Category: Grad Students
NC State Team Wins BASF Plant Science Competition
July 30, 2018Winning team of a plant scientist and two electrical engineers identifies new technology to detect biotic plant health stress
Dayerizadeh Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship
April 9, 2018Electrical 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
March 29, 2018Eli 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
January 28, 2018On 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
November 27, 2017Islam 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
September 28, 2017Collaboration 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
August 23, 2017Nan 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
April 7, 2017Later 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 compe …
Researchers Develop Wearable, Low-Cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration
January 30, 2017Researchers 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 h …
Tech Would Use Drones and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas
November 17, 2016Researchers 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 ma …
An Efficient Approach for Tracking Physical Activity with Wearable Health-Monitoring Devices
November 16, 2016Researchers 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
October 21, 201610 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.