News

May 04, 2012
ALERT Wins Grand Prize
A group of ECE graduates and professors from ALERT won the top prize of $10,000 for their entry of “Next Generation Millimeter-Wave Body Imaging for Concealed Threat Detection” in the 2012 National Security Innovation Competition.

May 01, 2012
Congratulations to the winners of the ECE Capstone Competition!
1st Place: iCRAFT (eye Controlled Robotic Arm Feeding Technology) 2nd Place (tied): Board Games over IP 2nd Place (tied): HyCycle – Electricity Generating Bicycle

Apr 13, 2012
Congratulations Neel Shah!
Neel Shah (ECE ’14) is the recipient of this year’s Barry M. Goldwater Scholar award. This national award is considered to be one of the most competitive science scholarships in the country.

Apr 12, 2012
SMART Lab Opens
The new engineering MathWorks Systems Modeling and Radio Technology (SMART) Laboratory will be home to the next developments in high-tech simulation and advanced computing.
Apr 04, 2012
One of the Best in the US
ECE Professor Brad Lehman was selected by The Princeton Review as one of the Top 300 Professors in the Country that make lasting impacts in the lives of their students.
Apr 04, 2012
FY13 TIER 1 Award Recipients
27 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY13 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 21 different research projects.
Mar 14, 2012
One Word: Engineering
"Whether you, your child, or both are financing college, to earn a decent return on that investment your student needs to base academic choices at least in part on employment trends…If your child has the aptitude, he/she should pursue an engineering degree… End of discussion." ~Ali Velshi, chief business correspondent, CNN©

Mar 06, 2012
Reinventing The Magnet
ChE Professor Laura Lewis and ECE Professor Vince Harris have received a $3.5M DOE grant to create a rare-earth-free magnet as part of the Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies (REACT) Program.