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Researchers Devise Tool to Improve Imaging of Neuronal Activity in the Brain

<img width="464" height="261" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Kudenov-Nature-Biotech-header-2016-992x558_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Kudenov-Nature-Biotech-header-2016-992x558_thumb.jpg 464w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Kudenov-Nature-Biotech-header-2016-992x558_thumb-452x254.jpg 452w" sizes="(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px">In a partnership melding neuroscience and electrical engineering, researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University have developed a new technology that will allow neuroscientists to capture images of the brain almost 10 times larger than previously possible.

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.

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.

Model Makes Designing New Antennas Orders of Magnitude Faster

<img width="368" height="241" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/May2015_group-e1431458969296-1024x6711.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers in North Carolina State University's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have developed a model that allows antenna designers to identify efficient configurations for antenna designs in minutes, rather than days.

Garcia one of 31 NC State students to score NSF Fellowships

<img width="1" height="1" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/migration/images/2016/04/Kristen%20Garcia,%2020160406-01.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">31 students received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation this year. An impressive ten engineering students, including Kristen Garcia, a graduate student in Electrical Engineering, were honored as Fellows.

ECE Graduate Research Symposium 2016

<img width="240" height="160" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Unknown-1_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">The ECE Graduate Student Association at NC State organized the annual research symposium on March 21st, 2016. Around 25 ECE graduate students from different specializations presented their research.

Recreating the Web of Blood Vessels That Keep Human Tissue Alive

<img width="349" height="196" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Daniele-Ligler-HEADER-848x477_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Michael Daniele from NC State's Electrical & Computer Engineering and Frances Ligler from Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are both being recognized for creating technology to make the customized blood vessels necessary to support tissue generation.