Vladimir M. Shalaev, the Bob and Anne Burnett Distinguished Professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)—one of the highest professional honors an engineer can receive.
Joseph Lukens, Associate Professor in Purdue University's Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor conferred by the U.S. government on early-career scientists and engineers.
Purdue University semiconductor faculty leaders recently conducted a mini retreat with President Mung Chiang and Arvind Raman, the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering, to discuss immediate next steps and long-term plans for Semiconductors@Purdue.
The Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering celebrated the grand reopening of the 1st floor of the Max W & Maileen Brown Family Hall last October. The project transformed BHEE into a modern and world-class ECE facility, equipped with the latest technology and resources for students.
Physicist and Principal Investigator Prof. Arnab Banerjee with the Purdue University Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with Co-Principal Investigators from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prof. Vladimir M. Shalaev, Prof. Pramey Upadhyaya and Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva, received a $1.2 million W.M. Keck Foundation grant to study quantum spin liquids.
The biannual Spark Challenge is designed to inspire electrical and computer engineering students to think outside the box while applying their classroom knowledge to real-world problems. The Fall 2024 challenge featured projects that ranged from smart home technologies and sustainable energy solutions to applications in AI and robotics.
Rising from No. 3 in 2024, the top distinction as No. 1 underscores Purdue’s commitment to providing world-class engineering education in a flexible online format.
Collaborating with colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Purdue researchers have unveiled a novel framework to analyze, evaluate, and dynamically manage epidemic intervention strategies using reproduction number estimates.
Kerem Y. Çamsari, an Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus and assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara, led the OPUS Lab to win the 2025 Misha Mahowald Prize for pioneering research in neuromorphic engineering.
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