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Built by students and funded by student VCs, the venture marks a new model for launching ideas into ventures.

From the internships that inspired her interest in signal & image processing and machine learning to late night study sessions at the Duderstadt to her background in classical dance, Master’s student Rucha Apte shares her journey with us.

KLA sponsored prizes for three outstanding projects focused on improving image processing for neurosurgery and satellite applications and MRI reconstruction techniques.

Scarborough was recognized by the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation for developing a superior method to model and simulate traveling-wave modulation along two dimensions in metamaterials.

Students virtually toured Soliton Tech, the National Acoustic Laboratories, and Samsung Research America to get an inside look at the life of engineers in industry.

These students are recognized by the department for their outstanding scholarship, research, service, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Students throughout the College of Engineering are eligible for these awards; ten went to EECS students for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.

It was another outstanding year for the EECS honor society, that works hard to serve while having fun

WECE is a student-run, diversity-focused organization dedicated to the personal and professional growth of those committed to innovation and excellence in electrical and computer engineering fields.

Gruber’s research is expected to further the practicality of integrated circuits for high-speed, high-power applications.

Rao’s research in miniaturized antennas is applicable to VHF band and 5G applications

Zan’s research on high frequency power converters for wireless power transfer has a wide range of applications

Crockett’s dissertation will integrate two fields: image processing & machine learning and engineering education research

Borsch’s research in light-driven quantum electronics is expected to guide next-generation quantum devices

Four ECE doctoral students were selected for their outstanding research work in a variety of disciplines.

Sijia is working to ensure the safety, stability and cost effectiveness of future power systems that are dominated by renewable resources, through fundamental studies of system operation.

Cui is passionate about bringing a creative approach to power converter design and control, and educating the next generation of engineers.

Maya Pandya, an Electrical Engineering senior, is a key member of the student team working to design a new generation of CubeSats that may revolutionize how we monitor space environments and provide a new method for interplanetary communication.

Computer Engineering junior Himaja Motheram is heavily involved in campus organizations, including as Advocacy Officer for both Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers.

Komma, a PhD student, is working to develop robust low powered localization technology for Artificial Intelligence enabled Internet of Things in locations where GPS is limited or blocked.

The award celebrates those who have gone above and beyond to service and support social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Roberts works to improve remote sensing of soil moisture, which is important for environmental conservation, natural resource management, and agriculture.

More than 250 students had a hand in a satellite launching on January 10th, the first in space for a project to keep nanosats in orbit by harnessing Earth’s magnetic field.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

At the largest convention for Hispanic STEM students and professionals, U-M students attended career panels and workshops while networking with a variety of big-name companies.

U-M researchers have created a new means of enabling reliable wireless underwater communication, which could aid military, environmental, and conservation purposes.

Students toured KLA, a global capital equipment company, and Quantum Signal AI, a startup recently acquired by Ford to make robotaxis and driverless delivery vehicles a reality within two years.

Faculty, students, and staff came together in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community for the world-wide anti-bullying campaign.

Team bets on revamped electrical system in the outback.

CE undergrad Amulya Parmar designed a machine learning algorithm to curb fake news as part of the Tavtech Fellowship program.

Breaking the all-time record for highest cumulative season score, the team took home the 1st Place Mike Schmidt Memorial Iron Team Award.

Second Prize overall went to doctoral student Xiuzhang Cai for his radar target classification research applicable to autonomous vehicles.

Mostafa Zaky has built an award-winning model that helps estimate the amount of water stored in snowpacks, which could improve climate change and flood forecasting, as well as overall water resource management.

From Long Beach, CA, to a Nepalese national park and world heritage site, undergrads Ashley Gee and Camille Burke came away with unforgettable experiences and a greater appreciation for how engineering can change the world for the better.

Hanzhang Pei (ECE) and Darwin F. Cordovilla Leon (Applied Physics) were selected for their potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.

Huang won the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics for her work developing better electromagnetic models that calculate microwave interactions with tree and vegetation cover.

Estakhri is a PhD student studying quantum optics and its potential to impact communication and biomedical imaging.

The STARX suit helps first-responders bear greater weights and spend less energy.

