Associate Professor Peter Milder Recieves SBU/BNL Seed Grant
Associate Professor Peter Milder
We are trilled to announce that Associate Professor Peter Milder, in collaboration with Professor Emre Salman and Professor Tom Robertazzi, and Dr. Xiaodong Jiang of Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been awarded a SBU/BNL
Seed Grant for their proposal, "Next Generation Diagnostic Tests for Radiation Tolerant
AI Hardware." This underscores the innovative research taking place within the Electrical
and Computer Engineering Department at Stony Brook University.
The grant is funded by the Office of the President and the Brookhaven National Laboratory
(BNL) Affairs Office. These funds will support the team's research, which aims to
develop advanced diagnostics tests for AI hardware that can withstand radiation. The
project holds promise for enhancing the reliability and robustness of AI systems in
enviornments exposde to high levels of radiation, such as space exploration and nuclear
facilities.
The Future: Space Weather and Accelerator Training
Image Credit: NASA
Space weather refers to the variation in the flow of high-energy charged particles
in space from the sun and from outside the solar system. It can especially degrade
or damage living things, such as astronauts, and electronics in spacecraft. As we
enter a period with a greater presence in space, promising a new age of exploration
and economic growth, there is a need to understand the effect of radiation on people
and electronics and how to mitigate its harmful effects.
The most widely used approach to reach this understanding is through simulating space
radiation on Earth using particle accelerators. Brookhaven National Laboratory on
Long Island used its high-energy, heavy-ion synchrotron to host NASA biology researchers
studying this unique radiation as far back as the 1990s. The NASA Human Research Program
(NASA HRP) studies human spaceflight compatibility, which led to the opening of a
dedicated space radiation laboratory at the accelerator in 2003, now called the NASA
Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL).
Stony Brook University's ECE Department Offers Online Course in Reliability Theory
for Industry Engineers
Reliability theory optimizes electric power systems
This fall, Stony Brook University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
is offering an online course in Reliability Theory, a subject of significant interest
to industry engineers. Reliability Theory is a versatile field with applications spanning
across aerospace engineering, electronics, manufacturing, and software engineering.
The principles of good reliability engineering have been instrumental in delivering
the trustworthy products and services that we rely on today.
The course, ESE 540, delves into the mathematical and statistical methods used to
evaluate the reliability of systems composed of various components. It covers analytical
models of system analysis, lifetime distributions, repairable systems, warranties,
preventive maintenance, and software reliability.
Online Electrical Engineering Degree: Opportunity for Nontraditional students
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to offer our online
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering. This program is tailored to meet the needs of non-traditional students who balance
work and family responsibilities.
The online BS degree has been available since 2012 and is designed for students who have
completed the first two years of college, potentially at a community college.
Chantalle McKim is awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate
Program Coordinator
Graduate Program Coordinator Chantalle McKim
Chantalle McKim is recognized for her excellence in service at Stony Brook University.
As a staff member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at SBU, Chantalle
has been recognized for her exceptional contributions to the university.
Chantalle's contributions to the Electrical and Computer Engineering department have
been exceptional, playing a significant role in the university's functions and its
commitment to deliver education that is both pioneering and comprehensive.
ECE IEEE wins Velio Marsocci Outstanding Student Branch Award 2024
2024 Velio Marsocci Outstanding Student Branch Award
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is thrilled to announce that our
IEEE Student Branch has been awarded the esteemed 2024 Velio Marsocci Outstanding
Student Branch Award. The award was presented at the IEEE Long Island Awards Banquet
held at the Crest Hollow Country Club on March 21, 2024.
PhD students Laiba Bilal and Marija Iloska compete in SBU 3MT 2024: Laiba Bilal Wins
People's Choice
Marija Iloska
Laiba Bilal
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges SBU graduate students to present
their dissertation research findings to a general audience in just three minutes,
using only one PowerPoint slide. The goal is to engage all their communication skills
to make their research vivid and engaging while emphasizing its key point without
jargon.
This year, two exceptional PhD students from the Electrical & Computer Engineering
department, Laiba Bilal and Marija Iloska, made their mark in the SBU 3MT 2024 event.
The Future: Space Weather and Accelerator Training
Space weather refers to the variation in the flow of high-energy particles in space,
originating from the sun and outside the solar system. This weather can degrade or
damage spacecraft electronics. As we enter a new age with an increased presence in
space, understanding the effect of radiation on electronics and mitigation strategies
becomes crucial.
The most common approach to gain this understanding involves simulating space weather
radiation on Earth using particle accelerators. Despite its widespread use, a shortage
of facilities and trained personnel currently exists. Plans are underway to create
new facilities, including an expansion at Long Island’s Brookhaven National Laboratory
(BNL). This expansion will provide the radiation community with thousands of additional
hours for experimental testing, aligning with the growing demand for space operations.
