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How to Bounce a Radio Signal off the Moon, and other Space Communications Adventures
Dan Stancil
Alcoa Distinguished Professor Emeritus, NC State University
is speaking on November 14, 2025.
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Mohammad Riahi on receiving the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program award sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The award provides $5,000 over two years to support Ph.D. students through enhanced research enrichment opportunities.
Riahi’s research focuses on developing battery-free biomedical devices, including an implantable optical stimulation device that operates using radio waves with only a few milliwatts of energy. His work demonstrates how NC State engineers drive innovation through curiosity, creativity and a commitment to impact. ⚡
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Mohammad Riahi on receiving the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program award sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The award provides $5,000 over two years to support Ph.D. students through enhanced research enrichment opportunities.
Riahi’s research focuses on developing battery-free biomedical devices, including an implantable optical stimulation device that operates using radio waves with only a few milliwatts of energy. His work demonstrates how NC State engineers drive innovation through curiosity, creativity and a commitment to impact. ⚡
Atul Sharma ’21 turned classroom theory into global impact.
As a student of professor Yannis Viniotis in the Department of Computer Engineering, Atul took on one of the toughest challenges in networking, debugging complex protocols, and developed a solution that continues to benefit engineers worldwide.
Collaborating with RFC authors and open-source reviewers, he created a copyrighted Wireshark Dissector for the RFC 8497 standard, introducing a traceable “digital fingerprint” to every Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session. His work helps providers like Amazon Web Services, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Ericsson track and diagnose network traffic more efficiently, strengthening the reliability of global systems.
Today, Atul is a senior software engineer at Cisco Systems, where he helps design secure, next-generation SD-WAN connectivity for major corporations. His journey reflects how NC State ECE students turn innovation into impact on campus and around the world.
Congratulations, Atul!
Atul Sharma ’21 turned classroom theory into global impact.
As a student of professor Yannis Viniotis in the Department of Computer Engineering, Atul took on one of the toughest challenges in networking, debugging complex protocols, and developed a solution that continues to benefit engineers worldwide.
Collaborating with RFC authors and open-source reviewers, he created a copyrighted Wireshark Dissector for the RFC 8497 standard, introducing a traceable “digital fingerprint” to every Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session. His work helps providers like Amazon Web Services, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Ericsson track and diagnose network traffic more efficiently, strengthening the reliability of global systems.
Today, Atul is a senior software engineer at Cisco Systems, where he helps design secure, next-generation SD-WAN connectivity for major corporations. His journey reflects how NC State ECE students turn innovation into impact on campus and around the world.
Congratulations, Atul!
At NC State, innovation and creativity go hand in hand. The new Music Technology program gives students the chance to explore both — combining music, sound and engineering in one unique degree experience.
Developed through collaboration between the Department of Performing Arts and Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering, the program integrates coursework in acoustics, audio electronics and design theory to prepare students for careers at the intersection of art and technology.
ECE faculty helped shape the program’s foundation, ensuring students gain the technical expertise needed to power the future of sound.
Learn more about how NC State is harmonizing engineering and the arts:
http://ncst.at/EJL750XiFwW
At NC State, innovation and creativity go hand in hand. The new Music Technology program gives students the chance to explore both — combining music, sound and engineering in one unique degree experience.
Developed through collaboration between the Department of Performing Arts and Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering, the program integrates coursework in acoustics, audio electronics and design theory to prepare students for careers at the intersection of art and technology.
ECE faculty helped shape the program’s foundation, ensuring students gain the technical expertise needed to power the future of sound.
Learn more about how NC State is harmonizing engineering and the arts:
http://ncst.at/EJL750XiFwW
Anurag K. Srivastava, Raymond J. Lane Professor and Chairperson of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, explains what most people overlook about powering the future of AI. Sustainability is not only about the grid or renewable energy. It begins with how we design chips, transistors, and the data centers that bring it all together.
Full episode now on YouTube
🎧 NC State ECE Podcast
Guest: Anurag K. Srivastava
Host: Ginger Yu
Anurag K. Srivastava, Raymond J. Lane Professor and Chairperson of the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, explains what most people overlook about powering the future of AI. Sustainability is not only about the grid or renewable energy. It begins with how we design chips, transistors, and the data centers that bring it all together.
Full episode now on YouTube
🎧 NC State ECE Podcast
Guest: Anurag K. Srivastava
Host: Ginger Yu
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As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initiatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica Institute, leads the only North America IBM Quantum Hub, and home to one of The Microelectronics Commons' Hubs, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.