MRover placed 7th overall at the annual challenge where rovers use AI to navigate tough terrain while collecting soil samples to practice testing for evidence of life in the universe.

As an undergrad, Nooshabadi designed tiny transmitters with big potential and received fellowships from the Department of Defense and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.

U-M’s amateur radio club, headquartered in ECE, offers engineering challenges and a chance to network with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and strangers both on the other side of the world and those orbiting it.

To honor the work and integral help of the top Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) and Instructional Aides (IAs) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the division held a special awards ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2019.

PhD student Glen Chou is focused on ensuring that autonomous systems, including cars and robots, never threaten human safety.

PhD candidate Elizabeth Hou was awarded an honorable mention for her presentation at the Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences on her research that could help monitor nuclear nonproliferation.

For his creative, ambitious, and impactful dissertation, PhD student Mehrdad Moharrami receives the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.

PhD student Xin Zan is helping to free the world from cords, which could advance implantable medical devices, autonomous electric vehicles, and consumer electronics.

EECS-ECE PhD student Milad Zolfagharloo Koohi is working to make smartphones faster and smaller through his research in the field of RF devices.

This summer, Michigan Electric Racing will race their first all-electric car in Formula-style competitions they plan to win.

At this year’s convention for the National Society of Black Engineers, U-M professors, students, and alums came together with the other attendees to share experiences, offer career advice, and explore how to improve society.

The Optics Society at U-M hosted an Industry Spotlight event, which brought academia, industry, and community together to celebrate all things optics and photonics.

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

EECS-ECE PhD student Laura Andre is recognized by the College of Engineering with the Distinguished Leadership Award for her outstanding contributions to the college, university, and community.

EECS-ECE PhD student Md Salman Nazir is recognized by the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems for his outstanding reviews of recent papers. He works at the Michigan Power and Energy Lab.

EECS-ECE PhD student Navid Barani received the IEEE APS Doctoral Research Award for his work modeling how bacteria use electromagnetic waves to communicate, which could lead to medical breakthroughs.

Gehner’s academic career includes advancing power electronics and crafting new extraterrestrial vehicles for MRover. She received the IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship for her promising future in power and energy.

The Society of Women Engineers took students to the Women Engineers conference, where engineers from diverse backgrounds shared their stories to inspire and encourage young engineers to break barriers and advance the field.

Zhang is recognized with the Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship for his work designing hardware solutions that could help support computer vision and machine learning.

PhD student Brandon Russell is awarded the Rackham International Student Fellowship for his research on magnetic fields in high-energy plasmas, which could help advance the development of clean energy and our understanding of energetic astrophysical phenomena.

Project Music brought together students from all backgrounds across the university to originate musically-inspired creations for the first Music Makeathon.

Havel Liu is working on a project to revolutionize satellite systems, improving communications during natural disasters and providing a blueprint for receiving future interplanetary voicemails

Nine technologies competed for $75k in the ECE Innovator Program, which emphasizes a team approach to entrepreneurial success.

Students’ projects encompassed a wide variety of fields: revolutionizing energy systems, advancing technologies, and improving cybersecurity.

Spirit Day activities look to make ECE and U-M a more compassionate, inclusive place.

Keeping time in the Internet of Things with frequency scaling

To dial in on exact wind speeds, researchers needed to reverse engineering the signals from satellites.

This year the team tackled their first autonomous aircraft.

This year’s model, “Phoebe,” received a major design overhaul that gave her a speed boost and new codebase that can be used for years to come.

New research into implanted medical devices and peer-to-peer charging.

An award-winning method will help us better understand how much snow is on the ground.

PhD student Jean Young Song offers an improved solution to the problem of image segmentation.

Five college teams test robotic suits that could enhance humans’ abilities.

In recognition of demand response research.

Dissertation recognized as unusually creative, ambitious and impactful.

Students in EECS 556: Image Processing, explore methods to improve image processing in applications such as biomedical imaging and video and image compression

An award-winning modeling method will help us better understand our natural environment

The multi-layered organic solar cells will be able to curve in clothing or be transparently built into windows.

Wagenmaker will utilize the award as he pursues his doctoral degree at the University of Washington.

