Category: News
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Fossil-Sorting Robots Will Help Researchers Study Oceans, Climate
December 12, 2022New tech from Edgar Lobaton’s lab automates a tedious process that plays a key role in ocean and climate research.
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ECE Faculty Receive IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2022 Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award
November 22, 2022Nuria González-Prelcic and Robert Heath, won the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2022 Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award! The award recognizes the best paper relating to Vehicular Electronics published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
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Richard Hodson Receives Campus Safety Award
November 5, 2022Richard Hodson, ECE Senior Web Developer, has been selected to receive a Campus Safety Award from NC State’s Environmental Health and Safety Department and Eastman Chemical Company.
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Integrating Robotics, Materials Science to Capture Solar Energy
November 3, 2022An NC State professor is leading the development of more effective solar panels cells so that this renewable energy source can replace dwindling fossil fuels. At the same time, this work is establishing more accessible ways to do research in science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields.
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Wolfspeed Ahead: An NC State Spinoff Powers the Future
October 24, 2022The company that pioneered LED lighting now looks to improve the efficiency and performance of electric vehicles and other high-power applications. Meet the people building the world’s largest silicon carbide manufacturing facility in Chatham County.
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Floyd Named Alton and Mildred Lancaster Professor
October 18, 2022Brian Floyd has received the honorific professorship title Alton and Mildred Lancaster Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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ECE Researchers Help Develop Public Charging Infrastructure for Wheelchairs
October 17, 2022ECE researchers are helping to develop accessible public charging infrastructure for electric wheelchair users. Two years in the making, and the product is now ready for public use.
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Veena Misra Named as MC Dean Distinguished University Professor
September 29, 2022Congratulations to Veena Misra for earning the second honorific professorship title MC Dean Distinguished University Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering!
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Bandodkar and Oralkan Receive IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
September 16, 2022Two of our faculty members, Ömer Oralkan and Amay Bandodkar, have been awarded the Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Sensors Council!
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Ericsson and National Science Foundation’s AERPAW collaborate on 5G drone research to support smart agriculture
September 14, 2022Ericsson and AERPAW, funded by the National Science Foundation and a consortium of industry partners, have announced a collaboration on advancing the use of 5G for drone operations in support of smart agriculture.
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Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards Support to ECE Projects
September 9, 2022This year’s Chancellor’s Innovation Fund supports two ECE projects that include researching a better way to make EKGs wireless and faster COVID-19 antibody tests.
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Researchers Demonstrate New, More Energy-Efficient Devices Using Gallium Nitride
September 8, 2022Engineering researchers have created new high-power electronic devices that are more energy efficient than previous technologies.