News
Dec 19, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Fatema Nafa
Fatema Nafa joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2024 as an Associate Teaching Professor.
Dec 19, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Xuan (Silvia) Zhang
Xuan (Silvia) Zhang joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2024 as an Associate Professor.
Dec 15, 2023
Capstone Students Design Robotic Boat To Combat Invasive Plant
Engineering capstone students built an autonomous robotic boat equipped with a hyperspectral camera to map the invasive hydrilla plant and help scientists control its spread in Connecticut waters. The project is a collaboration among the ECE and MIE departments, the Robotics and Intelligent Vehicles Research Lab, and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
Dec 12, 2023
Fu Elected as Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Technical and Environmental Sciences class. The Academy’s mission is to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration between reputable scientists of all disciplines, leading artists, and practitioners of governance.
Dec 12, 2023
Fu Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was selected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election as an Academy Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Nov 30, 2023
$2M Award for Developing Cutting-Edge Testing Technology for 5G Open RAN
ECE Principal Research Scientist Pedram Johari is leading a $2M project awarded by the Wireless Innovation Fund to develop a digital framework for testing 5G Open RAN systems called “DigiRAN: High-Fidelity Digital Twins for Interoperability, Security and Performance Testing of Open RAN Systems.”
Nov 30, 2023
New Robotics Lab To Lead Innovative Research
The newly opened space in EXP for the Institute of Experiential Robotics will allow for interdisciplinary collaboration in the advancement of robotics.