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Engineering innovations to enhance the performance of wireless systems
In the early centuries of sailing the open seas, often the only navigation tool was the human eye. Ships’ crews found their way by coordinating their paths based on observing the positions of the constellations of stars and planets in the sky. Communications back then were equally old school. If ships were too far apart…
Kory Hedman named director of PSERC
Kory Hedman, associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, has been named the new director of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC). Hedman will replace ASU Regents Professor Vijay Vittal, who has held the position for the last 15 years. The Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) was…
Electrical engineering ranked in the top 25 nationally
Retirement – No longer the final frontier
Retirees are the envy of the workforce, spending their “golden years” filled with leisurely activities like golfing, dining out and socializing with their peers. It’s what most of us picture when we think of retirement. But that lifestyle isn’t for everyone and Mirabella at ASU, a premier retirement community on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, is…
Bertoni and Blain Christen named Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors
Mariana Bertoni and Jennifer Blain Christen share several accomplishments in common. They both are associate professors in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, one of the six Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. They each are co-founders of technology startups extending from their research at ASU. And now the two are receiving high-profile support from…
Collaboration leads to an energy boost in solar cells
Researchers from the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at ASU are joining forces with their colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop advanced, more efficient solar panels. The team led by UIUC includes ECEE’s Zachary Holman, Zhengshan (Jason) Yu and William Weigand. The band of electrical engineers developed a technique that layers gallium arsenide phosphide…
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…