Kyle Min researches how computer vision can analyze law enforcement body cameras.

A PhD student in electrical engineering, Geng researches trajectory sensitivity and renewable energy in microgrids.

Students put up solar power systems and learned the local issues of a Native American reservation while on spring break.

Students toured Amazon, Boeing, INRIX, Madrona Venture Partners, Microsoft, and Philips Healthcare in the Puget Sound area.

The three textbooks cover as many as five undergraduate courses in electrical engineering.

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

Student leads team that programs the future of boats.

Student prototypes new transmission for four-wheel fun.

Michael Benson reelected as student governor for HKN, the national honor society for electrical and computer engineers.

New techniques to construct deep UV LEDs prove prize-worthy.

Students visited DTE Energy and Ford in Detroit to learn about the life of electrical and computer engineers in industry.

Laura Andre says she “ended up just falling in love with optics.”

Lasers are typically thought of as hot. What if they were able to cool?

Meet 3 members of the solar car team: a battery engineer and two race micro systems engineers

The national champions celebrate the most successful world race finish in team history.

How a building’s thermal energy can help the power grid accommodate more renewable energy sources.

Planning to launch mid-2018, an exciting team of Michigan students is designing a space-based time capsule.

Keenan Rebara hopes to add to the fun of spinning the Cube using his a bit of physics and sensors.

Prof. Jessy Grizzle has long said that his work in robotics could one day be used to help the disabled. Now he and his group, alongside French company Wandercraft, are working to make that claim a reality in the form of walking exoskeletons.

The paper outlines a better way to quantify forest structure, which has been successful in two tree species.

Fred Buhler founded Aweslome to provide custom-build chips for a broad range of applications, including machine learning, neural networks, security, and circuits testing.

Dsouza’s lessons have gone viral, his channel now has over 109,000 subscribers who tune in for Dsouza’s lessons and life updates.

The UM::Autonomy team brought their latest autonomous boat, called Flying Sloth, to participate in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation Roboboat competition.

The U-M Baja Racing team took first place in the U.S. national competition for the third year in a row, making them the first team to ever three-peat.

The University of Michigan Intelligent Ground Vehicle (UMIGV) student team has spent much of its first year organizing and fundraising, and is now building a prototype autonomous vehicle.

The Michigan Hybrid Racing (MHybrid) team took their latest creation to the Formula Hybrid Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in May.

Student team STARX (STrength Augmenting Robotic eXoskeletons) completed its second year, focused on making practical powered exoskeletons that increase the effective strength of the user.

The Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA) won the first ever Spaceport America Cup, an intercollegiate rocket engineering competition with over 110 teams from colleges and universities in eleven countries.

Sam Tenka traveled to Ecuador with the Honors GO team to aid the Street Children Work project.

Two electrical engineering students, Paul Giessner and Noah Mitchell-Ward, were awarded scholarships from the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG) to support their education in wind and solar power.

MHacks winner Duncan Abbot wants his VR software startup, Gwdion, to change how humans interact with technology.

By developing a fast algorithm to map out the paths light takes through yogurt, researchers aim to someday see through skin.

Anna Stuhlmacher, PhD in electrical engineering, is looking for ways to change the world through power and energy.

The Optics and Photonics event showed a thriving industry in SE Michigan

These students are learning to improve images in medical imaging, and improve facial recognition

The winning projects were designed for battery-operated mobile applications as well as instrumentation and measure applications.

Yektakhah’s system improves on the speed, portability, and accuracy of many commercial models

Kit Ng becomes president of one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in the US

A celebration with traditional food, calligraphy, and musical performances.

Awards covered academic achievement, research, service, and entrepreneurship

A little silver goes a long way to improving touchscreens, displays, and much more

Sawicki was one of 4 students in the College of Engineering selected to receive a 2017 Towner Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors.

Award for outstanding doctoral candidates near the end of their study.

This $2000 scholarship recognizes outstanding students committed to exploring the power and energy field. Leonard wants to work in the energy industry towards a more sustainable and secure electric grid.

Prof. Kanicki expects breakthroughs in both the flat-panel display and imager industries using his-ITZO TFT technology in the near future.

