Author: Harrem Monkhorst

Dr. Jason Cong is Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. He presents “Democratizing Integrated Circuit Designs with Deep Learning” Thursday, Sept. 14 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

ECE Florida is pleased to welcome four new members of the faculty: Dr. Volker Sorger, Dr. Yingying Wu, Dr. Elham Heidari, and Dr. Hamed Dalir.

Dr. Susan Trolier-McKinstry is an Evan Pugh University Professor and Steward S. Flaschen Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University. She presents “New Materials for Three-Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics” Thursday, Nov. 16 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

ECE Florida Professor Shuo Wang has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Advanced Electromagnetic Analysis and High-frequency Impedance Design for Magnetic Ferrite Inductors and Transformers.”

ECE Associate Professor and Kent & Linda Fuchs Faculty Fellow Joel Harley is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) to find innovative ways of determining the structural integrity of fuel rods used in nuclear power generation plants.

UF’s SolarGators placed first in the 2023 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix, held June 27–July 2 at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, KS.

Distinguished Professor Mark Law was recently informed that he is a member of the 2023 class of Fellows of the National Collegiate Honors Council.

The NSF-funded engineering IoT4Ag research center held its year three annual retreat June 14–16 in Gainesville.

A UF team led by Yong-Kyu Yoon is part of a project that has been chosen as one of 34 semifinalists in the NSF Engines program.

Dr. Sanjeev J. Koppal has received $1M in funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of his project “Rapid High-Resolution Target Aerial Detection and Tracking through Deep Foveated Imaging.”

ECE Assistant Professor Jie Fu is part of a research project sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory under Cooperative Agreement W911NF-22-2-0233 between Raytheon BBN and ARL with support from the University of Florida. The broader project will develop novel research results focusing on robots’ formation tracking and waypoint design at both individual and team levels.

As profiled by UF News, the innovative Gainesville-based company Fire Neural Network, or FNN, is using artificial intelligence to reduce the time it takes to identify a devastating wildfire from 24 hours to just 40 seconds. ECE Florida has deep connections to this work—underpinning FNN’s ingenious technology is a deep understanding of lightning, its behavior, […]

Supply chain disruptions. The Big Hack. Ransom attacks. These issues, familiar to all from the steady stream of stories in the media, have one thing in common. They all have to do with, in one way or another, semiconductor manufacturing. More to the point, these issues point to one critical issue—semiconductors (or computer chips) are […]

“Min_LQG games and collective discrete choice problems” Wednesday, April 19 at 3:00pm NEB 409 Join via Zoom MeetingID: 925 7191 6778 Passcode: 358569 Presented by the Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory Abstract We introduce a class of finite horizon linear quadratic Gaussian games involving distinct potential finite destination states, interpreted as discrete choices under social pressure. The […]

Dr. Baoyun Ge is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. He presents “Physics-Enhanced Topology Optimization for the Design of Electric Machines” Wednesday, April 12 at 3:00pm in NEB 409.

Dr. Shahed Reza is an R&D manager at Sandia National Laboratories. He presents “An Overview of Electronic Device Modeling Research at Sandia National Laboratories”
Thursday, April 6 at 2:00pm in LAR 234.

Dr. Yiran Chen is the John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. He presents the 2023 Walter G. Fredrickson Distinguished Interdisciplinary Lecture, “Synergistic Edge AI Optimization through Cross-Layer Design” on Thursday, April 6.

Dr. Elham Heidari is a research associate at the University of Maryland. She presents “Advancements in Quantum Processors through Integration of Nonlinear Comb-Drive Single Photon Generators and Photonics Integrated Circuits” Thursday, March 30 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

Dr. Ben Haeffele is an associate research scientist in the Mathematical Institute for Data Science and the Center for Imaging Science at Johns Hopkins University. He presents “A Convex Lens for Non-Convex Learning” Wednesday, March 22 at 3:00pm in NEB 409.

Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of her 3-year project, “FAME: Fault-Injection Assessment and Mitigation of Microelectronics at Pre-silicon.”

Dr. Marko J. Tadjer is a civilian electronics engineer at the Electronic Science and Technology Division at the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. He presents “Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Next-Generation Power Electronics” Thursday, March 23 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.

Caio Kalil Lauand is a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida under the supervision of Dr. Sean Meyn. He presents “Clever Exploration for Machine Learning” Wednesday, March 22 at 3:00pm in NEB 409.

Xiaolei Guo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. She presents “Interactive Segmentation with Deep Metric Learning” Wednesday, March 8 at 3:00pm in NEB 409.

Dr. Arthur Paolella is currently a Technical Fellow at L3Harris Technologies. He presents “Directions in 3-D Printed RF Systems for Space Applications” Thursday, March 9 at 1:00pm in LAR 234.