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Researchers Roll Out Free Software to Advance Computer Chip Design

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/FreePDK15-header.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Engineering researchers have developed new software, called FreePDK15, to facilitate chip design - and are making it freely available in order to foster new research focused on pushing the frontiers of computer technology.

Research Paves Way for Cyborg Moth ‘Biobots’

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Bozkurt-Moth-sidebar-350.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">North Carolina State University researchers have developed methods for electronically manipulating the flight muscles of moths and for monitoring the electrical signals moths use to control those muscles.

Kudenov receives Young Investigator Awards from both Air Force & Navy

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/08/NFB_MichaelKudenov_retouched.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Dr. Michael Kudenov, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a Young Investigator Program award from both the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the US Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Crossing the Goal Line: New Tech Tracks Football in 3-D Space

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/06/Footballphoto.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with Disney Research, have developed a system that can track a football in three-dimensional space using low-frequency magnetic fields.

A Makers’ Place

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/06/_MAH0561A.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">MakerFaire, the nationwide network of do-it-yourself showcases, is a celebration of all things made. And NC State is the university where ideas become reality. The two come together this weekend at Maker Faire North Carolina, which will bring 10,000 thinkers and doers to the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

Lab Allows ‘Hands-On’ Testing of Antennas from Thousands of Miles Away

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/06/antennae_lab615.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers at NC State have created a remotely-controlled testing facility that allows students, professors and private companies from around the world to test prototype antennas for wireless devices.

Raising Dots, Opening Doors

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/06/franzonetal.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">An NC State materials science and engineering alumnus, Yang recovered from an accident that led to permanent blindness, is now set on using microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, to create an electroactive polymer system for tactile, full-page and refreshable displays----starting the conversation on Polymer Braille.

Distributed Computing As Defense against Cyberattacks on Power Grids

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/06/AranyaSmartAmericaheader.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">As apart of a team of researchers from around the U.S. , a NC State and UNC group within the Smart Energy CPS team is pursuing the idea of creating a distributed computing system that would disseminate monitoring and control functions across multiple virtual machines in a cloud computing network that overlays the grid.

ECE Announces Senior Award Winners

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/05/DSC_0213.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The ECE department would like to congratulate this year's winners of the ECE Senior Awards: Jeffrey Allgeyer, Kyle Barth, and Paula McDonald.

Dogs, Technology and the Future of Disaster Response

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2014/05/DogbotHeader1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">NC State researchers, Alper Bozkurt and David Roberts, are focused on the use cyber-physical systems to share information and coordinate emergency and disaster response and recovery in the Smart Emergency Response System (SERS) project. Specifically, once aspect of the equation: dogs.