The students traveled from the University of Liberia and St. Clements University College as representatives of their own SWE chapter, Liberia SWE (L-SWE).

UM-SEDS co-President Arun Nagpal develops ENG 100 section to expose freshman to space science and atmospheric sensing.

Systems to study cancer stem cells, new methods to remotely measure snow and ice thickness, radar for autonomous vehicles, navigation systems that don’t rely on GPS, nanowire lasers, and methods to model lithium-ion batteries were just a few of the many winning projects presented by ECE students

Movellus Circuits won $25,000 in the University Research Highlight and People’s Choice categories

Liz Dreyer works with Prof. Steve Rand to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity.

EE senior Duncan Abbot and his new startup Gwydion want to make VR worth the while. Their early projects range from therapy in children’s hospitals to helping materials scientists study 3D crystals.

EE student Zach Burns brought home a silver medal from the Rio De Janeiro Summer Olympics as part of the US Paralympic Rowing Team.

Four EECS students part of the Michigan Men’s Rowing team that won their 9th consecutive national championship

IPAN sent eight undergraduates to Germany for a month of lab work, learning about the intricacies of the brain.

The University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended their championship – winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time.

Thurman, this year’s UM::Autonomy vessel designed by EECS students, took 6th place in the RoboNation RoboBoat Competition.

The Baja Racing team, which designs and manufactures a new off-road race vehicle every season, won its second consecutive overall 1st place finish and the Mike Schmidt Memorial Award, the season’s highest honor.

For now, Grizzle and his graduate students are only attempting the easiest routes, between the grassy two- to three-foot moguls, over smaller undulations that he calls “merely very difficult.”

Armin’s research is focused on the development of a sub-millimeter-wave radar system for the next generation of navigation and imaging sensors.

Choi has developed a new technique for testing these antennas based on very-near-field measurements and a newly-developed, high-precision formula to compute the antenna’s radiation fields.

Mohammad has developed a new way to remotely measure the thickness of ice and snow with a technology he calls wideband autocorrelation radiometry (WiBAR).

MHybrid team members took away memorable experiences and have turned a positive eye toward the future – with graduates anticipating new careers.

The device resembles a swaddling hammock and features a heating pad charged by thermoelectrics, allowing users to light candles beneath the cells to generate power.

A team of undergraduates across majors, called Project Music, collaborated to design and build musical instruments. Recently, the team crafted a bass guitar made partially of LEGOS.

The robot’s feedback control algorithms should be able to help other two-legged robots as well as powered prosthetic legs gain similar capabilities.

To celebrate the contributions of our graduate and undergraduate instructors, the department selects the best of the best, based on student evaluations, and celebrates them at a special awards ceremony.

The course covers the theory and application of digital image processing, with applications in biomedical images, time-varying imagery, robotics, and optics.

The convention hosted more than 100 major companies, and offered students career workshops on interviewing, networking, and general industry know-how.

Audrow’s research focuses on using coordinated groups of UAVs to continuously and autonomously survey biogas emissions in landfills.

Each day the students set up a mobile clinic with a doctor from a partner organization, reaching as many 600 community members while in Cusco.

Clark proposed framing the issue of collecting data from a network of different sensors as an optimization problem, making a solution easier to formulate for different systems.

Genevieve will continue her research in the MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute joint program, pursuing a PhD in computer science with a focus in oceanography.

Adkins plans to continue his graduate studies in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California Berkeley.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

Xiang’s research focuses on developing new methods to synthesize different control and sensing strategies in a discrete-event system.

Amr is investigating both the unique advantages and the performance limitations of radar systems operating at 240 GHz in typical outdoor environments.

Avish conducts research on ultra-low power and battery-less integrated circuits.

Stop/start is a new system being introduced into the North American automobile market to improve fuel economy while cutting down on pollution.

The paper describes a tunable filter for wireless communication modules in the x-band frequency range that uses germanium-telluride phase change switches.

Posters and presentations were judged by faculty and a visiting group of 14 returning ECE alumni, and winners were chosen in each area of study.

By borrowing from kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting, researchers at the University have developed solar cells that can move with the sun.

Students could use sensors or other data collection tools to pursue a goal of their choosing.

