ECE ILLINOIS News

Boppart recognized with Hans Sigrist Award

Rick Kubetz, College of Engineering — Tue 15 May 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor Stephen Allen Boppart has been awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize, an international prize presented annually to a distinguished scientist in a selected field.

Shenoy looks to change solar power technology

Heather Punke, ECE ILLINOIS — Mon 14 May 2012 00:00 CST

ECE graduate student Pradeep Shenoy has an idea that could completely change how energy is converted from solar panels. He is avoiding energy conversion for the most part and maximizing energy production through a technique called differential power processing.

Illinois engineering dean Ilesanmi Adesida to be next provost at Urbana

Mike Helenthal, U of I News Bureau — Thu 10 May 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor and College of Engineering Dean Ilesanmi Adesida has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost of the Urbana campus. He will assume his new role on August 16.

Supporting the ECE building in the long run

Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS — Wed 2 May 2012 00:00 CST

Several ECE faculty took their love of running and used it as a way to help support and to help spread the word of the ECE building campaign. They used their participation in the Illinois Marathon held in Champaign on April 28 as a way to involve students in the ECE building campaign.

Kumar explores new architectures for energy-efficient processors

Elise King, Coordinated Science Lab — Tue 1 May 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar recently received a 3-year grant from Oracle Labs to collaborate with the company to research energy efficiency in multithreaded processors.

New faculty member Bryce is an expert in optoelectronics

Heather Punke, ECE ILLINOIS — Fri 27 Apr 2012 00:00 CST

Catrina A. Bryce is one of the newest professors to call ECE ILLINOIS home. Her area of expertise is in semiconductors and optoelectronics.

Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images

Liz Ahlberg, U of I News Bureau — Fri 27 Apr 2012 00:00 CST

ECE faculty Stephen Allen Boppart and Paul Scott Carney are part of a team of Illinois researchers who have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations in optical tomography, bringing the future of medical imaging into focus.

Xie and Lu win best paper award for work on dynamically scalable web services

Elise King, Coordinated Science Lab — Tue 24 Apr 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Graduate Student Qiaomin Xie and ECE Assistant Professor Yi Lu recently won the Best Paper Award at the PERFORMANCE 2011 Conference.

ECE Pulse conference a success

Heather Punke, ECE ILLINOIS — Fri 13 Apr 2012 00:00 CST

A group of hardworking ECE students, led by ECE senior Ekta Shah, put together the department's first ever technical conference in February--ECE Pulse: the Heartbeat of Innovation. Ten companies took part, and more than 400 students registered for the event.

Bashir wants research to have an impact

Steve McGaughey, Beckman Institute — Wed 4 Apr 2012 00:00 CST

Like any good professor, ECE Professor Rashid Bashir wants to pass on what he's learned to students. That goes for both imparting knowledge of science and engineering to the students in his lab, and for passing on his experience when it comes to career choices.

Ahuja to design automated systems for categorizing visual data

Elise King, Coordinated Science Lab — Fri 30 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor Narendra Ahuja received a grant from the Office of Naval Research to design an automated system for categorizing visual data.

Pilawa joins ECE ILLINOIS

Heather Punke, ECE ILLINOIS — Mon 26 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

Robert Pilawa is one of the latest faculty members in ECE. He is an expert in power electronics, with a focus on renewable energy.

Mitra receives Air Force Young Investigator Award

Jenny Applequist, Information Trust Institute — Thu 22 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Assistant Professor Sayan Mitra has received a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

ECE alumnus creates a Bonding experience for Engineering Open House

Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS — Wed 21 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE alumnus Michael VanBlaricum, in conjunction with The Ian Fleming Foundation, brought three vehicles that had been used in James Bond films to the 2012 Engineering Open House.

ECE graduate programs remain among the top in the nation

Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS — Thu 15 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE ILLINOIS is again one of the top-ranked graduate engineering departments in the country for its graduate program, according to the annual survey by U.S. News and World Report.

Chuang receives Microoptics Conference Award

Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS — Wed 14 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor Shun Lien Chuang was a recipient of the 2011 Microoptics Conference Award for "significant contributions to micro/nano lasers and plasmonics."

Kumar investigates residue number system to reduce power usage

Elise King, Coordinated Science Lab — Mon 12 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar recently received a three-year grant from Intel to explore innovative ways to disperse the power that computer chips use.

Liang receives recognitions for contributions to medical and biological engineering

Heather Punke, ECE ILLINOIS — Mon 5 Mar 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor Zhi-Pei Liang recently was named recipient of the 2012 Otto Schmitt Award from the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering and was elected to the International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Brian Harding receives prestigious Carver Fellowship

Tina Prow, College of Engineering — Tue 28 Feb 2012 00:00 CST

ECE graduate student Brian Harding was one of four Engineering at Illinois graduate students have received prestigious Roy J. Carver Fellowships in Engineering.

Loui named editor of Journal of Engineering Education

Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS — Mon 27 Feb 2012 00:00 CST

ECE Professor Michael C. Loui has been named the new editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, the journal for the American Society for Engineering Education.