Departmental News

ECE Department Welcomes Four New Faculties this Year

Miao Wang, PhD Dr. Miao Whang is currently working on vehicular communication networks and electric vehicle charging in the smart grid. Before joining in UNC Charlotte, she was an Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from 2018 to 2023. She received her B.E. degree from Beijing University of […]

Dr. Alam awarded NIH-NEI Grant on Federated Learning for Ophthalmic Diagnostics

Dr. Minhaj Nur Alam, Assistant Professor of ECE, has been recently awarded funding from the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) for the project “Domain-adaptive federated learning to develop machine learning models for predicting incident and progression of geographic atrophy”. This grant will help Dr. Alam and his clinical collaborators […]

2024 ECE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

2023-2024 Student Achievement Awards Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Outstanding Senior Computer Engineering: Elijah Thomas These awards recognize students of distinction from the Computer Engineering program. Outstanding Senior Electrical Engineering: Rachel Griffin These awards recognize students of distinction from the Electrical Engineering program. Outstanding Senior Double Major Computer & Electrical Engineering: Joelle Bailey These awards recognize […]

ECE Student Wins Niner Career Challenge

The Career Center recently concluded its successful fourth ‘Niner Career Challenge’ in the fall of 2023, aimed at encouraging students to actively engage in their career development. Students earned points through various activities, including event attendance, coaching appointments, and drop-in sessions, with the chance to win spring 2024 tuition and monthly prizes. Wanseok Oh, a […]

Dr. Alam Wins NIH Grant on Applying AI in Medical Imaging

Dr. Minhaj Nur Alam, Assistant Professor of ECE, has been recently awarded funding from the National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institute of ealth (NIH) for the project “Distributed approaches to train machine learning models in diabetic retinopathy”. Dr. Alam, along with his clinical collaborators at Stanford and Illinois, aim to establish distributed federated […]

ECE Students Embark on International Internship and Academic Program

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UNC Charlotte’s College of Engineering has teamed up with Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA) and Bürkert, Germany, to offer three exceptional Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students an unparalleled international experience. Matthew McGrew, Steve Feinstein, and Axel Knoll, the inaugural cohort, are currently undertaking an intensive internship at Bürkert in Germany from January to […]

UNC Charlotte Hosts IEEE WiPDA Conference

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UNC Charlotte recently welcomed leading minds in power electronics and electron devices for the IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA). The event united experts in device science, circuit design, and application engineering, showcasing advancements and insights in areas like device fabrication, high-efficiency converters, and safe wide bandgap device operation. Discussions spanned […]

Dr. Alam’s AI Lab featured in the Charlotte Observer

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Dr. Minhaj Alam’s research team has been highlighted by the Charlotte Observer for pioneering AI applications in medical imaging. Their focus on ‘deep learning’ AI involves training machines to make informed decisions based on data, notably in diagnosing conditions like diabetic retinopathy and addressing geographic atrophy, a degenerative eye condition. The full article can be […]

Rajnish Deo Receives Faye Jacques Memorial Graduate Fellowship

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UNC Charlotte proudly announces Rajnish Deo as the recipient of the prestigious Faye Jacques Memorial Endowed Graduate Fellowship for the upcoming academic year 2023-24. Rajnish is currently pursuing his master’s degree in electrical engineering. The fellowship, established in honor of Ms. Faye Jacques’ dedication to education, recognizes Rajnish’s exceptional achievements and potential to contribute to […]

ECE PhD Program recognized as a model program by the Office of Assessment and Accreditation

The PhD in Electrical Engineering program in the ECE department has been recognized as a “model program” by the Office of Assessment and Accreditation at UNC Charlotte. A model program should be one where faculty are engaged in meaningful conversations about outcome results and strategies for improvement, and uses these results to make curricular and/or […]