http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/443 News about ECE faculty, students, and research from external media sources. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-04/science/39026322_1_mission-team-storms-rockets The Times of India Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/74153 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media A Nasa-funded sounding rocket mission will help better understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth's upper atmosphere, which can interfere with satellite communication and global positioning signals. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-05-01/ui-students-bring-drones-science-stratton.html Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/73995 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media Four University of Illinois students, who are seniors and members of a student organization called Moon Goons, were at Stratton Leadership and Microsociety Magnet School on Monday and Tuesday to talk to students about drones and experiments they plan to do with them in a zero-gravity environment. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/nanoplasmonic-biosensor/ Nadia Drake (Wired) Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/72299 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media An ancient Roman cup that changes color in different lighting is the inspiration for a new nanoplasmonic biosensor. The tiny sensor changes color when target molecules bind to it, thanks to the optical properties of the materials its made from. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130309/ISSUE01/303099980/geek-god-how-a-u-of-i-tech-prof-is-reinventing-mega-computing John Pletz Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/72222 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media If you've ever had multiple apps running on your cellphone while making a call and marveled that the device didn't melt in your hands, you might thank Wen-mei Hwu. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/semiconductor-research-corporation-darpa-unveil-194-million-university-research-center-network-focused-on-next-generation-microelectronics-2013-01-17 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/70490 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 17, 2013-One of several research centers announced by Semiconductor Research Corporation and DARPA is the new Systems on Nanoscale Information fabriCs (SONIC) Center at the University of Illinois. ECE Professor Naresh Shanbhag will direct the new center. http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=28458.php General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/70399 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 16, 2013--ECE Professor Joe Lyding and Associate Professor Eric Pop and their research groups have developed new insight into the electronics behavior of graphene that could guide future fabrication methods. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/university-illinois/2013-01-08/leak-sends-millions-gallons-water-ui-building-under-construction General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/70139 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 8, 2013--Over the weekend, about 4 million gallons of water leaked into the basement of a the new ECE building under construction. Contractors and University personnel are trying to figure out how this occurred. http://www.studentnewsie.com/top-10-u-s-universities-offering-the-best-in-electrical-engineering-14811/ General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/70061 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 3, 2013--The University of Illinois is listed among the top 10 U.S. universities for programs in electrical engineering. http://www.photonicsonline.com/doc.mvc/james-coleman-wins-john-tyndall-award-0001 General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/69363 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 29. 2012--ECE Professor James Coleman is the recipient of the 2013 John Tyndall Award given by the Optical Society and the IEEE Photonics Society. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/environment/2012-11-18/environmental-almanac-its-great-time-equip-home-solar-panels.html General News Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/69126 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 19, 2012--ECE Professor Phil Krein believes installing solar panels on a residential home has now become a viable option because of improved technology and reductions in cost. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/mini-bio-bot-walks-when-its-rat-heart-cells-beat-1C7099426 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/69065 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 16, 2012--With the aid of a 3-D printer, Illinois. researchers have fashioned soft, quarter-inch-long biological robots out of gel-like material and rat heart cells. When the cells beat, the bio-bots take a step. After a few days, the cells synchronize and beat spontaneously, says ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/technology/2012-11-01/30-million-research-center-will-be-based-ui.html News Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/68686 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 6, 2012--A proposal for a research center based at the University of Illinois has been awarded $30 million over the next five years. ECE Professor Naresh Shanbhag will be the director of the new center, which will concentrate on building complicated systems out of next-generation circuit technology. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-10-24/leds-will-dominate-lighting-expert-predicts-holonyak-symposium.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/68323 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 25, 2012--Scientists from around the world gathered at the I Hotel to pay tribute to ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. and his invention of the visible light-emitting diode, or LED, in 1962. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19886534 General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67749 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 10, 2012--ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr takes a look back at his invention of the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-10-09/reception-shines-light-holonyak.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67747 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 10, 2012--Fifty years after demonstrating the first visible light-emitting diode, or LED, Nick Holonyak Jr. was honored at an event in the Illini Union on Tuesday to celebrate his achievements. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/led-inventor-nick-holonyak-reflects-on-discovery-50-years-later-2012-10-09 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67697 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 9, 2012--Fifty years ago today, ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called the magic one because its light, unlike infrared lasers, was visible to the human eye. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-10-08/campus-set-honor-led-inventor-holonyak.