Master’s student gives back by making PPE for healthcare workers
Hartley Leroy, an ECE Master’s student is hard at work in the Entrepreneurship Garage leveraging 3D printers to make PPE face shields for front-line workers.
Adapting to online: A remote master’s defense
ECE Master’s student Ryan Spurney learned to pivot to a [successful] remote defense in just two weeks with committee member Cranos Williams.
Blockchain Article Featured by IEEE Access
An article with over 1680 citations and co-published by Konstantinos Christidis, an ECE doctoral candidate, and Michael Devetsikiotis, a 2017 ECE Hall of Fame inductee is featured by IEEE Access.
Online Electrical Engineering Masters Ranked #5
Our online master’s program in electrical engineering was just ranked fifth nationally by US News & World Report for 2020—the online offerings provide an awesome opportunity for career growth.
Mackey Wins 3rd Place at Research Symposium
Landon Mackey, a Ph.D. candidate working in the FREEDM Systems Center won third place at the 14th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium.
NC State One of Top Alma Maters for Engineering Deans
No school has a monopoly on molding academic engineering’s C-suite, but some, like NC State, enjoy outsized influence, a new study reveals.
ECE Graduate Research Symposium 2018
The ECE Graduate Student Association at NC State hosted their annual research symposium on November 1, 2018. Five ECE graduate students from different specializations were selected for the impressive research.
ECE Welcomes Career Services for Grad Students
The ECE Department welcomes Sara Concini into the new position of Director of Graduate Career Services, providing valuable guidance to our graduate student community as they prepare their futures.
NC State Team Wins BASF Plant Science Competition
Winning team of a plant scientist and two electrical engineers identifies new technology to detect biotic plant health stress
Dayerizadeh Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student Alireza Dayerizadeh was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF Fellowships are prestigious awards offered to students with outstanding academic achievements and who show promise for future innovations and inventions within their field.
Buckner granted GAANN Fellowship
Eli Buckner, a doctoral student in Electrical Engineering under Dr. Cranos Williams was recently granted placement in the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship program.
Yokus Wins First Place at ECE GSA Research Symposium
On Friday, January 26th, 2018, the ECE Graduate Student Association at NC State held their Annual ECE Research Symposium. During the well-attended event, ECE students presented their research in the Atrium of Engineering Building II while receiving valuable feedback from their peers and a panel of judges.
Sayed Wins Grand Prize at NCRT Competition
Islam Sayed, a Ph.D. student studying under Dr. Salah Bedair received the Overall Grand Prize Award, granted at the North Carolina Triangle Student Research Competition.
Researchers Improve the Performance of Quantum Well Solar Cells
Collaboration between researchers at Bedair Group, North Carolina State University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), shows the high potential of quantum wells in multi-junction solar cells.
Xue Wins IEEE Control Systems Prize for Video
Nan Xue, a student in Aranya Chakrobortty’s reseach group is the recipient of the second place prize in a student video contest organized by the IEEE Control Systems Society. The award consists of a certificate and $500, which will be presented at the IEEE CCTA conference in Hawaii.
ECE Student is Finalist in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Later this month, 10 finalists in the Graduate School’s second annual 3 Minute Thesis competition will demonstrate who is most capable of describing their Ph.D. research in just three minutes and with only one slide. The preliminary rounds of the competition...
Researchers Develop Wearable, Low-Cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration
Researchers from NC State, including the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person’s skin hydration for use in applications that need to detect dehydration before it poses a health...
Tech Would Use Drones and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas
Researchers at North Carolina State University’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large,...
An Efficient Approach for Tracking Physical Activity with Wearable Health-Monitoring Devices
Researchers from North Carolina State University’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have developed an energy-efficient technique for accurately tracking a user’s physical activity based on data from wearable devices.
ECE Student is Finalist in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
10 finalists in the Graduate School’s second annual 3 Minute Thesis competition will demonstrate who is most capable of describing their Ph.D. research in just three minutes and with only one slide. Ph.D. candidates who have completed their confirmation milestone, was narrowed to 10 finalists, including one from Electrical and Computer Engineering – Tanvir Arafat Khan.