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September 29, 2010

Students To Receive Accolades From Lockheed Martin

ECE Ph.D. student Wesley Jin is one of four Carnegie Mellon students who will receive accolades for creating breakthrough technologies from Michael Kirkland, vice president and chief technology officer for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) Security Business, at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1. Jin and computer science undergraduates Brian Pak, Andrew Wesie and Hudson Thrift will receive awards for enhancing the government's ability to stay at the leading edge of the cyber arms race. (Read more.)

June 17, 2010

Fernandez Earns NDSEG Fellowship

Joseph Fernandez, a Ph.D. student advised by ECE Professor Vijayakumar Bhagavatula and former ECE Professor Dan Stancil, has received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship to support his work in vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The highly competitive fellowship, sponsored by the Department of Defense, recognizes U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue graduate study in one of 15 science and engineering disciplines. Selection is based on factors including the applicant's academic record, personal statement, publications, community service, job experience, recommendations and GRE scores. As an NDSEG fellow, Fernandez will receive full tuition for three years (as well as any mandatory fees), a monthly stipend and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance. (Read more.)

June 10, 2010

Congratulations Class of 2010!

More than 300 new engineers entered the world on Sunday, May 16, when the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department hosted its diploma ceremony following Carnegie Mellon's commencement exercises. During the ceremony, Department Head Ed Schlesinger and Associate Department Head James Hoe presented diplomas to 41 Ph.D. students, 137 master of science students and 151 bachelor of science students. (Read more.)

June 3, 2010

Faculty, Staff, Students Celebrate Semester's End at ECE Day

Know the nine varsity sports Carnegie Mellon competes in? That - and a fair share of knowledge about ECE people and, yes, even some engineering - would have been all you needed to walk away with the spoils and glory of being the ECE Jeopardy! champ at this year's ECE Day, the department-wide celebration on the last day of spring semester classes.

Held each year as a way for students, staff and faculty to honor all that makes Carnegie Mellon's ECE Department special, ECE Day offers festivities that run the gamut from gizmos to games. What makes it extra special is that it's hosted by students, specifically ECE's Student Advisory Council with support from the department's other student organizations: IEEE, honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), WinECE and EGO. SAC member Kendall Lowrey led the charge as ECE Day chair. (Read more).

Air Guitar Hero Takes Qualcomm Build18 Honors

ECE tinkerers had a chance to show off a semester's worth of gadgeting during the Build18 demo and final judging at this year's ECE Day celebration. Launched as a pilot project at the end of the 2009 spring semester, Build18 encourages students to innovate and create solutions to problems of their own choosing on their own time — free from the threat of tests, formal exams and project reviews. This year's Build18 initiative kicked off with a week of intense gadgeting in January and project demos that allowed students to show their progress to-date. (Read more.)