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Oct 01, 2020
Assuring that Self-Driving Cars are Accessible to Those with Disabilities
ECE Assistant Professor Xue “Shelley” Lin is working with the algorithms in self-driving vehicles to ensure that they will be accessible to those with disabilities.

Sep 29, 2020
Using Ultrasonic Communication in Implantable Medical Devices
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia was awarded a patent for creating an “ultrasonic multiplexing network for implantable medical devices”.

Sep 28, 2020
Network Communications at Acoustical Wavelengths
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia and ECE Research Assistant Professor Emrecan Demirors were awarded a patent for creating a “Method and apparatus for wireless communications”.

Sep 28, 2020
Using Hexaferrite Compositions for Electrical Devices in the High Frequency Range
ECE Professor Vincent Harris was awarded a patent for “Mo-doped Co2Z-type ferrite composite material for use ultra-high frequency antennas”.

Sep 28, 2020
Using Lasers and Light for Faster Internet
ECE Associate Professor Josep Jornet is manipulating lasers and the properties of light to enable faster and better internet connections.

Sep 28, 2020
Lombardi Selected for Three IEEE Positions
ECE Professor Fabrizio Lombardi was selected as President-elect for 2021 and President for 2022-2023 of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, the vice president for 2021 of the IEEE Computer Society, and was one of 3 elected as a member of IEEE of the 2021 Publications Services and Product Board (PSPB).

Sep 16, 2020
Using a Heterogeneous Multi-GPU Cluster to Support Exploration at Scale
ECE Professor David Kaeli and Assistant Professors Yanzhi Wang, Xue Lin, and Devesh Tiwari were awarded a $570K NSF grant for the “Acquisition of a Heterogeneous Multi-GPU Cluster to Support Exploration at Scale.”

Sep 10, 2020
Studying the Science of Emotion
COS Assistant Professor Ajay Satpute, Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, and ECE Professor Deniz Erdogmus received an $800K NSF grant for “The Brain Basis of Emotion: A Category Construction Problem”.