Stony Brook University's ECE Department Offers Online Course in Reliability Theory
for Industry Engineers
Reliability theory optimizes space systems
This fall, Stony Brook University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
is offering an online course in Reliability Theory, a subject of significant interest
to industry engineers. Reliability Theory is a versatile field with applications spanning
across aerospace engineering, electronics, manufacturing, and software engineering.
The principles of good reliability engineering have been instrumental in delivering
the trustworthy products and services that we rely on today.
The course, ESE 540, delves into the mathematical and statistical methods used to
evaluate the reliability of systems composed of various components. It covers analytical
models of system analysis, lifetime distributions, repairable systems, warranties,
preventive maintenance, and software reliability.
Susan Nastro is honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Excellence Award
President Maurie McInnis with Susan Nastro
Susan Nastro is recognized for her excellence in Professional Service at Stony Brook
University. She is one of the 22 faculty and staff members who received the prestigious
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for the 2022-2023 academic year. This award
is a testament to her outstanding contributions and dedication to her field.
Susan's work in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department has been of the
highest caliber, contributing significantly to the university’s operations and its
mission to provide innovative and inclusive education.
Fang Luo, Empire Innovation Associate Professor and Director of the Spellman High
Voltage Power Electronics Laboratory at Stony Brook University, received the 2023
Motohisa Kanda Award. This award, established in 2015, honors the most cited paper
in the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) over the past five
years.
The award-winning paper, “A Survey of Active EMI Filters for Conducted EMI Noise Reduction
in Power Electronic Converters”, was co-authored by Luo and Balaji Narayanasamy. Since
its publication in 2019, it has garnered the most citations (74) among papers published
in the last five years (2019-2023).
Libin Varghese appointed as Chair of IEEE PES/IAS, Long Island Section
Libin Varghese
Libin Varghese, an Engineer I at NYPA and a Ph.D. candidate under Peng Zhang, has
been appointed as the Chair of the IEEE PES/IAS (Power and Energy Society and Industrial
application Society) for the Long Island Section. His research focuses on Microgrids,
and his role at IEEE underscores his commitment to the field. As an IEEE Senior Member,
he has been actively contributing to the NY state decarbonization efforts and has
served in various capacities, including as the advisor for the IEEE IAS RSET chapter.
Libin’s innovative projects have earned him numerous accolades, including the 3M Young
Innovator and the 3M Young Innovators Challenge Award 2015. He was also among the
top 40 finalists for “Innovation in Medical Science and Biotechnology” at the Festival
of Innovation in 2016. His achievements also include the prestigious Best Graduate
Thesis Award from IEEE IAS(2015).
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab showcasing innovations at IEEE Energy
Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE) 2023
Team demonstrates health monitoring using converter digital twin
Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab is showcasing their 3-year-old lab developments at ECCE 2023, with an exhibition at Booth #4. The highlight of the event will be
a demonstration on power converter digital twin, showcasing the lab’s innovative approach
to power electronics. There are series of presentations and technical sessions.
Visitors will also have the chance to explore the lab’s latest converter and power
module developments, spanning applications from aerospace to marine energy. The team
is eagerly anticipating the opportunity to engage with attendees and share their groundbreaking
work at this much-anticipated event.
2023 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation Awards to Two Stony Brook University Electrical
Engineering Students
Jingde Hu Abdul Basit Mirza Beside: Prof. Parekh and Prof. Petar Djuric, EE & CE Dept. Chair
One undergraduate EE student (Jingde Hu) and one graduate EE student (Abdul Basit
Mirza) have been recipients of the 2023 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation (AMRF)
awards for excellence in high GPA achievement. Professor Jayant P. Parekh, who is
also Vice President of the AMRF, handed out an award certificate and a check for $1000
to each of the awardees.
The award ceremony coincided with the university graduation ceremony held on May 19,
2023. Attending the ceremony were the awardees, graduating students and accompanying
family members and friends, and participating faculty. Food and refreshments were
served at the event.
Mónica Bugallo Named to IEEE Society Board of Governors
Prof. Mónica Bugallo
Mónica Bugallo, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been elected a member at large on the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society Board of
Governors (BoG). Her term began January 1, 2023 and she will serve until December
2025.
Bugallo is vice provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at
Stony Brook University, in addition to inaugural faculty director of the Women in
Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program. She previously served as associate
dean for Diversity and Outreach in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Josue Nassar a Finalist for Chancellor Distinguished PhD Graduate Award
Josue Nassar
Josue Nassar, a PhD candidate in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was one of five finalists for the Chancellor
Distinguished PhD Graduate Dissertation Awards, which recognize work done across the
State University of New York (SUNY) system to address some of society’s most pressing
issues.
