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Quantum computing, meet real-world impact! ⚛️ ECE`s Sabre Kais, the Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Quantum Computing, chaired NC State`s first Summer Workshop on Quantum Machine Learning, drawing 150 researchers and industry leaders from IBM, NVIDIA, Yale and more to campus. From new algorithms to hands-on quantum programming, the week showcased why NC State ECE is training the next generation of the quantum workforce. Proud to have our faculty leading the way! 🔬 Read more: http://ncst.at/GM9q50ZkFpr
🩹 Congratulations to ECE Assistant Professor Amay Bandodkar on winning a prestigious NSF CAREER Award! The grant will fund his lab`s work on battery-powered wireless smart bandages that safely sample wound fluid and relay real-time updates on wound healing through non-toxic, flexible thin-film batteries and biofuel cell sensors powered by the body itself.
This early-career recognition from the National Science Foundation gives Bandodkar`s research group the support to tackle major challenges in sensors, batteries and personalized diagnostics. Congratulations, Amay, on this well-deserved honor! 🔋
Powered by moisture, not toxins! 🔋 ECE Assistant Professors Amay Bandodkar and Abraham Vazquez-Guardado co-led a team — with NC State graduate student Akshay Bhardwaj as co-first author — that created a non-toxic, stretchable battery that runs on ambient humidity, even in desert-dry climates. Inspired by pangolin scales, the flexible battery could power next-gen wearables and IoT devices, and even includes a built-in kill switch that can destroy sensitive surveillance gear if tampered with. Big things happening in our labs! 💧 Read more: http://ncst.at/5uV550ZkFhO
Four College of Engineering seniors earned Outstanding Senior Awards at this year`s Engineering Awards Banquet, and ECE students were nominated across every category.
The annual awards, presented by the College`s Office of Academic Affairs, recognize seniors for Citizenship & Service, Humanities, Leadership and Scholarly Achievement. ECE nominees included Riley Corn, Campbell Depken and Willard Sheets, honored for the impact they`ve made on campus and beyond during their time at NC State.
Congratulations to all of this year`s honorees and nominees for representing the best of NC State Engineering. 🎓
Read more: http://ncst.at/vJ2M50ZeJUz
NC State ECE hosted the second annual Green-G Conference this year — the first time the event has been held in the U.S., bringing together researchers working at the intersection of biology and engineering.
Chaired by Professor Michael Daniele and co-organized by Professor Alper Bozkurt, the May 5-6 conference drew experts exploring how engineering principles can advance biological research, from sensing technologies to bio-integrated systems.
Hosting Green-G put NC State ECE`s growing bioelectronics community on an international stage. 🌱
Read more: http://ncst.at/VEFc50ZeTQi
NC State`s Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab (ICaSL), led by Professor Suresh Venkatesh, is teaming up with Axiro Semiconductor to advance next-generation phased-array and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) technology.
The collaboration combines ICaSL`s research strength in advanced circuit design with Axiro`s semiconductor manufacturing expertise, aiming to push phased-array systems that can sense their surroundings and communicate at the same time — a capability increasingly important for wireless networks, radar, and autonomous systems.
Partnerships like this one show how NC State ECE research translates into real-world hardware, giving students hands-on exposure to industry-driving technology along the way. 📡
Read more: http://ncst.at/3ezm50ZeL4h
Three NC State students are using engineering and computer science to help tackle real challenges in agriculture through the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative`s Makerspace.
Computer science student Vy Hoang, computer science major Connery Tran and mechanical engineering student John Glenn II have spent their time at the Makerspace designing tools like a tractor-mounted imaging system and a soil sensor, picking up hands-on skills in soldering, 3D modeling and circuit board design along the way.
Their work shows how engineering and computer science can shape the future of farming, giving these students hands-on experience they`ll carry into their careers. 🌱
Read more: http://ncst.at/v0vM50ZeJZL
Continual learning, solved (almost)! 🧠 ECE Associate Professor Tianfu Wu and PhD student Chinmay Savadikar developed CHEEM, a new framework that helps AI models learn new tasks without forgetting old ones — and use computing power more efficiently along the way. Their work will be presented at CVPR 2026, one of the top conferences in computer vision. Proud to see our researchers pushing the boundaries of adaptive AI!
Read more: http://ncst.at/e8Sw50Zfezc
Roadblock or staircase? 🐺
Dan Eddleman (`68, Electrical Engineering) and Jean Eddleman (`74, Biological Sciences) know it`s all about perspective. The NC State couple is paying it forward with a three-part planned gift supporting ECE, the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative and student success in DASA — because they believe every Wolfpack student deserves the support to turn their challenges into stepping stones.
Read their story. Link in bio.
NC State ECE students Neil Sood and Madeline Wall won the College of Engineering`s Day of Giving 2026 "Dean`s Hide-and-Seek Challenge," tracking down a life-size cutout of former dean (and now NC State Provost) Jim Pfaendtner on the fifth floor of Hunt Library.
The duo pieced together clues shared on the College`s Instagram stories and were first to find the hidden cutout, earning $5,000 in research support. Sood and Wall directed the prize toward ECE Professor Eric Rotenberg`s work on computer architecture and high-performance processors, a nod to his Microprocessor Architecture course, which both students took and loved.
It`s a fun reminder of how Day of Giving connects student initiative directly to research impact. 🕵️
Read more: http://ncst.at/oz6v50ZeKRI
NC State`s new hybrid M.S. in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors is preparing engineers for one of the fastest-growing corners of the chip industry, with its first cohort starting this fall.
The program covers silicon carbide and gallium nitride materials that handle higher power and heat than traditional silicon, skills now in demand for electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and aerospace. Faculty and industry partners from companies like MACOM and Wolfspeed helped shape the curriculum around the roles employers are actually hiring for, from device design to power electronics.
It`s a clear example of NC State ECE building graduate programs directly around where the semiconductor industry is headed. ⚡
Read more: http://ncst.at/YqCf50ZeTPF
They`re building the future. Help us send them there. 🐺⚡
NC State ECE students are competing at the national level, piloting autonomous subs, leading honor societies and representing the Pack at conferences across the country.
We`re raising $3,000 by June 30 so financial hurdles never stand in the way of big opportunities. We`re just 6% of the way there and every gift counts.
$200 = one conference registration
$1,000 = makerspace materials for student projects
$3,000 = 15 students at a competition or conference
Link in bio to support ECE students before June 30. 🔗
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The technology powering electric vehicles, clean energy and aerospace was largely developed right here in North Carolina. NC State is where that work continues.
We`re launching the Master of Science in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors this fall, the first program of its kind, designed for engineers ready to lead in SiC, GaN and the systems they power.
Applications close June 25.
Learn more and sign up for updates: http://ncst.at/kAbK50Z2SUq
Neil Sood stood in front of the NC State ECE Class of 2026 and told the truth about what four years actually felt like.
Midnight hours in Hunt Library so sleep-deprived that normal sentences became hilarious. Four days chasing a breakthrough in the 306 lab. Moments of wondering whether he belonged in the major at all.
He framed all of it through three things Jimmy Valvano said everyone should do every day: laugh, think and let your emotions move you.
"In the end, that`s what NC State gave us more than any degree. The space to laugh, the time and obligation to learn and a community to lean on."
Watch the full speech on our YouTube channel 🎓
Congratulations to this year`s NC State ECE Rising Star Award recipients! 🌟
Stanley Cheung receives the Rising Star Research Award for his impactful work in photonics and quantum computing. Mihail Cutitaru receives the Rising Star Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions to curriculum innovation.
Well deserved, Stan and Misha! 👏