Kory Hedman, associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, has been named the new director of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC). Hedman will replace ASU Regents Professor Vijay Vittal, who has held the position for the last 15 years.  The Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) was…

Retirees are the envy of the workforce, spending their “golden years” filled with leisurely activities like golfing, dining out and socializing with their peers. It’s what most of us picture when we think of retirement. But that lifestyle isn’t for everyone and Mirabella at ASU, a premier retirement community on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, is…

Researchers from the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at ASU are joining forces with their colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to develop advanced, more efficient solar panels. The team led by UIUC includes ECEE’s Zachary Holman, Zhengshan (Jason) Yu and William Weigand. The band of electrical engineers developed a technique that layers gallium arsenide phosphide…

For the second year in a row, the prestigious IEEE PES G. Ray Ekenstam Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to an Arizona State University electrical engineering student. Congratulations, U.S. Air Force veteran Isaac Forest for receiving the 2020 acclaim.  “I am honored to be selected for the G. Ray Ekenstam Memorial Scholarship,” Forest says. “Thank you to…

Assistant Professor Chao Wang and his research team have developed a new platform utilizing sapphire-supported nanopore membranes for biomolecular sensing.  fullcircle.asu.edu/research/using-sapphire-for-biosensing-a-new-way-to-shape-the-gemstone/

NASA’s high-powered satellite telescope SPHEREx, equipped with dilemma/survey planning software built by Arizona State University researchers, will help unlock the mysteries of the universe. On a crisp, clear night, we may find ourselves gazing up at the sky. As we stand in our present, we sometimes forget that we are reveling in the sky’s past….

by Theresa Cordon | Jun 14, 2021 | News Online student David “Wade” Eickbusch graduated this past May with his MS in electrical engineering. A nontraditional student, Eickbusch approached his degree one class per semester while working full-time. Today Eickbusch celebrated his graduation with a surprise trip to campus organized by his proud wife, Celia Eickbush.  Eickbusch received his undergraduate…

Professor Chaitali Chakrabarti has been influencing the future generations of electrical engineers for more than 30 years. Starting in 1990, Chakrabarti brought her talents and passion for algorithm-architecture co-design of signal processing and communication systems, low-power embedded system design, reliable and energy-efficient in-memory computing and secure edge computing to what is now known as the School of Electrical,…

Albert Reed, an electrical engineering PhD candidate, was recently selected to join the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship program.  Reed received the award to recognize his academic excellence in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) achievements. The program, developed in 1989 at Congress’s direction and sponsored by the Army, Navy, and Air Force,…