Nassar was named a finalist for his dissertation, “Bayesian Machine Learning for Analyzing
and Controlling Neural Populations.” He received a $1,000 award, which was announced
January 19 by SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr.
Hesse-Spellman Forms New Research Alliance For Power Electronics Packaging
Prof. Fang Luo
Hesse Mechatronics and the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Lab at Stony Brook
University have formed a new research alliance for high performance power electronics
module packaging through a no-cost loaner program including a Hesse BJ 653 wirebonder
and a Hesse Smart Welder SW1185.
Advanced power modules provide the bridge between the power devices and their applications,
as the module design has a strong impact on the semiconductor’s real-world in-circuit
performances. With the support from Hesse, the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics
Lab can provide full capability for advanced packaging solutions, from design to validation,
to advanced Wide Bandgap (SiC/GaN) and Ultra-Wide Bandgap (Ga2O3 and Diamond) Power
electronics systems.
2022 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation Awards to Two Stony Brook University Students
Cynthia Wu Mustafeez Hassan
One undergraduate student (Cynthia Wu) and one graduate student (Mustafeez Hassan)
have been receipients of the 2022 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation (AMRF) awards
for excellence in high GPA achievement. Each award included a certificate and a check
for $1000.
The AMRF awards are an annual event at two universities, Columbia University and Stony
Brook Univeristy, which are on the Board of Directors of the AMRF and are receipients
of funding for the awards.
The Awards are given in honor of Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954), the inventor
of FM radio, who ranks among the greatest scientists of all time.
Researcher on Future Power Technology joins ECE Dept.: Prof. Yifan Zhou
Prof. Yifan Zhou
Dr. Yifan Zhou joined the Stony Brook ECE faculty as an assistant professor this past
September. Prior to this, she was a postdoc in the ECE department at Stony Brook,
working with Prof. Peng Zhang. She received her Bachelor's degree with the highest
distinction in 2014 and her Ph.D. degree in 2019, both from the Department of Electrical
Engineering at Tsinghua University in China, a world-wide top university. Her research focuses on learning-based, verifiable smart grids, which collaboratively
integrates (1) machine learning, (2) quantum computing, and (3) formal verification
for enabling intelligent, resilient, adaptive, and secured power system operations
and supporting extreme renewable energy integration.
RF-based Analytics with Intelligent Backscattering RF Tags
PhD student Yang Xie preparing the RF tag for testing
To fully unlock the potential of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), novel sensing and energy
harvesting solutions are needed. Prof. Milutin Stanacevic and a team of Stony Brook
researchers he leads are developing RF (radio frequency)-based sensing technology
to cyber-enable (i.e. computerize) our physical environment. The technology is based
on the tiny battery-less RF tags attached to objects or integrated into structures.
These RF tags will be able to sense activities and interactions among various entities
around them, both tagged and not-tagged. This enables applications such as fine grain
tracking of human movements, activity and gesture recognition, human-object interactions
and structure monitoring. These capabilities in turn will provide an ability to query
and reason about the environment in order to infer a wide range of analytic information.
All of this will be achieved without the occupants (humans) within the environment
having to carry or wear any devices (device free).
On May 3, 2022, the ECE department held our annual Senior Design Poster Day to showcase
the excellent Senior Design Projects completed by our students.Please click here to view photos from the event.
New Lab Powers Research and Experiential Learning
Dr. Loren Skeist, Prof. Fang Luo, and Prof. Petar Djuric
Spellman Power Electronics Lab Opens in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences opened a new engineering teaching
lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , thanks to generous
funding from industry partner Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation . In a
special ceremony on April 12, 2022, the Spellman Power Electronics Lab was dedicated
as a facility to accelerate research and educational programs in alternative energy
and power conversion systems.
A foundational research focus for students and faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences(CEAS) includes alternative energy and power conversion systems such as wind power
generators, fuel cells, hybrid electric vehicles and all-electric ships and aircraft
propulsion systems. The new lab offers students the hands-on experiential training
that will give them a competitive edge for internships, graduate school, future jobs
and purposeful careers.
A Rapid Breath Test for COVID
Prof. Milutin Stanacevic
In an exciting development, Prof. Milutin Stanacevic of the ECE dept has collaborated
with faculty researchers from The Ohio State University to produce a rapid breath
test for COVID that is shown in a recent study to be highly accurate for critically
ill patients. Future studies will look at the effectiveness of the breath test in
less seriously ill patients and also look at its effectiveness in detecting other
diseases/infections. Stony Brook University ECE graduate student Yasha Karimi was
instrumental in the development of the device.
