April 7th, 2026
IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, March 22-26, 2026, San Antonio, Texas The annual Applied Power Electronics Conference focuses on practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. Matthew Pompa, a UA graduate student under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Lemmon, won the Best Presentation Award within the Modeling and Simulation track at […]
March 25th, 2026
Neil Furman, a master’s student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the IEEE-HKN Best Student Paper award at the 2026 IEEE SoutheastCon. His paper, “Design, fabrication, and performance of a multi-layer thermal plant with digital control for precision timing research and development” describes work that was conducted as both a Microchip […]
October 22nd, 2025
By Natalie Crouse Students working with technology developed at The University of Alabama’s Energy and Power Electronics Systems and Devices Laboratory, led by Dr. Jaber Abu Qahouq, competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 EnergyTech University Prize National Pitch Event. The event, hosted by the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization, featured multidisciplinary teams of […]
May 19th, 2025
Brett Fassler, a master’s student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received one of the Best Paper Awards at the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Machine Intelligence and Smart Innovation (ICMISI 2025). His paper, “Open-Source Low-Cost Vaping Machine for Laboratory Testing of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems,” describes work conducted as part of an NIH-sponsored project […]
September 4th, 2024
ECE Professor Mark Cheng was recently awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration titled “Holistic Detection, Monitoring, and Removal of Microplastics Using Integrated Sensing and Filtration Systems” The project proposes (1) to create a low-fidelity product of the portable, cost-effective integrated system of microplastic filters and sensors that real-time monitor, capture, and […]
May 16th, 2024
April 11th, 2024
Dr. Shunqiao Sun received the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, for the project entitled, “CAREER: Towards Fundamentals of Adaptive, Collaborative and Intelligent Radar Sensing and Perception”. Automotive radar imaging represents a pressing technological need in perception for automotive active safety and autonomous driving. Automotive radar operating at millimeter-wave frequencies (typically around 77 GHz) […]
February 5th, 2024
Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz was named Hewson Engineering Faculty Fellow by the College of Engineering. Dr. Gurbuz is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her main research focus lies in the advancement of RF-enabled Cyber-Physical Human Systems, radar signal processing, and machine learning algorithms. Gurbuz is a 2023 NSF Career Award […]
August 18th, 2023
Assistant Professor Sevgi Gurbuz received an NSF award for the project titled “Collaborative Research: ECCS: Small: Personalized RF Sensing: Learning Optimal Representations of Human Activities and Ethogram on the Fly”. Radio Frequency (RF) sensing can be a game changer to reduce healthcare costs and disparities, improve quality of care, and facilitate aging-in-place because they are […]
