Category: Research
Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade
January 30, 2020NC State engineers led by Mehmet Ozturk have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health.
Delta Air Lines Joins NC State’s IBM Q Hub
January 9, 2020Delta, the world’s largest global airline, will be the founding industry partner to join the IBM Q Hub at NC State, as part of a multi-year quantum computing collaborative effort with IBM.
NC State Named a Hot Spot for 5G Innovation
December 5, 2019Ultra-fast speed meets unparalleled responsiveness. That’s the promise of fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. And now, NC State ECE is the newest hub for driving 5G innovation.
$10M Grant to Advance Cover Crops includes Machine Learning
November 26, 2019USDA $10-million grant to improve the sustainability of agriculture through the use of cover crops features cutting-edge tech, such as autonomous data collection and machine learning from ECE.
New Framework Makes AI Systems More Transparent Without Sacrificing Performance
October 22, 2019Researchers led by Tianfu Wu are proposing a framework that would allow users to understand the rationale behind AI decisions.
NSF Announces Raleigh and Cary as Testbed Sites for Advanced Wireless
September 18, 2019NC State ECE will lead an NSF-funded project to enhance mobile wireless networks, including the use of drones.
Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Helps Turn ECE Research into Real-World Solution
July 23, 2019Ph.D. student Pedro Vergara and professor Leda Lunardi have developed tech that creates sharper, more vibrant screen displays that also use less power and received support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
Researchers Create Multi-Junction Solar Cells from Off-the-Shelf Components
June 25, 2019A new approach from NC State ECE researchers creates multi-junction solar cells with off-the-shelf components and intermetallic bonding.
NC State Queues up to Advance Quantum Computing
June 10, 2019We’re joining forces with industry and academic partners to lead the way in quantum computing — and train the field’s next generation.
Research Overcomes Key Obstacles to Scaling Up DNA Data Storage
June 3, 2019New techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems address two of the key obstacles to widespread adoption of DNA data storage technologies.
FREEDM researchers receive funding for work on grid resilience tools
May 23, 2019Researchers in the FREEDM Systems Center received a $3.1 million research award from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the U.S. electricity grid.
New Framework Improves Performance of Deep Neural Networks
May 23, 2019A new framework for building deep neural networks outperforms existing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence frameworks, including the widely-used ResNet and DenseNet systems, in visual recognition tasks.