55 U-M engineers attended the convention, themed “Reimagining Your Future,” and developed vital connections in their field.

For this year’s competition, UM::Autonomy performed a complete hull redesign, motivated by instability in their previous designs.

The MLP seeks to provide outreach and education about the world of optics in general, and the optics industry in Michigan specifically.

Hamid is studying ways to increase the use of renewable energy sources on the grid.

The goal of Steven’s research is to improve vision-based perception systems on cars and to create an extra layer of safety.

Stephanie seeks to provide continuous energy balancing on the grid by automatically controlling loads.

The small-scale embedded wireless systems Alyssa works with are used in a variety of applications spanning many fields; from structural to ocean engineering.

Paul E. and Ruth E. Bauhahn of have made a planned gift of $450,000 to establish the Ruth E. and Paul E. Bauhahn Fellowship Fund to support full-time graduate students in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

In recognition of how the Electrical Engineering discipline has evolved, the two graduate programs, Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering: Systems, have merged to form one graduate program: Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Mr. Bell is investigating the potential of electrodynamic tether propulsion technology to enhance the capabilities of an emerging class of smartphone-sized satellites.

The project entails investigating a recent paper and both reproducing and extending the research.

Thomas and his group are working to improve upon artificial neural network design through a process called sparse coding.

Her research interests include analog, digital, and mixed-signal designs.

Cheng Zhang and Elizabeth Dreyer are both Ph.D. students in electrical engineering, and Lauren Bilbo is an undergraduate senior majoring in electrical engineering.

Cheng works with Prof. L. Jay Guo on research projects in the field of micro/nano-scale optical device physics and fabrication.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

Her dissertation focused on “opacity,” which captures whether a given secret of the system can be inferred by intruders who observe the behavior of the system.

We thank these individuals for their commitment to excellence in teaching our students!

The goal of the project is to augment the transmission of audio and video with the sense of touch.

EECS 413 is an introduction to CMOS analog and mixed signal design, and also introduces advanced topics.

Alexandria ran on the platform of women in STEM, and exhibited her singing talent from an extensive musical and dance background.

Cameron is intent on using her major to benefit others as directly as possible.

ECE researchers had a strong presence at this year’s event, comprising nearly 80 of the day’s more than 240 presentations.

Shayna recently accepted a job offer at General Motors, and will dive into a position in infotainment there after school.

His paper detailed his use of big data analysis to solve a major problem of cyber security.

Students worked on a GIEU program in Amritsar, India, where they participated in langar events at the Golden Temple.

Cheng is a 4th year PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering working in field of micro/nano-scale optical device physics and fabrication.

Tal is researching fabrication techniques for a micro rate-integrating gyroscope, using a vacuum mold and blowtorch.

Iverson developed an experimental facility to simulate key characteristics of the space environment.

Gok’s developed antenna system promises a large bandwidth of operation and a wide angle of coverage.

The Mikio Takagi Student Prize is given to the top three Student Prize Paper Awards granted at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

Lasers emitting in the 600nm wavelength range have applications in medicine, optical information processing, optical storage, and more.

The paper reports on the design, fabrication, and results of a directly heated phase change RF switch using germanium telluride.

Chia-Hsiang’s research focuses on designing low-power and error-resilient circuit techniques for digital signal processing applications.

Nick specializes in the area of machine learning and statistical signal processing.

Parinaz’s research is in combining communications with economics to assess the security of a network and then apply that to cyber-insurance contracts.

The two winning projects and teams were determined by an expert panel at Analog Devices. Congratulations!

Michigan is one of seven universities IBM is partnering with to give students access to the technology.

The goal of Gomez’s research is to alleviate the communications blackout that sometimes occurs when vehicles are traveling through the earth’s atmosphere.

The Graduate Student Instructor and Instructional Aide Awards Ceremony was a night to celebrate and thank the University’s wonderful student educators.

Hao’s research is focused on improving the quality of images from magnetic resonance imaging pulse design.

He is a founding member of Own It, and is dedicated to cultivating an engineering community that feels an inherent responsibility to live ethically.

Jason’s current research focuses on developing systems to wirelessly charge or power electronic devices.

The Convention offers leadership development, internship opportunities, networking activities, and professional workshops.