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67637 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 8, 2012--Nick Holonyak Jr. will be honored by the Illinois campus Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of his invention of the first practical LED. In addition, a symposium on Oct. 24-25 at the I Hotel will bring together Nobel laureates to discuss his work. http://www.ecomagination.com/the-father-of-modern-light-nick-holonyak-and-the-led-from-invention-to-urban-illumination General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67602 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 5, 2012--GE provides an overview of the invention of the LED in 1962 and a video of Nick Holonyak Jr. talking about his invention and its potential. http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/09/Materials-Photonics-Light-helps-scientists-monitor-semiconductor-etching-as-it-happens/ General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/67418 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 1, 2012--ECE Assistant Professors Lynford Goddard and Gabriel Popescu have a new low-cost method to carve delicate features onto semiconductor wafers using lightand watch as it happens. You can use light to image the topography and you can use light to sculpture the topography, said Popescu. It could change the future of semiconductor etching. http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/09/16/nigerias-professor-becomes-first-black-vc-of-university-of-illinois/ General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/66999 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 17, 2012--U. of I. Provost and ECE faculty member Ilesanmi Adesida, who was born in NIgeria, was featured in a Nigerian television report. http://www.healthcanal.com/bones-muscles/31879-Researchers-engineer-light-activated-skeletal-muscle.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/66555 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 6, 2012--A group of university researchers has genetically engineered muscle cells to flex in response to light, and is using the light-sensitive tissue to build highly articulated robots. Bioengineering and ECE Professor Rashid Bashir comments on the research. http://www.economist.com/node/21560981 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/66426 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 4, 2012-- Last year a group led by ECE Associate Professor Eric Pop demonstrated how a prototype phase change material memory cell could be made that was just 10 nanometres across, bridging a gap between two carbon-nanotube electrodes. http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Standing-on-Edisons-Shoulders-082012.aspx General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/66009 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 21, 2012--Fifty years ago this fall, ECE Professor Nick Holonyak built the worlds first LED while working at GE. Boy, those were the golden years, said Holonyak. When I went in, I didnt realize all that we were going to do. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/50582 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/65918 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 17, 2012 - ECE Associate Professor Eric Pop and postdoctoral researcher Ashkan Behnam have shown that graphene nanoribbons obtained from graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition could make ideal interconnects for nanoelectronic circuits. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=25829.php#ixzz1zqLJUxWq General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/64864 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media July 6, 2012--A simple new improvement developed by ECE Professor Joseph Lyding and colleagues could greatly improve microscopic imaging for researchers who study the very small, from cells to computer chips. http://phys.org/news/2012-06-stealthy-microscopy-method-visualizes-coli.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/64678 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 29, 2012--ECE faculty Minh Do and Gabriel Popescu were part of a research team that combined a novel algorithm with a recently-developed add-on technique for commercial microscopes in order to createda fast, noninvasive 3-D method for visualizing, quantifying, and studying cells without the use of fluorescence or contrast agents. http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/solar-flares-can-disrupt-communications/636 General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/63917 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 6, 2012--ECE Associate Professor Jonathan Makela discusses the increasing occurrence of solar flares and the impact these can have on communications on Earth. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-device-bacteria-eardrum.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/63693 Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 30, 2012--Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by a ECE Professor Stephen Boppart. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/silicon-proves-its-mettle-as-resistive-memory General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/63686 Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 30, 2012--ECE Assistant Professor comments that the resistive RAM developed by a European research team has exciting possibilities for memory devices. http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/u-of-illinois-promotes-dean-to-provost/article_8091adf4-f917-51a0-8b8c-7cfa92275acf.html General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/63226 Fri, 11 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 11, 2012--ECE Professor and College of Engineering Dean Ilesanmi Adesida has been named provost of the Urbana campus. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Live-3D-Imaging-of-Living-Tissues-Now-Possible-268006.shtml General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/63096 Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 7, 2012--ECE Professor Stephen Boppart is part of a team of researchers at Illinois who have developed a new computational technique for correcting the aberrations inherent in a medical imaging technology called optical tomography. This means that imaging may soon become a three-dimensional, real-time process. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-04-18/a_new_breed_of_heterogeneous_computing.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/62598 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 23, 2012--ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar was an author of one the first papers on the big core/little core concept of computer architecture. This architecture is featured in a new processor by ARM. http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=346792 General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/60879 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media March 8, 2012--ECE Professor Richard Blahut discusses the importance the president of the University can have for faculty retention. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/entrepreneurs/2012-02-24/innovation-awards-honor-those-foolish-enough-try.