News Archives
Science Magazine publishes article by the Norris group in CEMS and Prof. Sang-Hyun Oh and ECE student Nathan Lindquist about patterning ultrasmooth metals for plasmonics and metamaterials
2009-08-05 16:00-05.00
Science magazien publishes article from Prof. Oh and Student Nathan Lindquist
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology to hold Alumni event in Bay Area
2009-07-10 09:15-05.00
U of M IT to hold Alumni Even in Bay area
ECE Professor Ned Mohan receives IEEE's 2010 Undergraduate Teaching Award
2009-07-07 10:20-05.00
Professor Ned Mohan receives IEEE 2010 Undergradaute Teaching Award
ECE Professor Anand Gopinath publishes new book
2009-06-23 05:00-05.00
Prof. Gopinath author of High Speed Electronics and Optoelectronics
Former ECE Professor Steven Case Dies in plane crash
2009-06-18 09:30-05.00
Former University of Minnesota Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member and founder of CyberOptics Steven Case was killed in a plane crash in Crystal, Minn., Tuesday night. Steve was an outstanding faculty member and made tremendous contributions to ECE teaching and research missions.
"Steve was a highly respected researcher, a popular teacher and a wonderful colleague," says ECE Department Head David Lilja. "His founding of CyberOptics is an excellent example of how Univer
"Steve was a highly respected researcher, a popular teacher and a wonderful colleague," says ECE Department Head David Lilja. "His founding of CyberOptics is an excellent example of how Univer
University of Minnesota Solar Car Team Places First
2009-06-08 10:00-05.00
University of Minnesota Solar Car Team Place First
ECE graduate student Juyul Lee awarded a KUSCO-KSEA scholarship
2009-06-02 14:00-05.00
ECE graduate student Juyul Lee awarded KUSCO-KSEA scholarship
Electrical Engineering Professor Paul Cartwright dies at 93
2009-06-01 14:00-05.00
EE Professor Paul Cartwright dies at 93
ECE Ph.D. student Yun Sang Park awarded University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Fellowship
2009-05-14 11:30-05.00
ECE Ph.D. student Yun Sang Park awarded U of M Interdiciplinary Fellowship
ECE graduate student Xiaofeng Yao selected as a finalist for Best Student Presentation Award at IEEE Intermag Conference
2009-05-14 11:22-05.00
ECE grad student selected as one of five Best Student Presentation award finalists at IEEE Intermag 2009.
Chris Kim promoted to Associate Professor
2009-05-12 17:00-05.00
Chris Kim promoted to Associate Professor
ECE Ph.D. candidate Nathan Lindquist receives Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2009-05-06 15:00-05.00
ECE Ph.D. candidate Nathan Lindquist received Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2009 Leonard G. Abraham Prize for Best Paper awarded to ECE graduate student Niranjay Ravidran and ECE Professor Nihar Jindal
2009-05-04 11:00-05.00
ECE graduate student Niranjay Ravindran and ECEProfessor Nihar Jindal receive IEEE best paper award from Journal on Selected Areas of Communiations
ECE graduate student Eric Severson receives a 2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award
2009-04-13 14:00-05.00
Graduate Student Eric Severson receives 2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Professor Ahmed Tewfik elected Vice President for Technical Directions of IEEE Signal Processing Society
2009-04-13 13:45-05.00
Professor Ahmed Tewfik elected VP of Technical Directions of IEEE Signal Processing Society
Professor Guillermo Sapiro invited to present at Abel Lectures in Oslo, Norway
2009-04-06 14:20-05.00
Professor Guillermo Sapiro is invited to present a lecture at the Abel Lectures following the 2009 Able Prize festivities the day before.
EURASIP announces JASP award for Professor Georgios Giannakis, Paul Anghel, Ph.D. (EE, '05), and Zhengdao Wang
2009-04-06 14:00-05.00
Professor Giannakis, Paula Anghel, Ph.D. and another receive best paper award from EURASIP's JASP
ECE Professor Paul Imbertson named ECE Professor of the Year
2009-04-03 16:00-05.00
ECE Prof. Paul Imbertson named ECE Professor of the Year.
