Dr. Junbo Zhao, of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), along with Ph.D. student Ketian Ye and colleagues Dr. Nan Duan from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Dr. Daniel Adrian Maldonado from Argonne National Laboratory, won the best student paper award at the IEEE IAS Industrial & Commercial Power System Asia 2021…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…