The Purdue Day of Giving is a 24-hour online fundraising event designed to boost visibility and giving for all of Purdue University. ECE will be one of over 40 campus units involved.
Students around the world can now learn the material of Professor Comer's course on "Random Variables and Signals", thanks to the efforts of ECE graduate student Maliha Hossain.
The award honors West Lafayette faculty members who have excelled as teachers, researchers, and scholars. It is in honor of the federal Morrill Act, which allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges and universities.
The award recognizes excellence in graduate student research from across the College of Engineering and is given to students who have demonstrated excellence in research through peer-reviewed publications in journals and conference proceedings, awards for research, recognized contributions to the research field and society, leadership within a research community, academic achievements and participation in professional societies.
New "plasmonic metamaterials" that operate at high temperatures could radically improve solar cell performance and bring advanced computer data storage technology that uses heat to record information on a magnetic disk.
His team, EcoBreeze, is a company based on researching and commercializing innovative, powerful, and green cooling technology for customers in the ICT/LED field. He is advised by Professor Mark Bell.
The student team from the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers is once again national champions after winning the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Saturday (April 12) in Columbus, Ohio. The ECE students are Adam Bahrainwala and Ben Hilker.