Called {Girls Code}, the workshop taught the girls the basics of Arduino—open-source electronics prototyping platform.

G.R.E.A.T. Day is designed to open up young girls’ minds to the possibility of engineering as a career path.

Isabel envisions a future working in the aerospace industry.

His research is contributing to the overall project goal of enabling navigation in GPS denied zones through the use of specialized sensors.

Chris develops and tests control systems for MEMS inertial sensors, which are used to detect acceleration, tilt, and other attributes related to motion sensing.

Mai has served as Community Service Co-chair of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers since arriving at Michigan in 2011.

Nick has an impressive record of service to the community throughout his years at Michigan.

The research group is using statistical signal processing to create crisper images with only 20% of the data required by a traditional MRI scan.

Hong intends to apply machine learning and signal processing techniques to the massive data sets now available to researchers.

Congratulations to these phenomenal students!

Instead of a battery, the chip Nathan is engineering uses two solar cells that look like they belong on a calculator.

These students received the award for their creativity as an instructor, their thorough understanding of the content, and for their dedication to student success.

These students received the award based on their participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.

His final goal is to build novel RF circuits including frequency-selective switched oscillators based on his models.

Elizabeth’s research is to understand how a new interaction between light and matter can generate electricity.

Girish’s research has resulted in a new paradigm in sensor technology that promises both high-speed and highly-sensitive detection.

The idea behind Keravnos Energy is for there to be an energy transfer between three entities: the building, a large stationary battery, and the car.

Movellus Circuits’ product is a patent-pending clock generator technology that is smaller, cheaper, and faster than existing solutions.

Wang’s research studies the glow-like atmospheric pressure microdischarges created under specialized conditions in laser printers.

Nataraj is using big data techniques to transform the field of medical imaging

Nataraj’s research aims to generate higher-quality and faster MRI images, resulting in improved diagnostics of neurological disorders and autoimmune diseases.

The course, Monolithic Amplifier Circuits, has a tradition of offering prizes for the top final projects designed by the students.

Avish is currently conducting research on ultra-low power radio technology and designing a low-power RF power amplifier.

The Fellowship will help Song to continue his studies in the area of optoelectronics.

Chen’s work can be used in community detection in social networks, network vulnerability assessment in communication systems, and more.

Mishra has strengthened his understanding of wireless communications through coursework and independent research.

“The trip made me more aware of some of the practical things … like the sound of the turbines, and how they alter the look of the land.”

Mr. Kim was the first to demonstrate that both light and vibration could be used simultaneously in sensing.

The entire team pulled together and finished the race in ninth place, with their morale high.

The method they developed compares favorably with the best of current techniques, while being faster and easier.

The goal of the study seeks to enhance the accuracy of determining ocean surface windspeed.

Congratulations and welcome to our new class of students!

The ECE Safety Committee is committed to keeping students safe.

Zhang is working on building structural color filters and is also designing ultrahigh Q optical microring resonators.

SHM systems are critical for monitoring aging structures and infrastructure in a cost-effective manner.

The International Aerial Robotics competition requires teams to build a flying bot that can self-navigate.

Bharan’s research focusses on developing circuit techniques for adaptive and reliable high-performance computing.

“We present a novel strategy to scale up the number of electrodes with minimized risk.”

This research is targeted at developing a precision master clock for a chip-scale Timing and Inertial Measurement Unit.

Berry’s paper addresses important limitations such as low output power and poor power efficiency.

The course covers the theory and application of digital image processing.

The Michigan Hybrid Racing team’s Spark took home a 4th place finish.

Ethan is investigating visible light emitters using GaN microstructures for quantum dot and nanowire-based LEDs and lasers.

The team of graduate students ranked 4th among 90 competing teams in the qualification round.

A big thank you to these students for all their hard work and dedication!

The SkySpecs robot will designed for use by end users and will be controlled via a touchscreen tablet.

“We designed an ultra-low power optical wake-up receiver with a novel front-end circuit and communication scheme suitable for miniature wireless sensor node applications.”

Giridhar’s research has an emphasis on developing circuit techniques for adaptive and reliable, high-performance computing.

