Archived ECE Department News from Past Years
 
 

UNH Budapest Exchange Students Visit the University of Novi Sad

On October 21 and 22, 2006, thirteen UNH students from the Budapest exchange program visited the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTN-College of Engineering), at the University of Novi Sad (UNS), Serbia, Europe. This is the third year in a row that a visit of the UNH exchange students took place. Each year the UNH students meet and spend some time with their fellow students from the UNS.

ECE Students Participate in Research Program at Lincoln Laboratory

Three Electrical and Computer Engineering students participated in an exciting new relationship with MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory this summer. For the first time, UNH students were involved in the Laboratory’s summer research programs, getting hands-on experience in fields ranging from sensor analysis to microelectronics and embedded computing.

Homecoming 2006

A great time was had by all ECE alumni, faculty, and students who attended the 2006 Homecoming.  See the photos taken at the ECE/CEPS Tent.

Business, Engineering and Technology Career & Internship Fair

CEPS/WSBE will hold the annual Engineering Career and Internship Fair at the MUB's Granite State and Strafford Rooms on Wednesday October 18, 2006 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.  This is a great opportunity to gather information on internships and full-time employment.  Company and organization representatives will be there to discuss employment opportunities and how to apply for positions.
 

Job market for grads best in five years and Racing into the real world: Students lock up their futures

ECE student Dave Gillespie was interviewed by the Boston Globe.

 The electrical and computer engineering job market for graduates is growing providing plenty of opportunities for recent graduates to use their creative skills to solve complex and challenging problems.

ECE Computer Engineering Students Honored For Research At UNH Symposium

Computer engineering majors Scott Crawford (Brentwood, N.H.) and Jonathan Oppelaar (River Vale, N.J.) were honored for their design of an integrated chip that runs calculations inside a biometric fingerprint authenticator being developed at UNH. The students were selected from a field of over 100 undergraduates who presented their research in poster presentations at EOS during the afternoon. The ISE event was part of a weeklong conference showcasing the extensive research efforts undertaken by UNH undergraduates.

 
Phase One of the Kingsbury Hall Renovation Project Completed

January 2006 - We are excited to announce that the ECE Department's educational laboratories, administrative office, and faculty offices have moved into the new engineering wing of Kingsbury Hall.  Please contact the ECE Department if you would like a tour of the new facilities.

 
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Funds ECE Student Research

The following ECE students applied and received UROP funding for research:  James Brandt "Design and Development of a Low Power Throughput-Intensive System on a Chip-Analog to Digital Converter," Jason Dahlstrom and Christopher Glynn "Computational Modeling and Brain-Computer Interfaces," Katelyn Palmer "Speech Recognition - A Study in Emergency Response Communication."  Congratulations, the ECE Department is proud of your accomplishments.

ECE Students Receive UNH Awards
 
Congratulations to ECE Junior, Jason Dahlstrom, for receiving the UNH “University Award of Excellence for 2005”.  This award is presented each year to recognize excellence in leadership, scholarship and citizenship. 

Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. student, Jason Chan, for receiving the UNH Graduate School “Graduate Student Research/Scholarship” award.  This award is designed to recognize graduate student research/scholarship and other creative works that represent the best overall contribution to the discipline.

un-Tethered Officer Project
T
he Mitretek Center for Criminal Justice Technology (CCJT)is conducting a study in collaboration with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNH and state and local law enforcement agencies to assess how wireless portable communications between various agencies and their personnel can be implemented to support inter agency cooperative efforts when emergency situations exist.

 

ECE Professor Kent Chamberlin Named to State Education Technology Council
The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) has selected University of New Hampshire (UNH) distance learning expert ECE Professor Kent Chamberlin to join the Statewide Education Technology Council.

 

Three ECE Students Awarded Tyco Scholarships

Jacob Aho of New Ipswich, NH competed for and won a 2004 Tyco Scholarship.  This four year scholarship is awarded to exceptional students in engineering and physical sciences, UNH/Tyco Scholarship.  Jacob entered ECE at UNH as a freshman in the fall of 2004.  Susan Deuell of Olympia, Washington, won the 2003 competition, Tyco Scholarship.  Christopher Glynn of Dover, NH was the 2002 Tyco Scholarship winner.

 

Biometric Project at UNH

The ECE Department at UNH is working in conjunction with Mitretek Center for Criminal Justice Technology (CCJT) in the development and pilot testing of a interoperability test bed to explore aspects of implementing the reading and validation of biometrically encoded drivers licenses.

 

Project54 Equips NH State Police Cruisers with New Technologies
 

ECE faculty and students of CATlab work on introducing advanced technologies into the operations of the New Hampshire State Police and other law enforcement agencies.

 

Calling all CEPS Alums!

The CEPS Alumni Society is a way for alumni from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences to remain connected to the college, their departments and their professors.

 

 

Biped walking robot developed in the ECE Robotics Laboratory