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Power scholarship recipient announced
For the second year in a row, the prestigious IEEE PES G. Ray Ekenstam Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to an Arizona State University electrical engineering student. Congratulations, U.S. Air Force veteran Isaac Forest for receiving the 2020 acclaim. “I am honored to be selected for the G. Ray Ekenstam Memorial Scholarship,” Forest says. “Thank you to…
A gem of an idea
Assistant Professor Chao Wang and his research team have developed a new platform utilizing sapphire-supported nanopore membranes for biomolecular sensing. fullcircle.asu.edu/research/using-sapphire-for-biosensing-a-new-way-to-shape-the-gemstone/
Mapping the past from space
NASA’s high-powered satellite telescope SPHEREx, equipped with dilemma/survey planning software built by Arizona State University researchers, will help unlock the mysteries of the universe. On a crisp, clear night, we may find ourselves gazing up at the sky. As we stand in our present, we sometimes forget that we are reveling in the sky’s past….
A five-year journey to Tempe
by Theresa Cordon | Jun 14, 2021 | News Online student David “Wade” Eickbusch graduated this past May with his MS in electrical engineering. A nontraditional student, Eickbusch approached his degree one class per semester while working full-time. Today Eickbusch celebrated his graduation with a surprise trip to campus organized by his proud wife, Celia Eickbush. Eickbusch received his undergraduate…
An electrified career honored
Professor Chaitali Chakrabarti has been influencing the future generations of electrical engineers for more than 30 years. Starting in 1990, Chakrabarti brought her talents and passion for algorithm-architecture co-design of signal processing and communication systems, low-power embedded system design, reliable and energy-efficient in-memory computing and secure edge computing to what is now known as the School of Electrical,…
The DOD names student Albert Reed to the prestigious NDSEG program
Albert Reed, an electrical engineering PhD candidate, was recently selected to join the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship program. Reed received the award to recognize his academic excellence in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) achievements. The program, developed in 1989 at Congress’s direction and sponsored by the Army, Navy, and Air Force,…
Pratte recognized for her outstanding collaboration
Senior Academic Success Advising Coordinator, Lynn Pratte, wins the inaugural Outstanding Collaboration award from the Graduate College. https://news.asu.edu/20210623-asu-graduate-college-announces-first-ever-staff-awards-excellence-winners
Not your average Joe
It’s hard not to think of the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering without picturing one of its prominent figures, Professor Emeritus Joseph Palais. The current graduate program chair has worn many hats at Arizona State University over the 64 years he’s been on campus — first as a summer student in 1957, continuing through a storied…
Beyond Silicon is ready for liftoff
Beyond Silicon is the first $200K finalist in the American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize Countdown Contest. Beyond Silicon is the latest start-up to come out of the Holman Research Group. The team now moves on to the Liftoff Contest. https://www.americanmadechallenges.org/perovskiteprize/
Arizona State University to lead new center focused on energizing Egypt
Arizona State University (ASU) has been selected to lead a new Center of Excellence for Energy in Egypt. The five-year, $22 million project is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and will work to improve the capacity of Egypt’s higher education institutions to drive public and private sector innovation, modernization and competitiveness; strengthen government…