▁publications , ▁ 1 0 0 ▁invited ▁present ations ▁and ▁ 2 1 ▁pat ents . ▁He ▁has ▁received ▁the ▁Al lied ▁Sign al ▁Fac ulty ▁Research ▁Award , ▁the ▁Peter ▁Mark ▁Award ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁V acu um ▁Society , ▁the ▁NASA ▁Medal ▁for ▁Exception al ▁Scient ific ▁Ach iev ement , ▁the ▁Arch ▁Col well ▁Best ▁P aper ▁Award ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Autom ot ive ▁Engine ers , ▁and ▁two ▁R & D ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Awards . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁he ▁became ▁an ▁elected ▁Fellow ▁of ▁IE EE . ▁ ▁Research ▁interests ▁Kaiser ' s ▁research ▁has ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁distributed ▁network ed , ▁embedded ▁computing ▁for ▁linking ▁the ▁Internet ▁to ▁the ▁physical ▁world . ▁The ▁applications ▁for ▁this ▁technology ▁that ▁his ▁group ▁has ▁purs ued ▁include ▁distributed ▁systems ▁for ▁factory ▁autom ation , ▁bi omed ical ▁research , ▁health care , ▁space ▁science , ▁security , ▁and ▁defense . ▁His ▁background ▁includes ▁distributed ▁low - power ▁system ▁development , ▁low - power ▁analog ▁and ▁digital ▁electron ics , ▁low - power ▁wireless ▁communication ▁systems , ▁and ▁mic ros ensor ▁technology . ▁Kaiser ’ s ▁teaching ▁efforts ▁include ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁new ▁courses ▁for ▁both ▁under grad uate ▁and ▁gradu ate ▁programs ▁emphas izing ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁fundamental ▁concepts ▁and ▁applications ▁to ▁design . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Biography ▁for ▁William ▁Kaiser ▁at ▁U CLA ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : W ay ne ▁State ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Univers