ECE Graduate student Eric Severson receives 2009 NDSEG Fellowship
2009-04-01 03:00-05.00
ECE Graduate student Eric Serverson receives the 2009 NDSEG Fellowship that will cover his full tuition and required fees as well as a yearly stipend. Severson was selected from more than 2,000 submitted applications.
Professor Massoud Amin addresses Congressional committee about Modernizing the Electric Grid
2009-03-26 13:20 (CDT)
Professor Massoud Amin provided testimony about the electric grid to Congressional committee Thursday, March 26.
Professor Ahmed Tewfik provides expertise in Project Lead the Way
2009-03-26 13:00-05.00
Professor Tewfik works with Edina School District eighth graders as part of Project Lead the Way. He is giving a series of talks about the use of logic gates in technology.
In remembrance: Junping Zhou, Ph.D., (EE, '91)
2009-03-20 15:00-05.00
Junping Zhou (EE Ph.d., '91) dies at 47
In remembrance: Robert M. Sauders, Ph.D., graduate of EE
2009-03-20 14:00-05.00
Robert M. Saunders (BSEE, MS University of Minnesota), born in Canada and raised and educated in Minnesota, received his BSEE and MS from the University of Minnesota died after illustrious career serving the University of California, Berkely and Irvine.
Professor Ned Mohan represents IT at Arizona Minne-College for U of M Alumni
2009-03-13 13:00-05.00
Professor Ned Mohan presents information about renewable energy at Arizona Minne-College for U of M Alumni
Professor Massoud Amin: Electrical Grid expert for media, MIT Conference and Congressional briefings
2009-03-09 15:00-05.00
Professor Massoud Amin's media, keynotes and Congressional briefings during the past quarter.
Professor Sang-Hyun Oh and Dr. Moses Rodriguez of Mayo Clinic receive Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics research grant
2009-03-09 14:00-05.00
Prof. Oh and Dr. Rodriguez receive $1 million plus research grant from Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
Ph.D. Student Qunzeng Liu and Professor Sachin Sapatnakar win Best Paper Award from ISPD
2009-03-09 12:00-05.00
ECE Ph.D. Student Qunzeng Liu and Professor Sachin S. Sapatnakar win Best Paper Award from ISPD. The award will be presented at this year's International Symposium.
Assoc. Prof. Ali Abdi ('01) receives 2008 New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award
2009-02-25 12:00-05.00
New Jersey Science and Technology University Associate Professor Ali Abdi receives 2008 New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award
IBM Fellowships awarded to Pranav Agarwal and John Keane
2009-02-19 09:00-05.00
Pranav Agarwal awarded new IBM Fellowship and John Keane receives renewed IBM Fellowship
2008 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award
2009-02-16 14:00-05.00
Paola Passalacgua, ECE Ph.D. candidate, receives 2008 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award.
Liuqing Yang ('04) receives NSF CAREER award
2009-02-13 14:00-05.00
Liuqing Yang ('04) receives NSF CAREER award
Mark Lundstrom (EE,'73; MS, '74) elected to National Academy of Engineering
2009-02-12 14:00-05.00
ECE Alumnus Mark Lundstrom elected to National Academy of Engineering for leadership in microelectronics and nanoelectronics
ECE Ph.D. student Hasaeng Kim receives bronze medal in 15th Samsung Electronics Humantech Thesis Prize competition
2009-02-11 14:00-05.00
Kasaeng Kim (Professor Rhonda R. Franklin, advisor) receives bronze in 15th Samsung thesis prize competition.
ECE Ph.D. candidate Nathan Lindquist published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal
2009-02-10 14:00 (CDT)
Nathan Lindquist, (Sang-Hyun Oh , advisor) is published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Two professors receive 3M Non-Tenured faculty grant renewals
2009-02-09 11:00 (CDT)
3M renews Non-tenured faculty grants for Professors Chris Kim and Sang-Hyun Oh
ECE Building Status Update - Monday, Feb. 2
2009-02-02 16:10 (CDT)
Updated status: Students advising moving, power still out in portions of building, No escort service atfter 4 p.m.
ECE water damage room status
2009-02-01 20:45 (CDT)
There has been major water damage to the north end of the EE/CSci building. Below is a list of the status of rooms in the ECE department.