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/60329 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 24, 2012--ECE Professor Sanjay Patel's startup Nuvixa won the New Venture Award at the Champaign County Innovation Celebration. http://medgadget.com/2012/02/stain-free-imaging-of-histopathology-slides.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/59915 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 15, 2012--ECE Assistant Professor Gabriel Popescu was part of a team of researchers that developed a method to use light to replace a decades-old practice of staining slides for microscopy. http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/90252775/national-academy-of-engineering-elects-66-members-and-10-foreign.html News Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/59724 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 10, 2012--ECE Professor James Coleman has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/01/24/thousands-of-industrial-systems-unwittingly-hooked-up-to-internet/ General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/59099 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 25, 2012--ECE Professor David Nicol says hackers could conceivably take down a good portion of the U.S. power grid. His analysis relies on simple techniques commonly used by hackers to steal credit cards and the like. http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/comeds-smart-grid-begins-with-a-promise-for-the-future/ News Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/58966 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 23, 2012--ECE Professor David Nicol discusses how smart technology can be incorporated into consumer products to reduce energy costs, and how that may affect power markets in general. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amd-announces-the-first-amd-fusion-center-of-innovation-2012-01-17 General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/58777 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 17, 2012--ECE Professor Andy Singer, director of the Technology Entrepreneur Center, believes the new AMD Fusion Center of Innovation at the University of Illinois will have a positive impact on entrepreneurship in the Midwest. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57346717-247/high-tech-bandage-spurs-blood-vessel-growth/ Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/58499 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 5, 2012--ECE Professor Rashid Bashir was a leader of a research team at Illinois that has created a bandage that not only encourages new blood vessel growth but also helps guide that growth. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-12-09/ui-accuses-computer-chip-firm-patent-infringement.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/57663 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media December 9, 2011--The University of Illinois is suing Micron Technology for infringing on patents for technology developed by ECE Professor Joseph Lyding and ECE Professor Emeritus Karl Hess. http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2011/12/iphones_contribute_to_decline_of_ipods General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/57554 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media December 6, 2011--ECE Professor Steve Lumetta believes that Apple may have had the capability to combine a smartphone with a music player long before they released the iPhone. http://www.sciencecodex.com/read/microcavity_arrays_lighting_the_way_to_the_future-81773 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/56992 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 18, 2011--A research team funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has pioneered the use of micro-plasmas in a revolutionary approach to illumination. ECE Professor Gary Eden and ECE Adjunct Associate Professor Sung-Jin Park have founded Eden Park Illumination Inc. to bring this lighting technology to the world. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=23351.php General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/56713 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 10, 2010--Tiny wires could help engineers realize high-performance solar cells and other electronics, according to U. of I. researchers. The research group, led by ECE Assistant Professor Xiuling Li, developed a technique to integrate compound semiconductor nanowires on silicon wafers, overcoming key challenges in device production. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/10/31/using.math.and.light.detect.misshapen.red.blood.cells General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/56328 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media November 1, 2011--A research team led by ECE Assistant Professor Gabriel Popescu has pioneered a technique that will allow doctors to ascertain the healthy shape of red blood cells in just a few seconds, by analyzing the light scattered off hundreds of cells at a time. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/people/2011-10-15/led-inventor-holonyak-joining-hall-fame.html General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/55649 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 17, 2011--ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. will be inducted into the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame on November 3. http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=297747&watch=1 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/55405 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 8, 2011--University of Illinois Officials break ground for a new engineering building. http://www.wicd15.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/vid_4567.shtml General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/55404 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 8, 2011--Governor Pat Quinn helped break ground on a new Engineering Building at the University of Illinois. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2011-10-07/ground-broken-ui-building.html General News Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/55400 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 8, 2011--Governor Pat Quinn and University of Illinois officials broke ground Friday morning for a $95 million home for the ECE Department. http://www.chem.info/News/Feeds/2011/09/topics-plant-operations-us-department-of-energy-pecase-recipients/ General News Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/55113 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 28, 2011--ECE Assistant Professor Gang L. Liu is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He received the award for collaborative development of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy techniques for a variety of national security applications ranging from measuring the long-term health of the U.S. nuclear stockpile to bio-detection. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/47161 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/54575 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 13, 2011--ECE Assistant Professor Logan Liu is leading a research team that has developed a uniquely prepared, metal-coated nanostructured surface that can provide more than 100-fold three-dimensional fluorescence enhancement of cells sitting on the substrate. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825172503.htm General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/54217 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 2, 2011--University of Illinois researchers are giving a light answer to the heavy question of cell growth. Led by ECE Assistant professor Gabriel Popescu, the research team developed a new imaging method called spatial light interference microscopy that can measure cell mass using two beams of light. http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2011/08/new_green_building_for_engineers_on_the_way General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/54247 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 2, 2011--The ECE Department will finally have its own building on campus after years of the project being put on hold. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2011-08-26/ui-moving-ahead-new-engineering-building.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/54017 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 29, 2011--A long-awaited project to build a state-of-the-art ECE building at the University of Illinois is moving ahead, with a bid opening scheduled in October. http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/global-tsunami-monitoring-could-follow-from-discovery General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/53832 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 23, 2011--ECE Associate Professor Jonathan Makela led an international team of researchers that detected an airglow signature in the atmosphere of the March tsunami that devastated Japan. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/health/health-care/2011-08-21/scientists-awarded-grant-continue-developing-optical-device-medic General News Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/53779 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 22, 2011--ECE Professor Stephen Boppart is leading research in partnership with Texas Instruments and Carle Foundation Hospital to improve a handheld imaging device designed for primary care physicians. The study is sponsored by the NIH. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/technology/2011-07-19/documentary-focus-led-inventor.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/53025 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media July 19, 2011--On July 28, The Big Ten Network will premiere its documentary "A Brilliant Idea: Nick Holonyak and the LED." It will broadcast at noon Central Time and repeat the following morning at 3 a.m. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tsunamis-upper-atmosphere-airglow-could-serve-as-early-warning-system/817916/ General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52962 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media July 15, 2011--ECE Associate Professor Jonathan Makela led a research team that recorded an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/nanotechnology/alternative-memories-get-the-carbon-nanotube-test General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52596 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 30, 2011--Researchers at Stanford have recreated results of ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop's carbon nanotube phase-change memory study that he reported in Science magazine in April, but the Stanford researchers used a new, vertical orientation. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37915/?p1=A2&a=f General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52593 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 30, 2011--ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop said that some new phase-change memory cells developed by IBM show an impressive amount of memory, though not yet at the scale of flash memory. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/28/6966362-pen-writes-electronic-circuits General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52507 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 27, 2011--ECE Professor Jennifer Bernhard is part of a team that has taken the idea of printing circuits onto non-standard materials one step further by developing a conductive ink that can be used in a traditional rollerball ink pen to draw circuits by hand onto paper and other porous materials. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331412/title/Tsunami_lit_up_the_heavens__ General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52308 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 17, 2011--ECE Association Professor Jonathan Makela was leader of a team of researchers who photographed airglow ripples of the tsunami that resulted from the recent Japan earthquake. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tracking-cyber-hackers General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/52253 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 14, 2011--ECE Professor Davide Nicol says of computer security that until recently computer networks have not been assembled with security in mind. This is a fundamental problem in fighting off cyber attacks. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2011-05-09/ui-gets-6-million-cloud-computing-research.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/51226 Mon, 09 May 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 9, 2011--The University of Illinois is getting $6 million from the U.S. Air Force to create a center that could revolutionize shared computer resources called "cloud computing." ECE faculty involved include Professors Ravi Iyer, David Nicol, and Williams Sanders. http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2011/APRIL/UIUC_270411.html News Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/50911 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 28, 2011--ECE Professor James Coleman has received the SPIE Technology Achievement award in recognition of his "seminal contributions to the methods, designs, and demonstrations of selectivity grown discrete and monolithically integrated compound semiconductor lasers and photonic devices." http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/biology/leburton-named-associate-member-of-royal-academy-of-belgium-page-1-1_104181.html General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/50554 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 20, 2011--ECE Professor Jean-Pierre Leburton has been elected to the Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Fine Arts of Belgium. http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-HPC-Parallel-Computing-Institute-Arms-Researchers-to-Address-Major-Challenges-040511.aspx General News Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/50097 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 6, 2011--The U. of I. Coordinated Science Laboratory has created an institute to provide resources to enable breakthroughs in parallel computing. ECE Professor Wen-mei Hwu is the chief scientist for new Parallel Computing Institute. