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We are the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of NC State University.

The mission of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at NC State University is the accumulation, generation, and dissemination of knowledge in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Central to this mission is a high quality research and educational program that benefits our students, the State of North Carolina, the nation and the world. The Department acts as a focal point for development, growth and entrepreneurship.

10/19/2026

Congrats to Christina Koch, a three-time NC State alumna, on her new role as acting deputy chief engineer at NASA. 🚀 She starts Nov. 1 and will help lead the agency's engineering community.

Read the full story: http://ncst.at/tGMz50ZYHur

10/13/2026

🔔 Wearables that buzz when danger is near! In ECE Assistant Professor Amay Bandodkar's lab, PhD student Erim Uzunoğlu led the development of a wearable patch that detects hazardous gases and heavy metals in water, then alerts the wearer with a unique vibration pattern for each threat.

Slightly smaller than a driver's license, the patch monitors six hazards and harvests solar power to run for about 24 hours. ECE PhD student Oluwatobi Ojuade helped design tiny textured surfaces that make the vibrations impossible to miss, and the team extended the idea into an e-skin that lets robots detect hazards and reroute.

Proud to see our ECE researchers and students turning smart sensing into real-world safety! 🤖

Read more: http://ncst.at/QWym50ZWQ8a

10/06/2026

✨ Lightsaber-style antennas are here! ECE PhD student Prya Darshni and Cirrus Logic Distinguished Professor Paul Franzon have demonstrated the first-ever plasma beam antenna, using a laser to turn a thin beam of air into an antenna that transmits radio waves. 🌌🪐💫☄️

By adjusting the laser, the team can control the antenna's length and angle, so it can sweep a broad range of frequencies without bulky mechanical parts. They also built a contactless feed that drives the plasma beam without touching it, a promising step for satellites and space exploration. The work is published in the IEEE Journal of Microwaves.

Proud to see our ECE graduate students leading research that has never been done before! 📡

Read more: http://ncst.at/rq5m50ZUHNV

09/29/2026

🐺 Computer engineering breaks into the top 20! NC State's undergraduate computer engineering program is now No. 19 in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's 2027 Best Colleges rankings.

Among public universities, computer engineering ranks No. 12 and electrical engineering No. 14. The College of Engineering is rising too, moving up to No. 32 nationally (No. 18 among publics) with eight programs in the top 20.

Interim Dean Veena Misra, former ECE department head, credits "engineering excellence at scale." We couldn't agree more. Proud of our ECE students, faculty and staff! ❤️🏆

09/28/2026

🐺 Fall kickoff, Wolfpack style! Despite a rain delay, hundreds of students turned out for POP Back on Centennial Campus, grabbing free food, playing games and connecting with dozens of student groups and employers.

Our ECE community was right there in the mix, kicking off the year by building the connections and community that make Centennial Campus feel like home.

Here's to a great year ahead! 🎉

Read more: http://ncst.at/M19350ZRELt

09/22/2026

☀️ Bright ideas for the power grid! ECE PhD student Arundhuti Haldar co-authored new research showing that combining machine learning models can improve day-ahead solar power forecasts by up to 13% - helping utilities better balance supply and demand as solar energy use grows nationwide.

Published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, the team tested seven forecasting models across two California utilities and found that blending forecasts and tailoring them to each region delivers the biggest gains.

Proud to see our ECE graduate students contributing to research that keeps the clean energy transition running smoothly! 🔋

Read more: http://ncst.at/kaa450ZPEg8

09/15/2026

🎉 Congratulations to ECE Associate Professor Hantao Cui on winning the prestigious IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Prize Paper Award!

Only two papers are selected each year from thousands published across PES Transactions journals, and Cui's research on Virtual Inertia Scheduling is helping keep our power grid stable as we shift to clean, renewable energy. ⚡

We're proud to see his innovative work, including the open-source ANDES simulator he developed, representing ECE on the national stage!

Read more: http://ncst.at/XOfu50ZNzvL

09/07/2026

Welcome to the ECE family! 🎉 We're thrilled to introduce two new Assistant Professors joining our department this fall: Brittany N. Smith and Wei-Hsi Chen.

Brittany directs our new Fabrication Laboratory for Active Microelectronics (FLAME). This combines cleanroom techniques with 2D-printed electronics to build next-gen sensors, transistors and micro-scale robotics. Think wearables and space tech.

Wei-Hsi leads our Function-Oriented Robotics Geometry and Engineering (FORGE) lab, working to turn robot design into an engineering discipline driven by computational tools and first principles.

We're proud to have both of them bringing new energy and expertise to NC State ECE! 🙌

Read more: http://ncst.at/7wpJ50ZJCr8

09/04/2026

📡 ECE Assistant Professor Vijay K. Shah is leading a $1M NSF award (with Yale University) to develop ARMANI, AI-native tools that help next-gen 5G/6G wireless networks manage themselves, getting faster, smarter and more reliable.

"It is just as much about people as technology," says Shah, whose lab has become a hub for AI-native 6G research. Graduate and undergraduate students in the lab will get hands-on experience in wireless networking, machine learning and system prototyping as part of the project.

Read more: http://ncst.at/CAMh50ZJC2e

08/31/2026

Congratulations to Aydin Aysu, ECE associate professor, on receiving the 2026 DAC Under-40 Innovators Award!

The award honors up to five researchers each year. They're pushing the boundaries of electronic design and automation. Aysu earned his spot for making hardware security a built-in part of chip design instead of an afterthought.

His lab, HECTOR, tackles the physical side of cybersecurity. It shows how attackers could steal an AI model just by reading a chip's power signature. Then it builds the defenses to stop it. That work is shaping how we protect AI accelerators and post-quantum cryptographic hardware for years to come.

Congrats again, Aydin!

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