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Zhao receives recognition from IEEE

Junbo Zhao, an assistant professor of Mississippi State University’s Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, continues to receive accolades for his work in the field. Zhao, serving as chair of the IEEE Task Force on Power System Dynamic State and Parameter Estimation, was recognized as part of the IEEE group that earned the IEEE Power and…

December 22, 2021


Two graduate students earned three awards in EcoCar Mobility Challenge

Amine Taoudi and Jonah Gandy, two graduate students in Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were selected as three awards in EcoCar Mobility Challenge 2021. Amine Taoudi, ECE Ph.D student advised by Drs. Chaomin Luo and Randy Follet was granted First Place for the Mathworks Model Based Design Award. Amine Taoudi was…

December 22, 2021


$1.5 million awarded in research partnership with ERDC

Two Mississippi State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) professors were recently awarded over $1.5 million as part of a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Principal investigator Ali Cafer Gurbuz and Mehmet Kurum received the funding for their project Detecting Biological and Chemical Threats in Complex…

December 20, 2021


ECE Announces 2021 ECE Teaching Assistant Award Recipient

Keith Powell, a graduate student in Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been recognized with the 2021 Best ECE Teaching Assistant Award. Powell joined the department’s doctoral program in 2019, and he has most recently been a teaching assistant for the labs with Embedded Systems. “Keith was TA for Embedded…

December 16, 2021


Two Graduate Students Receive Awards to Attend APEC

Mark Didat and Kazi Nishat Tasnim, two graduate students in Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were selected to receive assistance for the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in 2022. The two received the Student Attendance Support award for up to $1,000 for expenses related to attending APEC, which is the leading…

December 7, 2021


ECE Presents Fall 2021 Design Awards

Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) recognized its capstone design winners for the fall of 2021. The department’s students worked in teams to utilize their skills and incorporate appropriate engineering standards while having multiple realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. Students fabricated their…

December 3, 2021


Zhao Receives IEEE PES Chapter Outstanding Volunteer Award

Dr. Junbo Zhao, an assistant professor in Mississippi State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded the 2021 IEEE PES Outstanding Chapter Volunteer Award. This honor, awarded by each chapter, allows for the recognition of a volunteer’s contributions. The Mississippi chapter recognized his service of promoting activities, increasing visibility and membership, and educating…

November 19, 2021


ECE Research Seminar – Friday, November 5 12:30 pm CT

Please join us for our November 5 ECE Research Seminar 12:30-1:30 pm central time Opportunities for All – What is Engineering Education Research and Why Should I Care? with Jean Mohammadi-Aragh | jean@ece.msstate.edu Abstract: Starting with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and moving into Rigoro us Engineering Education Research, a multitude of opportunities exist for…

November 2, 2021


Peng Wins MSU Graduate Student Research Award

  Ms. Yehong Peng, ECPE Ph.D student was awarded the first prize in the engineering category for her poster presentation in the 2021 MSU Graduate Student Research Symposium for her presentation titled, “Smart Partitioning based Fully Distributed AC Optimal Power Flow.”  Peng describes her research as the optimization of bulk power systems operation. As today’s…

November 1, 2021


ECE’s Inaugural Research Symposium

Friday, October 15, the ECE Graduate Committee hosted it’s Inaugural ECE Research Symposium.  The ECE Graduate Committee would like to announce that the Best Presentation award goes to Mr. Amine Taoudi for his presentation entitled “Design and optimization of a hybrid electric vehicle with energy efficient longitudinal control and bio-inspired trajectory planning and tracking.” He…

October 27, 2021