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New Synthesis Process Paves Way for More Efficient Lasers, LEDs

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bedair-green-gap-header-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="three scientific figures in three different colors" loading="lazy">A new process uses existing techniques to make more efficient LEDs and lasers.

Welcoming 2021 Inductees to Alumni Hall of Fame

<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1595-1024x768.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">At an induction ceremony on October 22, 2021, 9 members of the sixth class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the 95 members of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 16,000 alumni.

ECE Welcomes Qing Gu as a New Assistant Professor

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CAMPUS.copperwolves.0817-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">ECE welcomes Qing Gu as a joint appointment with Physics and member of the Chancellor's Carbon Electronics Cluster

Professor Yannis Viniotis Receives Inaugural Snowflake Faculty Fellowship

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/belltower-header-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Dr. Yannis Viniotis has been awarded the 2021 Snowflake Faculty Fellowship supporting research and education in key cloud computing technologies

NC State Faculty Members Awarded Funded Research for Secure Virtualization

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/C0043-1-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The Office of Naval Research has granted Amro Awad and Aydin Aysu—both assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering at NC State—research funding to discover more secure virtualization techniques in hardware accelerators. 

Chau-Wai Wong granted U.S. patent for Method to Detect Counterfeiting

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-20-at-11.30.28-AM-1024x682.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Chau-Wai Wong was granted an award from University of Maryland and a U.S. patent for an innovative approach to detecting counterfeiting at a microscopic level.

Researchers Develop Toolkit to Test Apple Security, Find Vulnerability

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aysu-sept-2021-header-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="a long line of people are all looking at their smartphones" loading="lazy">New toolkit allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices and finds iTimed vulnerability

NC State Collaborates on New $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation

<img width="1024" height="683" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/QLCI_AndrewChilds_08262021_JC_6456-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation includes faculty from NC State ECE, and will significantly add to the vibrant quantum research ecosystem established along the East Coast.

New Design Kit Opens Door to Next Generation of Chips

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/freepdk3-header-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="a diagram showing a complex collection of shapes in myriad colors." loading="lazy">The kit is being made freely available to encourage growth and innovation in the field.

Student researchers from across U.S. get back in the field through REUs

<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FREEDM-Center-Solar-Roof-Tour-1024x576.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">During the summer, 17 engineering students participated in REUs hosted by ASSIST and FREEDM at NC State.