Category: News
ECE Researchers Investigate Social Networks in Award-Winning Paper
August 5, 2015The award-winning paper by Xu and Eun entitled, “Modeling Time-Sensitive Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks” focused on the complex issue of how to predict how many users will forward or comment on information posted in online social networks.
ECE Students Invent Solution for Sleep Apnea
August 3, 2015Rita Brugarolas and Jose Manuel Valero-Sarmiento, ASSIST Ph.D. students in Electrical Engineering and research assistants in Dr. Alper Bozkurt’s iBionics Laboratory at North Carolina State University, conceived a novel idea: an auto-titrating oral appliance for at home use.
Researchers Boost Wireless Power Transfer with Magnetic Field Enhancement
July 24, 2015Research from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University shows that passing wireless power transfer through a magnetic resonance field enhancer (MRFE) – which can be as simple as a copper loop – can boost the transfer efficiency by at least 100 percent as compared to transferring through air alone.
ECE graduate proves it’s never too late to climb higher
July 10, 2015George Whitmire was a sight to behold at this year’s spring commencement ceremony at PNC Arena. With his son Connor at his side, Whitmire received his electrical engineering degree and a chance at new opportunities for his future.
Researchers Gain Best Paper Award – Prove Need for ASSIST Technologies
July 2, 2015During the 12th IEEE Body Sensor Networks Conference 2015 brought a diverse group of military and corporate entities along with academic researchers and physicians together in an open colloquium. mong attendees and presenters was ASSIST Center graduate student James Dieffenderfer, a graduate research assistant with the Integrated Bionic MicroSystems Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University.
Art, Engineering and Infinity: ECE Students alongside Escher and da Vinci
June 25, 2015A collaboration between NC State University and the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), as part of a series of STEAM initiatives to promote innovation has given a team of college students the opportunity to showcase an electronic display they developed alongside the works of M.C. Escher and Leonardo da Vinci.
Distributed Technique for Power ‘Scheduling’ Advances Smart Grid Concept
June 25, 2015ECE researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for “scheduling” energy in electric grids that moves away from centralized management.
ECE Graduate Mentors New Seniors
May 29, 2015For his Senior Design class in electrical and computer engineering, William Galliher and his team were given an opportunity to design a full-body 3D scanner as a demonstration piece for the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus.
The Future of Engineering Education and Research
May 29, 2015The goal of NSF’s Engineering Research Center (ERC) Program is to combine discovery and technological innovation in engineering research and education to create advanced technology and produce graduates who will be creative innovators. NC State has the distinction of leading two ERCs on campus.
A Winning Mindset
May 6, 2015Roshane Williams was the first in his family to head to college straight out of high school. Now he’s taking his electrical engineering degree from NC State to Research Triangle Park and IBM.
Baliga Wins Global Energy Prize
April 23, 2015ECE faculty member Dr. Jay Baliga, lauded by Scientific American as one of the heroes of the semiconductor revolution, has scored another scientific honor.
ECE Students Investigate “Moo”bile Technology
April 16, 2015Tucked away in the corner of a laboratory in Raleigh, five electrical engineers are engaged in an unlikely pursuit – finding a way to make the U.S. dairy industry more profitable.