Prof. Fang Luo joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department a short time
ago and has established a very active research program on the next generation of power
electronics. This effort has been greatly enhanced by Prof. Luo teaming up with the
Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp., a regional manufacturer of custom high voltage
power systems.
Left to right: Prof. Peng Zhang, Prof. Xin Wang, and Prof. Yue Zhao
Photovoltaic electric power generation is becoming more and more common and its use
is likely to grow as time goes on. However operators of electric power systems with
a large photovoltaic component have a hard time predicting the behavior of the power
systems. There is an urgent need for effective and accurate transient (i.e. short
time frame) and dynamic (as it happens) simulation methods for power systems with
high photovoltaic penetration. A team involving Stony Brook faculty Prof. Peng Zhang, Prof. Yue Zhao and Prof. Xin Wang, and post-doc Yifan Zhou recently received a major US Dept. of Energy award to fulfill this need.
Stony Brook University professor Peng Zhang, a SUNY Empire Innovation professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading a statewide team of collaborators in developing “AI-Grid,” an artificial
intelligence-enabled, autonomous grid designed to keep power infrastructure resilient
from cyberattacks, faults and disastrous accidents.
The work is part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Convergence Accelerator Program, which supports and builds upon basic research and discovery that involves multidisciplinary
work to accelerate solutions toward societal impact.
Prof. Emre Salman and doctoral candidate Ivan Miketic recently published a unique
obfuscation technique to make digital computer chips more resistant to reverse engineering.
Why is this important? One of the key security issues for chip design companies
is reverse engineering. Reverse engineering involves several physical attacks to the
chip to regenerate the circuit netlist. The “netlist” is the description of a circuit
including the gates, inputs, outputs and their interconnections. Once the netlist
is obtained, counterfeit designs that are not authentic can be fabricated. This is
typically referred to as Intellectual Property (IP) theft. Reverse engineering poses
a significant economic risk to the semiconductor industry due to lost profits and
reputation. It also presents a considerable risk to consumers and private data.
Continually increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have already
led to changes in the climate as well as the acidification of the oceans. This increased
acidity of the oceans is analogous to a slow motion “spill” of acid. And just like
we clean up after oil spills, we need to clean up this acid spill as well.
The approach of ECE’s Prof. Matthew Eisaman and a team of researchers, called SEA
MATE, which stands for Safe Elevation of Alkalinity for the Mitigation of Acidification
Through Electrochemistry, uses carbon-free electricity and electrochemistry to effectively
pump this excess acid out of the ocean and then sells the acid for useful purposes.
This acid removal restores the ocean chemistry such that the remaining ions in the
ocean react with atmospheric carbon dioxide, safely locking it up for 10,000 – 200,000
years as oceanic bicarbonate. So the net effect of SEA MATE is the reversal of ocean
acidification along with the net removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Talk to anyone connected to Stony Brook University’s new power electronics program,
and it’s clear, they’re amped.
SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor Fang Luo is charged up about launching
the new interdisciplinary program and research lab at one of the country’s most collaboration-friendly
campuses.
Second-year doctoral student Anusha Gopagani raves about her power electronics classes
and how Professor Luo pushes her to think bigger about the impact of her research
on electromagnetic interference.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair Petar Djurić lights up about
how the program is luring students like Anusha from around the country to get the
hands-on experiential training that will give them a competitive edge for internships,
graduate school, high-paying jobs and purposeful careers.
And Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation CEO Dr. Loren Skeist is eager to
help create a locally trained pipeline of power electronics professionals. So eager
that his Long-Island-based company has pledged five years of funding for a new high
voltage power electronics training and research lab at the University.
Prof. Petar Djuric, colleagues, and students have been looking at two health related
topics with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques.
Here we look at two very interdisciplinary projects.
The first is “Rethinking Electronic Fetal Monitoring to Improve Perinatal Outcomes
and Reduce Frequency of Operative Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries.” The main objective
of the research is to use recent breakthroughs in machine learning to develop predictive
analytics to support and improve the interpretation of electronic fetal monitoring
data in the last couple of hours before delivery.
The second project is “In Search for the Interactions that Create Consciousness.”
In this research, Petar and collaborators are looking for the physical footprints
of consciousness. They are seeking answers to many questions about its origin and
nature. What parts of the brain give rise to consciousness? What are the minimal neuronal
mechanisms that are sufficient to generate consciousness?
Big data, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications are
revolutionizing the models, methods and practices of electrical and computer engineering.
At the same time, electrical and computer engineering research advances in hardware
and software are crucial for all those applications to become a reality. New technology
domains, such as smart grids, smartphone platforms, autonomous vehicles and drones,
energy efficient systems, wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) tools will unfold;
embedded with electrical and computer engineering systems in real world or industry
practice.