ECE Classes moved or cancelled
2009-02-01 19:17 (CDT)
The following classes are held in the EE/CSci building where water damage has occured. Students should receive an email from the instructor or TA as to whether the lab will be cancelled or moved to another location.
Building closed Friday January 30, 2009
2009-01-30 11:39 (CDT)
Due to unforeseen circumstances the building has been closed. No one will be allowed to enter the building, except for faculty and staff, who are allowed to come in and assess any damages. Some classes in this building have been canceled.
Xinmiao Zhang receives NSF CAREER award
2009-01-26 14:25-05.00
Xinmiao Zhang receives CAREER award from NSF. Former student of Professor Keshab Parhi
Student team wins 2009 DAC/ISSCC award for chip design project
2009-01-26 14:20-05.00
John Keane, Shrinivas Venkatraman and Paulo Butzen (Advisor Chris Kim0 win the 2009 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest for their chip design.
Omicron Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu receives 2007-2008 Outstanding Chapter Award
2009-01-23 18:02-05.00
Omicron chapter is one of 18 Outstanding Chapters of Eta Kappa Nu
Professor Randall Victora edits special edition of flagship IEEE publication
2009-01-09 15:05 (CDT)
Nov. Issue of IEEE Proceedings edited by Prof. Randall Victora; three of the ten articles from ECE
White House honors 2007 early career scientists and engineers
2008-12-30 09:44 (CDT)
Shengli Zhou, Ph.D., U of M ECE graduate (Professor Georgios Giannakis, advisor) received one of the 2007 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
Sen. Klobuchar honors AES students for saving energy and fighting global warming
2008-12-19 11:43 (CDT)
Sen. Klobuchar honors AES students for saving energy and fighting global warming
Former ECE Ph.D. student receives NIH Salzman Memorial Award
2008-11-24 14:58 (CDT)
Former ECE Ph.D. student receives NIH Salzman Memorial Award
Two ECE Faculty elected as IEEE Fellows
2008-11-13 16:20 (CDT)
ECE Faculty Jaijeet Roychowdhury and Nikos Sidiropoulos were elected Fellows by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors
Collegiate Inventors Competition recognizes top student inventors
2008-11-06 17:32 (CDT)
University of Minnesota Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates Patrick Delaney (May '08), Matthew Beckler (CE May '08), and current student Caleb Braff, are one of twelve finalist teams in the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation's 2008 Collegiate Inventors Competition.
ECE student wins MASS 2008 best paper award
2008-10-03 16:57 (CDT)
ECE graduate student Shuo Guo has won the best paper award at the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2008)...
ECE student receives Tau Beta Pi scholarship
2008-05-07 17:06 (CDT)
EE student Mithun Suresh has won a Tau Beta Pi senior-level scholarship for 2008-2009.
ECE students receive 2008-2009 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
2008-05-05 16:02 (CDT)
ECE Ph.D. students Shahrouz Takyar (advisor: Tryphon Georgiou) and Sanjay Vijay Kumar (advisor: Sachin Sapatnekar) have been selected to receive Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for 2008-2009.
ECE students win prizes at Undergraduate Research Symposium
2008-04-29 09:49 (CDT)
EE seniors Eric Severson and Dominic Hogan won First and Third Prize, respectively, from the Minnesota Chapter of Sigma Xi for the posters they presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held on Friday, April 18, 2008...
Professor Mohan receives IEEE PES educator award
2008-04-23 16:31 (CDT)
Professor Ned Mohan has been selected the 2008 recipient of the Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award from the IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES).
ECE student receives award for outstanding service
2008-04-18 14:58 (CDT)
EE senior Patrick Delaney has been selected for the 2008 Paul A. Cartwright/IT Alumni Society Award for Outstanding Service.
Professor Cherkassky receives Microsoft Research Award
2008-04-02 16:34 (CDT)
Professor Vladimir Cherkassky has received the A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award from Microsoft Research.
U of M teams up with Xcel Energy in groundbreaking wind-to-battery project
2008-04-01 09:44 (CDT)
Xcel Energy, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Great Plains Institute, will soon begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries.
