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Seminar: Paul Denholm

August 27, 2021

Dr. Paul Denholm is a principal energy analyst with NREL. He presents “Inertia and the Power Grid: A Guide Without the Spin” Thursday, November 4 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

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ECE Big Idea Talks: Damon Woodard & Tuba Yavuz

August 17, 2021

Thursday, Sept. 2 at 1:00 pm, Damon Woodard presents “”Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide: The Use of Behavioral and Cognitive Information to Establish Identity in Cyberspace.” Dr. Tuba Yavuz presents “Securing the IoT using Model Guided Analysis” at 1:30.

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ECE Big Idea Talks: Christophe Bobda & Arturo Bretas

August 6, 2021

Thursday, Aug. 26, Dr. Christophe Bobda presents “All-a·round Vision” and Dr. Arturo Bretas presents “Towards Cyber-Physical Secure Smart Grid Operation: Challenges in Real-Time System Monitoring.”

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Dr. Vladimir Rakov and PhD student Ziqin Ding in the cupola atop the New Engineering Building (NEB)

Rakov Awarded $1M NSF Grant for Lightning Studies

August 3, 2021

Dr. Vladimir Rakov has been awarded a $1M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Lightning Studies Based on Measurements Spanning the Ranges from Radio Frequency to Optical (including Infrared and Ultraviolet) to Gamma-Rays.”

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Farahmandi Receives $500K DARPA Grant to Enhance Chip Security, Speed Time to Market

August 3, 2021

ECE Assistant Professor and member of FICS Research Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has been awarded a $500K grant from DARPA for her project, “Security-Aware High-Level Synthesis (SHINE).”

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Seminar: Michael Dille

July 30, 2021

Michael Dille is a senior computer scientist with KBR at the Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center. He presents “Robotic Sensing in Extreme Planetary Environments” Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

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Ebrahimi to Receive DARPA Young Faculty Award

July 30, 2021

ECE Assistant Professor Najme Ebrahimi has received a 2021 DARPA Young Faculty Award in support of her project, “Miniaturized and Power-Efficient MMW Arrays with Precise Electrical and Thermal Optimization for Future Low-Cost Standardization.”

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Martin Uman

Martin Uman’s Distinguished Career—An Interesting Series of Accidents

July 26, 2021

We sat down with Emeritus Distinguished Professor Martin Uman to discuss his 50-year career at UF and his surprising path to the field of lightning research.

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Navid Asadi Works to Secure Chip Fabrication

July 19, 2021

Navid Asadi is partnering with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on a system which promises secure fabrication of electronic systems.

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Harley Collaborates with MAE & Informatics Institute to Better Understand HEAs

June 10, 2021

ECE Assistant Professor Joel Harley is embarking on a unique collaboration with MAE to better understand how a high entropy alloy (HEA) works on an atomic level.

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