The specifications for the projects were close to the state of the art. Congratulations to the winning groups!

Lee believes that graphene will play a pivotal role in realizing high speed, mechanically compliant, and transparent electronic systems in the future.

The award will support Berry’s doctoral research in the area of plasmonic photoconductive antennas for high power terahertz generation.

David is interested in controlling the energy that flows through the nation’s grid system, particularly in optimizing the flow by minimizing distance and costs.

The project involved designing new boards and writing test software, as well as writing software to control instruments and some integrated circuit design.

The MAAV team, which was founded in 2009, was one of only two to successfully maneuver and map the set course with their unmanned aerial vehicle.

The UVIG works with the U.S. Department of Energy to provide a forum for the critical analysis of wind and solar technology.

The interdisciplinary team went into the competition with a new electrical and vision system, and an advanced control system.

Yang’s research is focused on designing plasmonic nano-structures to enhance efficiency of conventional photoconductive terahertz emitters.

The students, lead by Prof. Michael Flynn, competed for cash prizes—the two winners were chosen by Analog Devices.

Hand likes the idea of being able to improve the efficiency of existing systems by implementing advanced or specialized control algorithms.

Congratulations to out outstanding students for their much-appreciated work!

“Chris has always been interested in helping others discover their passions and dreams.”

He is currently working on semiconductor lasers as part of the research group of Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya.

The proposed emitter incorporates plasmonic photoconductors to more efficiently convert power from incident laser light into terahertz radiation.

Max will be employed by KPCB portfolio company One Kings Lane, where he will develop his technical skills and be mentored by an engineering executive.

The two winning teams designed an energy harvesting circuit for implantable devices and sensor networks, and a high efficiency audio amplifier for mobile applications.

The bulk of Chen’s current research centers on the detection and mitigation of radio frequency interference with microwave radiometers.

Srinath’s research focuses on using computer vision techniques such as markerless camera tracking for creating augmented reality AR environments.

Bao’s research is in Semantic Structure from Motion, a new framework for jointly recognizing objects as well as reconstructing their underlying 3D geometry.

The researchers succeeded in drastically suppressing the thermal emission rate in GaSb/GaAs quantum dots — resulting in more efficient solar cells.

Listen to Michigan Hybrid Racing team members talk about their work and upcoming competition.

This was the first year Freescale opened up the competition to U.S. students—teams from U-M, U-M Dearborn, and Penn State competed against teams from Mexico and China.

Itsuno has already pursued an in-depth theoretical and experimental investigation on the unipolar HgCdTe nBn detector, which has the potential to replace or supplement the current technology.

Freyman is studying Electrical Engineering and is a member of the Michigan Integrated Circuits Laboratory.

Heather is studying Optical Sciences here at the University and will continue her research in this field – congratulations!

The applications Dagefu’s research include wireless channel characterization, radar through-wall imaging, and distributed sensor networks.

Lee is currently working closely with his colleagues to build an ultra-low power wireless sensor platform.

Duan’s research has important applications in global climate change studies and weather forecasting.

Congratulations, Russell!

Sung Ho plans to design photoconductive antenna arrays with optimal radiation efficiency and broadband operation.

Morteza introduces a new voltage-controlled-oscillator design technique that offers significant advantages in terms of size, DC power consumption and frequency tunability.

Congratulations to the winning students!

Congratulations to the winning students!

Bell is investigating how to use an electrodynamic, propellantless propulsion concept to push against the Earth’s magnetic field in order to maneuver satellites and counteract drag.

MEMStim is committed to improving the standard of patient care in neurostimulation. Congratulations, Angelique!

“Energy will be the major concern in the United States for my generation,” Connor says. “Now is the time to research and invest in the technologies that will power our future.”

Tanya said she believes engineers have a unique perspective on the world because of their training, making it natural to draw analogies between humans and science.

Berry is designing an emitter to operate as a light-weight, local oscillator for a terahertz spectroscopy system suitable for use in space.

The contest is highly competitive and features the best student projects from the largest and most prestigious conferences in their respective fields.

Oh’s research focuses on designing highly miniaturized planar antennas with vertical polarization and high radiation efficiency.

