Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
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The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
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News
Professor Ladan Tahvildari elected Member-at-large for the IEEE Technical Council of Software Engineering
ECE's Professor Ladan Tahvildari has been elected a Member-at-large for the IEEE Technical Council of Software Engineering (TCSE). The IEEE Computer Society is the world’s largest professional organization devoted to computer science and the Technical Council of Software Engineering (TCSE) is the voice of software engineering within the IEEE and the Computer Society.
Congratulations!
PhD student Mohamed El Badawe wins 2016 CBIE Libyan Student Excellence Award
ECE's Mohamed El Badawe, PhD candidate supervised by Professor Omar Ramahi, has won a 2016 Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Libyan Student Excellence Award. When he was awarded his scholarship through the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program, Mohamed decided focus his research on enabling communities to better utilize their resources and develop a renewable energy source to replace Libya’s dependence on fossil fuels. Read the full story.
Master's student Yunzhe Li wins 2016 Teledyne DALSA, Inc. Componentware/CAD Award
ECE master's student Yunzhe Li has been awarded the 2016 Teledyne DALSA, Inc. Componentware/CAD Award. Li is supervised by Professors Karim Karim and Peter Levine. The award was presented in Montreal yesterday at the 2016 CMC Microsystems Texpo (Innovation 360).
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Professor Alfred Yu receives the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award
ECE professor, Alfred Yu, has been awarded the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award for his exceptional contributions to ultrasound flow imaging and key discoveries in therapeutic ultrasound biophysics. This award recognizes the achievements of a researcher in the area of ultrasonics and its applications, and is specific to those researchers in the early stages of their career.
Congratulations Alfred!