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Apr 03, 2017
COE Global Co-op: Cultural Competency Orientation
If you accepted a Global Co-op, you must attend the COE Global Co-op Cultural Competency Orientation!
Mar 30, 2017
2017 COE Faculty Fellows
Congratulations to this year’s class of COE Faculty Fellows: Ed Beighley, Raymond Fu, and Tommaso Melodia.
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Mar 29, 2017
ECE Meet Your Professor Social
The ECE Department held the second annual Meet Your Professor Social. Students are encouraged to engage with their professors outside of the classroom as they enjoy food together.
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Mar 27, 2017
Alumnus Sells Souq to Amazon for $650M
ECE Alum Ronaldo Mouchawar, E'88, ME'90, has sold his start-up Souq.com, which is now the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world, to Amazon for $650M.
Mar 24, 2017
Congratulation NSF GRFP Recipients
Congratulations to the current students and alumni who are recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards.
Mar 23, 2017
FY18 TIER 1 Award Recipients
21 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY18 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing $600K dollars of investment in research.
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Mar 22, 2017
Amirabadi Awarded Patent
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi awarded a patent for "Sparse and Ultra-Sparse Partial Resonant Converters". Abstract Source: USPTO The AC portion of the input of the ultra-sparse partial resonant power converter contains three pairs of forward-conducting-bidirectional-blocking switches connected in a first direction, and two pairs of forward-conducting-forward-blocking devices connected in a second direction to the three […]
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Mar 16, 2017
ECE Becoming a Sophomore Meeting
The Becoming a Sophomore Meeting for electrical and computer engineering majors is a chance for rising sophomores who have declared their major to hear a detailed presentation on the department, the majors, programs, and advisers. Presenters included staff from the co-op office and the undergraduate advisers for ECE students.