2012 Open House
Welcome to Engineering!
We believe that visiting campus is one of the best ways for you to get a complete picture of the educational programs we offer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. We invite you and your family to spend some time with us at NC State during the 2011 College of Engineering Open House. Prospective students and their parents are particularly encouraged to come and learn more about engineering at NC State.
On March 19, 2011 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, our faculty, staff, and students have arranged an array of presentations and demonstrations that will show you the great variety of things you can do with a degree in electrical or computer engineering. Many of our labs will open their facilities to show you research that's going on in the department right now.
Additionally, a number of our fellow engineering departments will be opening their doors to visitors too. We encourage you to stop by and pay them a visit as well to get a better feeling for the overall academic diversity offered at NC State.
Reception
The ECE Department will be hosting a free reception during the Engineering Open House for all visitors to the department. The reception will be held in the west atrium of Engineering Building II on Centennial Campus. Our faculty and students will greet you there, where you can get a departmental brochure, grab a guide to our labs and displays, and fill up on complimentary refreshments.
The Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center will be displaying their plug-in electric vehicles in the EBII breezeway. These hybrids demonstrate the potential future of managed electric vehicles!
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Underwater Robotics Club: Check out SeaWolf II, our autonomous competition robot. |  |
FREEDM Hybrids: FREEDM is committed to developing the fundamental technologies that will allow the power industry to actively manage large amounts of plug-in hybrid vehicles. |  |
Student Organizations: Representatives of the ECE student organizations will be on hand to greet you. |
ECE Overview Slideshow
There will also be a slideshow giving an overview of the ECE department playing in EB II Room 3001 from 9 to 12:30 at regular 30 minute intervals, so please stop by and get a feel for the department as a whole.
Demonstrations
Presented by Professor Michael Steer
Learn about the fundamentals and uses of acoustic beams.
Location: #rd Floor EB II Hallway
Presented by Professors Michael Devetsikiotis and Wenye Wang
Demonstrations of wireless computer networking concepts and devices. Social networks. Location-aware mobile games. Wireless motes, ZigBee, XBee, Sunspot. http://www.nprg.ncsu.edu/ and http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/netwis/
Location: 2nd Floor glassed-in area
Presented by Professor Michael Escuti
See a demonstration of and learn more about pico-projectors.
Location: 2nd Floor glassed-in area
Open Labs
Presenters: Professor Mo-Yuen Chow assisted by his ADAC group
Presenters: Ryan Hodges and Professor Troy Nagle
Presenter: Professor Cranos Williams
Presenter: Professor Huaiyu Dai
Presenter: Professor Hamid Krim
Location: Room 3038 EB II
Research Group Presentations
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Center of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (CRIM) Professor Eddie Grant and graduate students Location: Room 2034 EB II |
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Future Renewable Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center (FREEDM) Professors S. Battacharya, L. Lunardi and A. Huang Location: EB II Atrium and Breezeway |
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Center for Efficient, Scalable and Reliable Computing (CESR) Professor James Tuck and Jim Carlson Location: Room 1008 EB II |
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Special Presentations
Presented by Professor Bart Greene - Troxler Lab
Senior design requires students to utilize design, analysis, speaking and writing skills gained in their undergraduate education to solve real world problems posed by industry and university professionals. It is the capstone course of undergraduate education and this is where it happens.
The Troxler Design Center will be open for walk-through displays of the equipment used by ECE seniors in this course. Several "in the works" projects will be on hand to show the breadth of technologies you can study in the department.
Presented by Professor Seth Hollar
The EEP (Engineering Entrepreneurs Program) is a full-immersion educational experience where engineering, business and industrial design undergraduates come together in multidisciplinary teams taking their ideas and dreams and prototype the next generation of new high-tech product and startup company. Location: EB II 2nd floor EEP lab.
Presented by Professor Mehmet Ozturk - Room 1026
Resistors, capacitors, transmitters and amplifiers--these are just a few of the concepts covered in our regular sophomore laboratory. Get a taste of the course that's the hands-on foundation for all electrical and computer engineers!
