Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Chow Receives 2020 IEEE IES Achievement Award

Jul 2, 2020 | Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow, 2020 recipient of the IEEE IES Mittelmann Achievement Award, recognizing his substantial technical contributions and leadership with industrial electronics technologies

Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience

Jul 1, 2020 | Research

An interdisciplinary collaboration across three colleges at NC State are working together to identify and analyze beneficial fungi in the core crops of North Carolina.

New Approach to DNA Data Storage Makes System More Dynamic, Scalable

Jun 12, 2020 | Research

A partnership of researchers from ECE and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are laying out a fundamentally new approach to DNA data storage.

Low-Cost Cameras Could Be Sensors to Remotely Monitor Crop Stress

Jun 10, 2020 | Research

Being able to identify crop problems early can make the difference between saving a crop and losing it, but high-tech solutions can be costly. An interdisciplinary team is leveraging existing technology for a solution.

Remembering ECE Department Head Dr. Robert Kolbas

Jun 8, 2020 | Faculty

ECE remembers Dr. Robert Kolbas, and exemplary teacher, department head, and a force behind the ECE MakerSpaces.

Professors Kolbas and Trussell Retire

Jun 2, 2020 | Faculty

In addition to the accomplishments of our graduated Class of 2020, we also recognize the retirement of two faculty members who have shaped our Department over many decades: Joel Trussell and Bob Kolbas.

Preventing AI From Divulging Its Own Secrets

May 6, 2020 | IEEE Spectrum

A masking defense in a paper by Aydin Aysu could stop neural networks from revealing their inner workings to adversaries.

NC State University Students Receive 2019/2020 PES Scholarships

February 26, 2020 | FREEDM

Each year the IEEE Power & Energy Society awards promising students scholarships through its Scholarship Plus Initiative. This year, one hundred and thirty-five students were selected from 78 U.S., Puerto Rico & Canadian universities, including 4 from ECE.

Nature’s Databank

February 13, 2020 | Prism

A hurdle that DNA data storage faces is finding a way to retrieve a specific file from a collection of records instead of every file in that collection, however attaching short labels to data sequences only yields 30,000 unique labels. NC State’s James Tuck is leading the solution increasing the number of labels to roughly 900 million.

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 Initatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica institute, and leaders in the only North America IBM Q Hub, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.