Category: News
ECE Honored with Two Innovation Awards
September 9, 2015North Carolina State University researchers make meaningful advances in science, medicine and engineering that could have a significant impact on everything from human health to the business of brewing beer.
National Medal of Technology Recipient Donates Papers to NCSU Libraries
September 9, 2015Dr. Jayant Baliga, an internationally recognized leader in electrical and computer engineering, has donated his papers to the North Carolina State University Libraries. Lauded by Scientific American as one of the heroes of the semiconductor revolution, …
Lowering the Cost of Energy-Efficient Embedded Computer Systems
September 1, 2015Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems – the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to automobiles.
ECE Welcomes New Faculty
August 24, 2015The NC State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes Dr. Michael Daniele and Bobby Compton.
Algorithm Interprets Breathing Difficulties to Aid in Medical Care
August 24, 2015Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an efficient algorithm that can interpret the wheezing of patients with breathing difficulties to give medical providers information about what’s happening in the lungs.
Mobile Energy Generator to Bring Electricity to People Without It
August 17, 2015ECE Professor Ewan Pritchard and his team have been awarded $322,103 to design and build a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain that can generate electricity and add to the capacity of these microgrids.
Students Create App to Improve Success of Birth Control Pill Regimens
August 14, 2015A team of NCSU engineering students, including two from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, tackled the problem of how to help ensure daily compliance of a birth control pill regimen with a project called PurpleSticker.
ECE Student Recognized by Graduate School for Research on Wireless Communication
August 12, 2015Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering Lopamudra Kundu was recognized by the Graduate School for her research into a possible solution of how to squeeze more data from bandwidth in mobile devices.
ECE Professor Helps to Clean Up Space of Debris
August 11, 2015ECE Professor Hamid Krim has been awarded over a million dollars by the United States Missile Defense Agency for research on the problem of space debris detection. According to Professor Krim, “Space is a precious commodity…”As Krim describes, “Spac …
Former Students Launch Company Aiming to Help Smokers Kick the Habit
August 10, 2015Suraaj Doshi and Kyle Linton worked to together to propel the idea of a smart cigarette case that communicates with a smoker’s smartphone to record who the smoker is with as well as where and when a smoker reaches for a cigarette.
Smart Battery Gauge Technology: From Research Innovation To Commercial Application
August 7, 2015ECE Professor Mo-Yuen Chow is finding solutions to these problems with research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program.
NCSU ECE Undergraduate Team Wins Best Energy Efficiency Award at IEEE Competition
August 5, 2015In July of 2015, a team of four NCSU ECE undergraduate students participated for the first time in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Future Energy Competition (IFEC) and won the best Energy Efficiency award at the final competition at the University of Sheffield, UK.