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ECE Team Wins Spectrum-Sharing Radio Contest

<img width="354" height="153" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/firstplace_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Soaring past the anticipated-favorite teams from Tennessee Tech and the University of Crete, a team of students from NC State's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering emerged the winner of the Spectrum-Sharing Radio Contest hosted at Virginia Tech.

New Wearable Aims to Prevent Asthma Attacks

<img width="992" height="558" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HET-Header-1422-992x558.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HET-Header-1422-992x558.jpg 992w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HET-Header-1422-992x558-452x254.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HET-Header-1422-992x558-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px">Researchers at NC State have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks. The researchers plan to begin testing the system on a larger subject population this summer.

Veliadis Named PowerAmerica CTO

Victor Veliadis, a senior advisory engineer for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, has been named the chief technology officer for PowerAmerica, the public-private power electronics institute hosted on Centennial Campus.

Veliadis Named PowerAmerica CTO

<img width="240" height="212" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poweramerica_thumb.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Victor Veliadis, a senior advisory engineer for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, has been named the chief technology officer for PowerAmerica, the public-private power electronics institute hosted on Centennial Campus.

Franzon new ECE Director of Graduate Programs

<img width="191" height="287" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2Q_thumb1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Franzon has assumed the position of Director of Graduate Programs in ECE effective May 15.

Garcia one of 31 NC State students to score NSF Fellowships

<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1024x681.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-452x301.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-e1463584717524.jpg 1900w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">In a hallmark success for NC State, a record-breaking 31 students received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation this year. Of those, an impressive ten engineering students, including Kristen Garcia, a graduate student in Electical Engineering, were honored as Fellows.

Three Park Scholars for the Class of 2020 select ECE

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2016/05/park_scholars_2016-825x464.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">North Carolina State University's Park Scholarships program has named 40 students to its Class of 2020, with three of them selecting to study in ECE.

New Techniques Make RFID Tags 25 Percent Smaller

<img width="366" height="206" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Franzon-RFID-image-1422-992x558_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Engineering researchers led by Dr. Paul Franzon, have developed a suite of techniques that allow them to create passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that are 25 percent smaller and less expensive.

New Tech Uses Hardware, Software to Train Dogs More Efficiently

North Carolina State University researchers in ECE and Computer Science have developed and used a customized suite of technologies that allows a computer to train a dog autonomously, with the computer effectively responding to the dog based on the dog's body language.

ECE Student one of 5 NC State Fulbright Scholars

<img width="450" height="253" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fulbright-wuf-1422-825x464_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Five NC State students, including Alex Starnes from Electrical and Computer Engineering will head off around the globe as winners of prestigious Fulbright grants for the 2016-17 academic year.