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Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Department News - December 2022

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Save the date for our first ECEE Alumni Day!

On Friday, March 3, we are inviting all of our alumni back to Boulder. Join us for updates on the department and networking with alumni, faculty and students. Plus, help inspire the next generation of electrical and computer engineeers through mock interviews and career panels with our current students! Watch for more information coming in early 2023.

Alumni News

Phillip De Leon

Alumnus named associate vice chancellor for research at CU Denver

Phillip De Leon (MElEngr'92, PhD'95) previously served as associate vice president for research and chief science officer at New Mexico State University. 

Ahmad Hoorfar

2023 class of IEEE fellows includes CU Boulder graduate

Ahmad Hoorfar (MElEngr'78, PhD'84) has been named an IEEE fellow "for contributions to sensing and imaging in stratified media and optimization in electromagnetics." Hoorfar is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. 

New Professional Master's Program sub-plan introduced

The new track provides unique and integrated education in AI with domain knowledge in signal processing and/or communications. 

Department News

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CU Boulder lands $750K research grant for 5G communications security

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Two ECEE researchers are involved in a unique military-oriented project to enable secure use of 5G networks that may be controlled by an adversary.
Pao (left) and her team members look at test turbines at NREL

Expanding the scope: Researchers explore wind farm co-design with communities

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With their most recent project, published in the journal Joule, Pao and her collaborators began to look at what it would mean to bring communities into the process of designing wind farms.
Thariq Shanavas

New laser technique has applications in gas sensing and photonic radio frequency sources

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PhD student Thariq Shanavas shares more on the project and his experiences as an interdisciplinary graduate student.
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Two from ECEE earn AB Nexus grants for collaborations with CU Anschutz

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Juliet Gopinath will tackle novel neurophotonics methods to access deep brain structures for decision making, while Zoya Popovic will advance technique for noninvasive brain temperature monitoring during cardiac surgery.
Taylor Barton

Professor honored for achievements in power amplifiers

Assistant Professor Taylor Barton has received the 2023 Outstanding Young Engineer Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society. She was honored “for Outstanding Early Career Achievements in High-Efficiency and Reconfigurable Power Amplifiers,” and will be recognized at the International Microwave Symposium in June. 

Class Notes

  • Rumaih Al-Rumaih (PhDElEngr’95) was appointed as Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister of transport and logistic services. Rumaih was also assigned by royal decree as president of the Public Transport Authority, which oversees the kingdom’s land, railway and maritime transport.
  • Musician and engineer Dafna Margalit (ElCompEngr’22) has been playing her original music for numerous years in and around the Boulder scene. During her time at Fairview High School, she would take any opportunity to perform, including school events, the competitive BVSD Battle of the Bands JamFest and eTown Hall’s 2016 Handmade Song Contest. Since then, Dafna has worked to open and headline shows at the Boulder Theatre, Fox Theatre and Larimer Lounge in Denver. Her bedroom-pop sound has racked up millions of streams across platforms since her first release in 2019. In addition to playing music, Dafna works as a software engineer at Rival Games.

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