Professor Leger receives Taylor Distinguished Service Award
2008-03-28 16:45 (CDT)
Professor Jim Leger has received the George W. Taylor Distinguished Service Award for 2008.
ECE student team wins 2nd place of Phase 1 of 2007 SRC/SIA IC Design Challenge
2008-03-16 16:29 (CDT)
A University of Minnesota team led by Professor Ramesh Harjani has been selected as the 2nd place winner of Phase 1 of the 2007-2008 SRC/SIA IC Design Challenge.
Professor Giannakis elected EURASIP Fellow
2008-03-13 13:36 (CDT)
Professor Georgios Giannakis ... has been elected a Fellow of the European Association for Signal and Image Processing (EURASIP)...
Professor Sapatnekar selected Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2008-03-10 11:02 (CDT)
Professor Sachin Sapatnekar has been selected a Distinguished McKnight University Professor.
In Memoriam: Joseph M. Juran
2008-03-03 12:36 (CST)
Alumnus Joseph M. Juran (B.E.E. '24) died February 28, 2008, at the age of 103.... Juran named the Pareto principle...
Professor Amin receives University teaching award
2008-02-27 09:36 (CST)
Professor Massoud Amin has been chosen to receive one of this year's awards for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education.
Professor Imbertson named ECE Professor of the Year
2008-02-24 16:50 (CST)
Professor Paul Imbertson has been named the ECE Professor of the Year by the IT Student Board (ITSB).
ECE Ph.D. student awarded IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
2008-02-18 12:35 (CST)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. student John Keane (advisor: Chris Kim) has been awarded an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship for 2008-2009.
Professor Judy receives IEEE Magnetics Society 2008 Achievement Award
2008-02-15 16:25 (CST)
Professor Jack Judy has received the IEEE Magnetics Society 2008 Achievement Award...
Professors Oh and Kim receive 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Grants
2008-02-14 10:11 (CST)
ECE Ph.D. student receives Samsung Electronics HTP
2008-02-13 16:23 (CST)
ECE graduate student Tony Tae-Hyoung Kim (advisor: Chris Kim) won the bronze medal in the 14th Samsung Electronics Humantech Thesis Prize competition.
Professor Mohan organizes workshop on curricular reform in electric energy systems
2008-02-12 12:52 (CST)
Professor Jindal receives NSF CAREER Award
2008-01-31 17:20 (CST)
Professor Nihar Jindal has been selected to receive the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.
Professor Kim named 2008-2010 McKnight Land-Grant Professor
2008-01-15 14:35 (CST)
Professor Chris Kim has been awarded a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship for 2008-2010.
ECE students selected as 45th DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest winners
2008-01-06 17:08 (CST)
ECE students Tony Tae-Hyoung Kim and Randy Persaud (advisor: Chris H. Kim) have been selected as winners of the 2008 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest...
ECE alumnus receives IEEE SPS best paper award
2008-01-06 15:36 (CST)
The paper ... which appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing ... October, 2005, co-authored by Goran Dimic and Nikos Sidiropoulos, has received a 2007 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society.
Omicron Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu receives 2007-2008 Outstanding Chapter Award
2008-01-05 10:18 (CDT)
University of Minnesota's Omicron Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu receives 2007-2008 Outstanding Chapter Award
Professor Sobelman selected as a 2008 IEEE CASS Distinguished Lecturer
2007-12-31 13:59 (CST)
Professor Gerald Sobelman has been selected to serve as a Distinguished Lecturer for 2008-2009 by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
ECE alumnus Earl Bakken honored for contributions to medical device industry
2007-12-28 23:00 (CST)
When alumnus Earl Bakken invented a wearable pacemaker, he sparked a revolution in medicine.
ECE students win awards at the 2007 LifeScience Alley Conference
2007-12-11 11:15 (CST)
ECE students received awards ... at the 6th Annual LifeScience Alley Conference and Expo in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Professors Campbell and Cherkassky elected IEEE Fellows
2007-11-15 11:20 (CST)
Professor Steve Campbell has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)... Professor Vladimir Cherkassky was also elected a Fellow...
