ECE Florida is saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Fred Taylor. Dr. Taylor was with the department for over 35 years and was a much-loved teacher, mentor, and researcher.
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Fred Taylor
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Sanjeev Koppal Selected as Amazon Scholar
ECE Associate Professor Sanjeev Koppal was recently selected as an Amazon Scholar. He’ll work with Amazon to create better cameras and better algorithms for their robots.
UF-Led Multidisciplinary Team Receives $2M Grant for Quantum Engineering Research and Education
Faculty members from the ECE Department are collaborating with researchers from the Engineering Education Department (EED) and the College of Education (CoE) on a new NSF project, Innovating Quantum-Inspired Learning for Undergraduates in Research and Engineering.
Asadi Receives NSF CAREER Award to Protect ICs from Optical Attacks
ECE Assistant Professor Navid Asadi has received an NSF CAREER Award in support of his project, “Backside Protection Against Contactless Optical Attacks on Integrated Circuits in Advanced Technology Nodes.”
ECE Welcomes Baoyun Ge to the Faculty
ECE Florida is excited to welcome the newest member of our faculty, Dr. Baoyun Ge. He officially starts as an assistant professor on May 15.
Tehranipoor Elevated to ACM Fellow
ECE Professor and Director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research Dr. Mark Tehranipoor has been elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Príncipe Elected as AAAS Fellow
ECE Distinguished Professor Jose Principe has been notified by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that he has been elected to the rank of AAAS Fellow.
Príncipe Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
ECE Distinguished Professor José Príncipe was recently notified of his election to the rank of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Asadi to Serve as Program Chair for 2021 IEEE Paine Conference
ECE Assistant Professor Dr. Navid Asadi will be serving as the program chair for the well-regarded 2021 IEEE PAINE Conference, to be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2, hosted virtually from Washington, D.C.
Martin Uman’s Distinguished Career—An Interesting Series of Accidents
We sat down with Emeritus Distinguished Professor Martin Uman to discuss his 50-year career at UF and his surprising path to the field of lightning research.