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Chow Receives 2020 IEEE IES Achievement Award

<img width="1024" height="666" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/chow-library-1024x666.jpg" alt="">Congratulations to Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow, 2020 recipient of the IEEE IES Mittelmann Achievement Award, recognizing his substantial technical contributions and leadership with industrial electronics technologies

Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/soybeansamplinglocation-1024x576.jpg" alt="">An interdisciplinary collaboration across three colleges at NC State are working together to identify and analyze beneficial fungi in the core crops of North Carolina.

New Approach to DNA Data Storage Makes System More Dynamic, Scalable

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Keung-DNA-data-storage-2020-HEADER-1024x576.jpg" alt="">A partnership of researchers from ECE and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are laying out a fundamentally new approach to DNA data storage.

Low-Cost Cameras Could Be Sensors to Remotely Monitor Crop Stress

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/StressCamSoybeans2-1024x576.jpg" alt="A StressCam, a low-cost camera system to monitor crop stress, over a field of soybeans at the Sandhills Research Station.">Being able to identify crop problems early can make the difference between saving a crop and losing it, but high-tech solutions can be costly. An interdisciplinary team is leveraging existing technology for a solution.

Remembering ECE Department Head Dr. Robert Kolbas

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/26270033969_b79e9c24f5_k-1024x682.jpg" alt="">ECE remembers Dr. Robert Kolbas, and exemplary teacher, department head, and a force behind the ECE MakerSpaces.

Welcoming new Faculty

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/newfac20-1024x682.jpg" alt="">ECE is proud to announce the addition of four new members of our faculty to bolster the stellar research and teaching going on in the department—welcome to the Pack!

Professors Kolbas and Trussell Retire

<div><img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CAMPUS.Spring2017.6063.jpg" alt=""></div>In addition to the accomplishments of our graduated Class of 2020, we also recognize the retirement of two faculty members who have shaped our Department over many decades: Joel Trussell and Bob Kolbas.

Alumni Co-Owned Startup Allows Contractors to Monitor Job Sites Remotely

<div><img width="1169" height="808" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/seaforth-capture.jpg" alt=""></div>A pain-point noted by an ECE alumnus facing the construction industry that led to the launch of a new venture – Bedrock Wireless, a company aimed to bring data-forward solutions to construction sites.

Researchers Incorporate Computer Vision, Uncertainty into AI for Robotic Prosthetics

<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lobaton-huang-2020-header-1500.jpg" alt=""></div>Lobaton's lab leverages AI to create a software integration for existing hardware to enable people using robotic prosthetics to walk in a safer, more natural manner on different types of terrain.

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<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/assist-7399.jpg" alt=""></div>Platforms developed in the Center for Advanced Self- Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) allow for a wide range of health applications