🧬 Predicting how DNA binds just got a major AI upgrade! ECE Professor James Tuck co-led a team that built BINND (Binding and Interaction Neural Network for DNA), a deep learning model that predicts which DNA sequences bind to each other with 83.5% accuracy - at least 10% better than the previous state of the art. Trained on a massive dataset of 144 million sequence pairs, BINND opens doors for biomedical diagnostics and DNA-based computing, where DNA itself is used to store and retrieve data. Proud to see our ECE research pushing the boundaries of what`s possible at the intersection of engineering and biology! 🔬 Read more: http://ncst.at/6PYn50Ztz9S ...

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 ...