
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A team of researchers from Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC) 2026 in Novi, Michigan. The award recognized the paper, “EMI Characterization of Aging SiC MOSFETs Under Dynamic Ambient Temperature Conditions,” authored by graduate students Md Zakir Hasan, Subarto…

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University graduate student Md Moniruzzaman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received the Best Presentation Award at the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. Moniruzzaman, a Ph.D. student in the Paul Jacob High Voltage Laboratory, was recognized for his presentation, “Adaptive Acceleration Control of a…
Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum, left, welcomed the university’s Giles Distinguished Professors to his office recently for an annual luncheon. The highest award the university bestows on a faculty member, the honor is based on distinguished scholarship that includes outstanding research, teaching and service. Those attending were, first row next to Keenum: Jim Fowler,…
Please join us for our April 2026 ECE Research Seminar April 17, 2026, Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Simrall 104 https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=md927edab6f353079028748129e4d6ab0 A Brain-Inspired Autonomous Robotics Navigation: The Goal-Directed Cognitive Map Matt Hicks | mah1329@msstate.edu Abstract: Autonomous systems and robots have traditionally relied on modular pipelines that separately and systemically address perception, mapping, localization, global planning,…
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently announced two Ph.D. students as recipients of the 2025–2026 Best Graduate Research Award: Bidya Debnath and Tahmid Ibne Mannan. Bidya Debnath’s doctoral research focuses on the practical experimental demonstration of UAV swarm-based phased-array antenna systems, transforming distributed beamforming into deployable airborne platforms. She has physically demonstrated flying…