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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 […]

Former Students Launch Company Aiming to Help Smokers Kick the Habit

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/Nicotrax-sidebar-425.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Suraaj Doshi and Kyle Linton worked to together to propel the idea of a smart cigarette case that communicates with a smoker's smartphone to record who the smoker is with as well as where and when a smoker reaches for a cigarette.

Smart Battery Gauge Technology: From Research Innovation To Commercial Application

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/Smart-Battery-Gauge-for-web.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">ECE Professor Mo-Yuen Chow is finding solutions to these problems with research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program.

NCSU ECE Undergraduate Team Wins Best Energy Efficiency Award at IEEE Competition

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/Picture-team.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">In July of 2015, a team of four NCSU ECE undergraduate students participated for the first time in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Future Energy Competition (IFEC) and won the best Energy Efficiency award at the final competition at the University of Sheffield, UK.

ECE Researchers Investigate Social Networks in Award-Winning Paper

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2015/08/eun3v2.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The award-winning paper by Xu and Eun entitled, "Modeling Time-Sensitive Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks" focused on the complex issue of how to predict how many users will forward or comment on information posted in online social networks.