, 鈥溾, U.S. Patent No. 7463014, awarded Aug. 30, 2007.

Lim, S.; Hyoung Heo, Y.; Kwon, H.J.; Niu, H.; Jeon, J.; Bhorkar, A.; Ye, Q.; Kwon, S.; Hamidi-Sepehr, F.;  filed Aug. 10, 2017. 

Hamidi-Sepehr, F.; Jeon, J.; Ye, Q.; Bhorkar, A.; Kwon, H.J.; Niu, H.; Kwon, S. filed Aug. 10, 2017 

Chang-Gang, W.; Xiong, G.; Kwon, S.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Niu, H.; Li, Q.; filed Feb. 15, 2018. 

Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Chang, W.; Bendlin, R.; Hab, S.; Kwon, S.; Davydov, A.; Honh, H.; filed March 22, 2018. 

Xiong, G.; Cho, J.; Kwon, H.J.; Davydov, A.; He, H.; Bendlin, R.; Han, S.; Zhu, Y.; Kwon, S.; Zhang, Y.; Morozov, G.; Sergeev, V.; filed April 5, 2018. 

Zhang, Y., Xiong, G., Davydov, A., Kwon, S.C., Zhu, Y., Guo, H., He, H., Huang, M., Wu, Y., 鈥 U.S. Patent, April 28, 2018.

Wang, G., Zhang Y., Davydov, A., Kwon, S.C., Li, Q., and Han, S., U.S. Patent, July 12, 2018.

Wang, G., Zhang Y., Li, Q., Davydov, A., and Kwon, S.C., U.S. Patent, Sept. 27, 2018.

Wang, G., Zhang Y., Davydov, A., Kwon, S.C., Li, Q., and Han, S., U.S. Patent, Sept. 27, 2018.

Davydov, A., Sergeev, V., Kwon, S.C., Zhang Y., Sengupta, A., U.S. Patent, Oct. 25, 2018.

Wang, G., Zhang Y., Li, Q., Davydov, A., and Kwon, S.C., U.S. Patent, Nov. 8, 2018.

H.R. Rahai and H. Hefazi, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 7393177 B2, awarded Jul. 1, 2008.

C. Miller, R. Plaskove, H. Hefazi, and H.R. Rahai, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 2012125684, Sept. 20, 2012.

J. K. Holmes, G. L. Lui, C.-S. Tsang, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 6449304, awarded Sept. 10, 2002.

P. Yavari, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 4713953, Dec. 22, 1987.

P. Yavari and T. Wang, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 6522979, Feb. 18, 2003.

J. J. Chang and H.G. Yeh, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No. 4823299, awarded April 1989.

H. G Yeh and N. Yeh, 鈥溾 U.S. Patent No. 6529142, awarded March 2003.

H. G Yeh, 鈥" U.S. Patent No. 7289425, awarded Oct. 30, 2007.

H. G. Yeh and H. Babak, 鈥,鈥 U.S. Patent No 7616557, awarded Nov. 10, 2009.

H.G. Yeh, D. F. Gayme, and S. H. Low, 鈥淎daptive VAR Control for Distribution and Transmission Circuits with Renewable Energy Productions,鈥 submitted Aug. 23, 2011.