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Electrical engineering researchers at CU Boulder have designed one of the most precise stopwatches yet — one that can count single photons. The group published its results this week in the journal Optica.
Assistant professor recognized with the Donald P. Eckman Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the engineering discipline-spanning field of automatic control.
More Faculty News
Taylor Barton was promoted to associate professor in August.
Juliet Gopinath and Sean Shaheen have been promoted to full professors.
Emiliano Dall'Anese won a 2021 IEEE PES Prize Paper Award for "Optimizing DER Participation in Inertial and Primary-Frequency Response."
Dejan Filipovic has received a three-year, $1.5 million award from Office of Naval Research (N00014-21-1-2641) for “Enabling Technologies and Novel Apertures for Electronic Support and Surveillance from HF to W-Band.”
Zoya Popovic has received a four-year $550,0000 award from Coldquanta, Inc. (Prime DARPA) for “Rydberg Atomic Vapor Electrometry (RAVE).”
Congratulations to PhD student Vivek Sankaranarayanan, who successfully defended on Friday, Aug. 13. Vivek's dissertation is titled "Control Strategies for Efficiency Optimization of Composite Converters."
Bowen Li's CANDi fiber laser is a promising solution for practical dual-comb metrology devices that benefit applications including molecular spectroscopy, biochemical imaging and precise laser ranging.
Staff News
Welcome to our newest staff members!
James “Jim” Matonak, facilities assistant
Cameron “Cam” Chalmers, materials handler (managing the e-store)
Stephanie Navarette and Jordan Blohm, new student assistants at the front desk
New on the Website
Want to know when ECEE staff members will be on campus? Visit our department staff page and click on the Fall 2021 In-Office Work Schedule for more information.
The Quantum Engineering Minor has launched! Visit our Minor Programs page for details.
