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ECE Graduate Student Wins NASA FINESST Grant
Dylan Boyd, a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), was recently awarded funding through Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST). Dylan’s research was one of only 58 proposals selected out of 351 submissions for funding in the Earth Science Division and 835 total proposals. The project will be…
Zhao and Ye Collaborate to Win Best Paper at 2021 IEEE PES General Meeting
Dr. Junbo Zhao of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) along with his Ph.D. student Ketian Ye and colleagues Drs. Nan Duan and Can Huang from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Drs. Ding Fei and Rui Yang from National Renewable Energy Laboratory won the best paper award at the 2021 IEEE Power…
ECE Graduate Student Receives NSF Scholarship for Service
Matthew Duck, a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarship for Service. Matthew, who earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering in November of 2020, work with ECE Professors, Drs. Ali Gurbuz and Mehmet Kurum, in the IMPRESS Lab. The Southaven native said he first became…
ECE Senior Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
Zoe Fowler, a senior Electrical Engineering major, was recently awarded a Graduate Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. Zoe’s current research is developing a foreground extraction…
ECE Graduate Student Receives BCoE Graduate Research Award
Dylan Boyd, a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), was recently named the Bagley College of Engineering and Office of Research and Development (ORED) Graduate Student award winner. The Research Awards Program is designed to honor those individuals who contribute significantly to the University’s mission of research; to recognize and reward students, faculty,…
Green to Develop Sensory Systems for Rapid Detection of Water Contaminants
Dr. Ryan Green and his team will be developing an amphibious unmanned ground vehicular sensory system for rapid detection of water contaminants. A particular focus will be on polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are human-made chemicals and are commonly used in consumer goods, such as clothing, paper, plastic, carpet, etc. Moreover, PFAS are also commonly…
Liu Unlocking the Mysteries of Wireless Networks
In a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Chun-Hung Liu will work with his collaborator from the University of Michigan to fundamentally change the design and analysis of wireless networks. Traditionally wireless networks are understood using processes that do not withhold spatial repulsion – most famous of them being Poisson point…