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UA Leading Project to Give EV Batteries Second Life

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 […]

ME and ECE faculty receive an NSF grant for development of Affordable Robotic Lower-Limb Prosthesis

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 […]

9-13-23 Research Seminar: Biomedical Sensors Integrating Machin eLearning-Based Hardware Architectures

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 […]

Accepting Ph.D. applications – Spring/Fall 2024 Admission

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 […]

Prof. Sevgi Gurbuz receives an NSF 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 […]

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