Stony Brook researchers, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Lowell,
will be investigating ways to make energy generation, storage and system operation
more efficient, reliable and resilient, particularly in microgrid settings such as
shore-based environments, under a new program funded by the United States Navy Office
of Naval Research. The Navy grant, totaling $7.36 million and shared equally between
the two institutions, will run through Fall 2022.
In a conversation with the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation, Petar Djuric, Professor and ECE Department Chair, describes his research in artificial intelligence
and explains how AI and Machine Learning fit into Electrical and Computer Engineering
Time series are a statistical workhorse of today’s economy and technology. What is
a time series? It is simply a sequence of data indexed by time. Examples of time series
are daily stock prices, hourly temperature readings, the pressure readings in an industrial
process by the second, and the number of calls per minute in a telephone exchange.
In a more general form, it can be a sentence in natural language or a set of processes
of a system. As the types of sensing devices grow, there is an increasing demand to
model the statistical relationships from a large amount of high-dimensional (i.e.
many variables) sequential data. Professor Xin Wang leads a group of PhD students
and post-doctoral researchers in Stony Brook’s Electrical and Computer Engineering
department who seek to develop fundamental machine learning and data processing techniques
to more accurately model time series data, as well as advance the understanding of
images and video.
Addressing the critical need for more reliable and secure power, a multidisciplinary
research team at Stony Brook led by Peng Zhang, SUNY Empire Innovation professor in
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is working to develop and demonstrate
techniques for AI-enabled resilient network microgrids (AI-Grids) that will help improve
the day-to-day reliability of the power grid and enable easier and faster power restoration
after outages.
The fastest-growing population on Long Island and around the world is older adults.
By 2035, those aged 65 and over are expected to comprise more than 20 percent of Long
Island’s population — a demographic shift that will test our society’s capacity to
provide critical and supportive care. As the model of elder care evolves, Stony Brook
researchers are studying new “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) technologies — solutions such as smart lights and indoor climate controls that can transform our
environments — to address the challenges of growing older and “aging in place.”
Even with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the globe and our countries racked with healthcare
and safety consequences, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program at Stony Brook University (SBU) developed a unique, remote, yet hands-on STEM opportunity
for middle school students this summer. WISE teamed up with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the iCREATE program to provide Long Island middle school students a virtual platform to express
their inner engineer and STEM creativity from the comfort of their own homes. The
goal of this outreach was to provide students with hands-on STEM experiences and motivate
them to learn and be informed about different STEM careers.
The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department welcomes Dr. Fang Luo as a new Empire
Innovation Associate Professor in ECE. He brings expertise on power electronics systems.
His research interests include high power-density converter design, high-density EMI
filter design and integration, and power module packaging/integration for wide band-gap
devices. His current projects include high-voltage Wide bandgap power module packaging,
turbo-electric propulsion for aircraft systems, cryogenic power converters, and active
EMI filters for power electronics systems.
A team of faculty and staff designed and manufactured solutions to improve Stony Brook
University Hospital's Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR). The team created a
3D printed connector and a USB charger to allow the hospital's PAPR devices to use
a standard commercial batteries. Additionally, the team created 3D printed hose adapters
and replacement battery packs.
Computer Engineering Student Cristian Escobar Profiled on Matter of Fact
"I don't think I ever expected myself to be where I am now, truthfully," says Computer
Engineering senior Cristian Escobar, who was featured onSoledad O'Brien's Matter of Fact, in a story describing how Stony Brook's Educational Opportunity program works to
create upward social mobility.
Three ECE Alumni Honored as Stony Brook Forty Under Forty
Three graduates from Stony Brook ECE will be honored at Stony Brook's 2019 Forty Under
Forty event on January 15, 2020. The honorees are: Scott Amron (BE EE, '03), Kapil
Kanugo (MS EE, '07), and Peng Wei (MS EE, '09).
Three ECE Alumni Honored as Stony Brook Forty Under Forty
Three graduates from Stony Brook ECE will be honored at Stony Brook's 2019 Forty Under
Forty event on January 15, 2020. The honorees are: Scott Amron (BE EE, '03), Kapil
Kanugo (MS EE, '07), and Peng Wei (MS EE, '09).
Two ECE Students Awarded 2019 Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation Awards
Two Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation (AMRF) Awards were given out to the following
students in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Stony Brook University:
Sean Fiola, a graduating undergraduate student, and Jian Jiang, a graduate student.
The awardees were selected on the basis of excellence in high GPA achievement. Each
award consisted of a certificate together with a check for $1000.
ECE Celebrates Scott Tierno and Opens Remodeled Labs
Faculty, staff, and alumni of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences gathered
on Monday, September 16, 2019, for the opening of the remodeled Embedded Systems Design
Laboratory (ESDL) and the Digital Systems Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (DSRPL) and
to celebrate the accomplished career of long-time staff member Scott Tierno. Please
follow the link below for a gallery of pictures from the event.
