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
October 24th, 2023
Electric vehicles batteries will find a second life in EV charging stations under a project led by The University of Alabama. With $4 million in support from the United States Department of Energy, UA is partnering with Alabama Power and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. to develop and demonstrate ways to use older EV batteries, extending […]
September 26th, 2023
NSF has awarded a grant titled “PFI-RP: Developing Market-Ready Affordable Robotic Lower-Limb Prostheses through Unified Joint Actuator Design and AI-Enhanced Multi-Modal Interactive Control” to Professors Xiangrong Shen (PI, Mechanical Engineering), Fei Hu and Edward Sazonov (co-PIs, Electrical and Computer Engineering) The broader impact/commercial potential of this Partnerships for Innovation – Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) project is […]
September 12th, 2023
Syed Kamrul Islam Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 When: Wednesday September 13, 2023 2:00 pm Where: SERC 1013 Abstract Rapid development of sensor technologies, CMOS fabrication processes and wireless sensor network technologies have unlocked new and innovative applications of health monitoring systems. For long-term reliable detection of […]
September 5th, 2023
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has multiple opportunities for students to embark on a fully funded Ph.D. journey within a research-intensive institution. Our students work closely with globally acclaimed researchers in cutting-edge domains such as devices and materials, electromechanical and energy systems, embedded systems (including IoT and edge computing), and electromagnetics. Student benefits […]
August 21st, 2023
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 […]