University of Notre Dame, Department of Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student, Nnamdi Chikere, from MiNiRoLab recently presented his research on collective object transport using a swarm of legged robots at the International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2024). He was also awarded a Black in Robotics travel grant. Congratulations, Nnamdi! #NDEE

We’re proud to share that our Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student, Atefah Ghafari, is one of only four women nationwide to be awarded the NSConsortium Women in Spectrum Scholarship! A key contributor to the ND Wireless Institute here at Notre Dame, Atefah specializes in RF/mm wave microwave circuits & antenna design, with a focus on cutting-edge innovation and 5G technology. We are thrilled to watch her succeed, and we can’t wait to see what she does next! #NDEE

Congratulations to the 2024 NSC Women in Spectrum Scholarship Winners!! NSC CEO and Executive Director Joe Kochan and ExCom Member Sheryl Genco, Ph.D. recognized these scholars today at IEEE Communications Society MILCOM: ? Atefeh Ghafari, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame ? Erika Caushi, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth ? Maria Tsampazi, Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University ? Jennifer Quirk, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, The University of Kansas (not pictured) Congratulations to these fantastic scholars! We can't wait to see all you'll do in the world of spectrum and wireless communications. Read more about the winners here: https://lnkd.in/egGaQRS9

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Great to see expansion at Aira Technologies , a startup cofounded by an NDEE PhD alum. Students take notice!

The Pratt Lab is going mobile! Dr. Tom Pratt and his research team are leveraging exciting new technologies in wireless sensing and communications and taking them out into the field for testing. One of these technologies, a tethered drone, is equipped with optical fiber to provide high-speed wireless connections from the ground to an electronic payload?mounted on the drone. This research is aided by the capability of field research vehicles like the one shown below, which have the provision for solar, wind, and generator power to run equipment during field experiments. The one pictured features radio frequency transceivers and antenna systems at the top of its mast. Best of luck to this team on their trailblazing research!

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Exciting updates from the Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF)! Some of our talented undergraduate and graduate EE students are making their own microchips in the?Integrated Circuit Fabrication course. Over the semester, the students will transform a silicon wafer into an integrated circuit that plays a melody that’s all too familiar–The Notre Dame Victory March. Because here at Notre Dame, even in the smallest chips, we always “shake down the thunder from the sky!" #NDEE

Notre Dame EE researchers are building global connections that will pave the way for better connectivity! In collaboration with teams from Nanyang Tech University and the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore, as well as the University of Lille in France, these researchers have created a new terahertz beamformer chip (pictured below) that will make the future of 6G and beyond into reality!? The team, led by Prof. Ranjan Singh at the University of Notre Dame Electrical Engineering Department, has created a cutting-edge new technology that can significantly improve the efficiency and reliability of data transmission, especially in emerging industries such as virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities. This tiny chip, with the ability to support carefully directed, high-speed data streams with 360-degree coverage, could play a crucial role in meeting growing worldwide demands for high-speed, reliable wireless connections. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eBirv6eb.

In honor of Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, we would like to highlight?Karla Adriana Gonzalez Serrano, one of our postdoctoral researchers!? Originally from Monterrey, Mexico, Karla began her time at Notre Dame as a visiting student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. At Notre Dame, she found outstanding faculty, excellent research facilities, and a vibrant graduate student community, so she joined the Electrical?Engineering PhD program to conduct research in nanoelectronics. Currently, Karla works in Prof. Thomas O'Sullivan's Biomedical Photonics lab in the Department of?Electrical?Engineering. Her research focuses on novel technologies using light to quantify tissue components?in vivo, especially to detect tumors and monitor treatment. She also works on developing new optical models of tissue. She collaborates with NearWave, a startup that spun out of the O’Sullivan lab, to translate a new handheld, portable, and accessible tissue imaging device from the lab into the clinic in both high- and low-resource settings in the US and abroad. #postdoc?#postdocappreciationweek?#ndee