ECE Graduate Saha named McLaughlin Medalist 17 June 2008
Computer Engineering graduate Purujit Saha has been named the Spring 2008 McLaughlin Medal recipient for his academic achievement at LSU. Full Story
Aravena Named Interim Chair 24 June 2008
ECE professor Jorge Aravena has been named ECE Interim Chairman. Full Story
ECE Lab Dedicated 31 July 2008
ECE alumnus Edwin “Burt” McNeil and his wife, Norma, were honored for their generosity towards the LSU community by the eponymous naming of the new ECE Edwin “Burt” & Norma S. McNeil Radio Frequency (RF)/Communication Laboratory. Full Story
Choi Named Fenn Professor 6 August 2008
ECE Assistant Professor Jin-Woo Choi has been named the Dr. Fred. H. Fenn Memorial Professor for the 2008-09 year. Choi will be awarded a $5000 stipend to use for the activities related to his research in MEMS & BioMEMS. Full Story
Alumnus Entrepreneur Returns 2 October 2008
ECE alumnus and co-founder of Anasim Corporation, Mr. Raj Nair, returned to his alma mater to share his experience in Silicon Valley for the benefit of faculty, students and staff in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Full Story
LabVIEW Workshop Held 2 October 2008
ECE hosted a National Instruments LabVIEW Workshop on Thursday, 2 October 2008. Full Story
Guidy Fellowship Available 9 January 2009
ECE is proud to announce the Mark & Carolyn Campbell Guidry Doctoral Fellowship which will provide $35,000 per year for up to four years. Details
Professor El-Amawy Retires 12 January 2009
Ahmed A. El-Amawy, Chevron Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has retired effective January 2009 after 25 years of service to the University. Details
Capstone Sponsors Wanted 10 February 2009
ECE seeks industry sponsors for capstone design projects that our students complete in their senior year. Details
ECE-Authored Textbook Published 17 April 2009
ECE faculty member Kemin Zhou's latest textbook, “Introduction to Feedback Control”, is being published by Prentice Hall. Full Story
ECE Student Represents USA at Competition 17 April 2009
ECE student Hayden LeJeune will represent the USA at the WorldSkills Competition, held in Calgary, Alberta. Full Story
Two Graphics Courses in Fall 27 April 2009
ECE will be offering two graphics courses in the Fall 2009 semester, EE 4702-1, GPU Programming, covers on GPU programming (see image on right) and EE 4700-2, Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics, covers higher-level topics such as geometric modeling and shape matching (see image on left). Details
Dr. Choi Recognized at Distinguished Faculty Reception 5 May 2009
ECE faculty member Jin-Woo Choi was recognized at the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award Reception. Full Story
ECE Student Promotes Engineering to 4-th Graders 12 May 2009
ECE graduate student Charisma Edwards along with Louisiana's first lady and chemical engineer, Supriya Jindal, helped spark fourth graders' interest in engineering Full Story
LSU Robot Soccer Team 12 May 2009
ECE faculty member Xin “Shane” Li will lead LSU's team, LsuAmoyNQ, in the RoboCup 2009 final tournaments.
Two ECE Students in 2009 Tiger Twelve 12 May 2009
ECE students John Casey and Yunan Yuan were named one of the Class of 2009 Tiger Twelve for their exceptional achievements and service to the community.
Energy Flywheel Donated 1 June 2009
Active Power, maker of flywheel uninterruptable power supplies, donates equipment to ECE. Details
ECE Professor Awarded Patent 8 July 2009
ECE Professor Pratul Ajmera was awarded a patent for a field effect transistor with a gate that moves. Physically. Details
Wu Named IEEE Lecturer 13 July 2009
ECE Associate Professor Hsiao-Chun Wu has been named a 2009 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. Details
LSU Couple Gives Anniversary Gift to ECE 17 July 2009
Joel Ocmand, Jr. (ECE '02) and Jennifer Welshons (JD '04) dated, fell in love, and even married at LSU. So when they considered how to honor their second anniversary, LSU was, once again, not far from their minds. Full Story
ECE Student Prepares for WorldSkills Competition 12 August 2009
ECE student Hayden LeJeune, with the help of ECE and Louisiana Technical College (LTC) faculty, is preparing for his quest to become a World Champion in the 2009 WorldSkills Competition to be held Aug. 26 to Sept. 7 in Calgary, Alberta. Full Story
Local Company Helps Fund ECE Spectrum Sharing Investigation 13 August 2009
Bascom Hunter, a local company is partially funding ECE faculty member Shuangqing Wei to investigate radio spectrum sharing schemes. Full Story
ECE Student Paper is Competition Finalist 13 August 2009
A paper written by ECE doctoral student Yao Xu is a finalist in the IEEE Circuits and System Society Student Paper Competition. Full Story
Debut of NSF-Funded Bioengineering Lab Course 24 August 2009
An NSF-funded bioengineering laboratory course, EE 4000-1, debuts this semester. The course is funded in part through an NSF CCLI grant led by Jin-Woo Choi, who is also offering the course. Full Story
Drs. Gunturk & Wei Promoted 31 August 2009
ECE assistant professors Bahadir K. Gunturk and Shuangqing Wei have been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure effective August 17, 2009. Full Story
ECE Faculty Member Files Reconfigurable Computing Patent 3 September 2009
ECE associate professor Ramachandran “Vaidy” Vaidyanathan has filed a patent for a reconfigurable computing technique. Full Story
1958 ECE Alumnus Honored for Generosity to LSU, ECE 13 November 2009
ECE alumnus Les Broussard and his wife, Dot, were honored by LSU with a celebratory luncheon Friday, 13 November 2009, recognizing their philanthropic gifts to the Forever LSU Campaign. Full Story