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ECE Assistant Professor Yingying Wu has received a $546k NSF CAREER Award in support of her project, “Transforming Quantum Spintronics with Novel 2D Magnetic Transistors and Diodes.” This project will focus on creating new quantum hardware devices like magnetic transistors and diodes that use skyrmions.

Dr. Michael Y. Frankel is a Ciena Fellow and until recently was senior director of network technologies at Ciena. He presents “Digital Twin Technology Applied to Future Communication Network Design” Friday, Jan. 10 at 11:00am in MALA 5050.

In a transformational year for the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, more than $160M in funding for semiconductor research was secured in 2024.

ECE Assistant Professor Md Jahidul Islam has been named the Yangbin Wang Rising Star Professor, a recognition of his cutting-edge research and impactful student mentoring. Dr. Islam becomes the twentieth ECE faculty member to be supported by an endowed professorship.

The University of Florida will lead one of seven regional hubs of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing America’s semiconductor industry through next-generation simulations known as digital twins.

Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian has been selected to be inducted as a 2024 Rising Star by the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida. The organization honored Tabrizian for “pioneering advancements in semiconductor nano-electro-mechanical systems enabling transformative innovations in microwave spectral processing and precision timekeeping.”

The National Institutes of Health has granted ECE Assistant Professor Adam Khalifa a $1.5M New Innovator Award, securing research funding that could revolutionize invasive surgical implants and improve understanding for disease detection.

Dr. Chet Lenox is Fellow and VP of the Industry and Customer Collaboration (ICC) Team at KLA. Bryan Crawford is the KLA Nanoindenter Product Marketing Manager. They both present on Friday, Nov. 8 beginning at 11:45am in MALA 7200.

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.