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PhD student Cody Scarborough was recognized for his work advancing the understanding and study of electromagnetic waves.

Allemang focuses on amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film electronics, which can support the next generation of electronic skins, textiles, solar cells, and displays.

Prof. Finelli’s programs and scholarship have enriched the education of countless engineering students.

Prof. Pradhan has made fundamental contributions to distributed compression and structured coding

Rather than installing new “2D” semiconductors in devices to see what they can do, this new method puts them through their paces with lasers and light detectors.

Johanna Mathieu is one of four principal investigators on a project to improve home energy efficiency and to lower monthly utility bills.

In S1E1, Prof. Zetian Mi talks unlocking quantum properties to close the loop on carbon emissions.

In addition to the new fellowship, the Hsu family is supporting the department through the ECE fund.

The digital beamforming chip offers significant advantages over current analog beamforming solutions.

PhD students Behnoush Rostami, Zhanni Wu, and Xueru Zhang will participate in the intensive workshop that brings together outstanding women interested in pursuing academic careers in EECS.

New technology provides a contactless method to add respiratory rate and heart rate to temperature readings .

In a project funded by National Geographic, ECE researchers are teaming up with the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology to advance our understanding of monarch butterfly migration with the most ambitious iteration of the Michigan Micro Mote yet.

Even award-winning athletes are having a hard time getting into a routine these days, but Tommy Cope wants everyone to keep working hard.

From adapting to remote office hours to completely redesigning exam content and format, we explore how one class, EECS 551 Matrix Methods for Signal Processing, Data Analysis, & Machine Learning, has had to reinvent itself for the times.

Stefany Escobedo’s life changed drastically when COVID-19 shut down her access to a wide community of friends and activities

ECE master’s student Conner Stevons completed a remote internship at the NASA Glenn Research Center where he worked on Marconi 2.0, NASA’s plan to bridge quantum technology with a telecommunications system.

University of Michigan researchers have been awarded an NSF grant to design an open source framework for robotic prosthetic legs that function more naturally and offer a wider range of capabilities.

A self-erasing chip for security and anti-counterfeit tech.

The interdisciplinary team was able to dramatically speed up the process while potentially doubling the quality of the image

Plasma science has the potential to speed advances in medicine, energy, electronics and more—including helping us deal with pandemics.

Covering foundations to applications, the new book by Prof. Stephen Forrest fills a gap in this exciting field

Peterson’s goals are to grow the reach and impact of the facility on issues that affect us all

By reflecting nearly all the light they can’t turn into electricity, they help pave the way for storing renewable energy as heat.

The researchers’ imaging technique is fast, accurate, and reproducible

With new funding in the company, the hardtech startup is bringing revolutionary technologies to reshape mmWave wireless.

Prof. Yogesh Gianchandani and Dr. Yutao Qin received an “Outstanding Paper Award” for their fully electronic micro gas chromatography system.

Research led by Prof. Zetian Mi to advance LEDs for high-efficiency, high-performance displays is recognized with the Distinguished Paper Award from the Society for Information Display.

Prof. Euisik Yoon and his team are recognized for their work designing low-noise, multisite/multicolor optoelectrodes that will help neurologists learn more about neural connectivity in the brain.

ECE postdoc Melissa Haskell works on improving functional magnetic resonance imaging so we can better measure and understand brain activity.

The WAND wireless sensor developed in a collaboration between Total, an oil & gas company, and the University of Michigan is revolutionizing well monitoring

Classes pioneer home lab kits, virtual lab presence, or taking advantage of the distance with a collaborative data project.

Transparent solar panels on windows could take a bite out of a building’s electricity needs.

Brighter, crisper screens that draw half the power and lasts twice as long are possible with NS Nanotech’s next-gen LEDs.

Improving the lives of others has remained a consistent, fundamental value across the entirety of Dr. Wardell’s career.

Flynn is one of five U-M professors honored with this award, which recognizes his excellence in mentoring doctoral students and commitment to fostering a supportive academic environment.

Guo is working to boost the visibility of autonomous cars for improved safety, and Mi is building a prototype solar hydrogen production system that could out-compete electric cars.

Prof. Mi will speak about the advances in ultraviolet optoelectronics for improved disinfection and water purification.

Getting rid of some gears enabled a free-swinging knee, regenerative braking and brought the noise level down from vacuum cleaner to fridge.

Prof. Kamal Sarabandi and ECE PhD student Navid Barani won a best paper award for their research on how biological cells may use electromagnetic signal transmission to communicate.

The CSE and ECE divisions have prepared transparency reports detailing undergraduate, graduate and faculty recruiting statistics, context, challenges, activities, commitments, and areas for improvement.

PhD student Ester Bentley designs smaller, better 3D mechanical resonators for use in high-performance gyroscopes to help unmanned systems navigate when GPS signal is jammed or lost.

Michigan Engineers change the game by making a conductive coating that’s also anti-reflective.

In observance of the holiday that marks the end of chattel slavery, faculty, students, and alumni performed music, shared personal stories, and presented a proposal to the EECS chairs for initiatives to enhance diversity and equity and realize systemic equality in the department.

When summer internships fell through, Michigan Engineering staff scrambled to make sure students would still have access to experiential learning.

A new application for an ongoing NSF project could bolster contract tracing efforts.

PhD student Trevor Odelberg’s low power circuits help us make sense of our environment while reducing battery waste.

Members of our community share their stories, their fears, and their hopes for a more inclusive, just future.

PhD student Matthew Belz will work to develop jamming-resistant radar systems for autonomous vehicles.

