News
Jun 14, 2011
Ratilal Awarded $150K Grant
ECE associate professor Purnima Ratilal, has received a $150K NSF grant to develop a system to detect the movements of marine animals in near-real-time to minimize the impact of man-made activities on their populations
Jun 13, 2011
Lending a Mind-Controlled Hand
Under the direction of Associate Professor Waleed Meleis, a team of ECE capstone students, created a Disability Assistant Robot With i (Eye) Navigation (DARWiN) that would allow a disabled people to interact with things around the house.
May 31, 2011
Brain Controlled Flight Simulater
A team of ECE capstone students, supervised by Associate Professor Waleed Meleis and Assistant Professor Deniz Erdogmus, created a system to fly the simulated plane in FlightGear using a person’s brainwaves.
May 27, 2011
Controlling Home Power Usage
Under the direction of Professor Bahram Shafai, a team of ECE capstone students, developed a breaker box that monitors a home’s electricity usage to let users set priorities of when things should be used.
May 24, 2011
Voice-Controlled Movements
A group of ECE capstone students, under the direction of Professor Bahram Shafai, designed a voice controlled wheelchair that can navigate around obstacles and prevent the chair from going near stairwells.
May 03, 2011
Staying One Step Ahead
ECE and CCS Associate Professor Engin Kirda is focused on how to keep applications secure from the latest viruses and cyber-security threats.
Apr 22, 2011
Seniors win Prestigious NSF Fellowships
Dana Peck, BSCE’11 and Sarah Brown, BSEE’11 received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships that recognize outstanding students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based MS and PhD degrees.
Apr 06, 2011
FY12 TIER 1 Award Recipients
28 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY12 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different research projects.