Liao’s research contributes theoretical developments on the control of Petri nets, and has potential to be extended to a broader class of resource allocation systems.

Verma’s work aims to marry low-power sensing with the mobile phone’s computation, communications, and display technologies.

The Mobile Apps Challenge was open to university students, faculty and staff and encourages the development of iOS, Android, Windows 7, and web applications.

“We were all impressed by the fact that most students chose highly-relevant and innovating projects,” stated Dr. Naraghi.

“Our mission is to find volunteer opportunities at the places that people want to travel to, opportunities that won’t cost the traveler a lot of money.”

Congratulations to these winning companies. Go Blue!

Until now, ubiquitous computing has been hampered by the size of necessary batteries—but Ambiq Micro is changing that, with their energy-efficient micro-controllers.

Congratulations to Keith Porter and Patrick Theisen!

The CADathlon challenges students’ CAD knowledge and associated problem solving, programming, and teamwork skills.

Their paper introduces new techniques that improve speed, solution quality, simplicity, and integration with other optimizations for global placement technology.

Taking first place in acceleration and second place in endurance and autocross, this is one of the team’s best international finishes to date.

The aim of Dattoli’s research is to improve and broaden the understanding of nanowire gas sensing behavior.

With D4AR models, you can monitor progress, productivity, safety, quality, constructability and even site logistics remotely.

The Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition is a student robotics competition in which teams race ASVs of their own design through an aquatic obstacle course.

“Imagine a microprocessor so tiny and long lasting that it can be implanted in the eye of a glaucoma sufferer to measure the progress of the disease.”

SMAP is a satellite mission for mapping surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw states for the purpose of scientific advances and societal benefits.

The system could enable new biomedical implants as well as home-, building- and bridge-monitoring devices.

Congratulations to Jeong, Park, and Yoon!

Tkaczyk plans to put his degrees to work in Estonia, where he hopes to develop a portable and affordable cataract assessment technology.

Xu is interested in identifying patterns in data that is collected over time where the underlying processes generating the data may be non-stationary.

The Fellowship will support Patel’s research on the theory and development of textured electromagnetic surfaces.

“I am confident we can do better than the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse paradigm, and I intend to find out how,” said O’Keefe.

St. George’s Day was initiated in 1987 as a tribute to our students from the faculty.

Buss’ research focusses on using control theory in order to control glucose levels in ICU patients.

The Michigan team produced circuits that were four times more power-efficient than those of the team that took second place. Congratulations!

The energy-harvesting devices are highly efficient at providing renewable electrical power from arbitrary, non-periodic vibrations.

The Barbour Scholarship, established in 1914, recognizes women at the University of Michigan of the highest academic and professional caliber.

The competition was established by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan to encourage entrepreneurship and the development of clean-energy technologies.

The award was given at the IEEE Conference on Automation and Engineering. Congratulations, Lindsay!

The paper explores logic and memory circuit topologies for a new type of transistor in development at IBM.

As one of the only non-mechanical engineers on the team, Oberlin was responsible for all of the electrical systems on the vehicle.

Nazari’s research is focused on an information theoretic approach to the problem of multi-terminal communications systems.

Thiel’s detection method allows the analysis of human backscattering within a realistic building environment.

The fellowship will support Fojtik’s work on a processor that can recover from timing errors and run without margining for worst case operating conditions.

Gomez is investigating a new technique that is receiving widespread attention for treating depression, Alzheimer’s, and other brain conditions.

The competition sought solutions for a better way for the deaf and hearing-impaired population to appreciate music.

The program recognizes graduate students who show promise in pursuing a degree in microwave engineering — only six fellowships are awarded worldwide.

Dongjin’s research is a blend of computer science with computer and electrical engineering, and can have a huge impact on upcoming integrated circuits.

The Samsung HTP, established in 1994, is one of the most prestige thesis awards in Korea.

The scholarship is designed to encourage future leaders and key technical contributors.

The award for which Galchev was nominated honors young scientists for their achievement in the field of computer engineering and information technology.

The research has applications in health care, environmental monitoring, security, energy conservation and exploration, and more.

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federal research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to national security.

Tkaczyk hopes that his technique will be used to further the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Congratulations!