ECE Calendar

	April 2026
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		1	2	3 Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors – Challenges and Opportunities Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors – Challenges and Opportunities April 3, 2026 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am EB2 1231 https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/ultra-wide-bandgap-semiconductors-challenges-and-opportunities/ Ultra-wide-bandgap (UWBG) materials constitute the next frontier in semiconductor physics, and also hold great promise to revolutionize applications such as power conversion and high-frequency electronics, among others. This talk will discuss the key properties of UWBG semiconductors, some of the challenges facing the research community, and how these materials and devices may advance selected applications.... Join on Zoom Webinar at go.ncsu.edu/ece-seminar Speaker: Robert Kaplar Research Department Head of End-to-end Networked Systems Sandia Bob Kaplar received a B.S. degree in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus. He subsequently joined Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, as a postdoctoral researcher, worked for a dozen years as a technical staff member, and is now the manager of the Semiconductor Material and Device Sciences department at Sandia. His scientific work has included wide-bandgap optoelectronics and reliability physics, and he is currently focused on wide- and ultra-wide-bandgap materials and devices, primarily the III-Nitrides, for power conversion and other applications. See more details •	4	5
6	7	8 Centennial Coffee Hour With 321 Coffee Centennial Coffee Hour With 321 Coffee April 8, 2026 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am 930 Main Campus Dr., Raleigh, NC 27695 Start your morning off with Centennial Coffee Hour at 321 Coffee's new location at 930 Main Campus Drive. Network with friends and co-workers from 8-9 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month. Stop by during the coffee hour and receive a dollar off your beverage. All are welcome to attend. See more details •	9	10 Event April 10, 2026 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am EB2 1231 https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/266667/ Join on Zoom Webinar at go.ncsu.edu/ece-seminar Speaker: Chirstopher Monroe Distinguished Professor Duke University See more details •	11	12
13	14	15	16	17 ECE Senior Design Day ECE Senior Design Day April 17, 2026 Engineering Building II, 890 Oval Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA See more details “Advanced Integrated Photonics for AI-Era Interconnects, Computing, and Beyond” “Advanced Integrated Photonics for AI-Era Interconnects, Computing, and Beyond” April 17, 2026 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am EB2 1231 https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/advanced-integrated-photonics-for-ai-era-interconnects-computing-and-beyond/ Integrated photonics, particularly Silicon-based photonics, has become a disruptive force reshaping optical communications over the past decade. By marrying silicon with other functional photonic materials, such as compound semiconductors or nonlinear crystals, heterogeneous integration enables not only the combination of complementary material advantages, but also the creation of new device concepts and system capabilities. As... Join on Zoom Webinar at go.ncsu.edu/ece-seminar Speaker: Di Liang Professor University of Michigan Di Liang joined the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as a professor in Jan. 2024 after two years leading silicon-photonics product development at Alibaba Cloud Computing (U.S.). Previously, he was a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs, where he built and led advanced R&D in heterogeneous integrated silicon photonics for energy-efficient optical interconnects and high-performance computing. Upon earning his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, he was a core member of the University of California, Santa Barbara - Intel collaboration in 2007-2009 to develop the world’s first on-chip diode lasers on silicon. His innovations and contributions to high-quality III–V/silicon wafer bonding and the first-generation of single-wavelength lasers played a key role in Intel’s successful commercialization of silicon photonics, helping to generate billions of dollars in revenue for the company since 2016. He has authored or coauthored one edited book, seven book chapters, and more than 340 journal and conference papers, and he is an inventor on 65+ issued patents with 40+ pending. He is a Fellow of IEEE and Optica. He currently holds multiple editorial appointments with leading journals of Nature Publishing Group, IEEE, and Optica. See more details • •	18	19
20	21 ECE Signing Day ECE Signing Day April 21, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm See more details •	22	23	24 Enabling Scalable and Collaborative Energy Management in Networked Microgrids Enabling Scalable and Collaborative Energy Management in Networked Microgrids April 24, 2026 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am EB2 1231 https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/enabling-scalable-and-collaborative-energy-management-in-networked-microgrids/ Join on Zoom Webinar at go.ncsu.edu/ece-seminar Speaker: Aditya Joshi PhD Student NC State University See more details Severity Grading of Southern Leaf Blight on Corn Leaves Severity Grading of Southern Leaf Blight on Corn Leaves April 24, 2026 @ 10:15 am - 11:45 am EB2 1231 https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/severity-grading-of-southern-leaf-blight-on-corn-leaves/ Join on Zoom Webinar at go.ncsu.edu/ece-seminar Speaker: Chanae Ottley PhD Student NC State University See more details • •	25	26
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