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Advising a Tech Giant

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WilsonWhite03_rgb.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>Wilson White ’03 brings his computer engineering background and a law degree to work as a vice president at Google.

ECE Alumna, Karen Jansen, Named Head of the Poole College’s Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Karen-Jansen.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>Karen Jansen is returning to NC State as the head of Poole College’s Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship after receiving her undergraduate degree in computer engineering, right here at NC State.

#ThrowbackThursday ECE Alum Cracks the Mars Rover Code

<div class="featured-img"><img width="1024" height="726" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/parachute-e1614264618556-1024x726-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/parachute-e1614264618556-1024x726-1.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/parachute-e1614264618556-1024x726-1-980x695.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/parachute-e1614264618556-1024x726-1-480x340.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw"></div>Over two years ago, NC State ECE Alum cracks the hidden code NASA planted on Mar's Rover robot.

Alumna Christina Koch to Orbit the Moon on Artemis II

<div class="featured-img"><img width="2880" height="1975" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jsc2023e016453-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jsc2023e016453-scaled.jpg 2880w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jsc2023e016453-1280x878.jpg 1280w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jsc2023e016453-980x672.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jsc2023e016453-480x329.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2880px, 100vw"></div>Christina Koch (BS EE '01; MS EE '02) named to NASA's Artemis II crew, venturing around the Moon on a 10-day mission

_pace, the Final Frontier

<div class="featured-img"><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/koch-astronomy-1500.jpg.webp" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/koch-astronomy-1500.jpg.webp 1500w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/koch-astronomy-1500.jpg-1280x720.webp 1280w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/koch-astronomy-1500.jpg-980x551.webp 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/koch-astronomy-1500.jpg-480x270.webp 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw"></div>In a triumphant return to Astronomy Days at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, astronaut Christina Koch spells out how even a simple game of Scrabble can take an unexpected turn when you're floating in zero gravity.

ECE Alum, Shree Nayar, awarded Okawa Prize for contributions to digital photography

<div class="featured-img"><img width="816" height="460" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shree-nayar-okawa-prize.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shree-nayar-okawa-prize.jpeg 816w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shree-nayar-okawa-prize-480x271.jpeg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 816px, 100vw"></div>ECE Alum, Shree Nayar, has changed the way visual information is captured and used by both machines and humans. He is honored with 2022 Okawa Prize.

ECE Professor and Alumna Receive IEEE-USA Award

<div class="featured-img"><img width="1020" height="698" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MAH0096-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MAH0096-1.jpg 1020w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MAH0096-1-980x671.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MAH0096-1-480x328.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1020px, 100vw"></div>Leda Lunardi, ECE Professor, and Alice Parker, ECE alumna, have received the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession.

ECE alumnus honored for supercomputing innovations

<div class="featured-img"><img width="1500" height="844" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fischer-header-image.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fischer-header-image.jpg 1500w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fischer-header-image-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fischer-header-image-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Fischer-header-image-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1500px, 100vw"></div>Jim Fischer, ECE alumnus, was a key player in several groundbreaking initiatives during his 40-year career at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn more about his work.

Announcing the 2022 ECE Alumni and Community Awards

<div class="featured-img"><img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/R4_00638.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/R4_00638.jpg 2000w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/R4_00638-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/R4_00638-980x653.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/R4_00638-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2000px, 100vw"></div>At an induction ceremony on October 21, 2022, 5 members of the seventh class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 17,000 alumni, and were joined by two new awards.

Engineering Entrepreneurship

<div class="featured-img"><img width="600" height="450" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Freshspire2-resized.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Freshspire2-resized.jpeg 600w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Freshspire2-resized-480x360.jpeg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw"></div>Get to know Freshspire, an electrical and computer engineering alumni startup.