News: ECE

Cornell has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to become one of three new University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced. Read more

Materials researchers have devised a so-called hierarchical porous polymer film synthesis method that may help make these materials useful for applications ranging from catalysis to bioengineering. Read more

Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor David Albonesi as associate director. Read more

To obtain data about shifts in avian migratory patterns, birds are being fitted with sensor-filled backpacks. A Cornell lab is developing the ultra-lightweight energy source to power those sensors using the vibrations from the birds' motion. Read more

Researchers have new insight into automated stochastic inference that could help unravel hidden laws in fields as diverse as molecular biology and chemistry. Read more

Cornell ECE graduate, Jeremy Blum has recently published his first book, Exploring Arduino, Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry. Read more

Bioengineers are examining a critical step in the metastatic process using a microfluidic device that mimics the cancer cell microenvironment. Read more

Researchers have moved a step closer to making graphene a useful, controllable material: They have shown that when grown in stacked layers, graphene produces defects that influence its conductivity. Read more

GPS World: GPS and other GNSS are susceptible to spoofing, or in this case sophisticated false signals, which poses a serious threat to military and highly classified operations. Is there anything that can be done to guard against these attacks? Read more

A team led by Tanzeem Choudhury, assistant professor of computing and information science, has won the $100,000 first prize in the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge with a mobile app designed to assist patients with bipolar disorder. Read more