The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department welcomes Bryant Gonzaga as a new
staff member. Bryant is joining our team of instructional support specialists and
will be facilitating the labs for ESE 380, 381, and 382.
The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department welcomes Dr. Peng Zhang as a new
faculty member of the department. Dr. Zhang received two Ph.D. degrees, one from Tsinghua
University in 2002 and another from the University of British Columbia, in 2009. Before
joining our department, Dr. Zhang held the Francis L. Castleman Distinguished Professorship
with the University of Connecticut, and he was also a Centennial Term Professor there.
Summer WISE Program Gives Girls Hands-on STEM Experience
The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors Program teamed up with the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and iCREATE-Division of Information Technology
to hold the Summer WISE program, which brought Long Island middle school girls to
Stony Brook University to find their inner engineer and take part in a STEM program
they will remember for years to come. This outreach initiative focused on providing
the young women with exciting application-based and hands-on engineering experiences
to help grow their confidence and engineering skill sets.
Mónica Bugallo Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and Outreach
Mónica Bugallo, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and Faculty Director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors program,
has been appointed Associate Dean for Diversity and Outreach in the College of Engineering
and Applied Sciences (CEAS).
A multi-disciplinary team led by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) has received $3.2 million under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant Program (RO1) to investigate machine learning methods for classification of intrapartum signals
(FHR and uterine activity) that has the potential to significantly outperform the
accuracy of contemporary methods. The project is called “Rethinking Electronic Fetal
Monitoring to Improve Perinatal Outcomes and Reduce Frequency of Operative Vaginal
and Cesarean Deliveries.”
ECE PhD student Yousef El-Laham was awarded a Best Student Paper Award at the International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
The AI Institute will serve as a hub for the AI research effort at Stony Brook University
and will fuel the workforce for the AI-driven economy of the future through programs
that fuse computer science, engineering and applied mathematics with medicine, life
sciences, and the arts and humanities.
We are proud to announce that John A. Stankovic from the University of Virginia will
deliver the Distinguished Lecture in ECE for the Spring 2019 semester. Prof. Stankovic
will present "Research Challenges and Solutions for IOTT/CPS" on Friday April 26,
at 11:00am in Light Engineering 250.
ECE undergraduate students Kenneth Ng has received a University Undergraduate Recognition
Award for his work in the laboratory of Professor Jerome Liang
Our inaugural speaker will be H. Vincent Poor of Princeton University, who will present "Fundamentals for Low Latency Communications"
on Friday August 24th at 11:00am, in Light Engineering 250.
The National Academy of Inventors® is a member organization comprising U.S. and international
universities, and governmental and non-profit research institutes, with more than
4,000 individual inventor members and Fellows from more than 250 institutions worldwide.
Of the 74 members in the Stony Brook chapter, seven are ECE faculty.
To celebrate our 2018 graduates, the ECE department held an open house and awards
ceremony on Friday May 18th. All graduates and their families and friends were invited
to see the department, tour our labs, and meet the faculty and staff.
Michael D'Agati, a senior Electrical Engineering major, has been featured by Stony
Brook's Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) as the student researcher
of the month for February 2018. Please click here to read an interview with Michael.
Researchers from the Stony Brook ECE department and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory announce a
new synthesis process for low-cost fabrication of a material previously discounted
in literature for high-sensitivity infrared cameras, opening new possibilities for
future Army night-time operations. (Image credit: US Army Photo)
This summer Prof. Tom Robertazzi, ex-ECE PhD student Kai Wang and Prof. Steve Skiena
of the Computer Science Dept. have been awarded a US patent (number 9,728,971) for
an elegant procedure to balance the phases of electric power distribution systems.
Prof. Mikhail Dorojevets with four other founding members representing four world
continents have founded QUANTARCTIC, the worldwide community of people developing Flux Quantum Architectures, Tools,
and Integrated Circuits with superconductor technology. The QUANTARCTIC mission is
to connect people working on flux quantum computing and bring new people, companies,
and ideas to the field.
ECE Professors Fan Ye, Peter Milder, and Yuanyuan Yang receive NSF grant to study
hardware and software for pervasive edge computing. The researchers will design, create
and evaluate a novel hardware and software platform where modularized FPGA/software
computation components can be easily composed like interlocking Lego pieces, to create
customized edge sensing and computing devices for "smart" applications.
Mónica F. Bugallo, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received
recognition for Excellence in Teaching, and Anthony Olivo, Senior Technician, for
Excellence in Professional Service.
Third-year ECE PhD student Lingqing Gan received the 2017 National Science Foundation
Professional Development Award, which supported her attendance at the iREDEFINE workshop
at the ECEHDA conference.