To improve the prediction and identification of stem-like cancer cells, Prof. Euisik Yoon’s group developed a method that is 3.5 times faster than the standard approach.

As scientists and engineers, we have an obligation to focus on solving this big societal problem.

This message was sent to the entire EECS community on Tuesday, June 2 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

‘Noncritical’ in-person research begins ramping up, with public-health protocols.

Andre was chosen for her outstanding research and commitment to outreach activities.

EECS 373 course instructors quickly pulled together an alternative final project that had students building robots at home.

Prof. Terry was teaching Introduction to Electronic Circuits when the classrooms went dark due to COVID-19.

Part of the team that brought us the world’s smallest computer in 2015 brings the future of computing technology into the present.

ECE graduating students reflect on their time at U-M and share their favorite memories, photos, and advice to incoming students.

It will now be possible to study brain activity when timing is important, such as the consolidation of memory.

A major defense project pivots to explore how to encourage COVID-safe behavior effectively.

The algorithm can pick out weak signals from nuclear weapons materials, hidden in ordinary radiation sources like fertilizer.

Prof. David Wentzloff’s paper examining the trends and techniques to achieve ultra-low power receivers was honored by the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Six ECE graduate students were selected for their outstanding research work in a variety of disciplines.

Prof. Hofmann was praised for his careful attention to staff and treating them as true partners in trying to improve life at Michigan for our students.

Room-temperature plasma beams could essentially dissolve away bacteria and viruses.

ECE Master’s student Sam June is The Dancing King at the popular Ann Arbor club.

Zhang is working to improve data security and address important ethical issues related to AI and discriminatory data sets.

Prof. Ahmadi will contribute to the science and technology of efficient, high-frequency, high-power transistors for 5G and beyond

Wu is working on advanced metasurfaces, which could help next-generation wireless communication, commercial and military radar systems, imaging, and antenna systems.

Voxel51, a U-M startup led by Prof. Jason Corso, uses custom AI to continuously track vehicle, cyclist, and pedestrian traffic in real time at some of the most visited places in the world.

A wrist-worn device detected disrupted sleep 24 hours before study participants began shedding flu viruses.

Karl (BSE MSE PhD EE) talks about how his time at Michigan helped prepare him for his dream job at Intel and a career advancing embedded memory technology and circuits.

Collaborative website launched while U-M researchers continue advanced testing.

Hero was elected “for contributions to the mathematical foundations of signal processing and data science.”

Winful has made fundamental contributions to nonlinear optics and the physics of tunneling, while also championing an inclusive department.

We congratulate these students for achieving notable success in the areas of academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

ECE alum Kurt Rohloff helped create one of the world’s best homomorphic encryption software libraries, and he reflects on how his time at Michigan helped shape his career.

The Duke University Professor delivered a virtual talk on enabling hybrid thin films for optoelectronics and shared her memories of Michigan.

Accurate gyroscopes are a bottleneck for backup navigation systems in autonomous vehicles.

The College of Engineering recognized Pierce with the Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award for his support and commitment to the U-M student chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

The College of Engineering honors ECE PhD candidate Tianlin Wang for his excellent research in remote sensing as well as his leadership and service to the community.

From outreach programs for local kids to events that bring the U-M Engineering community together, the Optics Society exemplifies leadership and service.

Mahdavifar is preparing for a future of billions of connected devices and an unprecedented increase in mobile traffic.

Pre-COVID-19, ECE Expeditions took thirteen students to the heart of the Big Apple to tour a variety of tech companies, including IBM.

Prof. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz and PhD student Xin Zan were honored at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition for their work improving the efficiency and reliability of wireless power transfer.

ECE PhD student Brian Raeker was awarded a Towner Prize for Outstanding Engineering GSIs.

The researcher-entrepreneur who helped bring OLED displays to the masses envisions a future of efficient lighting and next-gen solar power.

Blaauw’s innovations in low-power computing led to development of the Michigan Micro Mote, the world’s smallest computer.

A professor of electrical engineering and computer science is awarded one of engineering’s top honors.

PhD student Hsiang-Wen Chen, who works to improve integrated circuits, was awarded the Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship.

Nees is honored for his excellence in research and scholarship, as well as his distinguished career as a key member of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.

Pradhan is honored for his dedication to students and commitment to improving education at all levels.

Balzano is honored for her all-around excellence in teaching, mentorship, and curriculum development.

Phillips is honored for his excellence in serving the campus community through development of extracurriculars, mentorship, and academic programs.

The ARC works to solve a broad set of issues pertaining to the modeling and simulation of ground vehicle systems.

By looking at tissue oxygen and cell metabolism at the same time, doctors could have a fast and noninvasive way to monitor the health of brain cells.

Researchers demonstrated the use of stacked, transparent graphene photodetectors combined with image processing algorithms to produce 3D images and range detection.

For “exemplifying the leadership and vision of Dr. King,” three members of ECE were honored as part of U-M’s annual MLK symposium.

Speaking to a full house in Rackham, Dr. Katie Bouman – Michigan ECE alum – explained the history and science of the project that gave us the first ever photo of a black hole.

Kim takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle challenges in heterogeneous classes of energy-efficient and versatile communication systems.

A catalyst on a solar panel can make methane, the main component of natural gas, with carbon dioxide, water and sunlight.

From rubbing elbows with royalty to finding yourself a casual seatmate to a member of U2, Professor Emeritus Gérard Mourou, Prof. Donna Strickland, and their former U-M colleagues shared their experiences and reflections on the 2018 Nobel Prize ceremony.