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Silvia Ferrari is the John Brancaccio Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University and associate dean for cross-campus engineering research at Cornell Tech. She’ll present “Information-driven Robot Planning and Control” Thursday, Nov. 21 at 2:00pm in the NVIDIA Auditorium in Malachowsky Hall.

Dr. Kan Li is a research scientist at the University of Florida. He presents “Kernel Operator-Theoretic Bayesian Filter for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems” Thursday, Nov. 7 at 1:00pm in MALA 5050.

Luqiao Liu is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He presents “Controllable Antiferromagnetic Spintronics” Thursday, Oct. 31 at 1:00pm in MALA 5050.

Distinguished Professor Mark Law has received funding from the Army Research Office for his project “ColdPhase: Improved Junctions and Circuits.” The $425k project works to develop a combined tool with process and device modeling capability for Josephson Junction stacks based on NbTiN deposited using either PEALD or reactive sputtering.

Dr. Sayan Mitra is a professor and associate head of graduate affairs in ECE and he directs the Reliable Autonomy research group at the University of Illinois. He presents “Control with Coarse Measurements: Perception Contracts and Indistinguishable Sets” Monday, Oct. 28 at 2:00pm in MALA 7200.

Dr. Kang L. Wang is a Distinguished Professor and the Raytheon Chair Professor in Physical Science and Electronics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He presents “Integrated Spintronics for Artificial Intelligence Applications” Thursday, Oct. 24 at 1:00pm in MALA 5050.

Noted cybersecurity technology corporation Systems & Technology Research (STR) will visit the University of Florida campus on Thursday, Oct. 3, providing an opportunity for students to learn more about the company and employment opportunities there.

Monolithic Power Systems (MPS)will present a technical talk providing background and tech details about the company and employment opportunities on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 11:00am in MALA 5050.

Following their national championship in 2023, UF student racing team Solar Gators placed fourth in the 2024 Formula Sun Grand Prix and qualified, for the first time in their history, to compete in the Electrek American Solar Challenge.

ECE Researcher Dr. Shuo Wang has received $3M in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in support of his efforts to develop a power semiconductor module to support the realization of transformative power conversion systems for the grid of tomorrow.