ECE assistant professor Fan Ye has been awarded a Google Faculty Research Award. This
is a competitive and prestigious award aimed to strengthen Google’s ties with researchers
and to support cutting-edge work on “problems that will impact how future generations
use technology.”
Associate Professors Emre Salman and Milutin Stanaćević are inventing new methods
to use wireless energy in computing devices. Contrary to existing methods that convert wirelessly harvested power into a direct
current (DC) voltage and rely on conventional computing methodologies, Salman and
Stanacevic propose an alternating current (AC) computing based system where the wirelessly
harvested power is directly used for computation without converting into a DC voltage.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has awarded Stony Brook’s
Theta Mu chapter of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) with the Outstanding Chapter Award
for 2015–2016. Stony Brook’s IEEE-HKN chapter, with approximately 80 ECE students, holds a number
of events and workshops aimed at promoting ECE, giving students professional development
opportunities, and benefitting the community.
Prof. Mikhail Dorojevets, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was
awarded a contract related tocyber securityfrom the Office of Director of National Intelligence, IARPA. It is the first ever
IARPA contract awarded to Stony Brook University. Prof. Dorojevets's research interests
include energy-efficient superconductor computing, cyber security, cryptography, parallel
computer architectures, and all aspects of processor and circuit design.
The faculty and staff of the ECE department started the semester with a day-long retreat
to plan for the coming year. The agenda included planning for the upcoming ABET visit,
discussing the results of internal course evaluations, and brainstorming for ways
to improve the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs.
Two undergraduate and two graduate students in the Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department were given Armstrong Memorial Research Foundation (AMRF) Awards at a departmental
Town Hall Meeting on May 16, 2016 for excellence in high GPA achievement. The two
undergraduate awardees are Steven Massaro and Zahraa Krayem, and the two graduate
awardees are Inigo Urteaga and Jun Duan.
Stony Brook ECE graduate student Weicheng Liu has received the Best in Session Award
at the 2016 SRC TECHCON Conference held in Austin, Texas. Weicheng's paper has proposed a novel method for automatic
clock tree development to reduce power consumption. Weicheng is a PhD student at
the NanoCAS Lab advised by Prof. Emre Salman.
Professor Petar M. Djuric has been appointed the chair of the ECE department. With
the department more than 25 years, Djurić has served the department, college and university
in a number of capacities. His primary research focus is in the area of signal and
information processing with specific interest in the theory of signal modeling, detection,
and estimation; Monte Carlo-based methods; signal and information processing over
networks; machine learning, RFID, and the Internet of Things.
Dr. Shan Lin, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been
awarded the National Science Foundation's Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,
which is given to young faculty members for research and educational activities. This
award will support Dr. Lin's work on ensuring the safety and security of networks
in connected hospitals.
At the beginning of every year, the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP)
recognizes "outstanding achievements of its members and volunteers. Each year, a select
group of signal processing researchers is elevated to EURASIP Fellow, the Association's
most prestigious honour." This year one of the four recipients of this high distinction
is Petar M. Djuric. His citation reads "For contributions to the theory and practice
of Bayesian signal processing.”
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Distinguished Dissertation
Award is given each year to a doctoral dissertation which exemplifies scientific significance,
impact and originality. Stony Brook University’s (SBU) own Yufei Ren was chosen as
the winner for 2015 from amongst fifteen phenomenal dissertations from institutions
across the globe.
A team led by ECE assistant professor Matthew Eisaman has developed a method using common glass for creating resilient, customized, and high-performance graphene.
The material is known for its durability and electrical conductivity and is used in
the energy, electronics and semiconductor industries. The graphene-enhancing process
is detailed in a paper published in Scientific Reports.
Electrical Engineering student Michael D’Agati is a recipient of the 2016 Goldwater
Scholarship. Michael is a sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering. He is interested
in nanotechnology and biomedical applications, and is studying the use of 3-D graphene
supercapacitors to power an in vivo embedded system for health monitoring.
Prachi Chitnis, a Stony Brook University graduate student mentored by Kevin Brown,
a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory’s
Collider-Accelerator Department and the department’s Prof. Thomas Robertazzi, has
been awarded the 2015 Experimental Physics Control Systems Prize by the European Physical
Society (EPS) for her “significant contributions to the reliability of the RHIC beam
permit system.”
Emre Salman, Assistant Professor in ECE Department, was selected as one of the four
finalists for the Stony Brook Discovery Fund Prize. He and Milutin Stanaćević, Associate
Professor of ECE, proposed a novel method for performing computation in energy-autonomous
systems that “harvest” power from ambient sources. The proposed method significantly
enhances energy efficiency by recycling electrical charge in a unique way that particularly
fits wireless power harvesting systems.
