By ECE News<div><img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226.jpg 2000w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226-452x301.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/johannes-plenio-377226-1080x720.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px"></div>Researchers have developed new software and hardware designs that should limit programming errors and improve system performance in devices that use non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies. |Graduate Students, Research
By ECE News<div><img width="399" height="367" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_7971.jpg" alt=""></div>Collaboration between researchers at Bedair Group, North Carolina State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), shows the high potential of quantum wells in multi-junction solar cells. |News, Power, Smart
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header.jpg 1500w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ricketts-charging-header-1080x608.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px"></div>New system can simultaneously deliver watts of power and transmit data at rates high enough to stream video over the same wireless connection. |Events, News
By ECE News<div><img width="1024" height="681" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ECE_4712.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ECE_4712.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ECE_4712-452x301.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ECE_4712-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></div>If you have ever wondered what qualities companies are looking for when hiring college students, you're not the only one. Thankfully, a few companies were able to answer that for us. |News, Power
By ECE News<div><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header.jpg 1500w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/baliga-presice-header-1080x608.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px"></div>Researchers are rolling out a new manufacturing process and chip design for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, which can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics. |Graduate Students, News
By ECE News<div><img width="491" height="277" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-08-23-at-1.35.31-PM1.png" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-08-23-at-1.35.31-PM1.png 491w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-08-23-at-1.35.31-PM1-452x255.png 452w" sizes="(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px"></div>Nan Xue, a student in Aranya Chakrobortty's reseach group is the recipient of the second place prize in a student video contest organized by the IEEE Control Systems Society. The award consists of a certificate and $500, which will be presented at the IEEE CCTA conference in Hawaii. |Awards, Campus Life, News, scholarship, sensus, sensus reach, undergraduate
By ECE News<div><img width="2000" height="1328" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2.jpg 2000w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2-452x300.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TRANS14.bus_.3736-2-1080x717.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px"></div>North Carolina State University today announced that Ashish Amin of Cary, NC and Vedashrey Makthal, of Morrisville, NC are recipients of the 2017 Sensus Reach℠ Scholarship. Amin, a senior, and Makthal, a junior, in the NC State College of Engineering will each receive a one-year stipend to cover tuition and fees, made possible by a donation from Raleigh, N.C.-based technology company, Sensus. |guvenc, nasa, News, Research, uav
By ECE News<div><img width="1024" height="675" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jason-blackeye-307736.jpg" alt="UAV" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jason-blackeye-307736.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jason-blackeye-307736-452x298.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jason-blackeye-307736-768x506.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></div>Researchers at NC State ECE are launching a project aimed at researching and developing high-performance communications, networking and air traffic management (ATM) systems, including navigation and surveillance for both manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). |ecedha, Faculty, leadership, News, stancil
By ECE News<div><img width="849" height="768" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_5807.jpg" alt="Dr. Stancil speaking at the annual ECEDHA Conference this year." srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_5807.jpg 849w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_5807-452x409.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_5807-768x695.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px"></div>Dr. Daniel D. Stancil, Alcoa Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University has been named president of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA). |autonomous, Faculty, Lobaton, News, Research, story
By ECE News<div><img width="1024" height="768" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2137.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2137.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2137-452x339.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2137-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_2137-510x382.jpg 510w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></div>This is a guest post by Edgar Lobaton - Autonomous systems are becoming a reality in our everyday lives. A few examples that most of us have seen in the news include autonomous vehicles such as the Google Car, and autonomous stores such as Amazon Go. All of these systems require sophisticated sensing, machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to make them work, which fascinates me.