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=42096 General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/49791 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media March 29, 2011--ECE Professor Rashid Bashir says that the ability to filter specific particles, cells or viruses from a blood sample so they can be analyzed is a critical step toward creating handheld diagnostic devices. http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/article/32339/3D-printing-method-advances-electrically-small-antenna-design.aspx General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/49464 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media March 17, 2011--U. of I. researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, 3-D printed antennas on curvilinear surfaces. ECE Professor Jennifer Bernhard says these antennas are electrically small relative to a wavelength and exhibit performance metrics that are an order of magnitude better than those realized by monopole antenna designs. http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/nanotechnology-could-make-batteries-in-mobile-devices-obsolete General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/49269 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media March 14, 2011--ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop is leading at team that has developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. The technology could give future portable devices much longer battery life between charges. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/technology/2011-03-11/lampmaker-plans-ramp-production.html General News Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/49234 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media March 11, 2011--Eden Park Illumination, a company founded by ECE Professor Gary Eden, plans to move to larger scale production of the company's microplasma lamps. http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/agriculture/dr-lynford-l-goddard-receives-the-2010-aaas-early-career-award-for-public-engagement-with_100125.html General News Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/48419 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 17, 2011--The American Association for the Advancement of Science has recognized ECE Assistant Professor Lynford Goddard as the first recipient of the new AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/article/31233/Multicore-processors-How-can-you-programme-them.aspx General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/48035 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 8, 2011--ECE Professor Wen-mei Hwu has used the example of a video decompression algorithm to illustrate the parallelization problem. It demonstrates a simple 50-50 choice that can remove a major opportunity for exploiting parallelism. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/technology/2011-02-07/ui-professor-named-director-program.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/47968 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media February 7, 2011--ECE Professor David Nicol is the new director of the Information Trust Institute. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=176556 General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/47243 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 20, 2011--ECE Professor Nick Holonyak Jr. describes how light-emitting diodes (LEDs) make a better light source than incandescent or fluorescent light sources. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/university-illinois/2011-01-16/supercomputer-other-projects-bring-major-funds-ui.html General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/47242 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 19, 2011--ECE Professor Rashid Bashir is principal investigator of one of several major initiatives at Illinois that has received NSF funding. He is part of a project to train the next generation of bio-nanotechnology researchers. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/economy/2011-01-03/champaign-firm-runner-state-competition.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/46695 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media January 3, 2011--Diagnostic Photonics, a company founded by ECE Associate Professor P. Scott Carney and ECE Professor Stephen Boppart, has won $10,000 as runner-up in the statewide "Innovate Illinois" competition. The company is developing high-resolution imaging technology for use in surgery. http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/article/30090/Nanowire-sensors--a-step-closer-to-commercialisation.aspx General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/46390 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media December 15, 2010--ECE Professor Rashid Bashir is Illinois's principal investigator on a collaborative project between the U of I and the Institute of Microelectronics, an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. They are collaborating on identifying and defining the ground rules for the systematic optimization of nanowire sensor design as well as the techniques for batch fabrication. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/laser-technique-detects-and-colour-codes-cancer-tumours/1006332.article News Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/45819 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media December 1, 2010--A team of Illinois researchers led by ECE Professor Stephen A. Boppart have created a tissue-imaging technique that is easy to read, accurate, quick and could eliminate the need for invasive biopsies. http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/10111649-microsensors-offer-first-look-at-whether-cell-mass-affects-growth-rate.html General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/45365 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 16, 2010--ECE and Bioengineering Professor Rashid Bashir is leading a team of researchers who are using a new kind of microsensor to answer one of the weightiest questions in biology-the relationship between cell mass and growth rate. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2010-11-10/ui-engineering-prof-presidential-list-be-honored.html General News Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/45162 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 10, 2010--ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop, who works in nanotechnology, computer memory and recycling waste energy to get more oomph from batteries, was named one of 85 researchers to earn Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/archive/news071 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/45082 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:00:00 CST ECE in the Media November 9, 2010--ECE Assistant Professor Nikita Borisov was one of the creators of the BotGrep tool, a technique for tracking stealthy botnets that use peer-to-peer technology. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/the-era-of-errortolerant-computing General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/44727 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media November 1, 2010--ECE Professor Naresh Shanbhag and ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar are working in the area of error-resilient computing. This approach allows small errors to be tolerated within an application and thereby reduces power consumption. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2010-10-27/grant-finance-ethics-resource-center.html General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/44569 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 27, 2010--ECE Professor Michael Loui is one of the co-principal investigators for the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics, which is being funded by an NSF grant. http://spie.org/x42152.xml General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/44409 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 22, 2010--An overview of the history of laser technology includes ECE Professor Kanti Jain's development of excimer laser lithography technology at IBM and publication of the first paper on the technology at SPIE Microlithography in 1982. http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sloan-C/Fellows/prweb4617194.htm General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/43747 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 8, 2010--ECE Professor Emeritus Burks Oakley II was part of the inaugural class of Sloan-C Fellows. The fellows were recognized for contributions to advancing quality, scale, and breadth in online and blended education. http://chipdesignmag.com/lpd/blog/2010/09/09/the-power-in-errors/ General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/43735 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media October 7, 2010--ECE Professor Naresh Shanbhag has been researching stochastic computing to help reduce power consumption. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=18160.php General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/43026 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media September 22, 2010--New findings from the laboratory of ECE Professor Joe Lyding are providing valuable insight into graphene, a single two-dimensional layer of graphite with numerous electronic and mechanical properties that make it attractive for use in electronics. http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2010/08/05/with-university-system-financially-in-the-black-professors-comment-on-lack-of-raises General News http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/41297 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 5, 2010--ECE Professor Thomas Overbye, who is chair of the campus operations committee in the Urbana-Champaign faculty senate, discussed the lack of general faculty salary increase for the next fiscal year. http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=43340 General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/41222 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media August 4, 2010--A three-port quantum well transistor laser developed by ECE Professors Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak Jr. is rewriting a major current law. The researchers say it could shape the future of supercomputing, high-speed signal processing, integrated circuits, optical communications and other applications. http://www.rdmag.com/News/Feeds/2010/05/information-tech-yi-ma-and-the-blessing-of-dimensionality/ General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/39270 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media June 1, 2010--ECE Associate Professor Yi Ma is working with the Visual Computing Group at Microsoft Research Asia on mathematical principles behind the processing and understanding of visual data. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10134655.stm General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/39137 Tue, 25 May 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 25, 2010--ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar is leading a group researching ways to design processors that forgo flawlessness, focusing instead on managing the number and type of errors so they can be coped with efficiently. The process should reduce a chip's power consumption. http://www.compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=19731936&name=Sandwich%20solar%20cells%20may%20see%20off%20Silicon General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/39136 Tue, 25 May 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 21, 2010--A new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at Illinois by ECE Assistant Professor Xiuling Li and Mechanical Science and Engineering and Chemistry Professor John Rogers opens the possibilities for flexible, thin-film electronics. http://www.hpcwire.com/features/One-Groups-Answer-to-Transistors-Behaving-Badly-93487104.html?viewAll=y General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/38945 Mon, 17 May 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 17, 2010--ECE Assistant Professor Rakesh Kumar is designing stochastic processors, which are designed to have error tolerance and which will require less power to run. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=16271.php General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/38816 Thu, 13 May 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media May 13, 2010--A major current law of physics has been rewritten thanks to the three-port transistor laser, developed by ECE Professors Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak Jr. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=16037.php General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/38179 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 29, 2010-- ECE Assistant Professor Gabriel Popescu is leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers that has developed a model that could lead to breakthroughs in screening and treatment of blood-cell-morphology diseases, such as malaria and sickle-cell disease. http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/2010/04/14/ui-s-icub-to-connect-robotics-language-skills General Science Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/37527 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 15, 2010--ECE Professor Stephen Levinson's lab has acquired a new robot to help in studying the relationship between language and robotics. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/politics-and-government/2010-04-08/15-million-us-will-go-ui-improving-security-electronic-medic General Technology http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/37260 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 8, 2010--ECE Professor William Sanders is director of the Information Trust Institute, which has won a $15 million federal grant to help improve the security of medical records. http://news.discovery.com/tech/icub-humanoid-robot.html General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/37176 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 7, 2010--ECE Professor Steve Levinson and colleagues are conducting studies with a robot called the iCub. http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=79519122 General Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/443/37126 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:00 CDT ECE in the Media April 6, 2010--ECE Assistant Professor Eric Pop is one of 17 researchers nationwide chosen for the Office of Naval Researchs 2010 Young Investigator Program, which invests in academic scientists and engineers who show exceptional promise for creative study.