NC State ECE

ECE Assistant Professor Amay Bandodkar and PhD student Erim Uzunoğlu built a wearable patch that vibrates to warn of environmental hazards, plus an e-skin that helps robots avoid hazards. ncst.at/re8G50ZWQeq

First-ever plasma beam antenna! ECE PhD student Prya Darshni and Professor Paul Franzon used a laser to turn a beam of air into an antenna that transmits radio waves.

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Computer engineering breaks into the top 20! NC State's undergrad computer engineering program is No. 19 in the nation in U.S. News' 2027 rankings. The College of Engineering rose to No. 32, with eight programs in the top 20.

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ECE PhD student Arundhuti Haldar co-authored research showing ML models boost day-ahead solar forecasts by up to 13%, helping utilities balance supply and demand.

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Congrats to ECE's Hantao Cui on winning the IEEE PES Prize Paper Award. Just 2 papers are selected annually from thousands of papers. His research helps stabilize power grids amid the clean energy shift.

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