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
Goali: From Heat to Spin to Electricity: Fundamental Understanding and Development of High-Performance Spin-Driven Thermoelectric Heterostructures
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Daryoosh Vashaee
Ki Wook Kim
Project runs from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024
Rapid Development of Marketable Root-Knot Nematode Resistant Sweetpotato Varieties: Translation of Genomics and Advanced Phenomics into On-Farm Crop Management Solutions
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) George C. Yencho
Adrienne Marie Gorny
Jonathan R. Schultheis
Michael Kudenov
Daniel Trevellan Tregeagle
Project runs from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025
SCH: Enhanced Detection of Impending Problem Behavior in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Through Multimodal Sensing and Machine Learning
Sponsored by Vanderbilt UniversityJames Paul Dieffenderfer
Project runs from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2025
Enabling Secure and Efficient Sharing of Accelerators in Expeditionary Systems
Sponsored by US Navy-Office Of Naval Research Amro Awad
Aydin Aysu
Project runs from July 26, 2021 to July 25, 2024
Towards Secure, Crash Recoverable and High-Performance Memory Systems in Future Expeditionary Tactical Systems
Sponsored by US Navy-Office Of Naval ResearchAmro Awad
Project runs from July 20, 2021 to July 19, 2024
Bio-MAPS: BioMolecular-Array Patterns for Precision Differentiation of Intestinal Stem Cells
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Michael Daniele
Stefano Menegatti
Jan Genzer
Scott Magness
Project runs from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2024
3D Volumetric Reconfigurable Metamaterials (VRaMM)
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)David Ricketts
Project runs from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2024
QCIS-FF: Quantum Computing & Information Science Faculty Fellow at North Carolina State University
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Daniel D Stancil
Project runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Day-Ahead Probabilistic Forecasting of Net-Load and Demand Response Potentials with High Penetration of Behind-the-Meter Solar-plus-Storage
Sponsored by US Dept. of Energy (DOE) - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Wenyuan Tang
Xipeng Shen
Xu Liu
Project runs from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024
Cultivating A Resilient Workforce By Integrating A Culturally Competent Community Of Scholarship & Data Science in Food & Agricultural Research
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Daniela Sofia Jones
Michael Kudenov
Cranos Williams
Natalie Genevieve Nelson
Rebecca Diane Dunning
Project runs from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2026
CAREER: Physical Side-Channels Beyond Cryptography: Transforming the Side-Channel Framework for Deep Learning
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)Aydin Aysu
Project runs from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2025
NNCI: North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)
Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Jacob Jones
David M. Berube
Ayman I. Hawari
Melissa G. Jones
Philip Thomas Barletta
Project runs from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2025
Unifying biological and environmental data streams to monitor emerging lepidopteran resistance to genetically engineered crops
Sponsored by US Dept. of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Anders Schmidt Huseth
George G. Kennedy
Alper Yusuf Bozkurt
Brian James Reich
Natalie Genevieve Nelson
Project runs from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2024
Cirrus Logic Mixed Signal IC Design Fellowship
Sponsored by Cirrus LogicPaul D. Franzon
Project runs from August 15, 2020 to August 14, 2024
Integrated Microgrid Control Platform
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
David Lee Lubkeman
Project runs from July 31, 2020 to July 31, 2024