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    // this value should be manually set to the total number of photos
    $number_of_photos = 12;
    // Note: spotlight page pic should be 425 pixels wide.
    // status codes: 1=deactivated, 0=active
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[0] = "";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[0] = "";
    $spotlight_page_photo[0] = "";
    $status[0] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[1] = "Allison Thompson, Undergraduate Student Assistant";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[1] = "Our introductory computing class (CS102) has been redesigned to teach programming using robots.  Here, visiting undergraduate student Allison Thompson is helping us design the new robotic lab assignments for this class.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[1] = "/_media/images/spotlight/a-07-37786.jpg";
    $status[1] = "0";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[2] = "Richard Edwards and Allison Thompson";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[2] = "Our introductory computing class (CS102) has been redesigned to teach programming using robots.  Here, CS graduate assistant Richard Edwards is working with visiting undergraduate student Allison Thompson to develop a C++ interface and robotic labs for this class.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[2] = "/_media/images/spotlight/a-14-37876.jpg";
    $status[2] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[3] = "Prof. Lynne Parker and Richard Edwards";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[3] = "Our introductory computing class (CS102) has been redesigned to teach programming using robots.  Here, Prof. Lynne Parker and CS graduate student Richard Edwards work on designing the new software for the robotic labs.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[3] = "/_media/images/spotlight/a-32-37876.jpg";
    $status[3] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[4] = "Grad students YuanYuan Li and Xingyan Li";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[4] = "Graduate students in Prof. Lynne Parker's <a href=\"http://www.cs.utk.edu/dilab/\">Distributed Intelligence Laboratory</a> work on research issues in cooperative robots.  Here, grad students YuanYuan Li and Xingyan Li perform experiments with autonomous multi-robot systems.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[4] = "/_media/images/spotlight/a-48-37876.jpg";
    $status[4] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[5] = "Grad students YuanYuan Li and Xingyan Li";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[5] = "Graduate students in Prof. Lynne Parker's <a href=\"http://www.cs.utk.edu/dilab/\">Distributed Intelligence Laboratory</a> work on research issues in cooperative robots.  Here, grad students YuanYuan Li and Xingyan Li perform experiments with autonomous multi-robot systems.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[5] = "/_media/images/spotlight/b-06-37876.jpg";
    $status[5] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[6] = "Grad students Shengnan Li and Faete Filho";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[6] = "Shengnan Li and Faete Filho discuss interfacing solar cells with a multilevel power electronics converter.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[6] = "/_media/images/spotlight/g-35-37876-1.jpg";
    $status[6] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[7] = "Katie Schuman, Scott Simmerman, and Marc Rubin";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[7] = "Junior Katie Schuman presents her research on Erasure Coding performance to graduate students Scott Simmerman and Marc Rubin and professor Brad Vander Zanden.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[7] = "/_media/images/spotlight/d-28-37876.jpg";
    $status[7] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[8] = "Markus Glatter, Brandon Langley, and Joshua New";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[8] = "Graduate students Markus Glatter (standing), Brandon Langley (sitting), and Joshua New (pointing) use a visual analytic tool developed in Dr. Jian Huang's Seelab to discuss findings in genomic and proteomic research of yeast for bioenergy. The visual analytics tools were created as part of the ongoing UT/ORNL collaboration for Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC). <a href=\"http://www.cs.utk.edu/~new/SeeGraph/poster/Nagiza.png\">[More...]</a>";
    $spotlight_page_photo[8] = "/_media/images/spotlight/d-46-37876.jpg";
    $status[8] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[9] = "Sensor Control Chip (SCC)";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[9] = "The Sensor Control Chip (SCC) designed for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). <a href=\"http://www.eecs.utk.edu/spotlight/scc\">[More...]</a>";
    $spotlight_page_photo[9] = "/_media/images/spotlight/scc.jpg";
    $status[9] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[10] = "Governor's School 2008";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[10] = "The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is host for the Tennessee Governor's Schools of Science and Engineering.  Each summer EECS provides computer labs and technical support for faculty and Governor's School students. <a href=\"http://govschool.utk.edu\">[More...]</a>";
    $spotlight_page_photo[10] = "/_media/images/spotlight/b-34-37876.jpg";
    $status[10] = "1";
//
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[11] = "Chris Rathgeb";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[11] = "Computer Engineering graduate student Chris Rathgeb develops circuits for accelerated computational science algorithms with field programmable gate arrays.";
    $spotlight_page_photo[11] = "/_media/images/spotlight/e-21-37876.jpg";
    $status[11] = "1";
//    
    $spotlight_page_short_desc[12] = "Marc Rubin and Dr. Gregor";
    $spotlight_page_long_desc[12] = "Who said pattern recognition wasn't fun? Marc Rubin (left) shares a laugh with Dr. Gregor (right).";
    $spotlight_page_photo[12] = "/_media/images/spotlight/d-23-37876.jpg";
    $status[12] = "1";
//
    $display_status = "0";
    while ( $display_status == "0" ) {
        $photo_id = rand(1, $number_of_photos);
        $display_status = $status[$photo_id];
    }
    echo "<img border=\"1\" width=\"425\" "; 
    echo "src=\"$spotlight_page_photo[$photo_id]\" ";
    echo "alt=\"$spotlight_page_short_desc[$photo_id]\" />";
    echo "<br /><sup>",$spotlight_page_long_desc[$photo_id],"</sup>";
</php>
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