By ECE News<div><img width="1240" height="746" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg.jpg" alt="Intel's 3D XPoint (Optane) DIMM module." srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg.jpg 1240w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-452x272.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-768x462.jpg 768w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MzA3MjMxMg-1080x650.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px"></div>Memory modules using Intel’s 3D XPoint technology are arriving, and engineers at NC State have already figured out how to speed them up with a new method. |Faculty, Research, Smart
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. |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). |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. |FREEDM, husain, News, Power, Research, smart grid, transformers
By ECE News<div><img width="511" height="768" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again.jpg" alt="Solid-state transformers, developed at NC State, can make the smart grid concept a reality." srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again.jpg 511w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Husan-SST-sidebar-FULL-again-452x679.jpg 452w" sizes="(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px"></div>A new study using complex computational models finds that smart solid-state transformers (SSTs) could be used to make a stable, reliable "smart grid" - allowing the power distribution system to route renewable energy from homes and businesses into the power grid. |dickey, flexible, liquid metal, News, ozturk, Research, vashaee, wearable
By ECE News<div><img width="992" height="558" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flex-2-1500-992x558.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flex-2-1500-992x558.jpg 992w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flex-2-1500-992x558-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flex-2-1500-992x558-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px"></div>In a proof-of-concept study, engineers at NC State University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester that has the potential to rival the effectiveness of existing power wearable electronic devices using body heat as the only source of energy. |Campus Life, Ducoste, Faculty, NC State News, PowerAmerica, Research, Williams
By cjbrown8<img width="992" height="558" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/30.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">A team of faculty and undergraduate researchers, including researchers from Electrical and Computer Engineering, have created a physical, interactive model to teach students about genetics and biological processes at the cellular level. “By creating an analogue between a biological system and a physically engineered system, we think we can help students grasp the concepts behind […] |biobot, cockroach, Cyborg, Life, Lobaton, movement, Research
By cjbrown8<img width="992" height="558" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Edgar-biobot-motion-HEADER-992x558.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">New research from North Carolina State University’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches – or biobots – move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer to their goal of using biobots to explore collapsed buildings and other spaces in order to identify survivors. […] |ASSIST, Campus Life, Faculty, Graduate Students, Life, Muth, Nanowire, News, Research
By cjbrown8<img width="1024" height="703" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/25-1024x703.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers from NC State, including the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person’s skin hydration for use in applications that need to detect dehydration before it poses a health problem. The device is lightweight, flexible and stretchable and has already been incorporated into prototype devices […]