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Recent Graduates Head to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has grown more crimson and blue with the addition of Gordon Fry and Brady Maasen, who both graduated this spring with bachelor degrees in electrical engineering. They are Applications Engineers in ON Semiconductor’s Solution Engineering Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The company is an innovator in high...
Three EECS Professors Named Miller Scholars
Three EECS professors received Miller Scholar awards for their outstanding overall achievement during the past academic year. The School of Engineering honored Professors Perry Alexander and Chris Allen and Associate Professor James P.G. Sterbenz each with an award and $4,000 fellowship. ...
Students Earn Multiple Awards at Great Plains Network Meeting
EECS doctoral students received two out of the three top awards, including first place, in the Graduate Poster Presentation at The Great Plains Network Annual Meeting (GPN 2012).The two-day conference, held earlier this month in Kansas City, brought together leading researchers from across the Midwest to explore critical technology challenges...
McEnaney Named Academic Adviser for New BSIT Degree
Lauren McEnaney is the adviser for the new Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree at the Edwards Campus. She will recruit and advise prospective students as well as support and advise current BSIT students. ...
Scholarship Available for EECS Sophomore
There is currently one scholarship available to a sophomore level student (i.e. at the sophomore level of the curriculum). Here are the requirements set forth by the donor. There can be no exceptions made so if you don't qualify, please do not submit an...
Students Win Rummer Design Award for Wireless Video System
Streaming live video taken from a remotely controlled camera on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) earned EECS seniors Matt Lee, Dan Lierz, and Jerome Younger the Rummer Design Award. The wireless video system, developed in conjunction with KU Aerospace Engineering (AE) researchers, highlights the breadth of research and the real-world...
High School Teachers Learn Android Programming, Opportunities in Computer Science
A small group of high school educators from northeast Kansas will be at the University of Kansas School of Engineering in June for a hands-on introduction to the world of cutting-edge app development and programming for Android tablets. ...
Morozov Earns Moore Award for Dissertation
EECS Ph.D. student Sergey Morozov has won the Department’s Richard K. & Wilma S. Moore Award for Best Dissertation. Morozov’s research improves the accuracy of recommender systems, which offer personalized suggestions for new books, movies, and other products. This kind of tailoring—based on user feedback and history and purchases of...
KU Electric Vehicle Earns Top Accolades at International Student Competition
The Jayhawk Motorsports team earned three top awards at the Formula Hybrid International competition, which wrapped up May 3 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. The KU Formula Hybrid team placed first in the Electric-only category – and was recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
EECS Alumnus Honored for Exemplary Career
EECS alumnus Jim Andrews was among those honored with the University of Kansas School of Engineering’s highest honor, the Distinguished Engineering Service Award, in a ceremony on Thursday, May 3, at the Kansas Union ballroom. Andrews earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in electrical engineering from KU, in 1964, 1965...
Kulkarni Receives Talley Teaching Excellence Award
EECS Assistant Professor Prasad Kulkarni won the Harry Talley Teaching Excellence Award at the Department’s Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Thursday night. Graduating EECS seniors vote for the professor who has contributed significantly to their education and has developed a strong rapport with them. EECS senior Danielle Fuller, vice...
Edwards Campus to Offer Bachelor Degree in Information Technology
The Kansas Board of Regents approved a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree that will be offered on the KU Edwards Campus through the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The Edwards Campus has offered a Master’s Degree in Information Technology (MSIT) since 2006. EECS Professor Hossein...
EECS Hosts 2012 Graduation Banquet, Awards Ceremony
More than 100 people attended the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Graduation Dinner and Awards Ceremony last night at Pachamama’s restaurant. While the banquet traditionally has been held on graduation weekend, it was moved up to allow EECS Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members to attend. The spring EECS...
EECS Students Excel at Regional IEEE Conference
University of Kansas students earned two top five finishes, including first place in Student Ethics, at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Annual Conference this past weekend in Tulsa, Okla. This was the first time KU participated in the team events, competing against students from more...
New Scholarship Available to EECS Students
Through the generosity of Robert and Barbara Kleist the EECS department will be awarding several $5000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year. ...
Blunt Wins International Engineering Award
Separating the wheat from the chaff (in an electromagnetic sense) has earned a University of Kansas professor an international engineering award. ...
Advising is set for March 27, 28th
Advising is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, and Wednesday, March 28. An Engineering Advising Hold has been placed on your Enroll & Pay Account, and the only way to remove the hold so you can enroll for Fall 2012 is for you to meet with your adviser for enrollment...
Undergraduate Spotlight: Hilary Barbour
EECS senior Hilary Barbour is the president of the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) student organization and a member of the Jayhawk Motorsports team, the KU Indoor Intramural Soccer Team, and KU Swim Club. ...
Liu to Serve as Editor of Leading Journal on Communications
Lingjia Liu, a University of Kansas assistant professor in electrical engineering and computer science, has been invited to serve as an editor of the prestigious IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWireless). ...
EECS Students Named to Fall 2011 Honor Roll
The following undergraduate students earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2011 semester. Students must have semester grade point averages of 3.75 or higher and have completed at least 14 hours in the fall. ...
NSF Fellows Teach Math, Science in Middle Schools
EECS doctoral students Mark Calnon and Andrew Farmer are leading hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in area middle schools to improve their communication and teaching skills while enriching STEM instruction in partner schools. ...
Google Donates $50,000 for New Android Tablets to Incoming EECS Class
This fall incoming freshmen in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) will receive brand-new Android tablets to launch their engineering studies through a $50,000 donation from Google. ...
Grad Uses Engineering Skills in Nation Building
Starting his three-and-a-half hour walk down the mountain before dawn, Nima Tshering was terrified of running into a Himalayan black bear in the dark jungle. But the eight year old did not let fear stop him from making the seven-hour round trip six days a week for five years. His...
Perrins Selected as Area Editor for Noted Journal
EECS Associate Professor Erik Perrins has accepted an invitation to serve as an area editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications. His duties include assigning papers to the 13 editors within the modulation and signal design area, monitoring their performance and assisting the editor-in-chief. ...
Researchers Refine a Powerful Laser Microscope for Biomedical Use
Researchers from the University of Kansas are building a smaller, cheaper and more flexible fiber-laser microscope that could revolutionize biomedical and clinical work. ...
New Engineering Research Labs to Open this Spring
In an effort to upgrade its appeal to prospective students and advance the research efforts at the University, construction of additional engineering facilities are set for completion in May. The new building will mostly result in more laboratories for more research facilities for faculty members and their staff. ...
EECS Networking Research Earns Top Honors
EECS graduate students Kamakshi Sirisha Pathapati and Nguyễn Ngọc Trúc Anh, EECS Ph.D. student Justin P. Rohrer, and EECS Associate Professor James P.G. Sterbenz received the Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the International Telemetering Conference (ITC) in October. ...
Fei Wins Best Student Paper Award
EECS doctoral student Hongliang Fei has won the Best Student Paper award from the upcoming IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM). The paper details research, by Fei and EECS Associate Professor Jun “Luke” Huan, that enables more accurate, efficient predictive models. Their algorithms improved prediction accuracy in the analysis...
Service Alert - Lawrence Campus Network Outages
Due to a power outage on a portion of KU's Lawrence Campus, many network based service will be impacted. Services currently affected include:...
Shi Receives Self Graduate Fellowship
EECS doctoral student Lei Shi has been selected for a prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship. ...