Dec 17, 2014
Bozkurt Investigates New Technology to Detect Sleep Disorders
Dr. Alper Bozkurt, in collaboration with Duke University School of Medicine, has been awarded $414,218 by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research methods of monitoring sleep and detect sleep disorders with a long term goal of developing a low cost, low power, low noise, ultra-miniaturized, wireless system for automated assessment of sleep physiology.
The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) welcomes Jason Strohmaier, a Maryland native, as the newly appointed Chief Systems Engineer.
Dr. Paul Franzon, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded $705,602 by the US Air Force (USAF) to research new architectures for implementing cognitive algorithms.
We are pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2015, Dr. Paul Franzon has been named Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
This fall, ASSIST faculty and graduate students opened their labs and shared their work with local middle school students and their families.
The "Rainbow Station" project by artist Daan Roosegaarde was made possible by technology adapted specifically for the project through collaboration with NC State researcher Dr. Michael Escuti and ImagineOptix Corporation, the company he founded to pioneer patterned liquid crystal optic technologies.
Dr. Lubkeman receives this honor for contributions to power system distribution systems and Dr. Rotenberg for his contributions to the microarchitecture of high-performance and reliable microprocessors.
In addition to recently hiring two former FREEDM Center students, Anirud Mulukutla and Vinay Baliga, industry member Earl Energy had three NC State engineering students work as interns this past summer.
A retired U.S. Army major general has been named the new executive director of PowerAmerica, the public-private power electronics manufacturing institute that will be located on Centennial Campus.