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 […]
August 14th, 2024
A group of 9 students from the College of Engineering (from both the ECE and CS departments) continued their international research experiences this summer by presenting posters of their research at the 2024 International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and Applications (ICFDA) in Bordeaux, France. Students shared the results of their projects, which were focused on […]
July 25th, 2024
This summer Dr. Todd Freeborn (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Dr. Chris Crawford (Department of Computer Science) launched an NSF-supported Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site at the University of Alabama. This site, Engaging and Training Alabama STEM Teachers in Sensing Technologies, has brought 11 Alabama middle and high school teachers to campus […]
July 12th, 2024
A group of ECE faculty with Dr. Shuhui Li as the PI and Drs. Yang-Ki Hong and Qianzhi Zhang as co-PIs received a National Science Foundation award titled “RAISE: CET: Rare-Earth-Free Magnet and AI-Driven Control for Power Generation, transmission, and Grid Integration of Offshore Wind”. The main objectives of this project are to advance offshore […]
July 5th, 2024
This summer a group of 9 UA undergraduates in the College of Engineering (from ECE and CS departments) are again traveling to the Czech Republic for research experiences at the Brno University of Technology (BUT) As part of this program, UA undergraduates participate in 12-weeks of summer research under the mentorship of BUT faculty focused […]
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 23rd, 2024
The Alabama Productivity Center is working with Mazda-Toyota Manufacturing in Huntsville to fill a couple of ECE/CS internships for summer 2024. Dates: May 13 – August 9 Pay Range: $16 – $21 Hours: Full-time 40 hours/week Location: Huntsville, Alabama GPA: 3.0 and above Apply here: http://apc.ua.edu/Apply Manufacturing Systems Enhancement Project Overview: The project targets improved […]
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 […]
February 5th, 2024
Serving as a mentor for undergraduate students can have a profound impact on their undergraduate experience. This UA News article features Dr. Aijun Song the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and one of his undergraduate researchers to learn more about the importance of mentoring students and including them in research. Link to the article