Funded Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering boasts an active and agile research community comprised of our nationally recognized staff, students, and collaborating colleagues. This cadre of scientists is bolstered by grants, both private and public, to further explore our field’s unknown horizons.
Our department is filled with knowledgeable, astute individuals dedicated to uncovering new ideas and technology in the areas of Bioelectriconics, Communications, Computer Architecture, Nanoelectronics, and Power Systems. Our department encourages these efforts by providing a number of cutting-edge facilities and services to cultivate scientific progress.
Our research team is world recognized and funded by top names in both the public and private sectors. Government organization such as The National Science Foundation, The Army Research Office, and the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as corporations such as Cisco Systems, Qualcomm, Hewlett-Packard, and Red Hat have all allocated resources to further our research and development.

Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering covers the gamut from basic to applied. Specific topics include not only those under our eight research areas, but themes such as novel ways to teach fundamental concepts, engineering as a life-long discipline, and the engineering education community.
The following list represents the projects currently active. Unfunded research is conducted continuously as the scientific curiosity of our faculty lead them to new areas of inquiry. Although we list only the principal investigators from each project, research is typically carried out through
Breeding New Blueberries for Mechanical Harvest
Sponsored by NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer ServicesHamid Ashrafi
Jason A. Osborne
William O. Cline
Edgar J Lobaton
Microgrid Control/Coordination Co-Design (MicroC3)
Sponsored by US Dept. of Energy (DOE) - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)Iqbal Husain
Wenyuan Tang
Collaborative Research: Facilitating Supply Chain Trust via Micro-Surface Sensing and Vision-Enabled Authentication
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)ASCENT: Reconfigurable Metal-Free Microsystems with Alternative Power Sources
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Alper Yusuf Bozkurt
Koji Sode
Center for Ultra-wide Bandgap Extreme-RF Electronics
Sponsored by US Army - Army Research OfficeRamon R Collazo
Douglas Lee Irving
Metrics and Scaling Principles for Energy Synchronous Direct Antenna Modulation Transmitters
Sponsored by Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)Brian Allan Floyd
Subhashish Bhattacharya
MRI: Acquisition of a Versatile Pico-second Laser and Electroplating System for Advanced Device Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)John F. Muth
Michael D. Dickey
Using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality to Enhance Learning in Electromagnetics
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)EAGER: A Novel Route for High Activation of Implanted P-Type Regions in Vertical Gallium Nitride Devices
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Bongmook Lee
Collaborative Research: NeTS: JUNO3: End-to-End Network Slicing and Orchestration in Future Programmable Converged Wireless-Optical Networks
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)RINGS: WISECOM – Wireless Integrated Sensing, Learning and Communication Networks
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Robert Wendell Heath Jr
Brian Allan Floyd
Empowering Wireless Networks with Collective Wisdom
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)High Precision Measurements of Beta Decay Using Neutron Beams and Ultracold Neutrons
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Paul R. Huffman
Daniel D Stancil
Telecentric Imaging System for High-Throughput Plate Assays
Sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection, LLCNSF-AoF: SOLID: System-wide Operation via Learning In-device Dissimilarities
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)IUCRC Preliminary Proposal Planning Grant North Carolina State University: Center for Interface Sciences for Emerging Devices & Systems (CISEDS)
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Mehmet C. Ozturk
John Victor Veliadis
Single Stage SST Development, FREEDM Core Project
Sponsored by NCSU Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center (FREEDM)Iqbal Husain
Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
6G Serverless Computing Architecture with Service-Level Agreement Assurance for Cross-Constellation Communications Command and Control
Sponsored by NCSU NC Space Grant ConsortiumATHENA Analytical Tools
Sponsored by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC. (Sandia National Laboratories)DSFAS-AI: Agricultural DECision Intelligence moDEling System for huMan-AI collaboRative acTion Elicitation and impRovement (DECIDE-SMARTER)
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA)Michael Kudenov
Cranos Williams