Professor Mohan gives keynote address at power systems conference
2007-11-07 12:37 (CST)
ECE graduate student wins TECHCON 2007 best paper award
2007-09-21 14:12 (CDT)
ECE graduate student Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi won the Best in Session award at the 2007 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) TECHCON conference in the area of Digital and High Speed Circuit Design for his paper...
ECE graduate student authors one of top five papers at 2007 American Control Conference
2007-07-31 13:02 (CDT)
The paper ... by ECE graduate student Rashad Moarref and Professor Mihailo Jovanovic, was selected as one of the top five student papers presented at the 2007 American Control Conference (ACC 2007).
ECE student wins CrownCom 2007 Best Student Paper award
2007-07-18 14:58 (CDT)
The paper ... co-authored by ECE graduate student Juan-Andres Bazerque ... has won the Best Student Paper award at the Second International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CrownCom 2007).
Student thesis receives Honorary Mention at conference
2007-07-17 09:58 (CDT)
Gustavo Brown, an M.S. student at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay ... has received an Honorary Mention for his M.S. thesis ... at the Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática 2007.
Professor Mohan organizes workshop on curricular reform in electric energy systems
2007-07-02 10:30 (CDT)
ECE student and Professor Roychowdhury win DAC 2007 Best Paper Award
2007-06-11 11:31 (CDT)
The paper ... by ECE graduate student Shweta Srivastava and Professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury, has been selected for a Best Paper award from the 44th annual Design Automation Conference (DAC), held in San Diego, June 4-8, 2007.
ECE student and Professor Sapiro win paper award
2007-06-11 11:21 (CDT)
The paper ... co-authored by Ganesh Sundaramoorthi, Anthony Yezzi, Andrea C. Mennucci, and Professor Guillermo Sapiro, received the "Best Numerical Paper-Project Award" (for graduate students) at the International Conference on Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, in Ischia, Italy, May-June, 2007.
Professor Kim receives IBM Faculty Partnership Award
2007-06-07 11:02 (CDT)
Professor Chris Kim has received an IBM Faculty Partnership Award for a second year to support his work on "Power and Performance Management Techniques for Aging Tolerance."
Professor Amin elected IIIA Fellow
2007-05-17 17:27 (CDT)
Professor Massoud Amin has been elected a Fellow of the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA)...
Four ECE seniors win national design contest
2007-05-10 17:16 (CDT)
Four ECE seniors — Ziyad Aljarboua, Arvind Gururajan, John Aiton, and Ryan Westphal — recently entered their senior design project ... in the IEEE 7th Annual Student Design Contest.
Professor Imbertson named ECE Professor of the Year
2007-04-26 12:19 (CDT)
Professor Paul Imbertson has been named the ECE Professor of the Year by the IT Student Board (ITSB).
Professor Kiehl to lead effort to use biology to advance quantum physics and electronics
2007-04-06 15:11 (CDT)
Professor Rick Kiehl will lead a six-university effort that will use biological strategies to construct arrays of nanoparticles and will systematically characterize the resulting quantum electronic systems.
Professor Kaveh to serve as President-elect of IEEE Signal Processing Society
2007-04-06 13:56 (CDT)
Professor Mos Kaveh has been elected to serve as the President-elect of the IEEE Signal Processing Society for 2008-2009.
Professor Leger receives Taylor Teaching Award
2007-03-30 17:01 (CDT)
Professor Jim Leger has received the George W. Taylor/IT Alumni Society Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2007.
ECE alumnus receives ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award
2007-03-29 11:15 (CDT)
ECE Department alumnus Dr. Haifeng Qian has received the 2006 ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in Electronic Design Automation...
ECE alumni receive ONR Young Investigator Awards
2007-03-27 17:46 (CDT)
ECE Department alumni Liuqing Yang (M.S. '02, Ph.D. '04) and Shengli Zhou (Ph.D. '02) have been selected as winners in the 2007 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program.
Professors Mohan and Wollenberg receive University teaching awards
2007-03-01 10:35 (CST)
Professor Ned Mohan has been chosen to receive one of this year's Horace T. Morse – University of Minnesota Alumni Association Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. Also, Professor Bruce Wollenberg has been chosen to receive one of this year's awards for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education.
