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January 18, 2012

ECE Students Host Third Annual Build18 Festival

Succeeding in innovation and invention, of course, means identifying the customers' needs and satisfying them. Not everything works the first time. But whether 120 Carnegie Mellon engineering students are being playful with a new mind-controlled toy car or deadly earnest in promoting bicycle safety, their energy and ingenuity will be on display from 3 to 5 p.m., Jan. 20 in Hamerschlag Hall at the third annual Build18 Project Showcase. (Read more.)

January 7, 2008

Carnegie Mellon's Boss in the Spotlight on National TV

Luckily for Carnegie Mellon's Tartan Racing Team, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" is just a slogan, not reality. The team's robotic sport utility vehicle — Boss — is there for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, and it seems like the whole world knows. Boss was featured in segments on the NBC "Today Show," CBS' "Early Show," and the CBS Evening News. In addition, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times both covered Boss.

December 19, 2007

ECE Students Display Final Projects

Several ECE students completed final course projects, displaying skills in everything from using micrometer technology in Analysis and Design of Digital Circuits, to designing large digital systems for Advanced Digital Design Project, to examining thermal and power management in chip-multiprocessors in Advanced Computer Architecture. In this photo, ECE students Vijay Pothi Govindaraj (left) and Abitha Panneerselvam present their research to Associate Professor of ECE Diana Marculescu. View project photos.

DRS Technologies Awards ECE Projects

DRS Technologies, Inc. sponsored a Best Project Award competition for Digital Communication and Signal Processing Systems Design, taught by David Casasent (pictured left), George Westinghouse Professor of ECE, and Associate Teaching Professor of ECE Tom Sullivan. DRS employees Jeff Silvey (M.S. 1998; B.S. 1996; pictured right) and Patrick Mitrik from the company's Washington Operations traveled to campus to watch the final oral reports and demonstrations.

AMD Sponsors ECE Course Contests

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) engineers Spence Oliver (M.S. 2000) and Ari Shtulman visited campus from Austin, TX, to present awards to the winners of a final project course contest for Integrated Circuit Design Project. Shtulman also gave awards to the winners for Digital Systems Testing and Testable Design. AMD sponsors the annual competitions. Pictured: Hong Tuck Liew receives the Exceptional Design Award on behalf of his team from Oliver. View project photos.