Faculty and staff updates:
It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Drs. Mohamed Dabbagh, Ravi Mazumdar, Ajoy Opal, and David Wang on their well-deserved retirements.
Throughout their distinguished careers, each of them has made invaluable contributions to our department and to the field of electrical and computer engineering. Their dedication to teaching, research, and mentorship has left a lasting impact on students, colleagues, and the broader academic community.
As they move on to this exciting new chapter, we wish them all the best in their retirement. Their legacy of excellence and commitment will continue to inspire us all.
Please join me in celebrating their remarkable careers and wishing them a fulfilling and enjoyable retirement!

Celebrating the remarkable careers of retiring ECE professors: Drs. David Wang, Ajoy Opal, Mohamed Dabbagh, and Ravi Mazumdar. Their contributions to research, teaching, and the ECE community have left a lasting impact.
In the news:
Broadband Communication Research Group earns prestigious honors at IEEE GLOBECOM 2024
Innovative radar-based health monitoring research recognized with best paper award at IEEE MAPCON 2024
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Events:
PhD Defence Notice: Design and Development of a Real-time Monitoring Microfluidic Platform for Multiplexed Biomarker Detection
Candidate: Hesam Abouali
Date: January 6, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Online - contact the candidate for more information.
Supervisors: Poudineh, Mahla
PhD Defence Notice: Tunable Volatile and Multi-bit Non-volatile Resistive Memory for Neuromorphic Computing Applications
Candidate: Rabiul Islam
Date: January 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: E5 5128
Supervisors: Miao, Guo-Xing – Sachdev, Manoj
PhD Defence Notice: Data-Driven Predictive Control: Equivalence to Model Predictive Control beyond Deterministic Linear Time-Invariant Systems
Candidate: Ruiqi Li
Date: January 8, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: EIT 3141
Supervisors: Smith, Stephen – Simpson-Porco, John
PhD Defence Notice: A Low-Cost Technique for Improving Angular Scan Range of Phased Array Antennas
Candidate: Mahmoud Mostafa
Date: January 8, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: EIT 3142
Supervisors: Majedi, Hamed – Abdel Wahab, Wael Mahmoud