Category: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Category: Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECpE grad student places second in infrastructure system conference

• Sarah Hays

Vivek-Kumar Singh, a graduate student in Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently placed second with a speech in an infrastructure student competition in Denver, Colorado. The competition, known as Resilience Week, was held in August 2018. This conference is well known and well attended by large companies Singh has always looked … Continue reading ECpE grad student places second in infrastructure system conference

Get involved in hands-on engineering learning and service projects with FundISU

• Olivia Benjamin

FundISU is a new way for Cyclone Engineering alumni and friends to support the innovative work and research being done at Iowa State University. Nearly four years ago the Iowa State University Foundation implemented FundISU – a crowdfunding platform helps Iowa State University community members raise money to support projects that advance innovation, teaching and learning at the university and promote Iowa State’s mission to create, share, and apply knowledge to make Iowa and the world a better place.

ECpE alum receives IEEE microwave pioneer award

• Sarah Hays

Frederick Raab, an alum of Iowa State University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Just recently, Raab received the Microwave Pioneer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recognizing his pioneering contributions to theories, development and practical use of high-efficiency power amplifiers. The Pioneer … Continue reading ECpE alum receives IEEE microwave pioneer award

Information systems security ranked as #1 master’s program

• Sarah Hays

Information systems security ranked as #1 master’s program Iowa State University’s online information security systems program was recently featured as the best master’s program in information systems security for 2019 by Online Masters. This master’s program, led by University Professor Doug Jacobson, is hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) at Iowa … Continue reading Information systems security ranked as #1 master’s program

2019 Engineers’ Week Student Organization Honors Announced

• Liz Jacavino

With Engineers’ Week beginning Saturday, the winners for this years outstanding student organizations have been announced and will be recognized at the 2019 Engineers’ Week Award Banquet on February 22.   Winners:  K-12 Outreach award: Cardinal Space Mining Community Service Award: Associated General Contractors (AGC)  Newcomer of the Year Award: GNU/Linux Club  Outstanding Achievement Award: CyRoc  … Continue reading 2019 Engineers’ Week Student Organization Honors Announced

ECpE students travel to Miami for cyber security

• Sarah Hays

At Iowa State University, three innovative students from the College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently returned from Miami, Florida, from a capture-the-flag style, industrial security competition: The S4x Conference. The trio, seniors Daniel Limanowski and Adam Crosser, along with graduate student Grant Foundree, found each other through University Professor Doug Jacobson, … Continue reading ECpE students travel to Miami for cyber security

Cyclone engineers work to quicken the loop of scientific discovery

• Sarah Hays

In science, there is always more to be learned. Scientists are often making new discoveries. But what would it be like if the time it took to discover these things was reduced by half? Last December, engineers at Iowa State University received an award for a proposal furthering science through artificial intelligence (AI) granted from the Defense … Continue reading Cyclone engineers work to quicken the loop of scientific discovery

ECpE’s Zambreno encouraging student’s start-up ambitions

• Sarah Hays

ECpE’s Zambreno encouraging student’s start-up ambitions From the beginning of his education to now, Amar Krishna, an alumnus of Iowa State University, has always been a driven dreamer. Just recently, Krishna created a groundbreaking start-up app called Chefling, a kitchen assistant app available on the app store at no cost. Although Krishna says he may … Continue reading ECpE’s Zambreno encouraging student’s start-up ambitions

ECpE alum Kelvin T. Erickson named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Missouri S&T

• Olivia Benjamin

Kelvin T. Erickson (Ph.D. ’83 elec engr) was named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Erickson earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1983 and is an award-winning faculty member at Missouri S&T.

Congrats to ECpE’s four IEEE scholarship winners

• Sarah Hays

Four Iowa State University students, senior in electrical engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently received a $2,000 scholarship each from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society. These four students, Yue Chen, Zachee Saleng, Connor Smith and Rebecca Franzen were chosen based on their academic performance … Continue reading Congrats to ECpE’s four IEEE scholarship winners

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