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Purdue ECE Professor Vijay Gupta elected Fellow of International Federation of Automatic Control

Vijay Gupta, Elmore Professor in Purdue ECE, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of control systems. Gupta’s election acknowledges his pioneering work in distributed decision-making for cyber-physical systems, as well as his leadership in advancing theoretical foundations of control in large scale systems such as societal infrastructure.

Robert Swanson, research engineer, ECE; Konstantina (Nadia) Gkritza, professor, CCE; John Haddock, professor, CCE; Dionysios Aliprantis, professor, ECE; Aaron Brovont, research assistant professor, ECE; and Steven Pekarek, Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III Professor, ECE.

Purdue researchers win IEEE award for highway charging technology

Purdue University researchers have received the Technology Innovation Award at the 2025 IEEE PES Energy and Policy Forum Innovation Showcase for their work on Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT). The technology allows electric vehicles to receive power directly from the roadway while in motion, potentially transforming how we approach charging electric vehicles (EVs).

Sumukh Vaidya, Saakshi Dikshit, Xingyu Gao, Tongcang Li

Purdue researchers achieve breakthrough in quantum sensing with 2D material

A team of researchers at Purdue University has made a major breakthrough that could lead to incredibly small and precise sensors – ones that can detect and control individual atoms. Led by Tongcang Li, professor in Purdue ECE and PHYS, the team used special defects in super-thin material called hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) to detect and control the spin of a single atomic nucleus.

Purdue ECE PhD students receive prestigious SPIE scholarships for pioneering photonics research

Two PhD candidates from Purdue ECE have been awarded prestigious scholarships from SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, for their potential contributions to the field. Peigang Chen received the 2025 John Kiel Scholarship, which recognizes students for their promise in optics, photonics, or a related discipline, while Yuheng Chen received the 2025 Optical Design and Engineering Scholarship.

Paschal Amusuo and Dharun Anandayuvaraj, PhD students in ECE

Purdue ECE PhD students win Qualcomm Fellowship for groundbreaking software verification research

Purdue ECE PhD students Paschal Amusuo and Dharun Anandayuvaraj have been awarded distinguished fellowships through Qualcomm’s global innovation competition. They were chosen based on their proposal for a collaborative research project, AutoUP: A Unit Proofing Framework for Code-level Verification.

ECE PhD students Sujay Pandit and Aradhana Mohan Parvathy

Purdue ECE PhD students win Qualcomm Fellowship for ML-Powered Tool to assist modern Chip design

Sujay Pandit and Aradhana Mohan Parvathy, PhD students from Purdue ECE, have been named winners of the highly competitive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship for their groundbreaking research aimed at enhancing efficiency in modern computing systems. The fellowship recognizes innovative research in areas critical to the future of mobile and edge computing, with winners selected from leading universities worldwide.

Purdue ECE undergraduate students named Dean’s Leadership Scholars

Purdue University’s College of Engineering has announced the selection of 14 exceptional undergraduate students, including two from ECE, as the newest members of the Dean’s Leadership Scholars program for the 2025-26 academic year. Abigail Origer and Evan Stonestreet are seniors majoring in electrical engineering and computer engineering, respectively.

Purdue ECE Alumnus Marc Hagle Joins University’s Cradle of Astronauts

Purdue University alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Hagle has been officially designated a “Private Specialist Astronaut,” entering him in a new category in Purdue’s Cradle of Astronauts. Hagle earned a bachelor’s degree in EE in 1971 and a MBA in 1972, both from Purdue.

Purdue ECE student Arjun Gupte named 2025 Astronaut Scholar

Arjun Gupte, undergraduate student in Purdue ECE, has been named a 2025 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Gupte is one of only 74 students nationwide to receive the prestigious award this year and one of three recipients from Purdue University.

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