Harris Corporation Receives UCF Industry Research Sponsor Award
April 27 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has received the Industry Research
Sponsor Award from the University of Central Florida's School of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). The award,
presented during the school's 2009 Industry Day, annually
recognizes one company for its consistent support of research
activities at the school. Harris and the University of Central
Florida (UCF) have an ongoing agreement to promote research and
development in a variety of engineering fields. Harris donated $3
million to UCF in 2005 that was matched by state funds and used to
equip research labs in the school's Harris Corporation Engineering
Center. The labs specialize in some of today's most advanced
engineering disciplines, such as microwave and wireless
communications, full-motion video processing, computer vision,
robotics, software engineering and large-scale designs. "The UCF
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is playing a
key role in expanding the technology base of Central Florida and in
preparing the highly skilled workforce upon which Harris and other
technology companies rely," said Kent Buchanan, chief technology
officer of Harris and vice president of Engineering for its
Government Communications Systems business. "Harris has had a
strong relationship with UCF for many years and some 690 graduates
are employed at every level of our organization. We are honored to
receive the 2009 Industry Research Sponsor award." "The Harris/UCF
relationship is an excellent example of the community benefits that
result when industry and education work together to achieve larger
goals," said Dr. Mubarak Shah, Agere Chair professor at the UCF
School of EECS, and chair of the Industry Day organizing committee.
"The partnership we have with Harris is a win-win situation. In
addition to helping provide students a superior education, their
support offers our researchers the opportunity to solve real-world
problems while Harris has access to research findings that are
important to new technology initiatives." About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information
technology company serving government and commercial markets in
more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the
company has annual revenue of $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees --
including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is
dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(R)
products, systems, and services. Additional information about
Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/.
DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Jim Burke, Corporate
Headquarters, of Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web Site:
http://www.harris.com/
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