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Huang Receives Award for Research to Improve Circuit Breakers

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/09/aqhuang.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Progress Energy Distinguished Professor Alex Huang has been awarded $1,326,903 by the ABB, Inc for research of Silicon Carbide (SiC) based Solid State Circuit Breakers (SSCB).

ECE Honored with Two Innovation Awards

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/09/CIF-2015-848x4771.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">North Carolina State University researchers make meaningful advances in science, medicine and engineering that could have a significant impact on everything from human health to the business of brewing beer.

National Medal of Technology Recipient Donates Papers to NCSU Libraries

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/http://news.lib.ncsu.edu/files/2015/09/Baliga-Portrait-RWW_0171-for-Chris-Tonelli-201x300.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Dr. Jayant Baliga, an internationally recognized leader in electrical and computer engineering, has donated his papers to the North Carolina State University Libraries. Lauded by Scientific American as one of the heroes of the semiconductor revolution, Baliga received this year’s Global Energy Prize.   In addition to being a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, Dr. Baliga […]

Lowering the Cost of Energy-Efficient Embedded Computer Systems

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/09/sbhatta4.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems - the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to automobiles.

ECE Welcomes New Faculty

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/blcompto46.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The NC State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes Dr. Michael Daniele and Bobby Compton.

Algorithm Interprets Breathing Difficulties to Aid in Medical Care

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/lungs.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an efficient algorithm that can interpret the wheezing of patients with breathing difficulties to give medical providers information about what's happening in the lungs.

Mobile Energy Generator to Bring Electricity to People Without It

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/electric-vehicle.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">ECE Professor Ewan Pritchard and his team have been awarded $322,103 to design and build a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain that can generate electricity and add to the capacity of these microgrids.

Students Create App to Improve Success of Birth Control Pill Regimens

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/Purple-Sticker2.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">A team of NCSU engineering students, including two from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, tackled the problem of how to help ensure daily compliance of a birth control pill regimen with a project called PurpleSticker.

ECE Student Recognized by Graduate School for Research on Wireless Communication

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/grad_research-521-copy.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">PhD student in Electrical Engineering Lopamudra Kundu was recognized by the Graduate School for her research into a possible solution of how to squeeze more data from bandwidth in mobile devices.

ECE Professor Helps to Clean Up Space of Debris

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/satellite.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">ECE Professor Hamid Krim has been awarded over a million dollars by the United States Missile Defense Agency for research on the problem of space debris detection.  According to Professor Krim, “Space is a precious commodity…”As Krim describes, “Space is a precious commodity, and is expected to hold many answers to the future sustainability of earth.Yet, space is also […]