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Coleman explores novel semiconductor nanostructures

ECE Professor Jim Coleman is passionate about his research in the area of photonics, and he is currently exploring new and challenging possibilities in the area of nanophotonics, especially nanostructures.

Published Date: 11/19/2009
Boppart receives NIH grant to study mechanics of cancerous cells

ECE Professor Stephen Boppart’s proposal, “Investigating Tumor Growth Dynamics Using Multimodal Contrast Agents and Optical Coherence Elastography,” was chosen to receive $1 million under the NIH Research Challenge grant program.

Published Date: 11/18/2009
Chen and Hwu win IEEE SASP ’09 best paper award

ECE Assistant Professor Deming Chen and ECE Professor Wen-mei Hwu have received the best paper award at the IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors 2009.

Published Date: 11/16/2009
Todd Coleman joins prestigious ISAT study

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invited CSL researcher Professor Todd Coleman to join its Information Science and Technology (ISAT) study group for a three year term beginning this fall. The group carries about 30 people and only invites the brightest new scientists and engineers to be members.

Published Date: 11/12/2009
ECE Professor George Gross receives Power Engineering Society Technical Committee Prize Paper Award

ECE Professor George Gross was recently awarded the IEEE Power Engineering Society Technical Committee Prize Paper Award for his paper entitled “A General Formulation for LMP Evaluation.”

Published Date: 11/9/2009
Cunningham part of team working to improve cancer detection technologies

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded ECE Associate Professor Brian Cunningham and Dr. Richard Zangar of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory a grant to fund the development of diagnostics that can detect the presence of cancer in the human blood stream.

Published Date: 11/9/2009
Supervised study sessions lead to improved grades

ECE Professor Michael Loui, along with several undergraduate researchers, found that regular study sessions facilitated by knowledgeable leaders led to improved exam grades.

Published Date: 11/2/2009
U.S. Departments of Energy and Homeland Security establish major resilient smart grid program at Illinois

The Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois and its partner institutions have been recruited to contribute towards the ongoing development of a resilient, secure Smart Grid in the United States, following the announcement of a major award of research support.

Published Date: 10/28/2009
ECE Professor Bernhard, students host engineering field trip

Earlier in October, 38 members of the Science and Engineering Club from Champaign’s Countryside School paid a visit to Everitt Lab as part of a field trip hosted in part by ECE Professor Jennifer Bernhard.

Published Date: 10/28/2009
Albert Liao receives SRC NRI Hans J. Coufal Fellowship

ECE graduate student Albert Liao (BS PHYS ‘07, MS ECE ‘08) was recently awarded the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) Hans J. Coufal Fellowship to continue his current research at Illinois.

Published Date: 10/23/2009