Seminars
The ECE Distinguished Speaker Series is our flagship seminar series, featuring presentations from distinguished speakers drawn from both academia and industry who will address a wide variety of topics of interest to our community. Everyone is invited to attend, from undergraduates on up to faculty and industry friends — the level of the presentations will be for non-specialists and accessible to students.
During the academic semester, a weekly Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquia presents a wide range of speakers from different backgrounds and experiences, sharing their research activities and collaborations.
In addition, the NSF FREEDM Systems Center hosts technical webinars focused on power systems—upcoming ones are posted here.
Also during the academic year, the NC State Quantum Initiative hosts the Triangle Quantum Computing Seminar Series.
Upcoming Doctoral Defenses are listed here — please contact ecegradoffice@ncsu.edu for more information.
4/18

Jeff Reed
From Virginia Tech University on April 18, 2025.
4/11

TBD
TBD, TBD on April 11, 2025.
4/4

TBD
TBD, TBD on April 4, 2025.
3/21

TBD
TBD, TBD on March 21, 2025.
3/7

TBD
TBD, TBD on March 7, 2025.
2/28

TBD
TBD, TBD on February 28, 2025.

Radar as an Enabling Technology in Cyber-Physical Human Systems

Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University on February 14, 2025.

Broadening the Field of Heterogeneous Computing

Dr. Lisa Wu
Assistant Professor, Duke University on February 7, 2025.

Data-driven monitoring of atmospheric composition for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Dr. Zhen Qu
Assistant Professor, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at NC State on January 31, 2025.

Implantable Optical Interfaces for the Next-Generation Biomedical Applications

Dr. Abraham Vázquez-Guardado
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University on January 24, 2025.

SRC’s Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap: Driving a New Era of Innovation in Semiconductors and Digital Twins

Mr. John Oakley
Science Director, Semiconductor Research Corporation on January 17, 2025.

Optically-active solid-state spins in photonic platforms for quantum science and technology

Prof. Dima Farfurnik
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University on January 10, 2025.