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The official account of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Joined April 2009
A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease. ECE Professor Zhi-Pei Liang leads the team behind this research. 🧠 🔍.
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ECE Professor Brian Cunningham and graduate student Han Lee have integrated machine learning-based analysis into point-of-care biosensing technologies. Their new method is reported in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
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Big congratulations to ECE Professor Mark Hasegawa-Johnson: the Speech Accessibility Project has been included in the inaugural Forbes Accessibility 100 list! 🎉.The list: Read more about the Speech Accessibility Project here:
speechaccessibilityproject.beckman.illinois.edu
The project is recognized as one of 100 innovators in the world of accessibility.
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🗞️ In the news 🗞️ Not long after launching, Psyonic CEO and founder Aadeel Akhtar - an ECE alumnus - started to realize that there could be an entirely new market for his startup's hands.
forbes.com
Some companies building advanced robotic limbs are discovering that the market for humanoid robots is larger than that for actual humans.
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Research that opens doors, literally: "Doorbot" enables robots to explore and open different unseen doors in the wild. 🤖 🚪.Illinois ECE undergraduate student Shengmiao Jin is part of the team developing this hierarchical control framework.
siebelschool.illinois.edu
Doorbot debuts at ICRA
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🗞️ In the news 🗞️ ECE professor George Gross comments on Meta's new deal to secure nuclear power, an investment that will expand the output of a nuclear plant in Illinois.
apnews.com
Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook’s parent company.
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Congratulations to ECE professor Saksham Agarwal for receiving the 2025 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award! 🔷 🎉 🔶.
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🗞️ In the news: 🗞️ Scientists have developed a revolutionary new tool using entangled photons to look through noise, darkness and nearly invisible objects. The team includes ECE affiliate professor Paul Kwiat and ECE professor Simeon Bogdanov.
interestingengineering.com
Scientists have created a quantum interferometer that quickly and precisely measures nanometer-scale changes, even in challenging conditions.
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RT @uofigrainger: We're proud to share that Grainger Engineering alumnus & Prenosis CEO Bobby Reddy Jr. has been named to TIME’s 2025 #TIME….
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RT @TECenter: Join the Midwest’s elite student-led startup competition. 🔶Pitch to top investors and tech leaders.🔷Network with the Midwes….
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RT @UofIllinois: The sidewalks are empty. The stoplights are blinking. The stairwells are still. Campus is quiet—for now. Missing you but….
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ECE graduate student Xinan Chen and professor Eric Chitambar worked with @UICscience researchers on a new study showing there is no single protocol to counteract the background noise that degrades quantum entanglement.
pme.uchicago.edu
When it comes to purifying quantum entanglement, new theoretical work highlights the importance of tailoring noise-minimizing solutions to specific quantum systems
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On April 17, we celebrated Illinois ECE student achievements and recognized the impact of alumni and donors with the annual Student Awards and Recognition Banquet. Congratulations to our students for their hard work and inspiring accomplishments! .
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🗞️ In the news 🗞️ Scientists led by ECE Professor Kejie Fang have achieved an impressive breakthrough that could make quantum teleportation a potential part of future communication networks.
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Computer engineering students Vishnu Shastry and Siddarth Natarajan are part of Ferritiva, an award-winning team developing an at-home screening system to provide early warning of iron deficiency without the need for a blood test.
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Congratulations to ECE Professor Bin Hu, who received an Amazon-Illinois Center on Interactive Conversational Experiences grant for his project to develop AI systems with unparalleled problem-solving abilities and innovative potential. 🎉 .
csl.illinois.edu
Grainger faculty awarded CSL AICE grants
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Daily Byte appreciation post! 🧡 ☕ 💙 .Our favorite cafe on campus turns 10 this year on May 4 - don't forget to drop by before Friday and enter their 10th anniversary raffle for a chance to win ECE goodies and free drinks!
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Join us for this semester's last session of Saturday Engineering for Everyone, where we explore the role of engineers in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines with Professor Cecilia Leal (@illinoismatse). 📅 May 3, 2025 | 11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. 📍Room 1013, ECEB
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Big congratulations to this year's Cozad winners!🔶🎊 🔷.Proud of our Illinois ECE students who led both the winning teams this year - Tandemn is co-led by ECE undergrad Mankeerat Sidhu, while Nora AI was founded by autonomy and robotics graduate Brijesh Muthumanickam.
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Lightweight and transparent, organic solar cells can turn any surface into a power generator. ECE's Minjoo Larry Lee collaborated with chemical and biomolecular engineering professors to bring this tech closer to commercial viability. ☀️ 🔌 .
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