May 16, 2003
USM Electrical Engineering Professor Named '03 Recipient
of Nelson & Small Prize
James V. Masi of Cape Elizabeth, an adjunct professor of
engineering at the University of Southern Maine, is the 2003
recipient of the Nelson and Small Prize, in recognition of
outstanding contributions to USM's Electrical Engineering
Program. The prize carries with it a stipend of $2,500.
Kenneth M. Nelson and David L. Small, president and treasurer,
respectively, of Nelson and Small Inc. of Portland, established
the award in 1989 to stimulate further development of the
USM engineering program and to support higher education. A
committee of USM faculty selected the 2003 recipient. John
Wright, dean of USM's School of Applied Science, Engineering
and Technology (ASET), presented the award to Masi at ceremonies
held Friday, May 16, in the John Mitchell Center, Gorham.
The Mitchell Center is home to USM's Electrical Engineering
Program.
The committee took special note of Masi's international reputation
in magnetics and electromagnetics; his willingness to involve
students in research projects; and his successful efforts
to upgrade the program's research capabilities by encouraging
the donation of highly specialized equipment to USM.
Masi has been involved in the development of innovative magnetic
material designed to improve the characteristics of semiconductors.
He has worked for Sandia National Laboratory, a government
owned/contractor operated facility in Albuquerque, N.M. Masi
has arranged for Sandia to donate an impedance/gain phase
analyzer, an electron microscope and other equipment to USM's
Electrical Engineering Program. He also has made arrangements
for students to gain valuable internship experience with the
labs.
"Jim has been a wonderful asset to this program and
to our students," said James W. Smith, professor and
chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering. "Thanks
to his efforts, we've procured the equipment and have established
the internships needed for a productive research program focused
on magnetics and electromagnetics."
Masi is a professor emeritus at Western New England College
in Springfield in addition to his teaching and mentoring at
USM. He holds more than 60 patents in areas ranging from semiconductors
and communications, to polymers and rehabilitation devices.
He holds a B.S. in physics from Fairfield University in Connecticut
and a Ph. D. from the University of Delaware.
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