ECE Distinguished Professor Athina Petropulu received 2024 IEEE SPS Donald G. Fink Overview Paper Award. The paper provides an overview on the emerging area of joint communication and radar sensing (JCR), aiming to integrate the above two functionalities into a single system by sharing the majority of hardware, signal processing modules and, in a typical case, the transmitted signal.
ECE Professor Mehdi Javanmard and BME Professor Francois Berthiaume together received a New Jersey Commission for Spinal Cord Injury grant for the project "Dynamic Sensing of Pressure Wounds in Spinal Cord Injury". This is a three-year $600,000 research project from December 2024 to November 2027.
Prof. Zoran Gajic received a one-time unrestricted gift for "Development of Reinforcement Learning Projects for Enhancement of Academic Curricula: RL for Engineers" in the amount of $12,000 from MathWorks.
Congratulations to Zoran!
Prof. Waheed Bajwa is recognized for his contributions to compressed sensing, communications, and machine learning in distributed systems.
After 18 months of dedicated preparation, the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department has successfully met the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria once again. ABET evaluations occur every six years, ensuring the highest standards of engineering education. This achievement reflects the department's commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in engineering education.
The inaugural Rutgers Innovation Awards banquet, hosted by the Rutgers Office for Research this past September celebrated university researchers who have pioneered innovative ideas, processes, or technologies that could improve lives and create economic value.
The Rutgers Innovation Awards recognized researchers who have demonstrated excellence by developing a breakthrough idea, process, or technology.
ECE Alumni, Tahsina Saman, Ph.D.'20 received the prestigious UNESCO OWSD Early Career Fellowship Award 2023.
Mike Haberman, ECE Alumni ENG'90, serves as senior vice president of strategy and transformation for Verizon’s Global Networks and Technology (GN&T) organization, responsible for the GN&T Transformation Office and the Technology Ambassador Office. Mr. Haberman is the recipient of the SOE Medal of Excellence Award 2024.