Redundant Robot Arms: Achieving Human Levels of Dexterity Anthony A. (Tony) Maciejewski, Ph.D. Colorado State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Thursday, December 1 11:30 am in Simrall 104 Abstract: The vast majority of robots in use today operate in very structured environments, e.g., in factory assembly lines, and possess only those limited motion capabilities required…
A Holistic Approach to Transforming Undergraduate Engineering Education Anthony A. (Tony) Maciejewski, Ph.D. Colorado State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Thursday, December 1 11:30 am in Simrall 104 Abstract: A diverse team of educators at Colorado State University (CSU) are redefining what it means to teach and learn in the Department of Electrical and Computer…
Experiences in Power Systems Dynamics and Operation Vahid Madani, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE Seminar ECE Department November 9, 2022 at 10:00 am Simrall 228 Abstract – The Electric power industry continues to transform at an accelerating rate. Power system strength is vital to managing successful integration and energy source transition. Reliability in delivering communicative and high-quality…
ECE Invited Lecture November 10, 2022 at 10:00 am Simrall Hall 228 Technology-Driven Solutions to Reduce Disparities in Health and Longevity in Underserved Populations Hari Kalva Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University Abstract: United States has the highest national health expenditures in the world – $4.1 trillion in 2020 but still…
ECE Distinguished Lecture November 3, 2022 at 10:30 am (Simrall Hall 104) Erasure Coded Computations: New Models for Fault Tolerance Ananth Grama Abstract: Dealing with faults is an important problem, as parallel and distributed systems scale to millions of processing cores and across wide area networks. Traditional methods for fault tolerance include checkpoint-restart, active…
Impacts of Geomagnetic Disturbances on the Electric Infrastructure Yong Fu | fu@ece.msstate.edu October 28, Friday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Abstract: The vulnerability of the North American bulk power system to the effects of geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) caused by solar flares has been recognized by a variety of sources including the National Academy of Science (NAS),…
ECE Research Seminar (Virtual Event*) September 23, Friday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=mb3814e7af25bcae895e6f400bd80bbd6 CodeChat: Design as Documentation Bryan Jones | bjones@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Software development powers the digital economy, by producing the essential code which enables banking, controls critical infrastructure, and defines social media. However, traditional software development approaches fail to meet modern challenges, sometimes producing…
Multi-Sensor Systems for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles Navigation Umar Iqbal | umar@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Sensors are an indispensable part of robots and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to perceive environments and implement their actions. One aspect of ensuring safe operation is to have reliable positioning to the sub-meter level of accuracy everywhere under all operational environments for mobile…
ECE’s Design Showcase will be held in Simrall Hall, April 28 from 2:30-4:00 PM. 51 student teams will present and demonstrate the designs that they have been working on this semester and for some this academic year. Designs come from our Intro to ECE Design 2 class and Capstone (Senior) Design I and II. The…
Please join us for the final ECE Research Seminar of the semester. Friday, April 29 12:30-1:30 pm CT on Webex Quantum Computing for Machine Learning: Introduction to Quantum Annealing and Gated Quantum Computing Yaroslav Koshka | ykoshka@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Quantum Computers (QCs) are machines based on quantum bits (qubits) that take full advantage of the laws…