Category: IDEA

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering celebrates Women’s History Month with a spotlight on several amazing ECE Florida faculty, staff, and students.

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering celebrates Black History Month with a final spotlight on several excellent ECE Florida faculty, staff, and students.

Patricio A. Vela is an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He presents “Perceptual Representations for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation of Unknown Worlds” Thursday, Oct. 14 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Edson Bortoni is a professor and the president (Rector) of the UNIFEI, Itajubá, Brazil. He presents “The Meaning of Energy Transition for the Brazilian Energy System” Thursday, Oct. 7 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Pablo Gomez is an associate professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Western Michigan University (WMU). He presents “Contemporary Challenges of the Transient Analysis and Electromagnetic Design of Power Grid Components and Systems” Thursday, Sept. 23 at Noon via Zoom.

Dr. Josep M. Jornet is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He presents “Conquering the Terahertz Band for 6G Systems: From Theory to Practice” Thursday, Sept. 30 at 1:00pm.

The ECE IDEA Committee presents a panel discussion, “Navigating the Current Climate—A Career Development Discussion for International Graduate Students” Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2:00pm via Zoom.

Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts is Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She presents “Resonant Infrared, Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation: Enabling Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films for Optoelectronics” on Thursday, March 4 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Charles Reinke is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Photonic and Phononic Microsystems Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He presents “Phononic Barrier Communication: Channeling Information and Energy through Metallic Barriers with High Fidelity, High Efficiency and Low Bit Errors” Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Cheryl D. Seals is the Charles Barkley Endowed Professor of Computer Science at Auburn University. She presents “Broadening Equity & Diversity in Computing Education—Three Cases” on Friday, Feb. 5 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Michel A. Kinsy is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas A&M University (TAMU). He presents “Securing Execution of Neural Network Models on Edge Device” Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1:00pm via Zoom.

Dr. Julio Romero Agüero is vice president of strategy and business innovation at Quanta Technology. He presents “Resilience of Power Systems” on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

Dr. Antonio J. Conejo is a professor at The Ohio State University. He presents “Adaptive Robust Optimization for Power System” Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 1:00 Via Zoom.

Oswald Kaschny is currently the vice president of NOJA Power LLC for North America (US, Canada and Caribbean). He presents “Distribution Automation and Smart Grid Evolution in 21st Century” Thursday, Oct. 8 at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

Dr. Francisco De Leon is a professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University. He presents “Modern Methods for Investment Deferral of Feeder Upgrades in Underground Distribution Systems” Thursday, Oct. 1 at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

Dr. Juan Gers is the CEO and founder of GERS, a group with more than 39 years of experience providing consulting services in electrical engineering and associated areas. He presents “Ideas to Implement Smart Grids in Developing Countries” Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

As part of the ECE Diversity Forum, Professor Sarah L. Rodriguez of Texas A&M presents “Exploring Engineering and Computing Identity Development for Latina (and other URM) Students” Monday, Oct. 19 at 4 pm.

Dr. Claudio Cañizares is a professor and the Hydro One Endowed Chair at the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of the University of Waterloo. He presents “Energy Storage Overview and Research” Thursday, Sept. 17 at Noon via Zoom.