Two ECE Ph.D. students receive Samsung Electronics HTP
2007-02-21 16:29 (CST)
ECE graduate students Hyungsoon Im (advisor: Sang-Hyun Oh) and Jaehyuk Choi (advisor: Euisik Yoon) received gold prizes from the 13th Samsung Electronics Humantech Thesis Prize competition.
Professor Jovanovic receives NSF CAREER Award
2007-02-21 13:00 (CST)
Professor Mihailo Jovanovic has been selected to receive the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.
Professor Sapiro elected editor-in-chief of new SIAM journal
2007-02-12 09:35 (CST)
Professor Guillermo Sapiro has been elected to be the first editor-in-chief of the new SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences...
Former ECE professor elected to National Academy of Engineering
2007-02-09 12:40 (CST)
Professor Steve Chou of Princeton University has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to nanoscale patterning and to the scaling of electronic, photonic, magnetic, and biological devices."
Professor Mohan organizes workshop on curricular reform in electric energy systems
2007-02-08 16:17 (CST)
Professor Jindal named 2007-2009 McKnight Land-Grant Professor
2007-01-10 08:53 (CST)
Professor Nihar Jindal has been awarded a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship for 2007-2009.
ECE graduate student and Professor Sobelman win Best Paper Award
2006-11-30 10:40 (CST)
Graduate student Qingquan Zhang, Professor Gerald Sobelman, and Professor Tian He (from the Computer Science Department) won the best paper award ... at the International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), being held in Hong Kong on 2006 December 13-15.
Professor Luo elected IEEE Fellow
2006-11-20 17:26 (CST)
Professor Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)...
Professor Leger delivers invited plenary talk with Nobel Prize winners
2006-10-27 17:18 (CDT)
Professor Jim Leger recently gave a plenary talk together with Nobel laureates Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and Wolfgang Ketterle at the European Optical Society Annual Meeting in Paris, France.
Professor Giannakis selected as a 2007 IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer
2006-10-21 13:56 (CDT)
Professor Georgios Giannakis has been selected to serve as an IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecturer...
Professor Mohan organizes renewable energy workshop
2006-10-14 16:01 (CDT)
Professor Ned Mohan organized an annual workshop on "Renewable Energy for Minnesota" on 2006 October 12th...
ECE Department news now available as Web feed
2006-10-01 16:43 (CDT)
In our ongoing efforts to improve the ECE Department Web site, we are proud to announce that the department news is now available as a Web feed.
Professor Campbell to lead new Center for Nanostructured Applications
2006-09-28 17:24 (CDT)
Professor Steve Campbell has been named the director of the new Center for Nanostructured Applications.
New Center for Reforming Undergraduate Education in Electric Energy Systems
2006-08-29 13:27 (CDT)
Professor Ned Mohan ... recently received a 5-year, $1.23M grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to establish the new Center for Reforming Undergraduate Education in Electric Energy Systems...
Professor Stadler named 2006 McKnight Fellow
2006-08-24 12:03 (CDT)
Professor Beth Stadler has been named a 2006 University of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Fellow.
College of Continuing Education announces P.E. refresher courses
2006-08-06 19:21 (CDT)
The University of Minnesota's College of Continuing Education has announced a series of P.E. Refresher Courses to prepare engineers for both the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and the Minnesota Professional Engineer Examination.
Professors Wang and Victora win INSIC Technical Achievement Award
2006-07-19 10:23 (CDT)
Professors Jian-Ping Wang and Randy Victora ... won the 2006 Information Storage Industry Consortium (INSIC) Technical Achievement Award...
Professor Kim receives IBM Faculty Partnership Award
2006-07-06 00:00 (CDT)
Professor Chris Kim has received an IBM Faculty Partnership Award to support his work on "Analysis, Measurement, and Design Techniques for NBTI Tolerance."
Alumnus Dr. Peter Herczfeld receives Pioneer Award from IEEE Microwave Society
2006-06-25 00:00 (CDT)
Professor Peter Herczfeld, from Drexel University, was awarded the Pioneer Award at the 2006 International Microwave Symposium...
