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Molly Paras, Zach Spears and Lauren Fitzsimmons

UW-Madison biomedical engineers win Collegiate Inventors Competition

University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Lauren Fitzsimmons and recent graduates Molly Paras (BSBME ’24) and Zach Spears (BSBME ’24) won first place in the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Alexandria, Virginia….

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Ian Robertson, Kangwook Lee
December 9, 2024

Honoring Excellence: Investiture Ceremony Celebrates ECE Faculty Achievements

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently held an investiture ceremony to honor faculty who have been awarded prestigious named professorships. The event,…

Zongfu Yu
November 25, 2024

Zongfu Yu selected for 2024 highly cited researchers list

Zongfu Yu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is included on the Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers list for 2024. In total, 6,636…

Aref Chowdhury receives his award from Dean Ian Robertson at the Engineers' Day event
November 18, 2024

Aref Chowdhury: 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

PhDEE ’01 (BE electrical engineering and applied mathematics and statistics ‘94, Stony Brook University)Vice President of Strategy and Chief Technology Officer, Network Infrastructure, Nokia An electrical and computer engineer and…

Laura Balzano receives her award from Dean Ian Robertson at the Engineers' Day event
November 18, 2024

Laura Balzano: 2024 Early Career Award recipient

PhDECE ’12 (BSECE ’01, Rice University; MSECE ’07, University of California, Los Angeles)Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan An electrical and computer engineer recognized for…

Jinia Roy
November 8, 2024

Roy is part of a U.S. Space Force-funded effort to create new types of propulsion for spacecraft

Jinia Roy, the Thomas A. Lipo Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is part of a $35 million, multi-institution research team funded by the…

Scholarship recipients looking a certificate
November 1, 2024

Scholarships totaling over $880K awarded to ECE students

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) recently celebrated nearly 200 outstanding and high-achieving students during the annual undergraduate scholarship reception. This event honored 191 exceptional…

October 31, 2024

New tool developed by ECE PhD student helps prepaid utility customers make informed choices

Millions of people in low-income households and developing regions around the globe rely on prepaid utility plans to get their electricity—instead of paying a power bill at the end of…

Umit Yusuf Ogras
October 30, 2024

Ogras wins best paper award at Embedded Systems Week and receives Intel funding

Umit Y. Ogras, the Gene Amdahl Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received the best paper award at the International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis…

Tsung-Wei (TW) Huang
October 29, 2024

Huang wins IEEE/ACM ICCAD most influential paper award

Tsung-Wei (TW) Huang, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the 2024 ICCAD 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award from…

October 11, 2024

Deshpande receives highly regarded Grainger Fellowship

Sanket Deshpande, PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a prestigious Grainger Fellowship for graduate researchers. Deshpande works in the research group of Jack St….