Illinois ECE

09/04/2026

New friends. New beginnings. Lots of Illini spirit. 💙🧡

09/03/2026

Got a tech idea? Don’t let the deadline pass. 👀

ECE students, the Tech Startup Challenge is your chance to turn an idea into action, build your entrepreneurial skills, and compete for funding to take your concept further. Applications are due Sept. 6.

Apply now: https://landuyt.illinois.edu/programs/tech-startup-challenge

09/02/2026

ECE Professor Nam Sung Kim has been selected for the 2026 SRC Rama Divakaruni Technical Excellence Award, recognizing his pioneering contributions to memory and storage architecture. Read more: https://ece.illinois.edu/news/kim-receives-2026-src-rama-divakaruni-technical-excellence-award

ECE Professor Nam Sung Kim receives the 2026 SRC Rama Divakaruni Technical Excellence Award for pioneering contributions to memory and storage architecture for data centers.

09/02/2026

From academic support to career resources, student organizations, campus services and more, the Grainger Engineering resource guide puts some of the most useful info in one place.

Starting at Illinois? Consider this your cheat sheet. 👀

Check it out: https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/blog/resource-guide

Everyone wants a different college experience, and we know the importance of finding community and making connections socially and academically. We hope these resources help you make the most of your experience at Grainger Engineering!

09/01/2026

Congratulations to Associate Professor Katie Driggs-Campbell on being selected for the 2026-27 Emerging Research Leaders Academy (ERLA) cohort! This cohort works to assist mid-career faculty in expanding/enhancing their research programs, pursue larger grants, and lead campus research initiatives. Read more.

Sixteen rising stars chosen for the 26-27 Emerging Research Leaders Academy

09/01/2026

Sometimes, the Illinois connection runs deeper than you realize. 💙🧡

Nikhil Talkwalkar applied to Illinois without knowing that his grandfather had once been a student here. He didn't discover the family connection until after he was accepted. Fast forward to May 2026, Nikhil is an Illinois engineering graduate, carrying on a family connection he never knew he had.

“I guess you can call it destiny,” said Nikhil.

Read his story: https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories/Talkwalkar_engineering_legacy

08/31/2026

Your major is just the beginning. Pair your ECE degree with an Entrepreneurship Minor and bring a broader perspective to your engineering education. Designed to be interdisciplinary, the minor taps into expertise and resources from across Illinois, giving you the tools to turn ideas into action.

Engineering + entrepreneurship? That's a pretty powerful combo.

Learn more: https://giesbusiness.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate-minors/entrepreneurship-minor

08/28/2026

POV: You survived Welcome Week 😎
Now, let’s make this semester one to remember.

08/28/2026

Four ECE students have earned prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!

Shane Andres, Henry Lin, Ivan Ren, and Jason Li are among 52 Illinois students selected for the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the highest number of Illinois recipients in university history. Read more about their research and what’s next: https://ece.illinois.edu/news/four-ece-students-earn-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships

08/25/2026

ECE doctoral student Xinbo Wu had his research accepted to ICML, one of the field’s top AI conferences. His work models AI jailbreak attacks as a game between attackers and defenders, revealing why attackers can have the upper hand and identifying a mathematically optimal defense. Read more: https://ece.illinois.edu/news/player-one-winner-ece-doctoral-students-theoretical-game-of-ai-attacks-places-at-llm-conference

Xinbo Wu, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering at The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, had a paper accepted to ICML, one of the top artificial intelligence conferences, for research modeling AI “jailbreak” attacks as a game betw...