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ECE Florida Professor David Arnold has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This honor recognizes his work developing novel materials, the co-invention of MEMS microphone array technology, the 34 patents he holds, and multiple licensed technologies developed at UF.

Dr. Philip Feng, ECE professor and associate chair for research, has been named as the inaugural Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Quantum Engineering. The endowment will support Dr. Feng’s research program, focused on quantum engineering, novel materials, and nanoelectricalmechanical devices (NEMS), as well as the creation of the Florida Quantum Initiative. 

Dr. Junyu Liu is a quantum scientist affiliated with the University of Chicago and IBM. He presents “Quantum AI: From near-term to fault-tolerance” Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

Laura Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA. She presents “Nanophotonic Interfaces for Engineered Quantum Systems: Controlling Plasmons and Spins for Next-Generation Quantum Technologies” Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

ECE Assistant Professor Elham Heidari has received a $300k grant from AFWERX, a program of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, in support of her project “Emerging Trends in High-Capacity Optical Transceivers: A Focus on Monolithic Integration.”

Dr. Damon Woodard and Dr. Domenic Forte are spearheading a groundbreaking $992k initiative—funded by the Office of the President of the University of Florida—with the overarching goal of propelling the University of Florida to the forefront of national security research, policy formulation, and workforce development.

Nasim Soltani is a PhD candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University. She presents “Deep Learning for Wireless Communications” Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

Dr. Bosen Lian is currently an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Auburn University. He presents “Distributed Estimation, Objective Reconstruction, and Efficient Control of Multiagent Systems” Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 3:00pm in LAR 229.

Dr. Yiyu Shi is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, the site director of the National Science Foundation I/UCRC Alternative and Sustainable Intelligent Computing, and the director of the Sustainable Computing Lab (SCL). He presents “On-Device AI to Better Mobile and Implantable Devices in Healthcare” Friday, Dec. 1 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has received $290k in funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in support of her efforts to equip the Silicon Design & Assurance (SiDA) lab with the ZeBu Emulator framework, manufactured by Synopsys.