James Stewart, who earned his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Purdue University in May 2021, recently won the Best Student Paper/ Oral Presentation award at the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE): Defense and Commercial Sensing Conference for his Metamaterials Lens (Metalens) research.

Milind Kulkarni, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and Associate Head of Teaching and Learning for Purdue ECE, has been selected as a fellow of the 2021-22 Purdue Insights Forum Program.

The Stone Age. The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Industrial Revolution. Eras tend to be defined by their technology, and humans may be headed for a new one: the Quantum Age.

Zach Vander Missen, phD student in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has won 1st place in the student paper competition at the 2020/2021 IEEE WAMICON conference.

Aly El Gamal, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received the Online Excellence in Innovative Course Design and Use of Technology award, for the course ECE 59500 Introduction to Deep Learning.

Purdue University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is recognizing the efforts of undergraduate students who help out in all facets of departmental life, with annual ECE Undergrad Excellence Awards.

For the second straight year, Anand Raghunathan, Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been chosen to receive a Qualcomm Faculty Award (QFA). The QFA supports key professors and their research through a $75,000 charitable donation to their university.

A company led by a Purdue ECE alumnus has been chosen to conduct research for DARPA’s Wideband Adaptive RF Protection (WARP) program. Steven Cuppy (BSEE ’85, MSEE ’86) is a principal of Indiana Microelectronics, LLC, in West Lafayette. A start-up building on cutting-edge research in applied electromagnetics and advanced packaging materials, Indiana Microelectronics designs and produces tunable microwave filters for co-site interference and jamming mitigation.

A Purdue ECE professor has been named a University Faculty Scholar (UFS). Prof. Yung-Hsiang Lu is among six faculty members university-wide to be recognized for their outstanding performance.

Santokh S. Badesha, Adjunct Professor for Innovation for Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named an Honorary Member of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). This is the highest honor awarded by the society to one person each year.