News: ECE

We learned late last month that the IEEE Board of Directors elevated Professors David Albonesi and Stephen Wicker to IEEE Fellows. Read more

Kevin Tang was awarded a Young Investigator Award by Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to support his research project entitled, "Constructive Sparse Signal Recovery with Verifiable Guarantee". Read more

Photonics pioneer Michal Lipson, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is named one of 23 MacArthur Fellows for 2010 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Read more

Lipson, Cornell Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, one of 23 MacArthur Fellows for 2010 Read more

Professor Steve Wicker has been selected to serve on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board for a three year term (beginning September 2010). Read more

Ehsan Afshari, Al Molnar, and Farhan Rana have been selected as College of Engineering's outstanding teachers and will be recognized this fall as winners of the Michael Tien ('72) Excellence in Teaching Award. Read more

The DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program will identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions in academia and expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) needs and DARPA's program development process. Read more

"The Cornell section of the IEEE would like to congratulate Bruce Land as the Cornell professor who, over the course of the spring 2010 semester, has best exemplified the ideals and spirit of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering." Read more

Assistant Professor Al Molnar was recently honored for receipt of The Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Award in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2010. Read more

ECE Professor Amit Lal received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Service through his service as Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Read more