Samuel M. Pro, President

EVALUATION OF THE ANTI-TB POTENTIAL OF BRYOPHYTES
A. Schinkovitz, J. Scher, J. Zapp, H. Becker H, Y. Wang Y, S. Franzblau, B. Cran-dall-Stotler, R. Stotler, S. Pro, G. Pauli
Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Plant Re-search, Graz (Austria), September 2007

THE STABILITY OF LIGUSTILIDE AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF ANGELICA BOTANICALS
A. Schinkovitz, B. Dietz, S. Deng, S.-N. Chen, S. Pro, D. Lankin, D., Nikolic, R.B. van Breemen, J.L. Bolton, N. Farnsworth, G. Pauli
Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Plant Re-search, Graz (Austria), September 2007

ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS NATURAL PRODUCTS IN GALANGAL (ALPINIA OFFICINARUM) AND GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE)
J.B. Friesen, S. Pro, Y. Wang, S. Franzblau, G. Pauli
American Society of Pharmacognosy 47th Annual Meeting, Arlington VA, Aug 5-9, 2006

Posters

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTI-TB ACTIVE PRINCIPLES FROM THE ETHNOBOTANICAL OPLOPANAX HORRIDUS
T. Inui, Y. Wang, S. Pro, S.-H. Cho, D. Smith, S. Franzblau, G. Pauli
American Society of Pharmacognosy 48th Annual Meeting, Portland, ME, July, 2006

ANTI-TB CONSTITUENTS FROM DRACAENA ANGUSTIFOLIA: NEW METHODS TO EXPEDITE CONCLUSIVE BIOASSAY-GUIDED FRACTIONATION
R.J. Case, Y. Wang, T. Inui, S. Cho, S.G. Franzblau, D.D. Soejarto, P. Piskaut, L. Matainaho, S. Pro, G.F. Pauli
American Society of Pharmacognosy 47th Annual Meeting, Arlington VA, Aug 5-9, 2006

THE STABILITY OF LIGUSTILIDE AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR THE BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF ANGELICA
A. Schinkovitz, B. Dietz, S. Deng, S.-N. Chen, S. Pro, D. Lankin, D., Nikolic, R. van Breemen, J. Bolton, N. Farnsworth, G. Pauli
American Society of Pharmacognosy 47th Annual Meeting, Arlington VA, Aug 5-9, 2006

AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND RECOGNITIONS

Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, Urbana, IL
March 2006
1st place

Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, Urbana, IL
March 2006
"Most Innovative Design" Award

IEEE Future Energy Challenge, Boulder, CO
August 2005
3rd place (world-wide)

UIC Computer Science Departmental Scholarship, Chicago, IL
March 2005

Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, Urbana, IL
March 2005
"Most Creative Design" Award

Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, Urbana, IL
March 2005
4th place

National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Chicago, IL
January 2004
Honorary Lifetime Membership

Olive and Alfred L. Kuehn Scholarship, Chicago, IL
February 2003

PHI ETA SIGMA Honor Society, Chicago, IL
August 2002
Honorary Member

PROJECTS

Autonomous Robotics System, Chicago, IL.
Prototyped, designed, implemented and tested a complex computer controlled robot for robotics competition, which won a prize for “Most Innovative Design”.
April 2005 – March 2006

Telecontrolled Robotics System, Chicago, IL.
Helped prototype, design, implement and test a telecontrolled robot for robotics competition, which won first place.
April 2005 – March 2006

IEEE Future Energy Challenge, Boulder, CO.
Headed human interface and DSP programming for fuel-cell inverter. Following strict constraints on efficiency, performance, weight, and size, this device interfaced hydrogen fuel-cells with the power grid. Received 3rd place in world-wide competition.
May 2004 – August 2005

Telecontrolled Robotics System, Chicago, IL.
Helped prototype, design, implement and test a telecontrolled robot for robotics competition, which won fourth place.
April 2004 – March 2005

Remote GC-MS Control System, Chicago, IL.
Implemented software and procedures for remote control and monitoring of GC-MS system through cellular telephone.
May 2004 – July 2004

WiFi-Based Robot Control System, Chicago, IL.
Design-phase of a control system for autonomous robot projects which allows for computing power to be lifted from the robot and located remotely.
Oct 2003 –

Urban WiFi Auditing, Chicago, IL
Developed, and partially implemented a method for discovering open 802.11b networks, determining out of them the most usable, then automatically detecting settings and connecting its own network to the internet through it.
July 2003 – Oct 2004

Network Intrusion Detection System, Chicago, IL.
Implemented a remotely accessible, Linux-based, network intrusion detection system with integrated vulnerability scanner.
May 2003 - June 2003

Text-to-Speech Hardware Solution, Sterling, IL.
Designed and implemented a text-to-speech box which takes a string of text inputted by a user over the web and outputs an audible reproduction.
January 2001 - April 2001

ORGANIZATIONS/LEADERSHIP

President – Wrightwood Technologies Inc.
Business development, management, accounting, design and development of infrastructure, public/media relations, marketing...
Founded 2006

President – Chicago Engineering Design Team
Build robots for competitions (Metal working, electronics, microcontroller programming, wireless communications, sensors, corporate relations, …)
Member since 2002

President - UIC Linux User Group
Focus on promoting and learning Linux and related technologies (Host of several sponsored events every year, to help spread the word about Linux)
Member since 2002 (founded)

Member – Association for Computing Machinery
General computer related organization with many events throughout the year.
Member since 2003

TEACHING

GC-MS Method Development, UIC, Chicago, IL
Three-session course for the training of new GC-MS users.
Jan 2006

Introduction to GC-MS, UIC, Chicago, IL
Three-session course for the training of new GC-MS users.
May 2005

NEWS/MEDIA COVERAGE

UIC NEWS
Robot Captures Design Contest
March 15, 2006