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Oct 01, 2020
Using Two-Dimensional Mode Resonators for High Frequency Filtering
ECE Assistant Professor Cristian Cassella as awarded a patent for “Two-dimensional mode resonators”.
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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”.
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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”.
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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”.
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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.
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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).
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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.”
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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”.