Mr. Roger Alford, Class of 2015, is a recently graduated student in the BSEE Online
program. A grandfather with three adult children and three grandchildren from the
State of Michigan, Mr. Alford started his BSEE program at the University of Michigan
in 1978. However, due to various life circumstances, his college career was interrupted.
While he loves electrical engineering and for over three decades had a very fun, challenging
career applying electrical engineering knowledge, he never has a chance to complete
his bachelor degree. To demonstrate the importance of college to his grandchildren
and to fulfill his lifetime dream and goal, Mr. Alford joined the BSEE online degree
program at SBU in 2011.
ECE Faculty Yuanyuan Yang and Fan Ye have won a NSF grant totaling $745K for three
years to develop a novel data-centric “Pervasive Edge Computing” architecture that
will revolutionize next generation sensing applications. The project seeks to create
a new architecture that promotes sensing data to first class citizens whose existence
is independent of any particular devices.
Ever got lost in an unfamiliar library, hospital, train station or office building?
You’re not alone. Although navigation has been standard outdoors thanks to GPS and
digital maps, such capability is simply non-existent for most buildings. ECE Faculty
Fan Ye is developing algorithms and systems that can automatically construct digital
indoor floor maps from mobile sensing data. People carry mobile devices such as smartphones
everywhere every day. These devices are packed with sensors – inertial, radio, image,
sound, light. Prof. Ye’s group is developing algorithms and building systems that
can take such data, extract the geometric and layout information of different kinds
of architectural elements (e.g., hallways, rooms and lobbies), and piece them together
for complete floor plans.
Center for Advanced Technology in Diagnostic Tools and Sensor Systems(Sensor CAT)
is rooted in the ECE Department. It is one of CEAS’s most prominent tools to promote
business growth in New York. We use State funding to support dozens of faculty and
students who are interested in helping NY companies – or in growing their own businesses
– in R&D and high-tech manufacturing.
Innovate LI announced the winners of its inaugural Innovator of the Year award that
recognize Long Island’s best brightest ideas. The 2015 Innovators, chosen after a
two-month nomination process, will be honored at an awards breakfast at Crest Hollow
Country Club, Oct 21. Among the winners in Science & Technology category is our own
Matt Eisaman and his colleagues at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The winning work
is reported in their paper,Nanotech Antireflection Surface Coatings, published in Nature Communications.
The Optoelectronics Group's research activity includes the design and development
of lasers, light emitting diodes and photodetectors. Among the most recent achievements
are the first demonstration of mid infrared high power cascade diode lasers with record
performance parameters, fabrication of arrays of mid infrared light emitting diodes
with 4 million individually addressable pixels and development of a new class of long
wave infrared photodetector heterostructures based on our original metamorphic epitaxial
technology.
Stony Brook's online Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) has been accredited
by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Students in the program take
all classes online and asynchronously, watching lecture videos, interacting with professors
and other online students over the Internet and taking exams at local testing/proctoring
centers. Through the innovative use of technology, hands-on, real experiments conducted
by online students at home are the same as those in the residential program.
Three new faculty members have joined the ECE department. Dr. Matthew Eisaman joins
us under a joint appointment with Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he is a physicist
in the Sustainable Energy Technologies Department. Dr. Shan Lin joins us from Temple
University, where he was an assistant professor since 2010, working on networked systems.
Dr. Fan Ye studies mobile sensing systems and applications. Prior to joining us, he
was a faculty member at Peking University and a researcher at IBM T. J. Watson.
The ECE department’s Alex Doboli is part of a multi-university team that has been
working on the research project “INSPIRE: The Hunting of the Spark: A Systematic Study
of Natural Creativity in Human Networks”. The project studies how novel ideas propagate
in large groups of people – specifically how research ideas percolate through the
technical community. More generally the team is studying creativity.
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced that a paper co-authored by
ECE assistant professor Peter Milder has won the 2014 Best Paper Award for the journal
Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES).
Students from the Stony Brook ECE department, advised by Prof. David Westerfeld, were
winners of the IEEE Power Electronics Society Solar Splash Collegiate World Championship.
A cardboard boat carrying four students built by a team from the student chapters
of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu (the electrical engineering professional and honor societies,
respectively) placed 5th out of about 100 boats in the 2014 Roth Pond Regatta on the
Stony Brook Campus in early May. Following Roth Pond Regatta tradition, the boat was
constructed of cardboard and duct tape.
Faculty, staff, and alumni of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences gathered
on Monday, September 16, 2019, for the opening of the remodeled Embedded Systems Design
Laboratory (ESDL) and the Digital Systems Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (DSRPL) and
to celebrate the accomplished career of long-time staff member Scott Tierno. Please
follow the link below for a gallery of pictures from the event.