U of M ranks second in nanotech industrial outreach
2006-05-31 00:00 (CDT)
The University of Minnesota ranks second among U.S. universities in industrial outreach in nanotechnology and microtechnology, according to the results of a survey published recently in the May/June 2006 issue of the nanotechnology trade publication Small Times.
Professor Cohen demonstrates IR mode-selective chemistry
2006-05-23 00:00 (CDT)
Professor Phil Cohen ... recently demonstrated using laser light instead of heat to remove hydrogen atoms from the surface of a silicon wafer.
"Tech Tune-Up" Nano-VLSI course to be held June 26-28
2006-05-01 00:01 (CDT)
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is hosting the "Tech Tune-Up: Nano-VLSI Design" course at the University of Minnesota on 2006 June 26-28.
Professor Mohan teaches power systems to 800
2006-05-01 00:00 (CDT)
Professor Ned Mohan taught an Internet-based short course called "Teaching Power Systems with an Integrated Software Laboratory" on 2006 April 28 to 800 participants from all over the world.
ECE alumnus Dr. Yunqian Ma receives INNS Young Investigator Award
2006-04-26 00:00 (CDT)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus Dr. Yunqian Ma (Ph.D.E.E. 2003) has received the International Neural Network Society (INNS) Young Investigator Award for 2006.
Professor Campbell awarded IT Distinguished Professorship
2006-04-03 00:00 (CDT)
Professor Steve Campbell has been awarded an IT Distinguished Professorship.
Professors Ernie and Sapiro receive Taylor Awards
2006-03-30 00:00 (CST)
Professor Doug Ernie has received the 2006 Taylor Service Award... Professor Guillermo Sapiro has received the 2006 Taylor Research Award...
Professor Leger to receive Morse–Alumni Teaching Award
2006-03-05 00:00 (CST)
Professor Jim Leger has been chosen to receive one of this year's Horace T. Morse – University of Minnesota Alumni Association Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education.
Professor Amin appointed to ORNL Committee
2006-03-01 00:00 (CST)
Professor Massoud Amin ... has been appointed as a member of the scientific advisory committee for the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for January 2006-May 2010.
ECE alumnus Dr. Gary Glover elected to NAE
2006-02-16 00:01 (CST)
Dr. Gary H. Glover ... was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)...
Professor Drayton in "True Stories of Women Engineers"
2006-02-16 00:00 (CST)
Professor Rhonda Drayton is featured in the newly-released book, Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers.
ECE graduate student receives MRS Student Research Gold Award
2006-01-27 00:00 (CST)
Graduate student Chad Barry received a student travel award and a research gold award from the Materials Research Society (MRS)...
ECE graduate student wins RWS 2006 Best Student Paper award
2006-01-24 00:00 (CST)
The paper ... co-authored by Renqui Wang, W. Zhao, and G. B. Giannakis, won the best student paper award at the IEEE Radio Wireless Symposium...
Workshop on renewable energy organized by Professor Mohan
2006-01-03 00:00 (CST)
The third annual workshop on renewable energy prospects in Minnesota was held on 2005 December 9th.
Tech Talk to feature Professor Harjani
2005-12-19 00:00 (CST)
The University of Minnesota's Tech Talk television program will feature Professor Ramesh Harjani talking about wireless communication.
Professor Thomas Misa joins ECE and Babbage Institute
2005-11-23 00:00 (CST)
Thomas Misa ... has been selected as the new director of the Charles Babbage Institute...
Professors Harjani and Lilja elected IEEE Fellows
2005-11-14 00:00 (CST)
Professor Ramesh Harjani has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)... Professor David Lilja was also elected a Fellow...
National Academy of Engineering inducts Professor Wollenberg
2005-10-21 00:00 (CST)
Professor Bruce Wollenberg (center) is inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) by W. A. Wulf, President of NAE (left) and NAE Board Chair Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation (right).
Professor Drayton appointed to CICMT Advisory Board
2005-10-07 00:00 (CST)
Professor Rhonda Franklin Drayton has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technology (CICMT) Conference.
University of Minnesota Solar Car Team Places First
2000-06-08 10:00-05.00
University of Minnesota Solar Car Team Places First
Today is Monday, November 23, 2009