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Veena Misra Selected as Head of NC State ECE

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Edited-Veena-Misra.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Veena Misra" decoding="async"></div>A three-time NC State ECE alumna, Veena Misra has been named the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State.

578 Graduates Recognized at the Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53696443141_9e6b50ebf6_k.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async"></div>The Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony was held in Reynolds Coliseum on May 2, 2024, where 578 graduating students were honored for their achievements.

ASSIST and IConS Researchers Part of NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VOC-sensor-on-plant-1200-x-628-px.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="VOC Sensor on Plant" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>It seems almost impossible to imagine replicating the impressive olfactory sensing abilities of animals. Indeed, jewel beetles can detect a burning tree 50 miles away, and dogs can sniff out substances at concentrations of one part per trillion – that means detecting one drop of liquid in 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools – which is 1000 […]

ECE GSA Research Symposium 2024 Finalists

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53484785493_0f882255e7_o.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>The 2024 ECE Graduate Research Symposium was hosted by the ECE Graduate Student Association in January.

Lu Named Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award Recipient

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NIng-Lu-2-1-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>Ning Lu, Professor in the ECE Department has been announced as the winner of this year’s George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, given by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. The award recognizes faculty members who consistently and willingly give their time and effort to advising, counseling, and mentoring students and […]

Amay Bandodkar Named on List of Highly Cited Researchers

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Amay_Bandodkar-headshot-1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="image of NC State researcher" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>Congratulations to Amay Bandodkar, Assistant Professor of ECE, for being recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. Clarivate Plc, a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, recently revealed its 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers™ – influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial […]

NC State Research Team Wins ASME Award for Pioneering Work on GaN-Based Power Package

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SourishSankarSinha_Photo.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Graduate student standing in lab" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>A team from NC State won the Student Innovative Paper Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in the Microelectromechanical Engineering Division at the 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in New Orleans. Doctoral students Sourish Sinha (ECE) and Pouria Zaghari (MAE) won for their paper, “Finite Element Analysis and Fatigue Life […]

A Leader Passes: Remembering Chancellor Larry Monteith

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/monteith-center-unveiling.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>Chancellor Monteith oversaw a dramatic expansion in NC State's research enterprise, bringing the university to the threshold of the 21st century.

Jonathan Wierer Elected as Fellow Member of Optica

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jonathan-Wierer-headshot-1.jpeg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Image of blonde, white male with glasses in front of tree" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>ECE Professor Jonathan Wierer was elected as a Fellow Member of Optica by the Society’s Board of Directors this October. He is being honored specifically “For pioneering contributions to the physics and engineering of high-efficiency, high-power light-emitting-diode illumination sources.” Optica (formerly OSA) is dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving, and dissemination of knowledge in […]

Alper Bozkurt and Team Win $4.3M Grant

<div class="featured-img"><img src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cyborg.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="close-up image of locust" decoding="async" loading="lazy"></div>A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) has received a $4.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) program. NC State ECE Distinguished Professor and ASSIST Center Co-Director Alper Bozkurt is part of the […]